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10 Best Ecard Makers to Show Your Customers You Care
According to HubSpot research, 93% of customers are likely to make repeat purchases with companies that offer excellent customer service. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that companies often look for creative ways to continue delighting their audience. A simple method to add a personal touch to your interaction with customers and leads is to use ecards. You can opt to send greetings to customers in marketing emails or install a widget that allows customers to send an ecard when buying a gift for someone else. Better still are companies that allow you to make an ecard online for […]
Laila Ibrahim: On Characters Throughout Decades
Laila Ibrahim is the bestselling author of Golden Poppies, Paper Wife, Mustard Seed, and Yellow Crocus. She spent much of her career as a preschool director, a birth doula, and a religious educator. That work, coupled with her education in developmental psychology and attachment theory, provided ample fodder for her novels. She’s a devout Unitarian Universalist, determined to do her part to add a little more love and justice to our beautiful and painful world. She lives with her wonderful wife, Rinda, and two other families in a small co-housing community in Berkeley, California. Her young adult children are her […]
Premade Book Covers: Pros, Cons, and Where to Find Them
If you’re a self-published author, you’re probably already familiar with how hard it is to produce a book. Traditionally published authors get free edits, cover designs, formatting, and printing, but self-published authors have to manage production by themselves. This isn’t as bad as it sounds—being able to do everything on your own means you get a lot more creative control over your final product than you might if you published traditionally. But it does mean you have to take every aspect of your book’s production into account. And one of the most important aspects of your book’s production is the […]
Google Multisearch: A New Way To Search With Text & Images via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google is introducing a new way to search the web using a combination of text and images at the same time. The post Google Multisearch: A New Way To Search With Text & Images appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Getting Started With GA4: These 4 Tips Will Get You Up & Running via @sejournal, @KayleLarkin
Nervous about the switch to GA4? Kayle Larkin explains where to find the most important information including site traffic, user engagement, events, and conversions. The post Getting Started With GA4: These 4 Tips Will Get You Up & Running appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
5 Steps to Create an Outstanding Marketing Plan [Free Templates]
Do you take a good, hard look at your team’s marketing strategy every year? You should. Without an annual marketing plan, things can get messy — and it’s nearly impossible to put a number on the budget you’ll need to secure for the projects, hiring, and outsourcing you’ll encounter over the course of a year if you don’t have a plan. To make your plan’s creation easier, we’ve put together a list of what to include in your plan and a few different planning templates where you can easily fill in the blanks. To start, let’s dive into how to […]
11 Website Page Load Time Statistics You Need [+ How to Increase Conversion Rate]
You may have heard the old saying “patience is a virtue,” meaning waiting for something without getting discouraged is a great quality to have. However, for most of us, that “virtue” goes out the window when we encounter slow page load time. The faster your website’s load time is, the happier your visitors will be. In other words — when you optimize your web page’s load time, you can expect to see improvements in user experience (UX), conversion rates, and ultimately, sales revenue. You may be questioning whether or not simply shaving a few milliseconds off of your website’s page […]
The Verb To Get Can Sometimes Be Overused In Writing
The verb to get is one of the most common words in English. We use it all the time when we speak, but it’s sometimes better to find alternative verbs in writing. Good writing is always about variety and finding the right words. But because this verb has so many meanings and functions, it’s easy to fall into the trap of overusing it. You can’t write without it. However, if you are aware, you can very often find a better verb. The verb to get has nearly 300 meanings According to the Oxford English Dictionary, get has 289 meanings. But […]
2022 April PAD Challenge: Day 7
So believe it or not, and for better or worse, we’ll be a full week finished with this challenge once we write today’s poem! Are you excited? If so, would you say you have an abundance of excitement? For today’s prompt, write an abundance poem. There can be an abundance of things, both good and bad. An abundance of sunshine, money, and chocolate. Or an abundance of rain, debt, and liverwurst. Today, I hope there will be an abundance of poeming! Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them. Note on commenting: […]
Google Says AI Generated Content Is Against Guidelines via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller says content automatically generated with AI writing tools is considered spam, according to the search engine’s webmaster guidelines. The post Google Says AI Generated Content Is Against Guidelines appeared first on Search Engine Journal.