Updated report shows the why, what and how of selecting social listening tools Listen first! is the first step in almost all advice on creating a social media strategy. To listen effectively you need to choose the right tool. There’s certainly no shortage of choice. Back in 2009 (and updated since) Smart Insights created a…
3 strategies to ensure you are using customer data ethically and effectively If your career revolves around selling products on the Internet, you’ve probably had people ask, “How do they know I was looking for a new (insert product here)?” “They” includes everyone from social networks like Facebook and Twitter to Google (and just about…
Although it’s April 1st, and people go all crazy making up jokes and spreading hoaxes, I’m sending out this edition to you without any April fools. Instead, I want to challenge you to put more effort, more thoughts into your code. Instead of blindly following a given path to build the solution with the least…
Using a bottom-up model to guide your analysis, you can gather amazing insights from the data you already possess The key to data analytics lies in asking the right questions, but success can often hinge on the person who is asking those questions. Traditionally, organizations have analyzed their businesses from the perspective of the boardroom,…
A review of 3 social sharing count tools showing which competitor content types are most popular Part of the process of defining a content marketing strategy for your business is to evaluate the performance of your competitors’ content marketing and SEO efforts. The insight you can glean from what both direct and indirect competitors are…
AI isn’t going to take your job. It’s going to make you better at it. When Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in 1996, it was a testament to the incredible number crunching power of a computer. Deep Blue was capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second, and no one has ever since built a…
Since eight years, we start into the new month with a collection of desktop wallpapers — the best way to fuel some fresh inspiration, as we find. And it’s not any different this time around. Designers and artists from across the globe shared their creations with us for April 2016. The result is a collection…
Will you be using the full range of Free, Freemium and Paid tools available to review and improve your SEO and content marketing effectiveness? To compete with SEO, it’s essential to have the best tools at your fingertips enabling you to find new opportunities, save time and keep track of how your SEO can be…
What makes a great conference? It fuels your ideas and polishes up your skills. It fosters your professional growth and takes your work to the next level. Luckily, a lot of conferences provide videos of their talks after the event has ended, some do even stream live to pass on their knowledge even if you…
Use our new digital marketing tools infographic to manage how you use marketing technology As marketers today, we’re fortunate to have a huge number of free and low-cost tools to give us insight about our customers, competitors and market. They also help us compete by delivering automate relevant, real-time communications integrated across desktop and mobile…
