Posts Categorized: Tools

How Manufacturers Can Experiment with AI Marketing

You've hear a lot about AI. But where does it make sense to use it as a marketer? It's time to find out.

In the past five to 10 years, artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from something primarily talked about on television and science-fiction novels to being a normal part of marketing technology and strategy conversations. However, whether called “machine learning,” “big data deep learning,” or some other terminology, the process of using computers to compute large amounts… Read more »

5 Best Tools for Writing Engaging Social Media Content

Social media content is increasingly important for brands. So why not make it right? These tools help.

The role of social media in digital marketing has been growing rapidly over the past decade, which makes engaging social media content increasingly important. When the pandemic came, it accelerated the impact of social platforms even more. Essentially, these channels have become the primary medium for brands and their customers to communicate with each other…. Read more »

The Magic and Mystery of Programmatic Advertising

Take some of the guesswork out of your digital advertising with artificial intelligence.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” —Sir Arthur C. Clarke According to industry reports, programmatic advertising will make up more than 50% of all digital ad sales by the end of this year. Which begs the question: Why the rapid growth? Many online marketers find that some of the digital advertising channels they’ve… Read more »

Our Favorite PPC Tools

Feel like you aren't getting your money's worth with digital advertising? These tools can help.

Of all the marketing channels available to your business, pay-per-click advertising (PPC) can easily seem like the most technical and confusing, which is why it really helps to have some good PPC tools at your disposal for managing these sorts of campaigns. Without a good platform operated by staff trained in digital media, PPC can… Read more »

Proposal Software That Will Improve Your Sales Process

A comparison of the latest technology products to make your proposals a breeze (and better!).

In the industrial sales process, there are two critical components to writing a winning proposal: knowing how to structure it and then using the right proposal software. I hate to tell you, Microsoft lovers, but opening Word and creating a file on your desktop no longer cuts it. In the first post in this two-part… Read more »

The Best Website Analytics Tools for B2B Marketing

To drive business, use one of these platforms to measure and monitor your site's performance.

Online B2B marketing is fraught with questions, but when it comes to website analytics, there’s really only one that matters: “So what?” The old saying, “If it’s not worth measuring, it’s not worth doing” sums up our view of website analytics pretty perfectly and if we had to, we’d hazard a guess that you feel… Read more »

XML Feeds for Online Recruitment Campaigns

Promote hundreds of jobs across the Web by using XML feeds to distribute your job listings.

For industries that need a constant stream of new job applicants, such as logistics, job recruitment campaigns involve posting hundreds of jobs to dozens of job boards. Sounds like quite the ongoing project, right? Well yes, but fortunately you can automate things using XML feeds. XML feeds are commonly used by job-search websites, such as Indeed, Monster,… Read more »

Project Management Software: Four Solutions for Project Success

Here are four great tools for keeping complex projects on schedule and on budget.

When you’re dealing with multifaceted integrated marketing, project management software is just as important to a marketing agency as the team members who contribute to the actual work. These tools lay the groundwork for entire projects, from start to finish, and the right tools allow for the seamless management of team members, clients, budgets, and deliverables…. Read more »