Community First Health Plans (CFHP), the largest nonprofit health plan in the Greater San Antonio area, has entered into an agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide health insurance coverage through Qualified Health Plans on the federally-facilitated Marketplace. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most Americans will...

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As marketers cope with an ever-expanding array of technology platforms for advertising, social engagement, customer relationship management (CRM), automation, content marketing and web analytics, many professionals have found themselves needing to rethink their craft. A "big data" overload, in terms of the amount of raw information, is only part of the problem. There simply isn't enough time in our workday to analyze all of this data properly so we can draw meaningful conclusions that improve our decision-making processes.

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With 86% of marketers using content to attract or engage customers and with 32% of marketers planning to increase their content marketing budget, there is no doubt that content marketing is on the rise. In this digital age, brands are realizing that a strategy shift is needed in order to take advantage of this new era in marketing.
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For small businesses, the decision to change a logo should be driven by a desire to more clearly communicate positioning, rather than an artistic exercise triggered by boredom. After all, a logo is part of a system of visual signals that a brand uses to connect with its marketplace. A logo should not adorn a company's business cards, website, signage or letterhead just for the sake of tradition, but it should visually communicate a core truth about the brand (thus, support the company's positioning). So, changes to the logo should be carefully weighed to ensure that they do not negatively impact the business.
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If you’ve been using jQuery -- the lightweight, “write less, do more” library to bring interactive effects to your websites -- you may have missed last spring’s 2.0 release. The good news is that jQuery 2.0 is faster and smaller than all previous versions. The bad news: Because jQuery 2.0 is designed for the modern web, it no longer supports legacy versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, including IE 6, IE 7 and IE 8. This is a bold move by the jQuery team and has stirred some debate among many web developers.
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Editorial calendars aren’t just for glossy magazines. These valuable tools are helpful for marketers everywhere, especially those who regularly produce blog posts, articles, white papers, press releases, and other forms of content.
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