Generally in marketing when everybody is doing one thing, you should be doing something else. But in the case of Content Marketing, you don’t really have a choice of opting in or opting out. So let’s take a look at the content marketing trends in 2018 and see what opportunities are being missed.
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Content Ideation Guide
Content marketing fuels SEO. It’s enables search engines to index your business. It’s energizes link building. More than ever, there’s pressure on businesses to publish quality content frequently. If you’re a managing editor or writer, then this content ideation guide is for you.
Who’s Calling? – Call Extensions
If you’re running an AdWords account then you need to make sure that all of your Ad Extensions are running to maximize your chances of getting clicks. From Callouts to Structured Snippets your arsenal of extensions should be fully loaded at all times. Call extensions are no different. If your business can receive phone calls, you need to be using, and tracking, call extensions.
Retiring Bing Sidebar Ads – Cleaning Up The SERP
Keeping Up With the Goggles This week Microsoft’s pay per click advertising platform has announced that they’re going to be removing ads from the sidebar. Bing Ads are very much AdWord’s poor relation when it comes to new features and innovations, but it seems they have now decided to remove their sidebar ads and …
A URL Deconstructed
Location, Location, Location You probably type them multiple times per day but have you ever really looked at a URL. Sure the bit after a period at the end can tell you what country the website is from, but what does the bit at the beginning mean? What about all the rest of it. Today …
Which 2019 SEO Trends Do You Need To Care About?
January has always been a tough month. Recovering from the excesses of the festive holidays. Getting back into a groove at work. All those new year’s resolutions to break. Well, there’s another January tradition — in the content marketing world, at least — that involves predictions. What are the 2019 SEO trends? What’s this year’s next big digital marketing “thing?” What’s on its way up? What’s on its way out?
Protecting WordPress from Attack
Protecting WordPress against the recent (and massive) brute force attack has been a popular subject on online newswires lately. While security attacks on open source platforms (like WordPress) are nothing new, this latest barrage has become truly sensational. Let me clear up what’s really happening and, more importantly, what you can do to protect your WordPress website. …
Website Testing: Ideas Worth Trying
Little Tweaks Can Mean Big Results Website testing doesn’t have to be complicated. Google Experiments (also known as digital analytics experiments) provides an easy framework to test various website elements in the quest of improving performance and increasing online conversions. Here are 5 website testing ideas: Click for a free 30-minute consultation » 5 Website …
Optimize Your Remarketing for Conversions
Omni-channel shopping is becoming the norm in the digital era. 81% of consumers search online before making purchasing decisions, while 82% of smartphone users consult their phones while making a purchase. So, if you’re running PPC campaigns you need to to be remarketing as well as marketing because you’re unlikely to catch a customer the first time they hear about you.
Social Search: SEO Changed Forever
Back in August we predicted that Social Search due to the arrival of Google Plus would change the SEO landscape forever. Are we clairvoyant? Sadly, no. However, we knew that Google Plus would have major changes to Search Engine Results Pages (SERP). Yesterday, Google unveiled its newest baby — Social Search. Let us explain this radical change …