Let’s talk one and done. What if you could set up a string of tasks one time, then repeat it to, for example, automatically deliver completed lead gen forms to sales reps in Salesforce, save a copy of completed forms in Dropbox, or share form feedback with your organization on Slack?

Buyer personas are descriptions of each of your target customers, based on customer and consumer research. Each persona describes a different fictional buyer who embodies the demographics, pain points, buying behaviors, and motivations of a specific market segment.

95% of product launches fail—often because a brand pushes them to launch without stopping to find out if the product is something people actually want. Even the most experienced decision-makers struggle to make the right calls without input from their target audience.

Cyber threats like denial-of-service attacks and phishing can hurt your reputation and bottom line. Follow these steps to protect your business and clients against cyber crime.

New streaming services like Disney+, Apple TV+, and Peacock (NBC) have to compete with the massive subscriber bases of market leaders Netflix (158 million), Amazon Prime (100 million), and Hulu (27 million). Which products will come out on top?

By using customer stats, testimonials, and case studies effectively, you can convert leads with convincing content that demonstrates the real value of your product. From validating your marketing claims to illustrating your use cases, there are many ways to leverage customer feedback on your company website.

A marketer’s job isn’t done when a lead converts. Today, the most successful companies focus their resources and strategy not just on winning the customer, but also on post-sale priorities like keeping customers engaged and turning them into advocates.

For small businesses, the line between what is considered a personal vehicle and a commercial vehicle is often blurry. Sometimes small business owners and employees use their personal vehicles to transport employees, move equipment, or deliver goods. So should these multipurpose vehicles be covered by personal or commercial auto insurance?

Everyone has seen a small business go viral, but few achieve it. Much depends on chance, but business owners can improve the odds of getting their content noticed. Capturing even a small percentage of the billion-plus people who use Instagram each month can have a tremendous impact.

Expanding your marketing consultant business with clients outside your area can lead to lucrative new opportunities. In the digital age, it’s much easier to work beyond your ZIP code, but it does involve unique challenges. These tips can help you grow your consultant business by connecting with remote clients.

While only about 6% of businesses take the time to evaluate the effectiveness of employee communication, those that do see a 60% decrease in human error, a decrease in employee churn, and an increase in the health and safety of their employees. Avoid costly employee mistakes by taking proactive steps toward better communication.

Successful corporate events require a delicate balance between being informative and interactive, productive, and fun. While finding that balance isn’t always easy, with a little know-how it’s always possible. Turn even the dullest annual meeting into a fun-filled, productive affair with these 5 foolproof ways to host successful corporate events.

Your brand can engage customers, grow website traffic, and convert promising leads – all from the comfort of your customers’ inboxes. Email marketing has the highest conversion rate of any online marketing technique, which means adding email to your marketing strategy can have an oversized effect on revenue.

Whether you’re planning a formal corporate event or a relaxed social gathering, careful preparation goes a long way towards ensuring a successful  event. Event planning is hard. It’s complicated enough to be its own full-time profession, but don’t worry, you don’t need to be a professional to host a memorable meetup.

What if you could cut costs and improve efficacy at the same time? A McKinsey study found that, when companies adopt integrated analytics, they’re able to run more effective marketing campaigns for 80 to 85% of the cost. By putting marketing dollars where they’re most successful, companies can increase the efficiency of their marketing efforts and […]

Your customer value drivers are selling points—from product performance to ease of delivery—that make your product or service valuable to customers. These value drivers reveal what people are willing to pay for your product or service and, also, which product developments will have the highest return on investment.

While the benefits of a good digital reputation are clear, companies often struggle to quantify their reputation and the effect it has on acquisitions, conversions, revenue, and profit. Luckily, the Net Promoter Score (NPS) makes it easy to measure and boost your digital reputation.

When customers recommend your company’s product or service, they place their personal reputation on the line to do so. People understand this, which is why – according to the White House Office of Consumer Affairs – two out of three make purchases based off of the recommendations they receive.

A good digital reputation goes a long way online and offline. A Harvard Business School study found that when companies increase their Yelp rating by 1 star, they experienced revenue increases between 5 and 9%.

When companies consider their profitability, the first thing they think about isn’t usually their customer experience, but it probably should be. People, increasingly, place real value on the ease and consistency of a brand’s customer experience.

By putting your surveys online, you can collect data more efficiently and save hours of administrative work. Here are 4 reasons you should use online hospital surveys to collect, aggregate, and analyze information from your patients and staff members.

If you teach online courses, it’s even more important to make frequent testing a part of your curriculum. These tests help online students apply their knowledge in an environment with few opportunities for practical learning. Here’s how to incorporate quizzes into your online learning program.

We’re all about the power of a good form, but – let’s admit it – some requests just can’t be answered with a text field or a checkbox. For just this reason, many of you regularly collect images and documents from your customers using the super handy File Upload field.

Use the powerful color palette and custom fonts features to introduce branding consistency across designs and across platforms. With color palette, identify and save your brand colors to the exact hue. With custom fonts, migrate brand fonts from other platforms into your DesignBold workspace or introduce unique fonts that set your brand apart.

DesignBold is a simple, powerful, and intuitive online design tool that lets anyone create stunning visual content for print or digital media in minutes. Although the award-winning startup shares a lot in common with market leader Canva, DesignBold is out to prove that it’s not only an alternative to Canva, but greater than it.

Crow (or crane) pose, known as bakasana in Sanskrit, is a simple arm balance that builds strength in the shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. The pose also improves balance and concentration, preparing the body and mind for more intense arm balances.

Everyone, from the seasoned yogi to the brand new beginner, has compared themselves to others in class. Going green at someone else’s perfect chakrasana may motivate you at first, but competing with others will leave you discouraged and distracted in the long run.

Traditionally, yoga class begins and ends with a group chant of “om.” This means you have two chances to get loud every time you step on your mat. Use them! Beginners are often hesitant to chant because, well, it’s weird. The benefits of om, however, are real enough to be weird for.

Whether the industry is ready for it or not, inbound marketing is playing a bigger and bigger role in real estate lead generation. For large portals, like Australia’s Alexa and Domain, the trend poses a unique challenge: how can portals ensure the quality of user-generated content, like listings and profiles, for tens of thousands of […]

Whether you exercise regularly or not, staying flexible is essential to your body’s well being. Stretching prevents muscle injuries, relieves back pain, improves athletic performance, and decreases mental stress. It keeps your muscles supple as you get older and, if you’re playing sports or training regularly, it protects your body against the stresses of performance.

Wheel pose, known as urdhva dhanurasana in Sanskrit, is an intense backbending posture that strengthens the erector spinae, improving the flexibility, strength, and alignment of the spine for better posture and reduced back pain. The pose also engages the legs and arms for powerful, toned limbs. Because wheel pose engages the pelvic floor, it can […]

Head-to-knee forward bend, known as janu sirsasana in Sanskrit, is a seated forward fold that stretches the muscles of the calves, hamstrings, hips, and back. The pose involves an external rotation of one leg and a forward bend over the other for a pose that focuses the benefits of seated forward fold (paschimottanasana) on one leg at […]

Flexibility and strength improve the longer we do yoga; however, balance is often more fickle. One practice you have it, the next you’re inexplicably timbering out of every vrkasana (tree pose) you attempt.