Thursday, March 10, 2016

Thinking Like the Customer

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March 10, 2016

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Thinking Like the Customer: How to Target the Right Keywords

by Jayson DeMers

With seemingly endless programs and tools available for doing keyword research, it can be frustrating to try to figure out the best ones to use in your SEO campaign. Certainly, keyword analytics tools like Google AdWords are extremely helpful, but a huge part of keyword discovery involves thinking like the customer. As you work to understand your target market, step into a potential customer's shoes and ask yourself, "What am I looking for?"...



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Who Are You Talking To? 3 SEO Strategies For Building An Audience

by Jayson DeMers

To run a successful business, you need to have a clear sense of who your target audience is. Until you identify this core group, you probably won't understand their needs, what type of content they're seeking, and where to connect that content to reach that audience most effectively.So who is it you're talking to? Your SEO strategy depends on the answer to this question. Here are three strategies for understanding your target audience....



Mike Moran

Why enterprise digital marketing can't be completely in house

by Mike Moran

Seems like a generalization right? Let me explain. I've worked with quite a few large companies over the years, and my experience is that those companies can't ever bring their digital marketing  completely in house.  ...



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Content Is King, But Does It Rule Alone in SEO?

by Jayson DeMers

We know that content is vital for an SEO campaign to succeed, but let's try to flip that logic around. Is it possible for an SEO campaign to succeed through the use of content only? ...



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Should Your SEO Team Be Wide or Deep Specialists?

by Jayson DeMers

There's no question that your SEO team needs to be comprised of industry experts. Whether you have a full-time in-house team, you're working with an agency, or you're combining your own experience with the skills of freelancers, your overall level of expertise will ultimately determine your success. Someone new to the industry is liable to make more mistakes, have lower quality standards, and run into problems when it comes time to troubleshoot. Here's the dilemma: not all "expertise" can be classified the same way. ...



Viewability Spotlight for Sellers: 4 ways to improve ad layouts for better viewability

Google AdSense Blog

Our latest infographic puts a spotlight on viewability by sharing a dozen technical best practices for improving viewability based on insights from Active View, Google's MRC-accredited viewable impression measurement technology.



Why are my AdSense earnings down right now?

Gooogle AdSense Blog

Today we'd like to share some insights about why AdSense earnings sometimes go down -- and look at how to troubleshoot what's going on when that happens. Google has a variety of tools and reports that will help you see what might be causing a decline and how you can respond to optimize your earnings.



Three ways to protect your business from ad-blockers

Search Engine Watch

The increasing popularity of ad blocking software is a very real threat to marketers, whether they're already feeling the pinch or not. With rates for PPC based on the popularity of the host website, you could be paying top dollar for page views that few will ever see.



How understanding psychology can help increase ecommerce sales

Search Engine Watch

There is a constant struggle for ecommerce brands to identify the consumers' needs and fill them in the most appropriate way, therefore any strategies to achieve it are always welcome.



The terrifying connection between malware, Google Search Console, rogue subdomains and AdWords

Search Engine Land

In the midst of a malware emergency or want to ensure you never have to deal with one? Columnist Glenn Gabe provides recommendations.



17 social media management software vendors compared

Search Engine Land

Finding the appropriate social media management tool for your business can be a challenge. This free 64-page guide produced by Digital Marketing Depot provides a framework for deciding if you need an EMMS solution, details the capabilities of the leading platforms, and compares offerings from leading vendors.



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Monday, February 8, 2016

5 Ways SEO Can Save Small Businesses

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February 8, 2016

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5 Ways SEO Can Save Small Businesses (and How to Get Started)

by Jayson DeMers

Most small businesses fail for several common reasons: a lack of experience, a lack of customer interest, excessive competition, poor financial planning, or an unproductive or nonexistent marketing strategy. There's no surefire way to tackle all these potential disruptors at once, but there is a strategy capable of helping small businesses survive those all-too-important first few years--SEO. Search engine optimization (SEO) can remedy some of the most common problems affecting small businesses with the following advantages ...



