Alex Tachalova February 19, 2021 There’s no shortage of SEO advice on how to rank higher for key terms. Create high-quality content. Have an effective distribution strategy. Optimize your on-page SEO. Yet, even today, acquiring high-quality backlinks is still one of the most effective components of a successful SEO strategy. But what does it take … Continue reading Closing The Backlink Gap: What It Takes To Outrank Your Competition
Troy Kirby — May 1, 2020 Time management guru Alan Lakelin refers to planning as a way to bring the future into the present, so something can be done about it now. For small business owners under the COVID-19 shutdown, amid rudderless SBA loan deployment promises yet to materialize, Lakelin’s principles need to be applied … Continue reading The Window For Small Business Survival Is Closing
Sean McDade — March 9, 2020 Closing the loop arguably drives the greatest ROI with VoC programs. Here’s how it works: when an individual customer has a problem, the front line of the operation is notified and can follow up to make things right. In other words, operators are able to “close the loop” with … Continue reading Closing the Loop on Alerts Provides Immediate ROI. Get It Right!
There’s an underappreciated relationship between online and offline retail. Greg Sterling on January 15, 2020 According to post-holiday sales data, U.S. overall retail sales were flat or up modestly; however, some traditional retailers saw sales declines to varying degrees. By comparison, online sales were up roughly 19% according to data from Mastercard, which said total … Continue reading Why the retailers closing stores probably won’t see a major e-commerce uptick
Dan Slavin — October 11, 2019 Follow @codebroker Retailers who have been impacted with a growing number of inactive or lapsed customers can find answers on how to re-engage with them in a new personalization survey from CodeBroker. The coupon software provider surveyed 1,100 consumers across the United States and recently released the results. Topics … Continue reading Single-Use Coupons Key to Closing Personalization Loop
Jacob Havenridge — January 12, 2019 — January 12, 2019 FirmBee / Pixabay An End-to-End Approach Paid search gives advertisers the unique ability to send a large amount of qualified traffic to their web properties with just the flip of a switch. In the world of digital marketing, this is a powerful capability, but the … Continue reading Closing the Loop with Paid Search: Linking the Right Message to the Right Audience
After brands spend big bucks to get a potential customer into the retail environment, how can they win the sale? Contributor Davor Sutija suggests approaches and technologies that can help. Davor Sutija on April 11, 2018 at 2:41 pm One of the most fundamental goals a brand marketer has is to lead consumers to the … Continue reading Closing the deal with in-store customers
Amanda Abella — November 8, 2017 — November 8, 2017 StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay As a business owner, if you aren’t making sales then you aren’t making money. You can have the best skill set in the world, but if you don’t know how to sell it, then it really doesn’t matter. That’s why it’s … Continue reading 4 Ways to Improve Your Sales Closing Rate
In Part 3 of a series on the strategic marketing operations leader, contributor Debbie Qaqish discusses the challenges of finding the right talent and outlines three strategies to help you build a high-performing team. Debbie Qaqish on October 20, 2017 Part 1: Rise of the strategic marketing operations leader Part 2: DNA … Continue reading Closing the marketing skills gap: 3 talent acquisition strategies, Part 3
Brooke B. Sellas — September 27, 2017 Follow @madSMscientist — September 27, 2017 You read that right: 38.5% of consumers prefer social media sales outreach when being contacted for the first time. This revelation means that understanding generational social media preferences needs to be front and center with both sales and marketing teams. When it … Continue reading Social Media Sales Outreach Closing In On Email Marketing
