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Content Marketing
The Definitive Guide to Content Marketing Metrics in GA4 and GTM
Marketing executives are facing increasing pressure to demonstrate the impact of their content efforts across every channel, format, and stage of the customer journey. While numerous third-party analytics tools are available, much of what is needed for strategic measurement can be configured within Google Analytics 4 (GA4), especially when paired with Google Tag Manager (GTM). This guide outlines how to…
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Marketing Infographics
How Important Is Your LinkedIn Profile Photo?
Several years ago, I attended an international conference and they had an automated station where you could pose and get a few headshots. The results were stunning… the intelligence behind the camera had you position your head to a target, then the lighting automatically adjusted, and boom… the photos were taken. I felt like a dang supermodel they came out…
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Advertising Technology
Cutting Through the Ad Clutter: Permissioned Data is the Goldmine for Reaching Gen Z
In this digital age, the marketing landscape is a battlefield. Brands constantly bombard consumers with ads on any platform they are active on, leading to a phenomenon known as digital overload. Gen Z, the first generation to grow up entirely in the digital age, is particularly resistant to traditional advertising. Permissioned Data Permissioned data is, by definition, personal information that…
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Content Marketing
How Brands Use Sonic Identity to Stand Out Against Large Competitors
If you’re a smaller brand, you probably struggle to create awareness, especially if your main competitors are well-known incumbent brands (think TurboTax in the consumer tax-prep space or Coca-Cola in beverages). This is precisely the challenge that TaxAct, an online tax filing service, faced. The company had invested in very clever ads, but when consumers thought about the TV commercials…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Rethinking Influence in the Age of Connection
The influencer marketing industry continues to struggle with a fundamental flaw: the over-reliance on vanity metrics. Since the early days of social media, I’ve voiced concerns that most influencer platforms don’t truly measure influence. They measure audience size, reach, or follower counts—metrics that may correlate with influence but certainly don’t guarantee it. What is often overlooked is the critical but less…
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Email Marketing & Automation
The Rise of Digital Coupons: A Smart Strategy in a Cost-Conscious Era
In an economy where consumers are watching every dollar and businesses are competing for increasingly selective buyers, digital coupons have emerged as one of the most effective marketing tools available. These modern discounts offer frictionless savings for shoppers while providing retailers with measurable, flexible incentives that drive both online and in-store purchases. With inflation and economic uncertainty shaping consumer behavior,…
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Paid and Organic Search Marketing
What, Exactly, Is Good SEO?
Last week, I had the opportunity to meet Anthony Duignan-Cabrera, a seasoned journalist, digital marketer, and content strategist who helped drive explosive growth at Patch. When I was introduced to him as an SEO consultant, I couldn’t help but cringe a little. Even though this particular engagement focuses on search strategy, that label carries some baggage. It often implies that…
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Content Marketing
10 Ways To Find The Perfect Influencers For Your Brand
As a business, you know that influencer marketing is an important part of your marketing strategy. After all, 92% of consumers trust earned media more than any other form of advertising, and influencer marketing can deliver as much as 11x higher ROI than traditional forms of digital marketing. But with so many options out there, it can be hard to figure out how to…
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Content Marketing
Pantheon: How to Deploy WordPress on this Managed WordPress DevOps Platform
Pantheon stands apart in the managed WordPress hosting landscape by positioning itself not just as a web host but as a full-scale WebOps platform built for agile teams. While most managed WordPress providers focus on performance optimizations, automated backups, and security hardening, Pantheon takes it a step further—integrating development workflows, version control, and staging environments into the core of the…
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Analytics & Testing
What Are Google’s Core Web Vitals and Page Experience Factors?
Google announced that Core Web Vitals would become a ranking factor in June 2021 and the rollout is set to complete in August. The folks at WebsiteBuilderExpert have put together this comprehensive infographic that speaks to each of Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV) and Page Experience Factors, how to measure them, and how to optimize for these updates. What are…
