A fundamental step in creating a successful digital marketing strategy is understanding the competitive landscape. There’s a new buzzword on the block… competitive intelligence. While not necessarily a new concept (born in 1970s), it’s gaining popularity in the C-Suite. March 27th will bring the Competitive Intelligence and Product summit to San Francisco. So we think it’s a good time to take a look at what Competitive Intelligence actually is.
Do You Want an Online Marketing Agency? Or is it Time to Bring Marketing in House?
In the August 2018 CMO Survey by Deloitte, the biggest weakness is the ability to measure the success of digital marketing activities and working with external partners. Yet another study, this one from Bannerflow, shows that 91% of brands are bringing their digital marketing in-house. Hmmm… there seems to be a gap in what CMOs need (measurement) and what they have (lack of internal talent with analytics acumen). Let’s explore when it makes sense to outsource your digital marketing and when it’s time to bring select capability in-house.
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How To Create a Content Calendar
Do you need a content calendar? In short, yes. We think so. If you want to blog, even semi-regularly, you should have some sort of plan to ensure that your content keeps on track, you keep your sanity and that your writing fits with what the rest of the business is doing. So how do you build a content calendar?
How To Improve Your Blog (Without Better Writing)
Getting more out of your blog can be a difficult ask. Often blogging regularly is enough of a strain on resources that you don’t have time to take a step back and look at how your blog is doing, and if it is really engaging your readers. Well, here are some simple tips on how to get more from your blog without discussing the content itself.
Are There Website Design Best Practices?
In the world of content marketing ‘best practices’ are king. We’re as guilty of it as anyone. 7 Top Tips, 13 Best Kept Secrets. And on and on. There are lots of ways to write a best practices article because there’s an almost limitless list of best practices for anything, nothing more than website design. But are they really best practices?
LinkedIn Company Profile Optimization Checklist
As we discussed yesterday, LinkedIn can be a really powerful tool for your business. Yesterday we walked through how you can make the most out of your personal profile, today we’re looking at how you can supercharge your company profile by following our optimization checklist.
LinkedIn Personal Profile Checklist
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for both your personal reputation and the reputation of the business you work for. Getting it right can lead to new business opportunities coming to you regularly and concurrently, getting it wrong can negatively impact how you are perceived. So here’s our checklist on how to make the perfect LinkedIn personal profile.
Homepage Not Ranking – Could it be Over-Optimizied?
As if you needed another thing to worry about when it came to SEO… But, in a recent Google Webmaster’s Hangout, Google’s John Mueller mentioned an aspect of search engine optimization that can often be forgotten, over-optimization.
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Comments on the SERP
Google’s Tweaks The search engine results page is constantly evolving and improving, with Google often AB testing new features and tools. For example, recently we’ve seen changes to meta descriptions and title tags stretch and then shrink back to normal size. The latest addition to Google’s SERP seem to be reviews for listings. The Naughty …
How to Caption a Post on Instagram
No Filter Instagram is all about the photos right? Well, yes, it is. But there is space for a caption below your photo. And the text in your bio. And hashtags… so maybe it isn’t all about the photos… Let’s take a look at how to optimize your Instagram posts AFTER you’ve spent 30 minutes …