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6 Common Keyword Misconceptions
As we continue to dive into deeper and deeper research with clients on the type of keywords that are attracting search traffic, we find that many companies have the wrong idea when it comes to keyword research and usage. A single page can rank well for dozens of keywords. People think they need to have one page per keyword they…
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Free Shipping versus Discounting
I’m not so sure you can equate these two strategies of customer enticement. It seems to me that discounting is a great means of getting someone to your e-commerce site, but free shipping may be the way to increase conversion rates. I’m also curious how loyal bargain shoppers are. If you steeply discount, do folks some day return and purchase…
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How to Make the Most of New AdWords Conversion Reporting
Which would you prefer: The attention-grabbing digital ad that attracts 1,000 website visits? Or the slow-performing one that’s received just 12 clicks so far? It’s a trick question. The answer is neither. At least, not until you know how many of those visitors converted. A super-targeted ad resulting in a dozen qualified conversion actions would be ten times more valuable…
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WordPress Plugin: Create a Simple Daily Theme Backup
Over the last few months, I’ve been working hard to improve the performance of my WordPress child theme. Periodically, I’d introduce an issue in my child theme as I optimized it, and I needed to revert to an older copy of the code I’d updated in my theme. However, the daily backups on my host are over a gigabyte, so it…
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6 Compelling Content Roles Your Content Library Should Have To Align with Audience Intent
Compelling content begins with understanding the customer journey. From initial awareness to final decision-making and retention, each stage demands a different kind of conversation. Content isn’t just a broadcast tool—it’s a pathfinder that helps users discover, evaluate, and commit. High-performing content aligns with these journey stages, offering relevant insights and calls-to-action that move prospects forward. When crafted with strategic intent,…
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Should Your Business Be On Pinterest?
This decision tree from Zoom Creates Blogs is a great tool for businesses to decide whether or not they have the resources and should invest the time and energy in building a Pinterest strategy. It’s a beautiful infographic and very practical. If your business decides not to develop its own Pinterest strategy, though, it doesn’t mean you can’t piggyback on…
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Why do great employees leave? Why must great companies still recruit?
Over the last decade, I have had the pleasure of working for several companies. The company that I measure most to is Landmark Communications. The Corporate Staff at Landmark empowered employees to develop themselves as much or as little as they would like. The company did so without fear of the investment that they would make in employees that may…
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Dancing for Queso
Had I known that Moe’s Southwest Grill had a dance video contest for $10,000 – I may have dedicated a desktop jam video just for them! I like this campaign for a few reasons. The agency Brandmovers didn’t have to artificially create the demand… they created the strategy and the consumers did the work… the production, the distribution and the…
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Meltwater Buzz Updates: Curation, Value and Authority
People often ask me how in the world we’re able to find and write about so many marketing technologies out there. It is true that we get pitched quite a bit by public relations professionals, but Martech Zone isn’t a news site – we’re a site to help marketers find technology they can leverage. Many of the tools we share…
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Can I blog about bread?
I haven’t lost my mind. Really, I haven’t. For weeks, perhaps months, I’ve been thinking about blogging about bread. It’s not just any bread… it’s the most amazing bread that I think that I’ve ever eaten. I’m not kidding. In the supermarket where there are 300 types of loafs out on the shelves, this bread doesn’t stand out. It’s Brownberry…
