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When someone hits “enter” on a search engine, what’s their purpose? Or at least, what’s their search’s purpose to them? Crucially, there is no one answer — so for Google, understanding the intention of someone’s search is the top priority. What does that mean for you? Consider the Chicken “How to make chicken.” If someone searches for that, the top results are for recipes. They’re blogs and videos, not brick-and-mortar businesses or products from an ecommerce site. That’s because Google knows that search is someone looking to learn, not buy. […]
If you’re running a company, what do your content marketing efforts look like? If you read that question and asked, “What?” or answered, “I don’t know,” then good news! We have just identified one concrete area that will make your business better. In 2020, content marketing has become a central pillar of successful digital marketing. If you’re not utilizing it, you’re hurting yourself. We cannot stress enough: this medium is here to stay, and it’s your friend. So, how does good content marketing benefit you? People Like It Simply put: […]
Landing pages are critical in helping generate leads, sharing what sets your product or service apart, and turning users into customers. Online marketers hit at a higher rate by sending traffic to a dedicated landing page instead of an existing generic homepage. But not all landing pages are equal. So, what is it that makes an effective landing page? Here is what to consider when creating one: There’s No Such Thing As a Perfect Landing Page As easy as it would make everything, there’s no one perfect landing page. Since […]
So, you want to improve your Google Ads campaigns? Enter Google Ads Campaign Experiments, or ACE for short. ACE is a feature that helps you measure the impact of potential changes before applying them to a campaign. When used properly, it does this as a vehicle for A/B testing. As we discussed in our previous post, A/B testing is essentially a process applying basic scientific principles to digital advertising. Following the first things we learned in elementary school science, this is achieved by comparing two versions of a campaign wherein […]
Seeing as it’s 2020, we’ll assume you’re well-versed in YouTube advertising at least from the point of view of a YouTube viewer. Given how familiar we all are with YouTube ads, that certainly gives you (along with all advertisers) an advantage with this medium; from a content perspective, you know exactly what makes a YouTube ad insufferable (or worse, immemorable) versus what makes an ad on this platform effective. Other than its properties as a vehicle for content, YouTube has other benefits that are more in line with the focus […]
Forget your experience with online marketing for a moment — what’s your process as a purchaser of items online? Initial things that come to mind are probably searching, browsing, filtering – and then? Would we be correct in guessing that ads pop up (no pun intended) somewhere after those? Whether you consciously thought about them or not when answering that question, ads on the digital marketplace — Amazon, specifically — are a huge part of the equation. A refresher on Amazon advertising and how it works Amazon ads are pretty […]
With all the venues on which to advertise, sometimes choosing which platforms to use can get overwhelming. But if you want one where ads can be precisely placed at the right time thanks to the platform’s massive array of user information — Amazon has all your bases covered. Love it or hate it, your audience is very likely on Amazon already. Amazon is a platform used by thousands of people every day to find everything from handmade soaps from artisan crafters to the newest gaming console to entire smart home […]
So, now you know the what and why of link building (or, if you don’t, check it out in our part one article here), but what about the how? In case that last line wasn’t obvious enough, that’s what we’re going to talk about right… wait for it… now. Types of links and what they mean Before we dive into the tactics of link building, let’s review the different link types and how search engines treat them. These link types are called link attributes, and they’re a way of qualifying […]
Comparing your own website performance versus your competitors might sound like a task that would distract you from other, more important business initiatives. After all, in the words of every sports coach ever, “We can only focus on improving ourselves each day instead of worrying about our opponents.” Would that not hold true with a business in the digital age, too? While that sentiment might be an important reminder to keep your vision clear, analyzing yours and your competitors’ website performance is useful in order to better understand how you […]
Written by Preston Parshall Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies. ~ Bill Gates Everyone makes mistakes. When it comes to hearing about the experiences of people I respect, I’m much more interested in learning about their mistakes than their successes. There are a couple of reasons why. The first reason is that it takes great courage, openness, and humility to share what went wrong and how the issue was resolved. Secondly, hearing about mistakes is the quickest way to learn how others […]
