Aspiration Marketing

JUNE 30, 2022

How well do you actually understand how pay-per-click (PPC) ad campaigns work? If you're like most business leaders, PPC ad campaigns are a little bit like sausage: the end results are excellent, but we're not really interested in how the thing gets made. This is why hiring an agency to manage your PPC campaigns is such a popular option; you can leave all that to an expert, focus on your core business, and enjoy the many benefits of well-managed PPC campaigns.

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Dreamgrow

JUNE 29, 2022

Welcome to my Infusionsoft review/Keap review. I’ve been using Keap, formerly Infusionsoft, for 3 years. Read more The post Keap (Infusionsoft) Review 2022 – Why You Might Not Need It appeared first on Dreamgrow. [This is a content summary, continue reading on our website!].

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Unbounce

JUNE 28, 2022

More people are shopping online than ever before. Online sales are expected to make up 22.3% of retail sales overall by 2023. A big part of ecommerce is using social media to engage audiences and build an authentic brand. But now, social media can also be used as an ecommerce market of its own: social commerce. If you’re a chronic social media scroller, you’ve probably seen typical social media ads that include an embedded link that takes you to the product page.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 28, 2022

After maybe four or five days of calm, we are seeing new signs of more larger Google Search ranking algorithm tremors and volatility. This new one seems to just be kicking off, some of the tracking tools are already picking up on it and we have chatter from within the SEO community about a possible update on June 27th and today, June 28th.

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SEO 142

Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 25, 2022

This guide covers everything you need to know about Google Search Console, complete with tips on how you can improve site health and search performance. The post A Complete Google Search Console Guide For SEO Pros appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

Each month, 80 million people spend an average of 24 hours on TikTok. This new opportunity has revolutionized how B2C brands interact with their customers. Can TikTok for B2B marketing unlock the same potential? Quite a few brands are trying to answer that question for themselves. Not all B2B companies may not be able to capitalize on those instant #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt B2C conversions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get any value out of the network.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 29, 2022

We've been seeing a lot of grid-like formats with products and shopping results. We know some are ads and some are organic. John Mueller of Google just added official Google representative confirmation that many of these are organic - if you don't trust that there is no ad label on them as evidence enough.

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Product 131

Search Engine Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

SEO isn’t just about the numbers. It is also about understanding the audience and building an SEO campaign around that information. The post 7 Methods To Research & Analyze Your Audience For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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SEO 131

Martech

JUNE 27, 2022

Now that consumers expect speed and hyper-personalization in all things, marketers have to find innovative ways to meet demands and maximize their budgets. To do this, marketers are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning. In fact, there is a new term just for this – “AI Marketing.” Customer expectations have never been higher.

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CopyBlogger

JUNE 30, 2022

We’ve talked on the blog for years about how to create a content marketing strategy before jumping into writing. Still, Continue Reading. The post How to Create a Content Marketing Strategy appeared first on Copyblogger.

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Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 28, 2022

Normally when someone sends me a sophisticated search result snippet from Google and I dig in, I find a reason for how Google came up with this snippet. But it seems like in this case below, Google is being a bit more sophisticated and showing pros and cons in the snippet without the web site having mentioned pros and cons specifically.

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Search Engine Journal

JULY 1, 2022

Want to create a content strategy aligned with search intent at every stage of the funnel? Here's what you need to know. The post Creating Content That Satisfies Search Intent & Meets Customer Needs appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Internet Marketing Ninjas

JUNE 29, 2022

If you have been in the SEO industry for just a couple of weeks, you already know who is Barry Schwartz. Barry has been reporting on SEO for almost two decades now, and he remains the ultimate source of SEO news for all this years. Without missing a day, Barry blogs on what has happened in SEO, what has changed and what is being discussed on Twitter and SEO forums.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the main things we've learned during the COVID-19 pandemic in regards to how people consume content is that they want to be entertained in different ways. Consumers want the convenience of being able to consume content where they spend the most time, and on their own terms. If your brand doesn't give consumers this option, then you're missing out on a big fraction of your audience — that's where the powerful tool of video comes into play.

