Our regular readers will know that we recommend marketing automation to SMBs doing B2B and B2C selling online. However, one of the more intimidating factors is what firms see as the learning curve that accompanies using a marketing …
Plenty of firms doing business online, whether B2B or B2C find themselves in the same position. There are plenty of marketing metrics, but one way or another, after steady growth, inbound traffic slows down to the point that it’s …
If you’re someone doing a lot of writing or blogging about tech online, chances are you’ve gotten a few—or a few dozen—messages asking for back links. Every day, we get dozens of emails saying something like "Hey cool website, I just read …
Marketing Automation - already a well-established concept The name already betrays it: Marketing Automation is primarily responsible for automating marketing tasks. However, this does not completely describe the extent of its …
We’ve recently spent quite a bit of time talking about the importance of corporate compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the wide-ranging data governance law. In a previous post, we explained that the rules …
Firms doing business with European companies are now only just over a month away from the implementation of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We discussed everything marketers need to know about the GDPR at length in an …
Any of our regular readers will know that we’re big fans of marketing automation — and we’re confident that any firm that starts using it will be, too. The benefits of marketing automation software are attested to by the explosive growth …
SharpSpring is one of the most popular marketing automation platforms currently in use within small businesses, and it’s not hard to sing its praises. It's built-in CRM and integrated marketing automation make it a great choice for small- …
Any firm knows that customer retention is key to long-term success. The good news is that once someone converts from a prospect to a customer, much of the hard work is done—it’s easier to retain a customer than to convert one. However, if …
In order to stay competitive against larger, better-funded, and more established rivals, small- and medium-sized businesses have to use every advantage that they can. Fortunately, marketing automation services are the life-blood of modern …