Chris Harper — January 11, 2018 Follow @MProDaily — January 11, 2018 Google has confirmed that it has officially changed the way it displays snippets in its search result pages. A snippet is that sentence or two below the URL in an organic search result – typically the description of the site – that helps … Continue reading Google Just Increased The Length Of Your Brand’s Search Result Snippets
2018 Search Resolutions From Marketers At Brands, Agencies, Analyst Firms by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (January 05, 2018) Most people center their New Year’s resolution on major life-changing goals. Be a better person. Work out five days per week. Eliminate sugar. When it comes to search marketing, resolutions among analysts, marketers and agency executives centered on … Continue reading 2018 Search Resolutions From Marketers At Brands, Agencies, Analyst Firms
With mobile devices, people are searching in real time for negative experiences to make decisions. CMOs, are you prepared? Contributor Brian Solis discusses the benefits of building consumer trust. Brian Solis on January 2, 2018 The best experiences and the worst experiences are oftentimes so compelling that we can’t help but share them. That’s … Continue reading Empowered consumers are searching for the best and worst brands before they buy
When you’re a multilocation enterprise, curating local sponsorships can be tricky. Columnist Megan Hannay discusses ways to contribute locally using a centralized strategy. Megan Hannay on December 27, 2017 To enterprise brand managers, “sponsorships” may mean contracts with professional sports teams or national radio shows. But local nonprofits and events are the 99 percent … Continue reading A tale of two GoFundMe’s: Why centralized local sponsorship campaigns matter for multilocation brands
Dmitry Dragilev — December 8, 2017 — December 8, 2017 There are five PR specialists for every one journalist. Add in all the non-PR agents sending pitches — like entrepreneurs, marketers, and ecommerce owners — and you can see why journalists are drowning in emails. Most of these emails are basically the same: “You should … Continue reading How to Pitch Journalists and Get a Response: Practical Media Pitch Examples for Ecommerce Brands
Instagram will also now automatically save Story posts, which can later be added to a Story Highlights collection. Tim Peterson on December 5, 2017 Instagram is giving brands a new reason to invest in producing higher-quality Stories. Brands and all other Instagram users can now showcase collections of their old Instagram Stories on their profile … Continue reading Instagram now lets brands feature Stories Highlights on their profile pages
Arik Hanson — December 4, 2017 — December 4, 2017 Two months ago, LinkedIn rolled out yet another new feature for its members: The ability to record and upload video right from your mobile device. Video, of course, isn’t necessarily new to LinkedIn. You could upload video to a post whenever you’d like. But, “native … Continue reading 3 Ways Brands Can Use LinkedIn Native Video Before Company Pages Get Access
Contributor Dan Purvis takes a look at the evolution of digital and how brands can stay a step ahead of the competition by embracing this digital transformation. Dan Purvis on December 4, 2017 Business in the modern age is seismically different compared with even five years ago. Businesses have been profoundly changed by the … Continue reading What digital transformation means for brands
Jaseem Thayal Shareef — November 17, 2017 — November 17, 2017 Even if you didn’t know what it was called at the time, you’ve almost certainly seen an explainer video before. What are explainer videos? You know them. You do. Explainer videos are short online marketing videos, usually between 30 seconds to two minutes long, … Continue reading How Explainer Videos Speed Up Conversions + 13 Examples of Ecommerce Brands Putting Them to Use
Multilocation businesses face some unique challenges in today’s local search landscape, but columnist Thomas Stern believes they can succeed by finding the right balance between centralized data management and localized content production. Thomas Stern on November 9, 2017 Local SEO drives customer actions for businesses of every size, from local mom-and-pop shops to large … Continue reading Local SEO: Driving customer actions for enterprise-level brands
