by Oren Netzer, Op-Ed Contributor, August 11, 2016 Part 1 and Part 2 of this series examined how bidding directly on long-tail keywords improved all front-end metrics, including click-through rates, cost per click and average position. Part 3 examined how adding long-tail keywords increases overall impression share. In this fourth and final installment, the analysis examines how bidding directly … Continue reading Why Long-Tail Keywords Are Your Biggest Missed Opportunity – Part IV
by Kevin BeasleyAugust 10, 2016 In today’s global market, companies routinely face obstacles when attempting to broker sales in different languages. Differing currencies can create sales headaches, but language barriers can be an even greater impediment to securing agreements. Fortunately for us humans, our computer colleagues have been speaking the same language for decades, and … Continue reading Why Electronic Data Interchange is a Missed Opportunity for the Mid-Market
by Oren Netzer, Op-Ed Contributor, July 19, 2016 Part 3 of this series examines whether the impressions and clicks generated by long-tail keywords are incremental to the impressions and clicks already being driven by the pre-existing keywords, or whether they are at the expense of the pre-existing keywords. In other words, are you creating … Continue reading Why Long-Tail Keywords Are Your Biggest Missed Opportunity – Part III
by Oren Netzer, Op-Ed Contributor, June 27, 2016 Part I of this series showed how bidding directly on mid-tail and long-tail Exact match keywords can significantly improve click-through rates, average position and cost per click. The study revealed that this is likely due to a better match between user intent (as expressed through the search … Continue reading Why Long-Tail Keywords Are Your Biggest Missed Opportunity – Part II
by Oren Netzer, Op-Ed Contributor, June 22, 2016, 2:22 PM Long-tail keywords represent 70%-80% of search query volume. Because of the complexity involved in targeting them directly, search marketers have historically resorted to targeting long-tail keywords using phrase match or broad-match modified (BMMs) keywords. Marketers often ask whether bidding on Phrase matches and Broad Match … Continue reading Why Long-Tail Keywords Are Your Biggest Missed Opportunity – Part I
by Patricia West Doyle, June 15, 2016 Marketers tend to focus much attention on various cohorts — Baby Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials being the primary groups on everyone’s radar today. Yet, another important element of deeply understanding your target consumer is an understanding of their life-stage. Understanding the underlying needs of a consumer during different life stages … Continue reading Marketing To Women by Life-Stage Brings Opportunity For Product Growth
by Chris Boyles March 31, 2016 Follow @chrsboylsMarch 31, 2016 If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you’ve likely noticed publishers are taking advantage of the platform’s new live streaming feature Facebook Live. You’ve also probably noticed that brands aren’t. In the last few days, I’ve seen The Atlantic, The New York Times and Slate all … Continue reading Why Facebook Live is the Content Marketing Opportunity You’re Missing Out On
by Rachel Clapp Miller March 29, 2016 Follow @ContentRachelMarch 29, 2016 Losing a large opportunity can drain the energy and enthusiasm of even great sales teams. Improving team morale quickly after a lost opportunity is important to getting momentum back in a positive direction. Don’t let one misstep lead to more stumbles. Focus on uncovering … Continue reading Help Your Team Recover From a Lost Opportunity
by Mark Nicholson March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 Marketers continue to miss out on an enormous opportunity for growth. Many buy into content strategy and inbound marketing, but they’re often overlooking how significant SEO is to their overall success. All too often left to a developer or marketing function that claims to ‘get it’; it’s … Continue reading Where Digital Marketing Fails – Missed Opportunity For Growth
by Sunil Bagai December 18, 2015 Follow @ZenithtalentDecember 18, 2015 Career planning could be career limiting “Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Taleb’s book, The Black Swan, examines the influence of highly improbable and unpredictable events that have massive impacts. … Continue reading Step Aside Career Planning, Hello Opportunity Planning
