Image source: Pixabay.com Several years ago, I got my start in customer service in a call center for a major software corporation. I didn’t start at the top or even in the middle; I was a frontline technical support analyst. Over time, I advanced in the organization, eventually becoming the manager of multiple supervisors, overseeing […]
When a business puts together a strategy for their sales, there are many aspects that need to be given attention to in order to maximize profit in the shortest amount of time. Because of this, businesses can sometimes struggle with deciding what strategies they should be prioritizing, and which ones they can put less of
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A little over a year ago, ahead of the 2016 holiday shopping season, Google enabled integrations between Google Merchant Center and three e-commerce platforms. Those integrations are soon coming to an end. Through the integrations, merchants using BigCommerce, Magento or PrestaShop could directly connect their product catalogs to Google Merchant Center. This week, Google began
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Barry Schwartz Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land’s News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on social media at @rustybrick, +BarrySchwartz and Facebook. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio and
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In October 2017 Twitter announced an Advertising Transparency Center saying “that it will offer everyone visibility into who is advertising on Twitter, details behind those ads, and tools to share your feedback.” As of this date, there has been no Ad Transparency Center nor any updates on its progress. Twitter previously said the Transparency Center will
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Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media’s General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed
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With the growing importance of Google Shopping campaigns in paid search results for brands and manufacturers, getting product data correct and consistent has become an increasingly urgent task. It’s been a somewhat sleepy product, but this week, Google announced new features and an expansion of Manufacturer Center. Launched in 2015, Google Manufacturer Center was designed
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Big changes are afoot in the contact center. In 2017, Avaya filed for Chapter 11 and announced significant progress in restructuring. NICE acquired Workflex solutions to incorporate intraday management within its WFO platform. Serenova acquired Telstrat, another small WFO provider, and Verint announced its intent to acquire EG Solutions. Another change happened two weeks ago
During the past year, the number of Americans getting at least a portion of their news from social media sites has increased from 62 percent in 2016 to 67 percent in 2017. The findings are part of a survey conducted via phone by the Pew Research Center, polling 4,971 Americans to determine which social media
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Key decision makers from different gaming affiliates across Europe have gathered this week in Berlin to discuss future opportunities as well as the challenges that the industry faces. There’s no better place to discuss the future of gaming affiliates than in the historic city of Berlin, which is touted to be the melting pot of
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