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- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Three Reasons To Think About SEO In Terms of Topics, Not Keywords
In search engine optimization (SEO), it’s common knowledge that keywords are essential. However, topics can often be even more critical in driving traffic and achieving SEO goals. To understand this better, we must first define both keywords and topics. Keywords are the words that people use when searching for something online. They can be exact matches, broad matches, or phrases that match, and…
- Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT: How To Utilize Generative AI To Develop Your Ideal Customer Profile
The Gartner Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) framework is a structured approach for defining a business’s most valuable customer segments. This methodology goes beyond basic demographics to paint a clear picture of the ideal customer based on their characteristics, needs, behaviors, and challenges. An ICP helps businesses tailor their marketing and sales efforts toward the highest-value prospects likely to convert, be…
- Content Marketing
Chasing The Tail: Harry Potter and The Long Tail
Saturday begins with my regular stop at the local bookstore. I happened to see the book If Harry Potter Ran General Electric. This isn’t a review of the book (which I would recommend); it’s an article about the utilization of Harry Potter to accelerate this book’s reach and sales. I’m reading The Long Tail, which speaks to the intriguing concept…
- Marketing & Sales Videos
Video Marketing: Social Proof by the Numbers
Today I was meeting with a client and discussing the opportunity for them to overtake their competitors online utilizing video. The company has a strong brand that’s trusted online and there’s no doubt that video production will drive more direct traffic, more search traffic and – ultimately – help them better explain the value of subscribing to their service to…
- Content Marketing
Is Blogging Still Relevant? Or An Outdated Technology and Strategy?
I often review this site’s search performance and old articles that aren’t attracting traffic. One of my articles was about naming your blog. Let’s forget that I’ve been writing this publication that long… as I read the old post I wondered if the term blog even really mattered anymore. After all, it’d been 16 years since I’d written the post…
- Content Marketing
It’s the Most Wonderful Zeitgeist of the Year
It's with great anticipation that I await the yearly arrival of the Google Zeitgeist. Not just because I get to say it a lot, but also because it’s a fantastic yearly treat to look into the state of search from the past year.
- Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Azuqua: Eliminate Your Silos and Connect Cloud and SaaS Applications
Kate Legett, VP and principal analyst at Forrester in a September 2015 blog post wrote in her post, CRM is Fragmenting. It’s A Controversial Topic: Keep customer experience front and center of your company. Make sure that you are supporting your customers through their end to end journey with easy, effective, enjoyable engagement, even when the customer’s journey crosses technology platforms. The…
- Content Marketing
Adapting and Responding to Feedback Drives Content Marketing Results
How quickly and effectively marketers respond and adapt to ongoing consumer feedback has become a new determinant of brand performance. According to 90% of the 150 brand marketers surveyed, responsiveness—or the ability to source, understand and then quickly react to feedback, preferences, and needs—is important, if not critical, to the delivery of an exceptional customer experience. Only 16 percent of…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
“Customer First” Must be the Mantra
Harnessing the power of the many sophisticated marketing technologies available is a good move for business, but only if you keep your customer in mind. Business growth relies upon technology, this is an undisputed fact, but more important than any tool or piece of software is the people you are selling to. Getting to know your customer when they’re not…
- E-commerce and Retail
The Impact of Secure Payment Solutions on Online Shopping
When it comes to online shopping, the behavior of the shopper really comes down to some critical elements: Desire – whether or not the user needs or wants the item that’s being sold online.Price – whether or not the item’s cost is overcome by that desire.Product – whether or not the product is as advertised, with reviews often aiding in…