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Practical eCommerce - Marketing

JUNE 27, 2022

Twitter can promote products and services and communicate a brand. Here's our all-new update of native and third-party Twitter tools to help businesses reach a big audience. The post 31 Free Twitter Tools for Small Businesses appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

The organization in charge of HTML and web privacy standards announced a major change to address future of web at a faster pace. The post W3C Announces Major Change appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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AWeber

JUNE 28, 2022

The best way to keep your emails from feeling blah is to write interesting, relatable content that personally addresses the thoughts and feelings of your audience. But when you look at the broader internet, sites have all sorts of other surprising and delightful little widgets that add that little bit of magic to move an audience from liking content to loving it.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 28, 2022

Your content program might slow down when everyone's on vacation. But don't get frustrated. Get busy on useful things you typically don't have time to do but will pay long-term benefits.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 27, 2022

According to 2022 HubSpot Blog Research, 31% of video marketers surveyed say their biggest challenge is having an inadequate budget to create video content. In this article, we’ll cover what it costs to run a video marketing campaign and what brands are investing in the most this year. How much are marketers spending on video marketing? This year, we wanted to learn more about how marketers approach video marketing , including the strategies they leverage, the returns they get, and the amount th

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

Remember these six key considerations to avoid common pitfalls when launching your remarketing campaigns. The post Avoid These Top 6 Remarketing Campaign Mistakes appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2022

Social media scheduling tools are some of the most useful items in a social media manager’s toolbox, whether you work at a small startup or a multinational enterprise. They’re also an incredible resource for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else managing social media while running a small business. That’s because the best social media scheduling tools can save you time, streamline your work, and help you grow your social media presence.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 29, 2022

At the Google NYC SEO Meetup Lily Ray mentioned that when it comes to interviewing new employees for the Amsive Digital SEO team, she asks a question you must get right or you are immediate dismissed. The question is, what is the difference between crawling, indexing, rendering and rankings.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 27, 2022

Both B2B and B2C brands recognize the power of video marketing. In fact, HubSpot Blog Research found that 88% of brands surveyed have a team dedicated to creating video content. But how do B2B and B2C brands differ as it relates to strategy, goals, and performance? We surveyed 550 global marketers to find out. Read on to learn about the key trends we discovered.

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 26, 2022

Machine learning tool Surfer SEO has partnered with Semrush for a first-of-its-kind integration. The post SEJ Exclusive: Surfer SEO Unveils New Semrush Integration appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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SEO 115

Sprout Social

JUNE 28, 2022

The concept of being a “creator” totally dominates TikTok. After all, everyday TikTokers are the ones responsible for the trends, challenges and viral videos that rack up billions of views. Oh, and don’t forget the billions of dollars in ad revenue. While the platform owes much of its booming growth to creators, TikTok regularly goes out of its way to acknowledge their impact.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 29, 2022

Another point from the Google NYC SEO Meetup the other night was that Danny Sullivan at Google said Google has been more active about communicating about algorithm updates now than ever before. Danny said Google communicates more often about algorithm updates, which is why it feels that there are so many more updates now than previously.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. This is no small task, especially when B2B buyers, barraged by untimely automated messages, random cold calls and lackluster outreach from both sales and marketing, are opting out of vendor conversations.

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Search Engine Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

Let your business stand out from the local competition by optimizing your web presence. From long-tail keywords to community engagement, follow these top 10 tips. The post 10 Key Steps To Ranking Higher In Google Maps appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2022

An unexpected tweet prompted this solo marketing agency owner to create a network of freelance writers. Here’s how he did it and what he learned.

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Search Engine Roundtable

JUNE 29, 2022

Google is using a gray shaded background color for some of the results within the Google Shopping Ads carousel. I was able to replicate this, where for some images, Google thinks a light gray background works better than a white background. This is not tiled, where every other result is shaded, it is based on some other algorithm, maybe the color of the photo of the product?

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