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McLellan: The online consumer’s mindset

Even if you do not sell a single thing online, odds are:

• You have a website.

• People are “shopping” you on that site, even if they know they can’t buy there.

As consumers, …

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McLellan: Email’s role in your sales funnel

In last week’s column, we covered the power of email and some of the ways we could improve our use of this tool in 2021. I promised that we’d talk about the role that email …

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McLellan: Email for 2021

As marketers, we are often drawn to whatever the hot new platform or channel is, and it’s fun to think about what strategy we might use for getting the most out of whatever new tool …

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Marketing: Share of search

Digital marketers have long employed online search to predict how consumers will behave in the short term – will they take action in the next few minutes, hours or days. Campaigns have most often been …

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Marketing: What’s your strategy for a cookie-free web?

In my fourth and final column of the 2021 trends series, we’re going to examine life after the cookie. Third-party cookies are data registered in a user’s browsing history. Everything we do on the web …

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Winnebago refreshes brand under diversified portfolio

Forest City-based Winnebago Industries is refreshing its brand after expanding its portfolio of nameplates and the products it manufactures. Image from the Winnebago website

While the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work and play, …

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Marketing: 2021 Trends: Engaging customers who aren’t leaving their homes

In this third column of the 2021 trends series, I want to look at a trend that I think will be short-lived but important. While we wait for the vaccine to become widely available here …

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Marketing: 2021 trends: Staying relevant in the age of e-commerce

In this second column of the 2021 trends series, I want to talk about the acceleration of e-commerce adoption. The pandemic forced many consumers to change their purchasing habits, and e-commerce was the lucky recipient. …

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Newton business leader Bill Vernon dies

William (Bill) Vernon, former chairman and CEO of the Vernon Co. in Newton and an active Central Iowa business and community leader, died on Dec. 3 at the age of 89. Over a 64-year career, …

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Marketing: Are you a need?

We often spend time thinking about how our potential customers view our products or services, but we often focus on the offering instead of the audience considering that offer. 
How would your customers classify what …