The Anatomy of a Grammar Nerd [Infographic]

Are you pro-semi-colon? Does the word “irregardless” make you cringe? Do you silently (or not-so-silently) correct your friends’ and family’s grammar mistakes on a regular basis?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, chances are you’re a grammar nerd. It’s cool — a lot of us are, too. Actually, it turns out there are quite a few of you out there.

Plain Text vs. HTML Emails: Which Is Better? [New Data]

5 Tips for Increasing Your Average Order Value

Marketing your ecommerce site is only one way to increase your revenue. There are other things you can do on a daily basis that just might convince buyers to order more products. You won’t even need to increase any of your prices to increase the order value. As an added bonus, these tactics will delight your customers and boost the chances they’ll be back to buy more in the future.

How to Earn Subscription Renewals Without Lifting a Finger

The Step-by-Step Guide to SlideShare Marketing [Free Ebook]

While many marketers are drawn to the visual nature of SlideShare (it is a popular platform for sharing visual content, after all), it’s important to remember that SlideShare marketing is both an art and a science.

The art side of the equation, no doubt, is obvious: Creating a SlideShare presentation requires that you craft a compelling story, and then bring that story to life through the careful selection and arrangement of typefaces, colors, illustrations, photographs, and other elements.

So Your Ebook Didn’t Generate Leads? You Could Be Making These Rookie Mistakes

We’ve all had it happen before. 

You spend days creating an ebook. You slaved over the copy. You hacked together the design. You put it on your website.

And then … crickets. No one downloads it.

Can Company Policy Make Your Team More Creative? Here’s How 4 Companies Are Experimenting

82% of Managers Aren’t Cut Out For the Job: Do You Have What It Takes?

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Struggling to get along with your manager? It’s probably not you. There’s a good chance your boss should never have been promoted in the first place.

Confessions of a Jaded Conference Attendee: 5 Things I Loved About INBOUND

 Remember your very first conference?

You carefully deliberated over every single session in the weeks leading up to it, bought a special outfit, and got a thrill when you finally arrived and saw your name covered in plastic.

“My very own name tag? I’ll save this forever!”

12 About Us Page Examples That Are Probably Better Than Yours

When you’re building a website, it’s tempting to get distracted by all the bells and whistles of the design process and forget all about creating compelling content. But having awesome content on your website is crucial to making inbound marketing work for your business.

So how do you balance your remarkable content creation with your web design needs? Why, with your ‘About Us’ page, of course! For a remarkable about page, all you need to do is figure out your company’s unique identity, and then share it with the world.