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  • Is the SaaS Grass Greener on the Other Side of the Fence?

    Is the SaaS Grass Greener on the Other Side of the Fence?

    Unfortunately, this type of change is not without some work. Consider the following: The machinery of your organization, from marketing, to sales, to finance, to operations are tuned into your legacy model. The operative question will always be how must each of these change in a SaaS business? The people [More]

  • Landing Page Optimization: A more sophisticated A/B testing plan

    Landing Page Optimization: A more sophisticated A/B testing plan

    The real question is how can you be sure that your landing page converts as best as it can. And the answer is a staple of every digital marketer – the A/B test. Yet what does this really mean? And are there aspects of a simple A/B test that we [More]

  • Nine Creative Lead Magnet Ideas

    Nine Creative Lead Magnet Ideas

    Even from the early days of the web – think 1994 – marketers knew that a brochure website was not helpful. When I put KPMG online in that year, I came up with "Tax Tip of the Day": give us your email address, and we'll send you a tax tip [More]

  • Facebook Voyeurism, TikTok Crack

    Facebook Voyeurism, TikTok Crack

    But there is also a difference between the platforms, and that is in WHY we use one over the other. Facebook is for peeping Toms, and TikTok is for crackheads. Yes, you read that right. Facebook allows people to stalk our friends, friends of friends, and sometimes anyone, and those [More]

  • Digital Transformation vs Continuous Improvement

    Digital Transformation vs Continuous Improvement

    Yet are there other, perhaps less transformative opportunities, that are sometimes overlooked? Instead of a transformation strategy, can an evolutionary one, focused on continuous improvement and digital opportunity, also move the needle, at least part way? The answer is a resounding yes. Here are four questions that can uncover these [More]

  • Digital Transformation: 13 Reality-Check Questions

    Digital Transformation: 13 Reality-Check Questions

    If so, you're not alone. Here are 13 reality-check questions that should form part of any digital transformation initiative. Do you use an old-style email blast service, such as Constant Contact or Mailchimp? If so, then they will be subscribed to a “list.” A more strategic approach is to use [More]

  • Fixing Damaged Trust

    Fixing Damaged Trust

    At every touchpoint, trust is either earned, or eroded. And while most people are willing to forgive unexpected problems, sometimes the nature of the issue is so egregious, that no amount of goodwill can smooth over the problem. So what to do? And is it even possible to turn around [More]

  • When to Hire Staff

    When to Hire Staff

    And then there is the question of what type of hire should be made: should it be someone skilled in business development? Someone with technical skills? A subject matter expert? Or maybe admin or operational support? The question of timing – and role – is a challenge for every organization, [More]

  • Journey Mapping for Marketers

    Journey Mapping for Marketers

    Is this you? Is your marketing boat "leaking"? Is there a mechanism, or type of analysis that can improve your marketing effectiveness even further? Enter Journey Mapping. The concept of Journey Mapping can fundamentally change your view on marketing. Journey Mapping is defined as the documentation of all touchpoints that [More]

  • Six Levels of Website Security

    Six Levels of Website Security

    The six levels of website security: Secure the network: Configuring Cloudflare, which helps prevent denial-of-service attacks, and provides DNS-related protection. A side benefit is that the Cloudflare CDN can also speed up the site dramatically. Secure the server: Hosting the site on a commercial-strength hosting provider, such as WPengine or [More]

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