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SYNECORE | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Want to Increase Website Conversion? Fix These 5 Areas Forget about on-site analytics; you’re not even sure anyone is visiting your site. Crappy Content - Forget the early SEO playbook of dense, static, keyword-laden content; the times, as they say, are a changing.’ 'Ever been told your website is all flash and no cash? What about interoperability and interactivity? Social share buttons? -
MARKETING ACTION | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Herding cats? The Hidden Costs of Multiple Marketing Tools Email, web sites, social media (in all its many splendors), webinars, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) ads, website visitor tracking, and a host of other channels are all critical tactics in the marketer’s tool chest. How many of you are looking at your Google Analytics and wondering who those people are? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare] 24) SEO and social media accounted for a combined 23% of all inbound budget allocations in 2013. 46) After four straight years of consistent SEO outlays, search engine allocations dropped 3% this year to 11% of marketers’ overall budgets. 47) SEO delivered 14% of marketers’ total lead sources and 13% of all customers in 2013. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 16 Remarkable Web Analytics Guides, Tips and Techniques 'There’s no question that web analytics are vital, but even Shakespeare acknowledged that one can have too much of a good thing. Which Google Analytics (GA) metrics are most important? How can you take action on analytics reports? Beginner’s Guide to Google Analytics: What to Track by Search Engine Watch. -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 The 8 Evidences: Local Search and Call Tracking 'Lately some local marketing folks have been claiming that call tracking harms SEO. We''ve written several blogs about call tracking and SEO. This blog will lay out in brief terms the specific evidences that indicate call tracking does NOT hurt SEO. The Evidences that Call Tracking Doesn''t Hurt SEO. Do they hurt SEO?
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BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 Show Us The DATA! That Call Tracking (When Used Properly) Hurts SEO 'After reading two more blog posts this week about how local SEO can supposedly be harmed by call tracking, we''re throwing down the gauntlet. We dare you to show us data that call tracking when used properly--hurts SEO. Using call tracking numbers in that way could hurt SEO. Thus, SEO is not harmed. You''re right. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 A BETTER Guide to Call Tracking and Local Search Does he have ANY statistics, case studies, reports, analytics, diorama, or posterboard drawing to back up these claims??? Blogs About SEO and Call Tracking. SEO and Call Tracking: They Who Must Not be Named. Reason #924 Call Tracking Doesn''t Hurt SEO. Call Tracking and SEO: Let DNI Calm Your Marketing Soul. -
Five tools to help with your social media makeover If you set up goals within Google Analytics, Google will start tracking social media activity for these goals. If you go to the traffic sources section of Google Analytics, select all traffic and then select the relevant goal you can view the conversion rate across any channel. 'By Ian Cleary, {grow} Contributing Columnist. percent. -
WRITESPARK | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 How Services Firms Grow with Online Marketing (Guest Post) High growth firms also use email marketing and web analytics more often in their marketing. SEO and web analytics were among the techniques experts use most and rated the most effective, with blogging and usability testing not far behind. However, these services aren''t often the focus of guidance for effective marketing. -
SAZBEAN | SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 Top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of May 12, 2013 'Here are the top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of May 12, 2013… Social Media Marketing: Dell reveals how it turns thousands of brand detractors into fans (B2B Lead Roundtable Blog) What Should Lead Your Online Marketing Strategy: SEO or Content Marketing? News & Notes -