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6 Search Marketing Buzzwords You'll Become Familiar With in 2016

by Jayson DeMers

Like them or not, buzzwords have their place in every industry. In 2016, search marketers will need to know a handful of buzzwords in order to remain relevant. Some of them you may already know, while others will be completely brand new. Time to start studying!...



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What is the SEO Value of Website-Hosted Videos?

by Jayson DeMers

Everyone understands that video is a valuable component of modern Internet marketing. However, few understand how video content translates into SEO value. If you really want to maximize your video content, you need to know how it works in relation to search engine ranking factors. In particular, it's important to understand the differences between website-hosted videos and YouTube-hosted videos. ...



Mike Moran

The right social media listening tools for the right jobs

by Mike Moran

Some of you may know that I know that I serve as a senior strategist at Converseon, a leading social media listening company. Meaning? I have plenty of opinions in social media listening, but I don't claim to be unbiased about them by any means--of course I think that Converseon has the best approach, combining human analysis with technology that makes that analysis scale....



How Google Search Works in 2016

SEO Book Blog

The philosophy of modern search has thus moved away from starting with information and connecting it to an audience, to starting with the user and customizing the result page to them.



Bidding for top position on a SERP: what does it get you?

Search Engine Watch

It is innately good to see your brand #1 on a search page but I wanted to take a look at the differences between the top and side position. How does the rank of your ad impact its results?



An absolute beginner's guide to setting up Google Analytics for your website

Search Engine Watch

Our beginner's guide to Google Analytics teaches you how to set up an account that is linked to your site and recommends a few basic metrics to look at.



Content marketing: understanding its role, value and ROI

Search Engine Watch

Over the past few years, content marketing has gone from being an accessory advertising tactic to a focal point of modern marketing.



Are SEOs focusing on the wrong target?

Search Engine Watch

We spend countless hours examining keywords, traffic volumes, recommended bids, but really what it comes down to is value to the user.



The hidden social media dangers for all businesses

Search Engine Watch

Everyone is telling you to use social media – but who's telling you to be careful?



Hacked Content On The Rise: Take SEO Precautions To Protect Your Site

Search Engine Land

Don't get penalized due to malware! Columnist Tony Edward discusses the recent uptick in hacked content in search results and provides tips to protect your site.



Attributing Retail Store Transactions To Online Clicks At Keyword Level

Search Engine Land

Columnist Thomas Stern offers a sneak peek of results and winning tactics from the beta of Google AdWords' online-to-in-store conversion tracking.



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Monday, January 11, 2016

10 Must-Have Tools for Small Business SEO

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January 11, 2016

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10 Must-Have Tools for Small Business SEO

by Jayson DeMers

There are hundreds of online SEO tools designed to help you analyze, understand, and improve your campaigns--but some stand out more than others. ...



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5 Strategies for Writing Compelling Titles

by Jayson DeMers

Whether it's a blog post, news article, email newsletter, or social media post, one of the biggest keys to increasing page views and maximizing impressions is creating killer headlines. Unfortunately, this is something most marketers usually fail miserably at. If you want to fundamentally change your content marketing strategy in just a matter of weeks, start by paying attention to the title. ...



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Can 404 Errors Hurt Your SEO Rankings?

by Jayson DeMers

Most websites have a default 404 page that informs a user that the domain is live, but the requested page does not exist. Some webmasters let this catch-all page handle any resulting confusion, while others hunt down and eliminate 404 errors at all costs. In either case, the question remains--do 404 errors affect your SEO rankings? ...



Mike Moran

Should PPC and SEO campaigns have different landing pages?

by Mike Moran

If you work in a small company, you might never have considered this as a question. You have a low budget and so why wouldn't you use the same landing page for the same keyword in organic and paid search? ...



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How Not to Go Viral: 4 Viral Marketing Fails

by Jayson DeMers

Viral marketing has the potential to make a huge splash online, but as with any marketing strategy, there's risk involved. Poor planning, offensive material, and a lack of brand transparency are all major contributors to failed campaigns. With so much potential for failure, how can your company launch a successful viral marketing campaign? Let's start by looking at what not to do. Here are four of the biggest viral marketing fails of all time. ...



