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Design Is a Conversation: Self Doubt, Growth and a Better End Product
I logged in to a Zoom call with a client recently to present some designs. I liked what I had made and was confident the client would, too. It was…
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Reaching B2B Sales and Marketing Alignment
The Jets and the Sharks. The Montagues and the Capulets. B2B sales and marketing teams. Ok, hopefully there’s no knife fights happening between the sales and marketing departments—more likely just…
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Learning From (and Then Beating) the Competition
“We’re looking to gain more market share.” It’s one of the most common sentences we hear from prospective clients. Sometimes it’s a small business looking to stand out in a…
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Why You Need to Create a Google Analytics 4 Property—Fast
Every so often, a big announcement rocks the digital marketing world. Google made one such announcement earlier this spring. Its ubiquitous tool, Universal Analytics—used by marketers and businesses around the…
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Marketing Attribution Modeling Is Killing Common Sense
Your digital marketing technology is handcuffing your progress. Let me preface this by saying, I was just like you once: obsessed with the idea of solving true multi-touch attribution for…
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Perfecting Your Rebranding Announcement & Rollout Plan
It’s time to launch a rebrand. After months of brand development spent strategizing, writing, designing and editing, how you share a rebrand with the world is important; first impressions matter.…
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The Economics Behind B2B Demand Generation
“We’re not getting enough leads.” If you’re a marketer, then you’ve heard this age-old gripe. It’s one of those statements that makes most marketers cringe. Why? Because it’s shortsighted, and…
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How to Take the “Boring” Out of B2B Content Marketing
I used to teach freshmen composition at a local university. You may have taken this class in college. You probably didn’t enjoy it. The class was a requirement, and the…
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My Pinewood Derby, Web Design & SEO Obsessions
Have you ever raced in the Pinewood Derby? If you grew up a Cub Scout, or are the parent of a Cub Scout, you know that the Pinewood Derby is…
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Digital Marketing & Data: A Change is Coming—Soon
A sea change is coming. Several tech platform updates coming in the next few months will create drastic differences in how digital marketing teams work and what they’re able to…
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Hunting Sales, Farming Leads and Making it Rain
I was talking to a buddy of mine recently about a conversation he had with a business owner looking for a new sales person. This was a smaller company, around…
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Hunting Sales, Farming Leads and Making it Rain
I was talking to a buddy of mine recently about a conversation he had with a business owner looking for a new sales person. This was a smaller company, around…
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