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How Are You Quantifying Content Marketing Initiatives?

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However, like any marketing initiative, you need to understand how it’s impacting your organization and the ROI (return on investment) it’s delivering. You can make some general assumptions based on time on page and pageview, but to go deeper, the Audience Overview in Google Analytics digs deeper. Conversion Metrics.

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What is Google Shopping and How Does It Work?

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Enter Google shopping, another third-party online marketplace platform. Google shopping hosts endless amounts of products on its site. Like its search engine, Google Shopping is a giant aggregator of information, only it is dedicated to physical products for sale. What is Google Shopping? So let’s begin.

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How to Use Negative Keywords to Positively Impact Your Campaign Strategy

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When used correctly, they can make online advertising more efficient and profitable. If you want your “car insurance” ads to appear when that phrase is mentioned in a Google search but not if an individual is looking for “cheap car insurance,” a negative keyword would ensure your ads don’t show up for the latter.

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The One Thing That Helps Define Success with Content Marketing

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Content marketing with a thoughtful strategy and plan doesn’t usually provide the ROI (return on investment) expected. Improving organic ranking on Google. Aggregating data in one source of truth. Without clarity around what success means, you’ll likely never know if you’re hitting the mark. Quick Takeaways.

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CMO Salary Data Suggests Declining CMO Influence?

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They aggregated data from the top S&P 1500 firms, looking at the salary data of the c-suite. The authors suggest that tech companies don’t appreciate or invest in marketing. Of the top tech organizations—Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook—only Microsoft has a CMO. It means it’s evolving. The findings?

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Measuring the ROI of Content Marketing with True Engagement Metrics

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Return on investment (ROI) from content marketing efforts is notoriously difficult for marketers to measure and track. To generate return on investment over time, content depends on a series of micro conversions—from newsletter sign-ups to asset downloads and eventual purchase events. What is content marketing ROI?

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How to Measure Your Facebook Ads ROI (With Metrics That Matter to Your Boss and Business)

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If you’re reading this post on the ROI of Facebook ads, you’re probably asking a lot of common questions: Are Facebook ads worth it for B2B? What’s a good ROI for B2B Facebook ads? How do I calculate the return on investment of my Facebook ads? Aggregate all of your own data. Yeah, you’re not alone.

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