The 4 Fundamental Steps of Conversion Optimization

SEOBook Blog

The sad truth about a website with 15% conversion rate is that 85% of the visitors simply leave without converting. Money left on the table, cash the store will not be able to capture. Whatever way you think about it, we can agree that there is a huge opportunity, but it is also a very difficult one to conquer.



Three off-the-beaten-path ideas that PPC pros should think about in 2016

Search Engine Watch

Here I'll be showing you three areas you may not be thinking about, that ultimately impact your customer's journey – even though they're a little off the beaten path.



Eight quick and easy user interaction hacks to boost your SEO performance

Search Engine Watch

User experience is increasingly important, and your site must continue to engage and satisfy the user, in order to make their online journey as fulfilling as possible.



How Much Did Countdown Ads Play Into Advertisers' Strategies This Holiday Season?

Search Engine Land

Many advertisers have seen great results using the countdown customizer in AdWords, but just how many utilized them during the holiday season?



Cut The Fat: How To Reduce Wasted Ad Spend In Your AdWords Account

Search Engine Land

With a bit of finagling, it's relatively easy to figure out which search terms have value and which ones are money pits — if you know what you're doing.



9 Examples Of Link-Worthy Resources For E-Commerce Sites

Search Engine Land

Wondering how to get links to your internal e-commerce pages? Columnist Julie Joyce showcases some companies that are using creative tactics and content to attract links.



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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Two Marketing Strategies to Boost Business in 2016

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December 10, 2015

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Two Marketing Strategies to Boost Online Businesses in 2016

by Jayson DeMers

Since 2016 is just weeks away, it's time to start plotting the best types of marketing strategies to implement. Here are two marketing strategies that deserve attention in 2016.



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Is regulation an adverse event for pharmaceutical social listening?

by Mike Moran

I once hosted a webinar on the use of social media in the financial services industry. Regulated industries (such as financial services and pharmaceuticals) tend to have their own unique concerns when they embark on social media listening. While some pharmaceutical companies are willing to dive right in, others have held back, concerned about the requirement to report all "adverse events" from medications. What do the listening companies know that the sidelined companies don't?



Publisher Blocking: How the Web Was Lost

SEO Book Blog

The waves of algorithm updates have in effect increased the barrier to entry, along with the cost needed to maintain rankings. The stresses and financial impacts that puts on small businesses makes many of them not worth running. Look no further than MetaFilter's founder seeing a psychologist, then quitting because he couldn't handle the process.



Updating Our Search Quality Rating Guidelines

Google Webmaster Central Blog

In 2013, we published our human rating guidelines to provide transparency on how Google works and to help webmasters understand what Google looks for in web pages. Since that time, a lot has changed: notably, more people have smartphones than ever before and more searches are done on mobile devices today than on computers.



Use Smart Goals, powered by Google Analytics, to optimize in AdWords

Google Analytics Blog

To advertise smart, you have to measure smart. And a key metric for almost any business is conversions, also known as "that moment when users do the thing that you want them to do."



Getting to know Active View and the world of viewability

Google AdSense Blog

We've had a lot of questions recently from AdSense publishers about viewability and the new Active View metrics in AdSense accounts. Active View can really help you improve your AdSense earnings, so let's take a closer look.



Five useful ways to check your AdSense performance

Google AdSense Blog

Sometimes it's a good thing to step back and look at the basics. With that in mind (and with the new AdSense interface now in place), we'd like to recap the big five AdSense reports you should start with to analyze your overall account performance.



How to improve your AdSense performance with Google Analytics

Google AdSense Blog

Want to freshen up the AdSense performance on your site? Google Analytics can help. Here are some simple and effective places to start.



TrueView For Shopping: Making YouTube The Next Big Shopping Destination

Search Engine Land

Want to enhance your video ads? Columnist Laura Collins discusses the impact that TrueView for Shopping has had on client shopping campaigns.



