Promotion
Martech Zone articles tagged promotion:
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Ecommerce and Retail
Douglas KarrJan 15, 2024
15 Strategies for Increasing Customer Spend at Your Retail Outlet
Adopting innovative technologies and contemporary strategies is paramount for retailers seeking to thrive in today’s market. The retail landscape is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements and changing consumer behaviors. The 4Ps of Marketing The 4Ps of marketing – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion – have long been the cornerstone of marketing strategies. However, as the business environment evolves, these…
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Marketing Books
Douglas KarrDec 29, 2023
How and Why To Write a Book
It’s been years since I wrote my first book, and I’ve been anxious to write another one ever since. While we live in the digital era, you may be surprised that books continue to draw much attention and sales – especially business books. Approximately 80.64 million business and economics category print books were sold in 2021 representing 25% of adult non-fiction…
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Content Marketing
Douglas KarrOct 16, 2023
The State of Content Marketing In 2023: Benefits, Mediums, Channels, and Trends
Content marketing is a strategy to create and distribute valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and engage a target audience. This content can take various forms, from blog posts and videos to infographics and podcasts. For several compelling reasons, companies in the business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) sectors invest in content marketing. Why Companies Invest in Content Marketing Establishing…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Douglas KarrSep 5, 2023
What Are The Differences In B2B Marketing Strategies With LinkedIn Versus Facebook
Business-to-business (B2B) Marketers are often distracted in their advertising and marketing efforts by focusing solely on a channel’s reach. Whenever I’m speaking with clients about the channels they utilize or don’t utilize, it’s essential to understand the motivation of their buyers for using the platform they’re on. Let’s discuss why users generally utilize LinkedIn vs. Facebook: LinkedIn Professional Networking: LinkedIn…
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Search Marketing
Douglas KarrAug 24, 2023
20+ Ways to Get Your Content Ranking Better than Your Competitor
It surprises me how much effort companies put into writing and promoting their content without looking at competing sites and pages. I don’t mean business competitors, I mean organic search competitors. Utilizing a tool like Semrush, a company can easily do a competitive analysis between their site and a competing site to identify what terms are driving traffic to a…
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Sales and Marketing Training
Douglas KarrApr 4, 2023
What Is MarTech? Marketing Stacks, Marketing Technology Landscape, And Martech Resources
You may get a chuckle out of me writing an article on MarTech after publishing over 6,000 articles on marketing technology for over 16 years (beyond this blog’s age… I was on blogger previously). I do believe it’s worth publishing and helping business professionals better realize what MarTech was, is, and the future of what it will be. First, of…
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Content Marketing
Douglas KarrFeb 28, 2023
25 Proven Strategies To Increase Relevant Traffic To Your Site, Blog, Store, or Landing Page
Increase traffic… it’s a term that I hear over and over and over again. It’s not that I don’t believe in increasing traffic; it’s that often marketers are trying so hard to increase traffic that they forget to try to increase retention or conversions with the traffic they already have. Relevance is critical for every visitor to realize that their…
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Advertising Technology
Douglas KarrDec 19, 2022
What Are The 4 Ps Of Marketing? Should We Update Them For Digital Marketing?
The 4Ps of marketing are a model for deciding the key elements of a marketing strategy, developed by E. Jerome McCarthy, a professor of marketing, in the 1960s. McCarthy introduced the model in his book, Basic Marketing: A Managerial Approach. McCarthy’s 4Ps model was intended to provide a framework for businesses to use when developing a marketing strategy. The model…
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Search Marketing
Douglas KarrApr 23, 2022
Don’t Bet It All On An Organic Strategy
Had a great conversation with one of our clients over the weekend, who often checks in and asks for feedback regarding the site, analytics, and other questions regarding the inbound marketing strategy. I love that they’re engaged; many of our customers are not… but sometimes the effort it takes to respond and explain the reasons we’re doing takes away from…
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Content Marketing
Douglas KarrMar 11, 2022
What is Content Marketing?
Even though we’ve been writing about content marketing for over a decade, I think it’s important that we answer basic questions for both students of marketing as well as validate the information provided to experienced marketers. Content marketing is an expansive term that covers a ton of ground. The term content marketing itself has become the norm in the digital…