Aimclear recently had the opportunity to help out a local business that was having an issue with unauthorized access to their Facebook page. The basic timeline of the breach was: [Owner]’s Facebook account was breached Hacker added themself as an admin of [Company] business manager Hacker posted spam as Owner, resulting in [Owner]’s account being […]

ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.”  The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]

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Everyone is going to have their own story to tell when we reflect on the start of 2020. As marketers, we will talk about the enormous role of digital and how it impacted our jobs and our businesses. Some of us had to find the quickest way to move to a digital offering, and others […]

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ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.”  The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]

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The push towards brands “being everywhere” has been building for years. When implemented correctly, integrated marketing across multiple channels can be incredibly effective. It builds authority and brand awareness. Users feel like they’re seeing you everywhere. When implemented poorly, integrated marketing can be a huge waste of time and ad spend, especially during the holiday […]

Do you want happy customers?  Of course, you do. No business wants unhappy customers. But how do you know they’re happy? Repeat business isn’t necessarily a sign of happiness, as proved by the concept of customers as hostages (when customers don’t want to buy from you, but feel like they don’t have a choice.)  Is […]

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Implementing a foundation program library inside of your Marketo Engage application is one feat. Implementing a center of excellence outside of the platform is another. Without a focus on people, processes, and overall technology, you could be setting yourself up for poor adoption and support. With a focus on the three, you could be setting […]

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Marketing has changed.  And so have the people doing it. The breed of new marketers is under 40, successful and experienced – they’ve worked for big corporations and small businesses, and now they’re running their own mini-agencies. One thing connects them all: they believe marketing is not about selling. Instead, it’s about helping audiences.  1. […]

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Multi-touch marketing attribution is an essential practice for any good marketing professional. It provides a complete picture of the customer journey, in addition to clarifying where the marketing spend is going and proving ROI for different channels and programs. But I found myself wanting to know more about the personal experience of managing marketing attribution […]

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I am thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2021 Marketo Engage Champion program. Next year is extra special as it marks the 10-year anniversary since the Marketo Engage Champion program was first launched.  The Marketo Engage Champion program represents an elite group of our most advanced Marketo Engage users and brand ambassadors who are Marketo Engage Certified Experts (MCE) and actively share their knowledge and […]

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When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]

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This time of year has many thinking about Halloween, football season, comfortable sweatshirts or maybe even Pumpkin Spice Lattes… But here at Aimclear, Autumn means one thing: A focus on Q4, which brings some of the biggest and potentially most profitable shopping days of the year. Soon, your inbox and social media feeds are going […]

ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.”  The UK’s Prime Minister Boris […]

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When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]

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Any time we look to change the status quo, there will be roadblocks, hurdles, and growing pains. But when it comes to aligning internal organizations in marketing and sales (and customer service), the struggle can pay off hugely. But no organization and no leadership should be looking to make these changes and shift internal processes […]

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Adobe’s recent Experience Maker’s Live two-day online event was insightful, thoughtful, and informative, just as I predicted. While I knew what kind of high-quality content I could expect from one of their events, I headed into the virtual conference with one pressing question: what exactly is an experience maker? It didn’t take long before the […]

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The Experience Makers Live virtual conference held by Adobe this summer was packed with interesting and informative keynotes and breakout sessions on a variety of topics related to modern business and marketing and sales. But there was one major theme that seemed to be the red thread, and became the point that really stuck with […]

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When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]

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One of the easiest ways to speed up your web site’s pages is via image optimization. Images – especially large, uncompressed or unoptimized images – are often the most load-intensive assets on a web page. Many a battle has been waged between designers – who want big, beautiful, hi-resolution images, and developers – who are […]

In the realm of B2B marketing, the cycle from interest to consideration to purchase can take a long time. While every brand will experience a different time to conversion, B2B sales cycles tend to take anywhere from 3 months to 18 months to convert into a customer. The longest sales cycles tend to be associated […]

Last month, experts on Aimclear’s Account Services team each pulled from their toolbox of tactics and shared deep knowledge on B2B marketing in a three-part blog series. Part 1 walked through the B2B marketing fundamentals – defining some core concepts and laying out the groundwork for how a business might approach B2B marketing programs, and […]

When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size […]

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“The times they are a-changin’.” With more people working from home than ever before, in-person events replaced with digital experiences, budgets are being rescoped, and brands are focusing more on serving rather than selling. It’s a time of reflection for many personally and professionally. It’s also an opportunity to pause, take stock, and prepare for […]

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Strong marketers are always in demand, especially in a tough economy. Superstar marketers, however, are truly essential to brands – in particular when rocky times hit.  Such is the case with Aimclear CMO Susan Wenograd, who has been a core part of our Aimclear team for the past couple of years. After helping to redefine […]

After a lot of ballyhoo the past year or so around the forthcoming California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), it finally rolled out on July 2nd. Many media buyers came back from the July 4th holiday and promptly proceeded to tear their collective hair out, with Facebook Ad results that plummeted overnight in many accounts. While […]

This is the final in Aimclear’s 3-part series covering B2B Marketing. Check out Part 1 and Part 2  if you missed those. Stop trying to marry your customer before you’ve even gone on a date. As advertisers, if our objective is lead generation, we need to force ourselves to think beyond the obvious tactics. Turning on […]

We published our Web Accessibility and WCAG Best Practices a few months back, and the feedback we heard was that a how-to guide for testing your website for ADA compliance would be additionally helpful. Below, we’ll take you through our approach, what we’ve learned, and link you to helpful sites.  We’ve talked about why the […]

Marketers love formulas, and Copywriters are no different. Copywriters use formulas (and swipe files filled with snippets) for three main reasons: To kickstart the creative process To speed up the writing process And finally, because formulas are just cool 🙂 Perhaps the most powerful formula we’ve discovered and perfected over the years is a simple […]

We are excited to announce part 4 of our new video series, “Python in a Marketing World,” hosted by Data Operations Specialist Tanner Riebel. The series provides a jumpstart for marketers interested in learning Python. In case you missed the first three episodes, check out: Episode 1 “Reporting With The Google Analytics API”  was a […]

As some may have seen, I will be transitioning out of agency life, and moving to an in-house role. Most people didn’t really get to know me until I started working in agencies years ago, but I actually do have in-house marketing experience as well. Having traveled both paths, there are immense and diverse challenges […]