Digital marketing can be fairly obscure, sometimes. Digital marketers, themselves, frequently double-down on strategies backed by any discernable evidence as a result—mistaking their own successful initiatives as further proof of technically unverified ‘cornerstone approaches’ throughout the industry. Because the world of consumers is always changing—and at seemingly faster paces, year to year—it’s important to double-check the tools we’ve relied on …
Leveraging SEO with Google My Business: Our Top Tips
If you’re like most digital marketers, you’ve been proactive about cross-channel marketing. These days, the natural components of social media platforms give decision-makers a leg up, where marketing analysis comes into play. While Facebook’s Newsfeed ads help new businesses become recognized via long-form content, Google’s wide-reaching influence leaves no SEO opportunity unchecked. While these two factors certainly pair nicely—they also …
Identifying and Avoiding The Biggest Google Ads Pitfalls
These days, successful PPC campaigns are incredibly complex. As growing businesses face difficulties leveraging newly acquired funds and constantly shifting target audiences, established professionals are finding new challenges with widespread content needs and brand visibility strategies. Customers, Clicks, and Leads: Google Marketing in 2020 While Google Ads is both the most accessible digital marketing tool available—as well as one of …
The Key Targeting Methods of 2020
Digital channels are more interconnected than ever—giving digital marketers more access to new customer audiences every month. Between highly relevant messages powered by automation and custom-tailored purchasing options, it isn’t difficult to see why today’s biggest brands are thriving in the world of data. In 2020, 61 percent of marketers consider SEO to be a vital ingredient of their digital …
Getting the Most out of Google Ads: Your Quality Score
When it comes to Google, quality is king. The average digital marketer can double their annual return with a solid Google Ads approach—and even the most ambitious PPC campaign can be incredibly cost-efficient when a keen eye for high website performance is applied. Is it possible to estimate keyword, ad and landing page quality? Much of a PPC campaign can …
2020 ‘s Top SEO Shifts
Like most, you’ve probably been keeping up with SEO. Since 2017, Google has existed under the moniker of an “AI-first” company—designing and assisting organic search with innovative solutions beyond the conventional link-listing design. Between AdWords, Gmail and Google Assistant, quite a lot has changed. Where AI is considered, plenty of upcoming trends will presumably spawn from Google’s RankBrain which was …
Paid Search Psychology: How Emotions Impact Brand Visibility
Psychology’s role in advertising isn’t a new discovery—but today’s marketers are beginning to understand it at an unprecedented depth. When businesses reach out to customers, they invoke reasons to purchase products and services by connecting with every buyer’s predispositions. When emotions enter the mix—revenue can increase substantially. Here are some brief examples: In 2015, the most-shared advertisements were those contingents …
You Should Be Focusing On These Top Marketing Metrics in 2020
For many marketers, 2020 will indeed be a year of hindsight clarity. While some metrics are as strong as ever, others are seemingly falling by the wayside. There are even a few background metrics expected to pull ahead after the New Year. Considering there were over 120 marketing channels analyzed by marketers in 2017 alone, each year witnesses a new …
The Mobile Popularity Paradox: Is Desktop Landing More Conversions?
Mobile marketing is in—but other digital marketing platforms aren’t necessarily out. Especially desktop. Business owners are well aware of mobile marketing’s visitor-attracting potency across the e-commerce world. They’ve entirely redefined the online buying experience—kicking off the modern consumer’s pathway-to-purchase over the smartphone. Smartphone marketing statistics justify the mobile-first approach, too: An whopping 24 percent of United States’ e-commerce spending stems …