As exciting as technological developments may be, contributor Mike Sands urges marketers to keep their eyes on their customers. Mike Sands on April 4, 2018 Remember what life was like before we had smartphones? We flipped through inches of white pages without a thought, carried impossible-to-fold maps wherever we traveled and never left home … Continue reading Smart marketing still hinges on humanity, not technology
Jomer Gregorio — March 20, 2018 Follow @JomerGregorio — March 20, 2018 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is without a doubt a powerful digital marketing strategy to gain traction in the online world. Over the years, it has seen many changes – such as the shift from exact match keywords to long-tail search terms – that … Continue reading Is SEO Still Relevant in 2018? [Infographic]
Choncé Maddox — February 28, 2018 — February 28, 2018 Felix_Broennimann / Pixabay Sometimes leaving your 9-5 and freelancing can feel very similar to working for the man. Yes, freelancing provides more freedom and flexibility but as you get settled into a routine and realize it’s not all about sleeping in and working whenever you … Continue reading How to Freelance and STILL Be Your Own Boss
Digital Advertising Still Growing A Market For Data by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (February 20, 2018) The United States is forecast to remain the world’s largest data market in 2018, spending more than $11.4 billion, up from $8.8 billion in 2017. The OnAudience.com report estimates the global data market will grow from $9.7 billion in 2016 … Continue reading Digital Advertising Still Growing A Market For Data
Emily Sidley — February 18, 2018 Follow @EmilySidleyPR — February 18, 2018 It’s been about a month since Facebook announced it was drastically changing its algorithm to weigh friends and family’s updates over brand pages’ content. While there are ways to continue to stay relevant on the platform, it begs the question, is organic or … Continue reading Why Is Organic Social Media Still Important?
Richard Bayston — February 15, 2018 Follow @rbcopywriting — February 15, 2018 YouTube’s relationship with its advertisers has had a rough year. In March of 2017, news broke that YouTube was hemorrhaging ad spend as businesses rushed to disassociate themselves from extremist content. Verizon, AT&T, Johnson and Johnson and Loreal were among the brands that … Continue reading After Its Latest Advergeddon, Should Businesses Still Use YouTube?
Inaccurate Data Still Holding Back Marketers by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 24, 2018 The biggest mistake companies make is not factoring in the cost of bad data. Only 17% of companies factor in the cost of bad data when calculating return on investments, according to findings from a report by Radius and … Continue reading Inaccurate Data Still Holding Back Marketers
Kerry Dye — January 5, 2018 — January 5, 2018 Alexandra_Koch / Pixabay In 2011, Google rocked the online world with its first Panda algorithm update. For the first time, webmasters were being hit with search penalties for breaking Google’s guidelines and 12% of all searches were affected by the update. Panda marked the beginning … Continue reading Is Google’s Panda Algorithm Still Relevant In 2018?
Dave Brock — December 27, 2017 Follow @davidabrock — December 27, 2017 A colleague specializing in sales and marketing automation tools is fond of saying, “A fool with a tool is still a fool.” My variation of this is that often tools enable us to “Create crap at the speed of light.” Tools have a … Continue reading If A “Fool With A Tool Is Still A Fool,” Why Do We Keep Giving Them Tools?
Google has grown smarter at recognizing variant spellings of the same entity, but columnist Paul Shapiro observes that it’s not perfect yet. Paul Shapiro on December 18, 2017 My wife came to me with a problem. She wanted festive, whimsical, and potentially matching Hanukkah pajamas. But there weren’t enough options coming up in Google … Continue reading Optimizing for Hanukkah: Sometimes it’s still strings, not things