Site Redesign & Migration Tips To Avoid SEO & UX Disasters

Search Engine Land

Planning to overhaul your website? Check out contributor Modestos Siotos' tips to help you minimize the potential negative impact of a site relaunch.



26 content amplification triggers to help increase engagement

Search Engine Watch

There’s so much content out there these days that it can be difficult to cut through the noise. You really need to go the extra mile to make an impression.



The importance of user reviews for local SEO

Search Engine Watch

Reviews are a massive part of the web now, and an absolute essential for online retailers.



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Thursday, November 5, 2015

LinkedIn: An Underappreciated Gem for SEO

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November 5, 2015

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LinkedIn: An Underappreciated Gem for SEO

by Jayson DeMers

In the game of SEO, social media networks are becoming more important than ever. And out of all the social platforms, LinkedIn is perhaps the fastest rising star as it relates to SEO....


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Agile marketing blocked: "Taking a guess can get me fired!"

by Mike Moran

I do a lot of teaching agile marketing to the digital marketing world, ever since the release of my book  Do It Wrong Quickly. I once had a class on search marketing where a student lamented that my approach--to experiment and try new things--wouldn't work in her organization. In fact, she told me point blank, "Taking a guess can get me fired!" ...



New Book: Learning Google AdWords and Google Analytics

Google Analytics Blog

Google Analytics is an incredibly powerful business tool and the focus of this new book is to show you how to unlock the hidden value of your reports. There are lots of techniques and tips covered, making the book a very practical resource to get more out of your website data and your online advertising campaigns.



Why You Should Care About Attribution

Google Analytics Blog

Attribution is sometimes perceived as being too complex, too technical, and too cold. However, when you look beyond the advanced-level math that goes into attribution algorithms and consider consumer behavior and buying tendencies, the importance of attributing revenue across the customer purchase path becomes very apparent.



We heart Contributor: Here’s why you will too

Google AdSense Blog

Today we want to share more about the product and provide you an easy way to promote this new revenue source to your site visitors. Think about your own experience surfing the web. Are there publishers whose content you particularly love and keep going back to? Do you wish you could support these publishers, but see fewer ads? We’ve learned that users want an option to directly support the open web and the people who make it hum with great content, while also seeing fewer ads.



Google Shopping best practice videos to help you reach more shoppers for the holidays

Google AdWords Blog

As the holiday season approaches, your to-do list can seem never-ending. On top of the festivities of the season, you’re managing your bids, adding new popular products to your inventory, and trying to balance your budget — all in hopes of reaching holiday shoppers at the moment they’re looking to buy. Here at Google Shopping, we want to help you succeed during one of the busiest times of the year by connecting shoppers with your products at the drop of a (Santa) hat.



What are people shopping for near your stores — and across America?

Google AdWords Blog

Today we're launching the beta of our new Shopping Insights tool, another step towards helping retailers connect with consumers in moments that matter, by making data about shopping habits and preferences more accessible.



How retailers can use how-to guides for content marketing

Search Engine Watch

We look at how retailers can use useful advisory content to drive sales, brand awareness and search traffic.



How to persuade customers they can trust your content

Search Engine Watch

Unlike a quick sale, trust takes time, effort and diligence to earn. There are several ways in which a business can gain the trust of its customers.



14 ways to reduce your site's bounce rates

Search Engine Watch

Here are several suggestions for ways to keep visitors from leaving your site and enticing them to stick around and view more pages.



How social signals really affect your search rankings

Search Engine Watch

If harnessed properly, engagements and activities on social media really can have an effect on your site’s overall ranking, but maybe not in the exact way you think.



Google My Business Enables Special Hours For Upcoming Holiday Hours

Search Engine Land

Just in time for the holidays, you can now schedule special hours for your business based on holidays or special events.



The Most Important Thing SEOs Overlook: Internal Links

Search Engine Land

Most search engine optimization practitioners are familiar with the benefits of internal linking, but columnist Patrick Stox insists that we should be working a little harder to maximize their value.



FAQ: All About The New Google RankBrain Algorithm

Search Engine Land

Google's using a machine learning technology called RankBrain to help deliver its search results. Here's what's we know about it so far.



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