Gmail’s Promotions Tab Gets a Visual Lift

Gmail’s Promotions Tab Gets a Visual Lift

If you have Gmail, then your inbox just got more visual! You may have noticed that Google has made some updates to their Gmail Promotions…

10 Ways to Integrate Your Website and Email Strategies

10 Ways to Integrate Your Website and Email Strategies

Your website and email strategies support each other. One of your website tasks is growing your email list – with email signup forms, gated content,…

Email Design by the Numbers

Email Design by the Numbers

We’re all about easy—this running list is designed to be your go-to cheat sheet for the latest email designs by the numbers. Bookmark this page…

Using Your CRM to Prove Your Worth as a Marketer

Using Your CRM to Prove Your Worth as a Marketer

You know the stereotype: in a number of organizations, Marketing is a cost center. It’s the department of pretty pictures and branding campaigns. The department…

How to Use LinkedIn Sponsored InMail in Your Next Campaign

How to Use LinkedIn Sponsored InMail in Your Next Campaign

Don’t have email addresses for everyone on your marketing list? Try adding LinkedIn Sponsored InMail as a touchpoint to your next campaign. How Does LinkedIn…

17 Ways to Measure Website ROI

17 Ways to Measure Website ROI

Re-building websites costs money and time. The trick to approval is justifying the expense. It has been my experience that rarely is the decision to…

9 Quick Tips for Enhancing Your Paid Search Campaigns

9 Quick Tips for Enhancing Your Paid Search Campaigns

On November 1st, I will be a part of a 3 person panel at SEMPO Cities KC on the topic of Exploding ROI with Paid…

The New Look of LinkedIn Groups

The New Look of LinkedIn Groups

LinkedIn has completely overhauled their LinkedIn Group’s experience, and I have to say that I am loving it. Back in February, LinkedIn completely scrapped their…

Offline to Online Ad Targeting: The Basics

Offline to Online Ad Targeting: The Basics

As a digital marketing agency, we are highly focused on identifying strategies and tactics that will work to drive further engagement and conversion online. We…

CRM with Marketing Automation: Drive More B2B Revenue by Uniting with Sales

CRM with Marketing Automation: Drive More B2B Revenue by Uniting with Sales

Every salesperson wants things right now, whether that’s quality leads, effective marketing materials, pricing or contract concessions. Whatever is needed to close more deals, reach their…

How to Promote Your New Ecommerce Product

How to Promote Your New Ecommerce Product

So you’ve got a new product to add to your ecommerce shop. That means it’s time to put together a marketing plan for your new…

Using Your Data to Build a Better Marketing Plan: A Recap

Using Your Data to Build a Better Marketing Plan: A Recap

It’s not uncommon for me to hear marketers ask the question: how do I start building a marketing plan—and how do I know if the…

How SEO Can Boost Your Marketing Automation Efforts

How SEO Can Boost Your Marketing Automation Efforts

SEO can boost your marketing automation efforts in these three ways: Build leads and lists through qualified organic traffic Utilize existing organic data to optimize…

How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to the 2018 And Then Some Conference

How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to the 2018 And Then Some Conference

You know the value in attending the emfluence And Then Some Conference. But how do you relay that effectively when asking for your company’s support…

Thinking Through B2B Ecommerce Social Media Strategy

Thinking Through B2B Ecommerce Social Media Strategy

In a previous blog post, I talked about how to build a social media strategy for ecommerce sales, however my main focus in that post…

Google Sends Warnings for HTTP Sites

Google Sends Warnings for HTTP Sites

For the past several years, Google has been pushing site security to webmasters. HTTPS has been an organic ranking signal since at least 2014. When…

How to Run a Million Dollar Sweepstakes

How to Run a Million Dollar Sweepstakes

A Dirty Word? Let’s start with a bit of education on the topic. When I hear the word sweepstakes the first image is the memorable…

What’s the Difference between Pay Per Lead and Pay Per Click?

What’s the Difference between Pay Per Lead and Pay Per Click?

Attracting the right kind of leads—you know, the ones that actually want to buy something from you—is one of the B2B marketer’s biggest challenges. You…

GDPR and Google Analytics: What You Need to Know

GDPR and Google Analytics: What You Need to Know

On May 25th, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be officially in effect. The GDPR is designed to update the rules on…

SEO Site Migration Checklist: Moving to HTTPS or New Domain Name

SEO Site Migration Checklist: Moving to HTTPS or New Domain Name

Making some big changes to your website? Change is good! But if you aren’t careful with site migration, it could be disastrous for your SEO…

How to Build a Social Media Calendar for the Academic Year

How to Build a Social Media Calendar for the Academic Year

Summer vacation is almost here, but don’t swap your shoes for flipflops just yet. For marketers in higher education, this is the perfect time to…

8 Tips on Email Accessibility

8 Tips on Email Accessibility

With an increasing amount of attention and commitment to accessibility in recent years, you’ve probably given thought to optimizing your website for individuals with disabilities,…

5 Content Marketing Goals Worth Pursuing

5 Content Marketing Goals Worth Pursuing

If you’re reading this blog I’m sure that by now you’ve done some research and have heard the phrase, “Content is King.” Well, for most…

The Reviews Are In(dispensable)

The Reviews Are In(dispensable)

On a scale of 1 to 5, how do your customers feel about your business? That question is getting asked and answered about your business…

A User Generated Content Guide for Community Banks and Credit Unions

A User Generated Content Guide for Community Banks and Credit Unions

Once upon a time, community banks and credit unions cornered the market on personalized communications and a neighbor-to-neighbor experience for their customers. But now, with…

How to Create Content Marketing Strategy that Customers and Search Engines Will Love

How to Create Content Marketing Strategy that Customers and Search Engines Will Love

When creating content, one of the biggest challenges we have is marketers is the balance between writing for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and writing for…

Regression Testing Templates and Tricks

Regression Testing Templates and Tricks

Testing your website or software application can be time-consuming, but it can help ensure a smooth user experience for your visitors and backend users. We…