Aleks Nikitina — January 21, 2019 — January 21, 2019 From the birth of the search engine through 2016, advertisers worked hard to make their SEM ad messages concise enough to fit into the strict character limits of a standard text ad. Every ad had 25 characters in a headline and 35 characters in each … Continue reading SERP, SEM, ETA, RSA: The Acronym-Filled Journey of Search Advertising
Move beyond a siloed approach to marketing and you stand to improve the ROI of your efforts while evolving your organization. Keith Richey on December 17, 2018 As a marketer today, you’re responsible for a more significant portion of the buyer journey — and for demonstrating the ROI of your efforts. You’re charged not merely … Continue reading How marketing and sales alignment can better drive the buyer journey
Annette Franz — November 28, 2018 Follow @annettefranz — November 28, 2018 Did you know that journey maps are more than a tool? I’ve written previously about 11 myths and mistakes about journey mapping: 5 Myths of Journey Mapping6 Bonus Myths of Journey Mapping I should add one more myth, which is really the umbrella … Continue reading 6 Steps From Journey Maps to Outcomes
Sara Staffaroni — November 11, 2018 — November 11, 2018 rawpixel / Pixabay If the teams in your organization appear productive, but you’re still having a hard time pushing the needle, the problem might be with how you’re measuring business productivity. The Harvard Business Review did some digging and found that analyzing the productivity of … Continue reading How to Use Your Customer Journey Map to Increase Business Productivity
Rex Briggs on July 9, 2018 at 11:59 pm Marketing professionals working with brands large and small across the world are facing a problem. Measuring marketing impact and quickly finding ways to drive a higher ROI has never been easy – many of the tools upon which we rely were developed when we were primarily marketing … Continue reading Are your marketing efforts hurting sales? The need for a consistent view of the consumer journey
Bill Sebald — July 5, 2018 Follow @billsebald — July 5, 2018 As long as I’ve been doing SEO, I’ve tried to push for the early adoption of new products, platforms, and technology whenever possible. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing (not an Amazon affiliate link, I swear!) has been a book I’ve leaned on … Continue reading Voice Search Optimization: The SEO’s Journey (So Far)
Victor Blasco — July 3, 2018 Follow @yumyumvideos — July 3, 2018 Are you planning to create your first marketing video and don’t know where to begin? Or maybe you’ve already made one but you’re looking to go ahead with your video marketing strategy. No matter if you’re a beginner or an experienced marketer, you … Continue reading Video Strategy: 7 Types of Videos for Each Stage of the Buyer’s Journey
Study from Blis found that in-store browsing was the number one way consumers discovered new products. Greg Sterling on June 28, 2018 A new survey of 2,000 US consumers from location intelligence provider Blis argues that, contrary to marketers’ perceptions, the dominant way consumers discover new products is in traditional retail stores. At the … Continue reading Report: Stores still critical in consumer purchase journey, above TV and social
Contributor Brian Solis reminds us that mobile success requires a lot more than just having an app or mobile site. Brian Solis on June 26, 2018 With over 40 percent of online transactions and growing, mobile is eating the world day by day. When a customer sets out to learn and make a decision, … Continue reading Mobile is taking over the customer journey
Jeanette Maister — June 11, 2018 Follow @jeanettemaister— June 11, 2018 It hasn’t been long since well-known, industry-leading tech giants came under fire for a lack of underrepresented people in their hiring initiatives. With a spotlight illuminating such issues, more and more organizations in all verticals and sizes are challenging their own diversity programs. This … Continue reading One Company’s Journey in Building a More Attractive Diversity Recruitment Program
