Competitive analysis should be a regular task for anyone involved in managing PPC campaigns. Keeping up with what messaging your competitors are using, what keywords they’re bidding on, and where they’re overlapping with you are important for keeping your own campaigns on point. The Auction Insights sections in Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising offer a […]
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SEO for reactive JavaScript using React or Vue with NodeJS and other backend stacks
During our live discussion on how to Power SEO Friendly Markup With HTML5, CSS3, And Javascript earlier this year, we spent a good deal of time talking about React. I’m going to dig into the nuances for React what you need to keep in mind for SEO. We’ll be using code for analysis by Russ […]
Top 5 free backlink checkers you should be using
Website and page authority, as defined by the number and quality of backlinks, is one of the most important search ranking factors. It is also one of the search engine optimization areas where you can gain the most advantage over your competitors. Sure, there are also technical and on-page SEO, keyword research, and content optimization, […]
Is your business ready to start using LinkedIn Ads?
When it comes to B2B marketing, there are a lot of reasons to love LinkedIn. There’s no other social media platform quite like it. I mean, where else can you specifically target key decision-makers based on the size of their business, industry and all kinds of other handy criteria? On LinkedIn, over 690 million professionals […]
This start-up is using AI to suggest emojis, social content for SMBs
There is no shortage of options for social media management tools; there are more than 300 listed on the marketing technology landscape. And HelloWoofy isn’t on it yet, but the start-up is aiming to bring the assistance of automation to social content creation for small businesses. The company announced a new integration with social media […]
Text messaging is the most effective marketing channel most retail brands aren’t using
Average email open rates for retail marketers are just over 18%, but more than 90% of text messages are opened by recipients – typically within minutes. Even as messaging is gaining in popularity as a marketing channel, it’s still woefully underutilized by the majority of retail marketers. Minority of brands currently use SMS. According to […]
The benefits of using workflow and project management tools
Digital marketing – involving everything from search engines to social media to display ads to email to mobile apps and more – is a complex endeavor, whether marketers are in-house at a brand or employed by an agency. Enterprise workflow and project management tools can offer significant benefits that help marketers get a handle on […]
Stop! Think twice before using nofollow on your website
Recently, a number of major websites like Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. and Huffington Post started using nofollow attributes on their outbound links. This trend puzzles me. If you can’t trust the people adding links to their articles, they shouldn’t be writing for you in the first place. Even more disturbing is the fact that search engine […]
Using mobile location data to improve bank marketing results: A how-to guide
Increasingly, organizations of all sizes are turning to the power of location data to drive business decisions and outcomes that create better user experiences and financial results. In fact, according to a recent report published by location intelligence provider CARTO, nearly all medium-sized and large organizations with over 500 employees (94 percent) leverage location data […]