ClickZ

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

30-second summary: Following a survey and some editorial research, we have highlighted 10 people we think are either respected industry guardians, or are making some noteworthy contributions to the marketing technology space. Nearly every person in our survey had him as one of their top five leaders in marketing technology sector.

Enterprise Management 144

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Advertising Agencies 144

Contently

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Google officially reclaimed its spot as the top source of referral traffic since Facebook overtook it in August 2015 , which means the world’s biggest social network has been pushing less and less traffic to content. Paid distribution is more important than ever. But Facebook is just that—an ad platform.

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Distribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Advertising Funnels 150

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2015

No, it’s time for content prognosticators and marketing futurists to get out their crystal balls and start predicting the biggest trends for content marketing for 2016. Here’s a quick review: My Previous Marketing Predictions. Yes, it’s my birthday today!

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 100

Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2019

As a result, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has stepped into the spotlight as a vital digital marketing tactic. For those who aren’t familiar with the acronym, SEO is the art of increasing a website’s visibility and traffic through organic (non-paid) search engine results. Content farming.

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Tactics Cost SEO Lead Scoring 189

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Maybe the coming year is the year when brands start to “market like the year we are in” as Gary Vaynercheck has eloquently said. My 2013 Marketing Predictions included bets that content marketing conversations would mature. For 2014 , my marketing predictions were all about content, data and culture.

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Budget Programs Mobile Advertising Banner Ads 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?!

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Brandpoint

DECEMBER 13, 2018

When search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing professionals optimize content, it means they are updating/editing/fixing a web page to boost its organic search performance and bring more traffic to their website. The benefits of creating and optimizing content can be significant for businesses.

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Top of Funnel SEO Optimization SERP 119

Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Over the last decade, marketing has become increasingly dependent on technology—requiring new skills and processes and creating new challenges. As A/E/C marketers look to empower their efforts with technology solutions, the challenge of keeping up with all the available tools—and deciding which ones to use—can be overwhelming.

Enterprise Management 84

Enterprise Management Digital Asset Management Work Management Marketing Management 84

Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics.

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Paid Content Stats Social Media Paid Search Agency 100

Hubspot

JUNE 3, 2020

Since we all have limited bandwidth, it’s a good idea to narrow down the key metrics that really give you meaningful insight into what’s working -- and what isn’t -- in your paid search campaigns. By doing this, you can prioritize your ad budget by location. Evaluate your ad compared to your landing page.

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PPC Campaigns Paid Search Agency Adwords 99

Outbrain

MARCH 19, 2019

The true power of pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is its ability to drive bottom-line results for businesses. Approximately two-thirds of people who click on a PPC ad do so to purchase a product. Plus, paid ads are said to raise brand awareness by 80% ! Those stats are not just reserved for Search Engine Marketing (SEM).

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Martech

JULY 14, 2021

The referral program kicked off in 2011 as an easy way for members to refer their friends to AmEx and get rewarded for doing so. We spoke with Jean Castanon, AmEx’s VP of Product Referral Marketing, to find out what’s behind the program’s success. But recently it’s seen startling success with younger age groups. Sharing the link.

Word of Mouth 110

Word of Mouth Acquisitions CAN-SPAM Mobile Marketing 110

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 28, 2015

We had nearly 1,600 people sign up for our webinar last week on “ How To Plan And Build An Effective Content Marketing Strategy. We believe that content marketing is starting to have a dramatic impact inside marketing organizations for business both large and small. Content marketing and SEO are totally connected.

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Work Management Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year.

Adwords 100

Adwords Paid Content Paid Search Agency Tactics 100

seo.co

MAY 10, 2021

Black hat SEO tactics don’t work over a long period of time and they tend to produce poor quality content and spammy links in the process –two things that will hurt your rankings and traffic the most. Impeccable quality content creation. Content has always been king. It’s not easy to fool a search engine algorithm in 2021.

SEO 111

SEO Budget Programs Work Management Lead Ranking 111

Hubspot

MARCH 29, 2018

Black hat SEO is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. These unethical tactics don’t solve for the searcher and often end in a penalty from search engines. Black hat SEO seeks to game search engine algorithms, rather than solve for the user. Keyword Stuffing.

SEO 74

SEO PageRank CAN-SPAM Ad Exchange 74

Biznology

APRIL 14, 2015

It come to us directly from Google Webmaster Central Blog way back on Friday, May 6, 2011, but it’s becoming more and more essential to read as Google becomes more and more brutal and less and less forgiving when it comes to exiling websites that have ever wronged Google’s sense of SEO integrity.

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Google SEO Adsense PageRank 80

Hubspot

APRIL 12, 2018

D2C brands manufacture, market, and distribute their own products without using middlemen, which enables them to reduce costs, interact directly with consumers, and provide a seamless start-to-finish buyer’s experience. What is direct-to-consumer marketing? In New York, they've used MTA stations to post cheerful advertisements.

eCommerce 74

eCommerce Branding Brand Identity Advertising Agencies 74

Convert

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In later years, the pages became much more colorful and cluttered with content. This was pretty common in 1999, as it wasn’t yet the age of interactive sliders that could display large information within small spaces. Users could select a category from a drop-down navigation menu, making the search process a whole lot easier.

