Tag Archives: Data

If you want to deliver relevant ads, you’ve got to get better at using data

Columnist Grace Kaye believes marketers need to be more willing to use the insights gained from data to help shape their marketing strategies. Grace Kaye on May 8, 2017   Programmatic has created the opportunity for truly data-driven marketing. Yet still, 50 percent of all marketing is irrelevant to the consumer, according to the latest … Continue reading If you want to deliver relevant ads, you’ve got to get better at using data →

Don’t underestimate the power of advanced filtering when analyzing crawl data

Columnist Glenn Gabe shares various ways of filtering crawl data to obtain actionable insights. Glenn Gabe on May 5, 2017   While helping clients deal with major algorithm updates, troubleshoot technical SEO problems and more, I’m often auditing large-scale sites. That almost always requires a thorough site crawl (typically several crawls over the life of an engagement). … Continue reading Don’t underestimate the power of advanced filtering when analyzing crawl data →

Understanding Heat Maps: What Data Can Tell You About Your Website User Experience

Ben Gallant — April 21, 2017 — April 21, 2017 User experience (UX) on a website is obviously important. This fact is drilled into every Web developer and designer, every inbound marketer, and every digital creative from day one. Just how important is UX? According to one commonly cited study, 88 percent of users are … Continue reading Understanding Heat Maps: What Data Can Tell You About Your Website User Experience →

What the data tells us about the death of exact match and its impact

Following Google’s recent changes to exact match in AdWords, many search marketers were concerned about the impact on their accounts. Now that it’s been a couple weeks, columnist Aaron Levy digs through his client data to see whether advertisers’ fears have come to pass. Aaron Levy on April 7, 2017     On March 17, … Continue reading What the data tells us about the death of exact match and its impact →

6 reasons why building your own customer data asset is a recipe for marketing success

Don’t let an overabundance of tech solutions and partners spoil the broth. Columnist Mike Sands cooks up six questions to ask yourself to ensure you’re in control of your customer data. Mike Sands on April 5, 2017   Customer data. It’s a brand’s special sauce. But right now, there are too many chefs in the … Continue reading 6 reasons why building your own customer data asset is a recipe for marketing success →

One-Third Of Marketers Still Struggle With How To Use Data

One-Third Of Marketers Still Struggle With How To Use Data by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 4, 2017 Most search marketers at least dabble in social advertising and marketing, but all types of marketers across 19 verticals continue to face challenges that prohibit them from reaping the greatest results from their data, according to … Continue reading One-Third Of Marketers Still Struggle With How To Use Data →