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2021 Predictions & Trends
‘Tis the time of year for looking backward and making predictions for the new year. Think tanks and research firms are prognosticating on trends as well as offering advice. By all accounts 2020 has been an historic year (I promised myself I wouldn’t use the word unprecedented as I think we’re all a bit tired of it). One client aptly described 2020 as a dumpster fire.
Spectrum Takes Spot in Top 15 B2B Companies for 2022
Our 4.9-star clutch rating shows that we put our clients first. They trust us with their data and marketing.
Impact of Customer Reviews on Sales
What can make or break a sale on an eCommerce site? A negative customer review. What could be worse? A bad review with no response from the brand. We all know the importance of customer reviews from a brand reputation standpoint. Now customer reviews — especially on local profiles play an even bigger role in the buyer journey. Let’s look at how user-generated content (aka customer reviews and comments) has a direct correlation to sales.
Google’s Disavow Tool Gets a Refresh
If you’re familiar with Google’s disavow tool, you’re most likely a proactive SEO practitioner. For those who aren’t familiar with this powerful tool, read on with this caution. As with any type of advanced tool, it can be helpful or catastrophic if used incorrectly.
Do You Have Google My Business Suspension? – Who’s Managing Your GMB?
Google has recently published some alarming information about its local SEO tool Google My Business. If your GMB account is managed by a person that had previously had a Google My Business account banned, your account could be in danger too.
Will Demographic Targeting Help Your Google Ads?
In 2019 the amount of data available to marketers on their customers is higher than ever. Which, in theory at least, should make targeting easier than ever. Tools like Google Ads and Facebook’s audiences tool are at the cutting edge of this, pushing how we can leverage collected data to speak with our customers. But what about more time tested targeting tactics like demographics?
CCPA – What is the California Consumer Privacy Act? & do you need to worry?
Privacy online has been a talking point for a long time now and finally it seems that legislators have picked up on the topic in California by passing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA will become law January 1st 2020. So, with four months to get ready, what do you need to know?
2020 Marketing Planning: Predictions from the Latest CMO Survey
Keeping Pace Marketing budgets are expected to increase by 8.7% in 2020. Surprisingly, this marks the highest increase in two years. So what are the marketing budget trends for next year? The latest CMO survey provides insights on how top marketers are planning for 2020. A Year in Review 2019 has been a turbulent year. …
Fake Reviews Can’t Be Ignored – How to Save Your Online Reputation
Give Us Your Opinion Products displaying at least five reviews are 270% more likely to get purchased, according to a Northwestern University study. So getting online reviews is big business. However, fake reviews are a growing problem. Earlier this year Amazon was investigated by a UK advocacy group; they analyzed hundreds of tech products to …