
6 best practices for building a developer community
Developers have a reputation among marketers as a tough audience, as we’ve mentioned a time or two before. It’s very true that reaching...

5 big things marketers actually have to start doing in 2017
There’s no big paradigm shift happening. Marketing channels are maturing. Engagement is dropping. This year, rather than looking around...

Stop hogging the conversation with clients and higher-ups. How to share your insights while encourag
conversation according to Merriam-Webster, the concept is an “oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or ideas.” When one...

The evolution of the customer journey in 2017: Optimizing moments that matter
Until recently, we were able to map out the path that the typical customer would take when making a buying decision or searching for...

The CMO-level audit for 2017: Preview
At 3Q Digital, my employer, we regularly perform audits for clients and prospects, putting accounts and channels under a microscope to...

Entrepreneurial lessons from an amateur poker player
Even though that outing had been a failure, I was intrigued by poker. There appeared to be lessons in it for me, especially as a startup...

A marketer’s take on the Trump era
“Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 3” by Gage Skidmore. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons. If you’re like me, you probably spent much...

Being the brand local customers ‘know’: Brands share hows and whys of local marketing pr
moving to automated marketing platforms, some of their national counterparts are slowly and surely building market share via scaled...

Getting down to business: Our top CMO Zone columns for 2016
There’s no question that chief marketing officers are increasingly accountable for proving the value of their efforts and driving ROI....

Eat Local: Our Top 10 Local Search Columns of 2016
78 percent of respondents believed that 2016 would be a “good” or “great” year for business. Now, as the year comes to a close, one can...

Improve your paid search & social through relationship marketing
The key to a successful relationship marketing program is to take customers on a buying journey. An effective paid search and social...

Selling your agency, Part 5: The transition
For many agencies, selling the company turns out to be a lot easier than managing the company after an acquisition. In this, the final...

Is in-house marketing better than using an agency?
Is it better to do your online marketing in-house or through an agency? It’s an important decision to make. Now, you should probably know...

Psychology and personalization: two P’s in a pod
I usually write this column, but, this time I invited a colleague of mine at Magnetic to write about a subject he is passionate about...

11 proven digital marketing strategies you’re (still) not using
There’s tons of information out there covering the main priorities of digital marketing. Dig around enough, and you’ll find some...

What it means to be a critical thinker and why marketers need to embrace the concept
Everything from data review to the initiatives we take needs to be analyzed and scrutinized. We need to use our intellectual abilities....

Selling your agency, a how-to guide, Part 4: Making the deal happen
When evaluating different job offers, compensation is always a major factor, but it is rarely the only consideration: Job stability,...

A step-by-step guide to developing your 2017 digital marketing strategy
We’re almost halfway through Q4, and as a marketer, you know what that means. It’s time to start thinking about next year, if you haven’t...

How to get budget for your account-based marketing programs
Account-Based Marketing (ABM) from every direction. Over the last 18 months, the concept has taken root and developed into more than just...
























