It’s been 53 days since Hurricane Helene devastated my hometown of Asheville, but I’m going to level with you: I showered in a FEMA trailer this morning, so it’s still really hard to care about send rates and conversion optimization.
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I‘ll be honest: I don’t know anything about an “AI target audience” or finding an audience via AI. However, I want to learn because I recently started working with a local pole fitness studio in my neighborhood. I want to help it gain new students. So, dear reader, we are going to learn about AI audience targeting, its benefits, and …
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When I graduated with a marketing degree over a decade ago, I hit the scene thinking that marketing would always be its own thing. Something like “holistic marketing” seemed unnecessary to me. Marketers had their swim lane; I’d stick to mine. Now, when I lecture marketing students at my alma mater, I couldn’t imagine not thinking holistically about marketing. The …
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You’ve heard it before — forms are the gold standard for capturing leads, tracking industry trends, or gathering customer feedback. But to create that conversion or feedback, you need a form builder tool. I’ve reviewed the 11 best online form builders so you can find the best one that fits your needs. I’ve used forms to collect leads on a …
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I’m all too familiar with that uncomfortable feeling in your stomach when you have to hit send on a resignation letter to your manager. (I’ve written four over the course of my career.) I always try to tell myself that millions quit their jobs every month. But as a people-pleaser, I can never seem to shake the nervous energy. Since …
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In business, reputation is everything. It can decide whether someone gives you their attention or, even more significantly, their sale. However, with more than 5 billion people worldwide using social media to produce a constant flow of information, interaction, and opinions across dozens of platforms, reputations are harder than ever to maintain. That’s why free social listening tools are so …
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As someone who does conversion rate optimization (CRO) for a living, I can’t express to you how excited I get when a simple change makes a big impact. And this particular example? It doesn’t get much simpler or more impactful.
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This week’s master has worked for Lou Malnati’s (pizza), Krispy Kreme (doughnuts), and now heads the marketing team at California Pizza Kitchen (back to pizza) — making her career sound like my dream delivery order after a rough Monday.
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As a startup founder or marketing leader, you’ve likely heard the mantra “distribution is everything.” But what does that really mean, and how do you put it into practice?
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If you’re not sure what a blog is, you’ve definitely come across one at some point. Perhaps you’ve stumbled across a blog when you’ve searched “healthy dinner recipes.” Maybe you don’t know it, but you’re on a blog now. I love blogging. I created my first blog in 2010 but stopped writing it just as I got my first-ever comment. …
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