WRITTENT | SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013 An Exhaustive Guide to Exceptional Guest Blogging 'There are few shortcuts to great SEO in the post-Panda update era. SEO leads have a 14.6% We’re about to clue you into one of the best-kept secrets in modern SEO: guest blogging. As SEO expert Pratik Dholakiya puts it, “look for platforms where it will make sense for your readers for you to post.” Or can it? close rate. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013 Why Are Some Local Marketers Scared of Call Tracking? 2) They fear it will hurt SEO. Local marketers are concerned that changing phone numbers on websites in order to track calls will hurt SEO. Thus SEO is not impacted. It is widely accepted that these things don''t impact SEO at all. Clients will LOVE the analytics once they start using them. You''re 9 years old. -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013 Friday Marketing Rant: Why Don't Marketers Actually Use Their Data?!? 'There are approximately 8,978,367 marketing analytics tools on the market. You can measure everything from call analytics and web analytics, to conversion rate optimization and social media success. They ignore the analytics. They ignore the web analytics or the call tracking data or whatever. Wrong. epicfail. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 7 Deadly Sins of Call Tracking #epicfail Marketers that fail to ignore ROI and analytics data are doomed to repeat mistakes of the past. Unfortunately--despite the warnings from prophetic sentinels--marketers continue to ignore analytics reports. Today''s marketer has to place data and analytics preeminently in their decision making. Heed this blog. Trust in data. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 The Marketer's Guide to Search Engine Optimizing Non-Written Content Luckily, we have everything you need to know about SEO for non-written content, from images, to video, to audio content. Best Practices for Image SEO. That’s an SEO win/win/win my friends. Best Practices for Video SEO. Best Practices for Audio Content SEO. Best Practices for Non-Written SEO in Social Media. -
E-STORM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 Crash Course in Online Display Advertising: Trends, Definitions for Web, Mobile, Local 'We often host “lunch and learn” events to ensure that experts in SEO share their expertise with our display, paid search, and social teams. Recent we held one where our analytics team shared the latest trends and implications of a release by SiteCatatyst on Display advertising. Display Advertising -
WRITTENT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013 10 Ways Slideshare Can Benefit Your Social Media Strategy Here are some more ways Slideshare SEO and visibility can boost your content and social media strategy: 1. Slideshare SEO Is Outstanding. Keyword-optimized presentations are key to winning the race to the top of Google, so never forget about SEO optimization of your Slideshare content. It Has Analytics. Where are you? -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 Which Types of Businesses Use Call Tracking the Most? For example, for $500 of SEO work, the marketing company will include 4 call tracking numbers and a login to LogMyCalls. If you''re an SMB and you''re paying someone to market your business via SEO, PPC or direct mail, you''re going to want to know how many calls they''re producing for you. That''s a good thing. Do you fit the mold? -
25 social media influencers Forbes ignored, and why Mr. Shaughnessy, who writes about enterprise innovation and co-authored a small book about a new wealth creation system called The Elastic Enterprise , bases most of his influencer insight on a Peek Analytics score called “Pull.” Let’s see how Peek Analytics describes their measure of “Pull” on its website. -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 5 Most Controversial Marketing Blogs We've Ever Written We write about call tracking , marketing ROI , email marketing, content marketing, marketing analytics, and anything else marketing related. Many people in Google+ Communities, LinkedIn Groups, and on our own site were apparently offended that we fired our SEO firm. We''ll gladly hire an SEO firm again. How did we do this? -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 What's Your Marketing ROI? How Call Tracking Can Help Measure EVERYTHING Web analytics tools, automation tools, and proprietary dashboards do a really, really good job of measuring ROI from online activities. Call Tracking and SEO ROI. It is a great way to close the loop on your SEO efforts. 'Marketers have long lamented that there is a hole in their ROI calculations. But what about phone calls ? -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 The 7 Top Ways Marketers Annoy Their Boss Web analytics solutions, CRMs, lead management solutions, and call tracking platforms provide simple ways to gather ROI data and demonstrate data to your boss. favorite topic for these experts lately has been social SEO. Nothing will annoy your boss faster than a failure to understand the new world of social SEO. Doesn''t. -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 Call Tracking: The 4 Most Common Concerns We Hear 2) Does call tracking hurt my SEO? We''ve written about call tracking and SEO extensively and regularly , so I will spare you the details here, but suffice it to say that Google does NOT penalize you for using call tracking DNI. Thus, NAP is not impacted and SEO is not negatively affected. They love conversation analytics. -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 Content Marketing: How Did We Write 150 Posts in 50 Days? We are a call tracking and call analytics company. We dug deep into technical DNI, made arguments about SEO and call tracking, and even used examples and case studies. 