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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. According to The State of Social Media 2023 report, 79% of marketers expect an increase in their overall marketing budgets in the next three years. Here’s an article where you can learn more about social media budgeting.

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What is a customer journey map and how to make your own [examples included]

Sprout Social

They see your ads, interact with you on social media and explore your website before they buy. To keep up with it all and better inform your social media marketing strategy , create a customer journey map as a blueprint to help you understand your customers at each stage. It doesn’t need to be a two-way interaction.

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12 of the Best WordPress Guides, Hacks and Plugins of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

WordPress is no longer just the leading blog platform , but is now the most popular open-source CMS (content management system) as well. Among the many reasons for the popularity of WordPress : it’s affordable, search engine-friendly, reasonably easy to use, and extensible through an incredible array of plugins.

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Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « You can’t fight the power of video. Main | Stop tweeting about the # of followers you have » October 23, 2009 Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress WordPress was originally made as a blog publishing application but has now evolved into a huge content management system (CMS).

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Prepare Your Website for Geolocation with WordPress

Kikolani

Many small business owners choose to use a content management system (CMS), such as WordPress, for a hassle-free website and infinite customization options. For example, a visitor in Naples will see specific references to his city, while a visitor in Nashville will see localized content for her. Related Posts.

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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

SocMed Sean

–Sean As more and more new sites hit the Web on a daily basis, the adoption of WordPress as a content management system seems to keep on growing. I hope this is an especially valuable post for anyone running a WordPress blog.

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Foundations for integrated digital marketing

Sherrilynne Starkie

Earned Media : Sometimes referred to as ‘PR’, this is when other entities cover your news and information. This includes the news media along with other influencers such as analysts, bloggers, Instagrammers, YouTube Creators and more. Shared Media : This is social media. Earned Media). Shared Media).

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