Digital Marketing Posts

Five ways to develop a sound content marketing strategy

Have you ever been lost? You never plan on getting lost, it just happens. Everything seems to be fine, then the sudden realization sweeps over you that you aren’t where you thought you were. It happened to me in Charlotte, before the advent of never-get-lost smartphones. I missed a turn and thought I would just […]

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Create a survey your customers want to take

If you’ve never created a survey to learn more about your customers (or would-be customers), are you truly a marketer? Only joking—kind of. As marketers, we’re always honing in on the best way to reach and market to our target audiences. A favorite way to do so is with customer surveys. We’re all familiar with […]

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The dark side of email marketing

269 billion emails go out daily, and nearly 60% of those are spam. Spam emails are more than just annoying—they’re illegal. Email is a big part of marketing, which means that marketers should be educated on the laws surrounding email, and how to keep both customers and governments happy with the emails they’re sending out. […]

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The middle funnel conundrum

This is part two of a two-part blog series about how to engage buyers in the middle of their journey. A buyer—or potential customer—has different needs at different stages of their journey. Customers that move from upper to lower part of the funnel quickly are easy to target, but what about those customers that meander […]

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Your best customers might be strangers

If you’re in marketing or sales, you might think that you know your customers pretty well. Maybe you work with them every day and you’ve done so for years. Although you might find familiarity comes with time, this familiarity may also come with assumptions. Assuming you understand your customers’ problems and their motivations can hurt […]

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