Content is crucial for just about any B2B business as it drives traffic and convinces your leads to become your customers. No wonder, most B2B businesses are increasing their content marketing budgets every year
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How to create B2B content that ranks and drives sales
30-second summary: Within the digital marketing space, the conversation around privacy and cookie changes has focused heavily on programmatic and paid social But how will third-party cookie deprecation and new privacy regulations impact paid search? Here is what search marketers can expect and how to prepare In the digital marketing world, targeting, measurement, and optimization have foundationally relied on the ability to accurately track user behaviors and performance across the web. However, as we all know, platforms like Google and Apple have introduced privacy-focused initiatives over the past few years that complicate targeting and measurement for advertisers
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Four tips for SEM teams to adjust to a privacy-focused future
30-second summary: In 2020, majority of the 181.7 billion U.S. dollar revenues came from advertising through Google Sites or its network sites Even though they will be removing the third-party cookie from 2022, the search giant still has a wealth of first-party data from its 270+ products, services, and platforms The Trade Desk’s 20 percent stock price drop is proof of Google’s monopoly and why it shouldn’t enjoy it anymore Google expert, Susan Dolan draws from her rich experience and details the current search scape, insights and predicts future key themes that will arise out of the 3p cookie death Imagine search as a jungle gym, you automatically imagine Google as the kingpin player on this ground. This has been a reality for decades now and we all know the downside of autonomy which is why the industry now acknowledges a need for regulation.
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The search dilemma: looking beyond Google’s third-party cookie death
30-second summary: In line last year’s changes, customers’ behaviors and expectations have also evolved dramatically over the past year 31 percent more likely to purchase online in 2021 than they were just a year prior Cutting through the clutter and creating meaningful experiences for valued customers will be a priority for brands Donna Tuths, Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer at Sutherland foresees four key trends playing out in 2021 2020 has forced brands to completely transform the way they operate in the wake of the pandemic, and it is evident that some of the changes we are experiencing will be permanent. Brand relationships that were once defined by visiting stores or face-to-face conversations with salespeople are now being reimagined as remote interactions.
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2021 Will be the year brands make winning experiences out of remote interactions
30-second summary: This week marks the 10 year anniversary of Google’s landmark web quality algorithm Panda It was a seminal moment for the SEO industry with 12% of US sites being targeted for poor quality and manipulative optimization practices Despite removing much of the worst black-hat tactics SEO is still hasn’t lived up to its experiential potential ten years on Many clients and practitioners still use outdated language and practices to position the value of Search in this vastly more mature marketing landscape To escape this pre-Panda legacy SEO needs to take the best of its constituent parts and shape a new customer-centric Search future once and for all I was recently notified of a significant work anniversary which transported me back in time to the turbulent start of my SEO career just over 10 years ago. I was prompted to reflect on the industry I love, where it continues to fall short, and ultimately where I see it going. This professional milestone closely corresponded with what was a seminal event for the immature SEO business. On February 24th, 2011 the ‘Death Star’ took aim, and with a typically understated Tweet from the Head of Google’s Web Spam team, Matt Cutts confirmed it .
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The Panda anniversary and what we desperately must remember about search
30-second summary: Optimizing images is an often overlooked aspect. While images might look great, they often end up with a filename that looks something like IMG982713.jpg that is not very descriptive.
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Image SEO: Best practices and tips for optimization
30-second summary: Every year Google adds more automation and complexity to their ad products. While it can help day to day campaign management, it comes at the price of readability and control over your campaigns. Marketers are constantly challenged to find effective ways to maintain control over their campaigns and strategies.
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Google Ads new features: Five tips for your Google Ads campaigns
30-second summary: Issues with increasing your site’s organic traffic may be attributed to low organic CTRs.
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Five hacks to enhance your organic CTR and rankings in SERPs
30-second summary: Through all of the turmoil, key marketing trends emerged that will impact the way small businesses operate in 2021. From catalyzed digital transformation and conversational marketing to AI’s application and data privacy emphasis, these are some themes that will serve as pillars for marketing success. Five predictions for how these trends will play out this year
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2021 Digital marketing predictions for small businesses
30-second summary: Promote brand awareness if you want customers to know you exist. Collect social reviews and testimonials like you’re collecting candy. User-generated content builds authenticity which means higher conversions
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