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The Truth About WYSIWYG Editing in your CMS

Yesterday at DrupalCon I saw Karen McGrane speak for the first time. Karen is a respected content strategist and frequent keynote speaker. She's fantastic, and I was thrilled to see her speak live for the first time. Meer...

A Reflection on Karen McGranes DrupalCon Portland Keynote

I just finished listening to the DrupalCon Portland’s Wednesday keynote presented by Karen McGrane about UX experience and content for all devices. Meer...

Thoughts on the DrupalCon Portland Keynote

Today was the official start of my first DrupalCon. As a newbie, it was a fun experience to see 3,300 Drupalists all in one room, anxious to hear from Dries, the original developer of Drupal. Here are some of my thoughts from today’s keynote: Meer...

The DrupalCon Portland Sessions every Webmaster should attend!

Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to share what I thought were the sessions every digital marketer or Webmaster should attend.Tuesday: 9:00 am – 10:00 am OR 204 - Blackmesh Meer...

5 Things I'm Looking Forward to at DrupalCon Portland

Hello from Portland! Today is the start of my first DrupalCon. Acquia is a Diamond sponsor, and we've got a huge presence at the show. 1) Dries' keynote. I've watched his keynotes in previous years before joining Acquia. Dries just a great job educating, entertaining, and inspiring the Drupal community. I love his dry sense of humor, which I trust will be on full display tomorrow. Meer...

Weather.com Moving to Drupal

Today, I am proud to announce that one of the highest profile websites in the world, Weather.com, will be joining the Drupal community. With 100 million unique visitors per month, to my knowledge, Weather.com will be the highest traffic Drupal site in existence, validating the open source content management system's power and flexibility within the high-traffic website landscape. Meer...

Top 3 Ways to Ensure Your Outbound Sales Team Isn’t Sent Home Crying

The buyer’s journey is changing. Sales and Marketing used to be able to control their brand’s messaging and value proposition through the limited number of mass communication channels (such as network TV, commercial radio, newspapers, and even email, website, and banner advertising into the mid-2000s). Social media and other forms of user-generated content, though, have revolutionized how buyers research, evaluate, and select business partners. Meer...

Listening to your own marketing or your vendor’s?

Let's look at the hot topic of personalization. I get enquiries about this, almost on a daily basis. And I fully agree that it can be a powerful tool to engage customers and increase your conversion rate. But before you go into the perilous journey of personalization you need to get all of the other things right. Why would you personalize content when your content sucks? Bad content is bad content, personalized or not! Why would you personalize content when your team cannot deal with the overhead of managing this? Meer...

Adobe Just Killed Traditional Software Licensing

At today’s Adobe Max Conference, Adobe announced that they would stop selling traditional shrink-wrap licenses of Adobe Creative Suite products – Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, etc. Now it’s all about the Creative Cloud and its subscription-licensing model. You can no longer buy the Adobe Creative Suite; you can only subscribe to the Creative Cloud as a monthly or annual subscription. Meer...

Let's Get Personal: The Basics

Personalization is as old as marketing itself. Give each customer what they want, how they want it, when they want it. New technologies, platforms, and devices give us the tools to reinvent this venerable approach, expanding its reach and effectiveness. To wring the maximum value out of personalization, you have to track your results, constantly re-evaluate what you are doing, and adjust your strategy accordingly. In Part One of this 5-part series on personalization, we'll start with the broad strokes. Meer...

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