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  • Basic Places Practices Update: How do you claim an owner-verified listing? May 17, 2012
    A common issue that arises in the forums is the business owner that is unable to change or enhance their listing because they no longer have access to the account that it is in, perhaps because they lost the password , the employee that had claimed the listing is no longer employed or they had [...] No related posts. […]
    Mike Blumenthal

RSS Direct Creative

  • The Importance of Being Trivial May 2, 2012
    Do you like the title of this article? I stole it from chapter 3 of The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch. Back in the 40s and 50s, Flesch was hailed as the guru of clear, direct writing. His advice remains powerful and relevant today. When Flesch recommended being “trivial,” he meant you should […]
    Dean Rieck

Integrated Marketing

QR Code: Quick Resurrection Code??

July 19, 2011
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QR Codes Sir Speedy Addison

USA Today recently reported on a somewhat novel application for a QR code; on your tombstone! The wife of a recently deceased auto-body repairman had this to say, “I think it’s a neat deal,” Faye Garneau said. “It kind of keeps people alive a little longer, down through the generations.” The paper also stated,...
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Left-Brain Landing Page Design

March 9, 2011
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Landing page development

Okay, I admit it. I can’t stand it when a right-brainer tries to design something that’s obviously crying out for a structured, analytic approach to making something work. God bless ‘em all but putting lipstick on a pig won’t make it fly. Designing landing pages is a good example of that. “Pretty” won’t engage...
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What is A/B Testing?

March 8, 2011
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A/B testing is the simple concept of testing two versions of the same thing to see which one performs better. That could be a web page, an email, an SMS message, or almost anything you can think of to test head-to-head. Here’s how it works for a web page. Suppose you’re running a campaign...
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Digital Data Integration Increases ROI

February 22, 2011
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Custom data increases ROI

Even if all you have in the way of data about your prospects is their name and address you can still do some pretty cool customization with that little bit of data. Why? The average postcard is held over the trashcan for less than 2 seconds before it takes it’s rightful place in the...
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