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Marketing Books
The Four Universal Truths of Marketing: Based on First Principles
First principles thinking is a problem-solving approach that breaks complex issues into their most basic, undeniable truths, free from assumptions or conventional wisdom. Popularized by thinkers like Aristotle and later applied by innovators like Elon Musk, it involves questioning established practices and rebuilding solutions from the ground up. In marketing, first principles mean moving beyond trendy tactics or outdated playbooks to focus on the core realities that govern customer behavior and market dynamics. In Marketing:…
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Artificial Intelligence
n8n: Automate AI Agents Without Limits – Build Smarter Workflows Fast
Modern teams face a relentless demand for efficiency, integration, and real-time intelligence. But stitching together systems, cleaning data, and operationalizing AI is often a tangled mess. Developers burn hours on repetitive logic. Business users wait days for changes. And workflows break the moment complexity scales. If automation feels more like a limitation, it’s time to rethink the tools you’re using.…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Building a Customer Engagement Flywheel with Vendasta’s AI: A Step-by-Step Guide
Marketing professionals and agencies are under constant pressure to not only acquire leads but to nurture them into loyal, long-term customers. Relying on traditional funnel-based approaches often results in missed opportunities, siloed data, and one-off conversions that fail to deliver sustainable growth. That’s where the customer engagement flywheel comes in. Unlike the linear funnel, the flywheel is a dynamic, self-reinforcing…
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Advertising Technology
The New Rules of Leadership in Programmatic: How to Build Resilient Teams in a Fast-Changing Industry
The field of programmatic advertising is becoming more fierce, competitive, and highly driven by rapid technological advancements. The uncertainty and constant evolution of the industry require exceptional resilience, adaptability, and effective performance under the pressure of ongoing challenges. In this whirlpool of constant domain changes, building teams that can thrive amid the storm is not an option — it’s an…
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Artificial Intelligence
From Fractured to Functional: How Identity Resolution Powers Smarter AI
As the race to operationalize artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, enterprise brands face a critical roadblock: messy, fragmented customer data. AI promises breakthrough personalization and insights—but only if it has one essential input: accurate, connected customer profiles. Unfortunately, most brands aren’t there yet. 78% of global organizations do not feel “very ready” to implement natural language tools like large language models…
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Artificial Intelligence
MinutesLink: AI Meeting Notes That Empower Marketers, Sellers, and Agencies
Every meeting is an opportunity—and a risk. Whether you pitch a client, plan a campaign, or manage a remote team, missing a key insight or failing to follow up can cost time, revenue, or trust. Yet keeping up with detailed note-taking across meetings, calls, and conferences is a challenge few have time for. That’s where AI-driven meeting tools can tip…
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Analytics & Testing
The Impact of Web Hosting Speed on E-commerce Sales and Conversions
The bandwidth specified within the hosting company’s plan determines the speed at which customers’ web pages load. The slower they load, the higher the bounce rate. When curious visitors don’t stick around, they’re unlikely to convert into paying customers. Websites load in 1.3 seconds on average and a one-second load time delay results in an 11% drop in page views.…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
How Mapping Software Raises Sales Team Output and Profits
Applying mapping software to sales processes is directly tied to more sales, quicker service delivery, and measurable cost reductions. Those gains come from visualizing data, optimizing travel, fine-tuning territory assignments, and feeding managers the facts they need. The following sections detail how these effects play out using current data and real-world use cases. Speed, Savings, and More Sales Calls Field…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Social Media Image Dimension Guide for 2025
It seems like every week, a social network changes its layout and requires new dimensions for its profile photos, background canvas, and images shared on the network. Limitations for social images are a combination of dimensions, image size, and even the amount of text displayed within the image. I would caution against uploading oversized images to social media sites. Each…
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Advertising Technology
How and Why to Duplicate Audiences in Facebook Marketing: A Strategic Walkthrough
Duplicating audiences in Facebook Ads Manager isn’t just a time-saving tactic—it’s a strategic move that allows advertisers to preserve valuable targeting insights while testing variations in creative, placements, bidding strategies, or campaign objectives. As Facebook (Meta) advertising becomes more sophisticated and competitive, managing audience overlap and refining segmentation strategies is essential for scaling campaigns effectively. This article explains why duplicating…