SEO is not easy to master. It keeps evolving, with new specifics and techniques added almost daily. However, it is imperative to lay the foundations of good SEO by accomplishing time-tested tasks that both beginner and advanced SEOs usually follow in their daily routines. In part one of this series, the author explained the most […]
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Digital advertising is a relatively new discipline—at least when you consider how many years businesses have been messaging consumers to promote or sell a product or service. In the age of digital, online advertising is one of the most effective ways to expand your reach, find new customers and boost your bottom line. However, the
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One of the reasons we love paid search is because it performs, but its intent-driven nature means it’s not the channel to build scale. The way to do that is get in front of relevant audiences and generate demand for your product/service. This is where channels such as paid social come into play, and one
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has blown up in the past few years and is quickly starting to take over the world of business marketing. From digital assistants like Alexa and Google Home to Siri and search algorithms, AI allows consumers to access the information they want quickly and efficiently. It’s predicted that the world of AI is
There’s a seemingly intuitive – but in practice misguided – logic that continues to lead marketers astray when trying to optimize website content for SEO. Since search engines are designed to accept keywords as input and show search results that are most relevant to those terms, you might reason: “Why not cram those keywords into
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Keyword research is a fundamental tactic that I have seen completely transform the overall marketing strategies of those who take it seriously. In fact, just about any marketing area begins with keyword research, be it competitive analysis, traffic growth, content planning, or PPC strategy. It has always been the foundation of online marketing and it still
Large marketers spending millions in annual programmatic and digital media spend have a number of good reasons for taking some elements of programmatic media in-house. We’ll talk about the specific pros and cons of doing this later in this article, but for now, it’s important to acknowledge that there’s historical precedent for taking a hybrid
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Here is a recap of SMX Advanced session Audience Targeting In A Privacy-Centric World. The speakers shared new developments in audience targeting and how tracking changes will affect the way you use audience targeting and remarketing. Jillian Nagle, Red Ventures Jill started the session by saying, If we evaluate audiences the same way we evaluate keywords,
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When it comes to being visible online, video content is increasingly proving its worth as a way to grab attention and – crucially – to engage meaningfully with internet users. Currently, one third of all time spent online is accounted for by watching video and it is predicted that 80% of all internet traffic will
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2018 has already been a big year for voice search and virtual assistants, with Alexa making its way into hotel rooms and Google Home racing ahead in sales. However, recent developments from Google suggest that what started off as a neat way to order milk, play music, and switch the lights on has become something
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