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How Facebook Ads Have Evolved [+What This Means for Marketers]

Hubspot

There's no social media platform more prominent or ubiquitous. A well-maintained Facebook presence is central to many — if not most — companies' social media strategies. It's a key factor in processes like conducting outreach, projecting legitimacy, generating interest, and driving traffic to other content and company resources.

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Google Shopping Shifts to Organic + Paid Hybrid Model

QuanticMind

Google announced Tuesday that it is opening up its Shopping search results to unpaid, organic listings. This change raises questions, including why they’re making such a significant shift backward, after going to purely paid listings in 2012 (Froogle). Why would Google give up a large portion of paid revenue? The History.

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My Top Content Marketing Predictions For 2016

Marketing Insider Group

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!

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11 Crucial Facebook Metrics You Should Track to Grow Your Business

SocialPilot

Facebook Insights gives tons of metrics needed to monitor your campaign performance and optimize the marketing on the platform further. As if it was not enough, Facebook recently added more to the confusion by completely overhauling the look and feel of its analytics section. Don’t worry. Let’s roll! According to statistics , 1.6

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What is Google Shopping and How Does It Work?

seo.co

The rise of Amazon and Amazon marketing made this clear. Like its search engine, Google Shopping is a giant aggregator of information, only it is dedicated to physical products for sale. Like its search engine, Google Shopping is a giant aggregator of information, only it is dedicated to physical products for sale.

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2 Huge Search Marketing Risks in 2012—And What To Do About Them

Biznology

If you’re like most businesses, your 2012 marketing plan relies heavily on search engine marketing. Both paid and natural search continue to offer businesses excellent growth opportunities for the foreseeable future. Search is in big trouble, under pressure from a variety of sources.

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

Sprout Social

The first video, “ Me at the Zoo ,” launched on April 23, 2005, and the first ads followed two years later. As video has continued to grow as one of the most compelling channels for marketing and entertainment, YouTube has remained at the forefront. By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day.

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