When your customers are already fans of your business, how do you turn them into fans online, too? How do you turn your offline brand…
When your customers are already fans of your business, how do you turn them into fans online, too? How do you turn your offline brand…
Thanks to the National Speakers Association Kansas City chapter for hosting me as their February presenter. I get to do a lot of social media…
October was positively stuffed full of marketing knowledge and valuable insights, thanks in large part to two conferences brought to the Kansas City area. The…
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising is a great way to target those searching for solutions and products like yours. In fact, at emfluence we often recommend PPC…
In my eight years in email marketing, there are a few questions I hear about once a week: 1. What works in email subject lines?…
Jason White from DragonSearch.net provided a great synopsis of earning authority via link acquisition at SMX East 2014. Below is a collection of the actionable insights I took away from his presentation. They make a great basic checklist for getting into link building!
Taking the stage on the first day of SMX East is Marshall Simmonds, famed CEO of Define MG and longtime SEO professional. I am excited to be reporting from New York all of the excitement and adventure surrounding this years Search Marketing Expo! Blog posts will be coming rapidly and I frantically try to share all of the valuable information shared for the next four days.
Back in July, Alyssa posted about one of Twitter’s newest marketing tools, Twitter Lead Gen Cards, that can help convert social media connections into email…
How do you define your brand? Trick question! It doesn’t matter what you’re thinking. More importantly, how does your audience think of your brand? I’m…
At the Bank Director Conference in April, I sat down to chat about growing customer relationships. Check out my 4-minute intro to how automated email…
Banks and Credit Unions call it “onboarding:” A series of communications that cultivates the relationship with a new customer and provides an opportunity to (eventually)…
Real-time marketing has always been at the root of social media. The interest consumers have in interacting with brands on social media largely stems from…
At the 2014 emfluence Marketing Platform User Conference, Kristin Kenney with Polsinelli gave us some straight talk about what marketers need to know about Canada’s…
What marketing channel boasts a $28 return on investment for every $1 you invest? (Hint: there’s only one.) What channel combines emerging digital tactics with…
Thank you to our speakers, our Platform team and, of course, our users (clients) for another great user conference! Photos of the day are up…
Join us for the emfluence Marketing Platform User Conference Read more at the EventBrite Page: Agenda | Speaker Bios…
Last year, Gmail got email marketers all in a tizzy by introducing its new tabbed inbox. Now, Gmail is testing a new visual “grid” layout…
Things have finally warmed up in the Northern Hemisphere as summer arrives. It’s time for vacations, great food, and a surge in flip-flop sales. Just…
Earlier this week, Tyler wrote a great post about Google Analytics’ new demographics data, and how it offers a treasure trove of information about visitors…
Last fall, Google announced that they would be phasing out keyword data in its Analytics toolbox, and replacing it with new features for search engine…
Last year, Sara wrote a blog post highlighting our client, Rush Wade 2, for their use of sharing an animated GIF via email. In another…
You've almost definitely seen the pre-header of an email before. It's the line or two of pure text above the graphic header banner in an…
Another round of congratulations to the emfluence Search Engine Optimization strategy team for winning a BMA Fountain award for their work on ProPharma Group’s SEO during website relaunch in 2013.
In a world where email marketers know the value of each email and, therefore, want to send as much email as possible, it seems unlikely….
On Wednesday night, emfluence client work scored 11 KCDMA AMBIT Awards for excellence in targeted, measurable marketing, including a Gold in each category of email, search and social media marketing!
For bank marketers, social media strategy is crucial to being accessible to customers. It’s also very different than, say marketing for Oreo or Boulevard Beer. Bank marketers need to find a way to make your Facebook campaign particularly likeable. Here’s how one of our clients did it.
When two brands come together to create a partnership or co-branded effort that works, it’s a beautiful thing. Brand partnerships and co-branding efforts can strengthen audience impressions and elevate the love of a brand to a whole new level.