Daily Archives: July 23, 2017

Marriott, Wyndham Gain Direct Traffic, Bookings From Search

Marriott, Wyndham Gain Direct Traffic, Bookings From Search by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 11, 2017 Hotels seem to be doing a better job of driving consumers directly to their websites from search engines. Of the top 10 brands, six show an increase for actual confirmed direct bookings in May 2017, compared with … Continue reading Marriott, Wyndham Gain Direct Traffic, Bookings From Search

6 Things Business Owners Need to Understand About Social Media Marketing

Laura Donovan — July 11, 2017 Follow @thewordpro — July 11, 2017 Snufkin / Pixabay Social Media has become such an important part of our everyday lives. People of all ages across the globe use Social Media. It has become a major source of news, local information, business information, consumer research, as well as a … Continue reading 6 Things Business Owners Need to Understand About Social Media Marketing

Why You Should Create a Landing Page for Your Blog’s Homepage

Christopher Jan Benitez — July 11, 2017 Follow @christopherjanb — July 11, 2017 rawlaborer / Pixabay Full-screen backgrounds, recent posts, image sliders – blog owners have plenty of options when it comes to designing their homepage. While these layouts are by no means terrible design-wise, they often fall short regarding generating audience engagement. Research by … Continue reading Why You Should Create a Landing Page for Your Blog’s Homepage

Google, Bing Drive Traffic To Amazon, More Data Shows Reliance On Search

Google, Bing Drive Traffic To Amazon, More Data Shows Reliance On Search by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 11, 2017 Until brands can determine how to get people looking for information to type a website address direct into a URL, they will remain dependent on search engine traffic from organic listings and paid search on Google … Continue reading Google, Bing Drive Traffic To Amazon, More Data Shows Reliance On Search

Social media pages for store locations have 5x the engagement of brand pages [Report]

On Facebook, 25x more impressions took place on local Pages. Greg Sterling on July 11, 2017    Until comparatively recently, most multilocation brands and enterprises didn’t maintain separate corporate and individual store location pages on social media. There was a single national brand account, and social posts were typically generated from that account. All that has started to … Continue reading Social media pages for store locations have 5x the engagement of brand pages [Report]