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eCommerce Amazon Comparison User-Generated Content 119

Mailmunch

MARCH 29, 2021

Are you looking for an average 4,300% ROI on your next marketing campaign? Are you tired of endless social media campaigns with limited click-throughs and conversions to actual sales? Let’s talk about why you should consider free email marketing services for your brand. What is Email Marketing?

Enterprise Management 59

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Email Marketing 59

Valasys

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

While creating & running social media campaigns , marketers have all kinds of questions in mind, whether they are relevant, whether they will appeal to the buyer persona & whether they are worth the investments made. Marketers need to respect the researching habits of the customers & evolve with it.

Paid Content 40

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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B2B Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 100

Biznology

DECEMBER 14, 2010

How much of your traffic comes from search engines? What if you walked in tomorrow and all your search traffic dried up? Well, Google changes its search algorithm hundreds of times each year , on average more than once a day. Search has become such a popular marketing channel because almost everyone uses search.

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Cost Per Thousand Cost per Acquisition Cost Per Click Google 80

Convince & Convert

MARCH 26, 2013

Actually, Facebook itself started this rumor in February of 2012 at the Facebook Marketing Conference in New York. This famous figure of 16% has been repeated on all social media blogs so that it is now perceived as an uncontested truth by virtually all Facebook page administrators. Paid Reach. Total Reach.

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Viral Marketing Facebook Marketing Management Buzz 167

Single Grain

APRIL 25, 2022

In this guide, I will not only provide a curated list of the top ten choices, but I will help you select the best paid search marketing agency for your business. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ↓ What Is Paid Search Marketing? The Benefits of PPC Advertising. Top 10 Paid Search Marketing Agencies.

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Paid Search Agency Paid Content Advertising Agencies Marketing Agencies 1 52

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2011

What is the ROI of your marketing program? Unless you are the CMO, chances are that your answers only look at a component of the entire marketing mix. Whether your organization is setup by function (email, web, direct, tele) or segmented by product or solution, only a total view of all marketing touch points will provide an answer.

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Marketing Attribution ROI Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking 100

Hubspot

OCTOBER 31, 2012

When it comes to pay-per-click (PPC) ads , Google is the undisputed heavyweight champion. In Q2 2012, Google racked up a 42% year-over-year increase in paid clicks. But if you’re not Google -- so, pretty much all of us -- the odds of your PPC ad being seen and clicked on via a search just got 42% harder. Maybe more.

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Paid Search Agency Linkedin Ads B2B Marketing 28

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Think Insights with Google , Google's new information and resource hub for marketers, has got you covered! Officially out of beta today , Google's new resource offers helpful tools, studies, trends, stats, and videos to give marketers the data they need when they need it. Source: eMarketer, January 2011) Tweet This! Mobile Use.

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Paid Content Google Emarketing Paid Search Agency 28

Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 4, 2011

› Home › Column › Search › SEO Why Host a Blog on Your Corporate Website? Mark Jackson | August 18, 2010 | 0 comments ); //]]> Share Tweet My company has recommended blogging to many of our search engine optimization clients.

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Marketing Websites B2B Thought Leadership 40

EMagine B2B Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The amount of keyword traffic data missing search queries (keywords) in web analytics has been steadily increasing each month since Google’s initial encryption of searches back in October 2011. The result was (not provided) being displayed in the place of actual keywords in organic search traffic reports.

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Paid Content Keywords Adwords Landing Pages 40

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 1, 2015

This profile focuses on Paul Dunay, a Visible Expert for B2B marketing. Visual Expert Paul Dunay, an award-winner marketing expert and author, credits his blog with setting him on the path to success. But I had an idea that they would become a staple of today’s marketing departments. “Were they here to stay? .

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B2B Marketing Marketing Proposals Conversion Work Management 48

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Why is this important? This is a foundational activity.

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Lead Generation Sales Management Lead Ranking ROI 100

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Early in 2011, Facebook launched the addition of Sponsored Stories to its advertising platform, and two months ago, the social network introduced the real-time Ticker to the Facebook sidebar. Leveraging the Power of Social Advertising. Understanding Sponsored Stories and the Ticker. Image Credit: Steven Depolo.

Facebook 28

Facebook Paid Search Agency User-Generated Content Display 28

readwrite

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Today Google announced Shared Endorsements , a feature that will display your name and image next to advertisements. It’s an ad play that sounds suspiciously like Facebook’s Sponsored Stories , which similarly placed Facebook users (and their mugs) into online ads. Google, however, has avoided that pitfall.

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Privacy Policies Google Opt-out Opt-in 40

Sprout Social

MAY 21, 2020

Using images in your marketing campaigns can communicate a lot about what types of emotions you’re trying to convey. Whether your audience is young and hip to the latest internet trends, or are take a more traditional approach, emoji have a place on a variety of marketing channels. Why use emoji in marketing?

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Paid Social Agency 140

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

For marketers, the news is good overall. According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. In the current environment, marketers are still being asked to do-more-with-less, driving a significant change in strategies, campaigns and go-to-market channels.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

We usually use this time to round up some marketing stories that we think you'd like to hear. So we thought it would be interesting to hear what they had to say in terms of which inbound marketing stories most interested them this week. Mobile Ad Revenue Outlook: Local Search Leads the Way, From Search Engine Watch.

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Paid Content Mobile Marketing Paid Search Agency Cost Per Click 28