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‘4 Frighteningly Good Halloween Email Trends’ – AWeber
Liz Willits says, “Tis’ the season for pumpkin spice coffee, college football, and overuse of the 🎃 emoji. But did you know that it’s also a time for some of the biggest business holidays of the year? Cyber Monday, Black Friday, even the majority of Christmas shopping. (That’s right, fall doesn’t end until December 20th!) So... [Read more]
Coming tomorrow: Video Instafolio for marketing consultants #ad
If you want to earn passive profits from the online video surge, then you need to check out what’s coming tomorrow. Simon Garries has created his latest tool for online marketers, particularly those marketers that help other businesses have success online. He is releasing it tomorrow. Video Instafolio is the all new, next generation, done-for-you,... [Read more]
‘Four PPC Tips to Capture Consumer Cheer (and Cash) This Holiday Season’ – MarketingProfs
Frances Donegan-Ryan says, “With the summer over, many companies have begun thinking about capturing consumer attention in the run-up to the holidays. With e-commerce sales during the 2015 holiday season having grown 13.3% year over year, this year is set to be a bumper holiday season for retailers, and they are busy kicking off campaigns even... [Read more]
‘Report: Number of Google organic blue links results drops from 10 to 8.5’ – Search Engine Land
Ginny Marvin says, “Searchmetrics has released a new study today showing the impact of the ever-changing user interface of the Google search results. The study says that now, Google is less likely to show 10 organic blue links. Instead, Google shows only 8.5 blue links on average but supplements those links with featured snippets, app packs,... [Read more]
‘Instagram Stories get viewed by one-third of its 300-million-large daily audience, ignored by rest’ – Marketing Land
Tim Peterson says, “Every day more than 100 million people view Instagram Stories, according to an Instagram spokesperson, who clarified that the 100 million user mark reported by BuzzFeed on Thursdayspecifically referred to the number of people viewing Stories. A daily audience of more than 100 million people is huge for anything. When it comes... [Read more]
‘The #1 Barrier To Effective Digital Transformation’ – Forrester Blogs
Nigel Frenwick says, “Earlier this week I was moderating a panel on digital transformation at a Software AG event in New York. In opening the event, Kevin Niblock, Software AG’s North America President and COO, described digital business as “a cultural phenomenon”. Organizational culture plays an enormous role in the ability... [Read more]
‘How to Keep a Deal’s Momentum Going When Your Prospect Goes On Vacation’ – HubSpot
Aja Frost says, “Vacations can bring deals to a screeching halt. Even the most enthusiastic prospects can go dark after spending some time away from the office. Prospects are usually slammed with work when they return, so they’ll often deprioritize the deal while they play catch-up with their immediate responsibilities. Once the deal has lost... [Read more]
New Udemy Course for Kindle Authors (Free for limited time)
If you are a Kindle author, or if you want to be, then check out the free course on Udemy, called Kindle Mastery – 10 Hacks For A Successful Kindle Business. The author is an experienced teacher, and in this course, there are 17 lectures on marketing on the Kindle platform. Sign up while the course is still free. [Read more]
’20 Hidden WordPress Features You Might Not Know About’ – Elegent Themes Blog
Shaun Quarton says, “If you use WordPress regularly, you probably have a good handle on how everything works. However, a little digging is required to access WordPress’ functionalities in full. You might not realize there are plenty of “hidden” WordPress features – some more hidden than others. In today’s post, I’m going to uncover... [Read more]
‘Ad blocking usage is up more than 10 percent from last year’ – ‘Mashable’
Patrick Kulp says, “Publisher malaise towards ad blockers doesn’t seem to have lessened consumer appetites for downloading them. Ad blocking usage jumped 11 percent in the past year, according to a new report from Adobe and anti-ad blocking firm PageFair, bringing the total number of global users from 198 million to 220 million. The yearly... [Read more]
‘5 Reasons to Quickly Start Using Accelerated Mobile Pages’ – Entrepreneur
John Lincoln says, “So you’re thinking about adding Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) to your website? Stop thinking and start doing! Of course, it is all about how you implement AMP, but we’ll get into that. If you’re unfamiliar with AMP, it’s an open-source technology that enables pages on your site to load quickly for users on a... [Read more]
‘What is ‘agile marketing’ and what do marketers think about it?’ – Econsultancy
Jeff Rajeck says, “…and there are many blog posts and books which hail agile marketing as the next big thing for our profession. But what exactly is ‘agile marketing’? And how useful is it to marketers, in practice? To find out, Econsultancy recently held roundtable discussions at our fifth annual Digital Cream Sydney. There,... [Read more]