'As you probably know by now, we just published the results of a 10 week content marketing experiment wherein we wrote 150 blogs in 50 workdays. As you do). -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 Content Marketing Q&A: Our 150 Posts in 50 Days Experiment We took the data directly from our Google Analytics account, so yes. This seems like a ''quick-fix'' to SEO strategy.it Is content marketing the new SEO? According to Matt Cutts, the SEO Ninja of Google , it is. The video in this link explains why ''technical SEO'' isn''t as critical as content. Catch on to what? -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013 How Google Gets Search Traffic Wrong If you use Google Analytics (which is likely, as GA is installed on almost 60% of all websites ), just click on Traffic Sources > Overview in the left sidebar menu, and you’ll see something like this: The problem is—this is almost certainly baloney. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Web Analytics Easy question, right? -
INBLURBS | FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013 5 Jobs for Tomorrow’s Customer Service Team The individual in this role would continually mine for popular topics in call center notes, as well as review Web analytics data to assess which articles in the self-service community garner the most traffic. Her professional experience spans journalism, sales, advertising and SEO marketing. Natural Language Processing (NLP) Developer. -
BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 5 Ways to Create a Culture of Content Marketing at Your Company Basically content is the new SEO. During company meetings share Google Analytics reports with them. 'The importance of content marketing and inbound marketing are widely known. The more fresh content you have on your site, the more Google respects your site, and the higher you''ll rank. 1) Everyone writes. billion. Who should you hire? -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 Why Your Keyword Strategy Is Incomplete Without User Intent 'Keyword research has long been heralded as a pillar of a proper SEO strategy. While any SEO professional worth their title knows how to conduct keyword research, many marketers tackling SEO still fail to consider a core component of keyword research: user intent. User Intent Emphasizes the Shift Toward User Experience Over SEO. -
More Traffic? Or More Conversions? No Contest. There’s the notion that things like SEO, PPC, affiliate marketing and the like are far more important than increasing shopping cart sizes, decreasing abandonment, upselling and cross selling. Slice and dice your site traffic analytics all you want. Or doubling your conversion rate? Many marketers get this wrong. Do you really know? -
How to establish your company’s Social Media Lead Team In the first year, you might consider one hour devoted to problem-solving and one hour of digital education on a topic like opportunities in analytics, social influence, digital advertising, mobile marketing, content marketing, etc. 'I have written a lot about the critical importance of company culture to social media marketing success. -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 How Much Should Sales Reps Know About Marketing Tactics? how SEO works, how PPC works, etc.? how SEO works, how PPC works, etc.? If you are selling brake pads it may not be critical to know tactical information about how SEO or PPC works. want to make clear that this wasn''t his fault. As a marketing department, we should have provided our sales manager with the information he needed. -
BIZNOLOGY | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 SEO analytics data to pay attention to To gauge how your website is performing (and whether your online marketing activities are effective), it’s essential to use analytics. Google Analytics is the the most popular analytics tool because it’s free tool and it’s relatively easy to set up and use to show you just about any data you need to know. Entrance Keywords. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 7 Steps to Transforming Into an Inbound Agency An 85-person agency, Digital Relevance (formerly Slingshot SEO) was named the fastest growing private company in central Indiana by the Indianapolis Business Journal in 2012. If you''re staying up to date on SEO , you know that the Caffeine, Panda, and Penguin updates radically altered how Google’s algorithms determine search results. -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013 All About the Benjamins Baby: How Much Does Call Tracking Cost? 'As much as we try to make call tracking and marketing analytics about features and data, eventually the conversation always comes back to price. It doesn''t matter whether we''re talking to a Fortune 100 company, a local SEO firm, or an SMB in Des Moines, the conversation eventually turns to pricing. So how much is call tracking? -
THE EFFECTIVE MARKETER | THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 Content Marketing is the New PR Content Rules : you have to change how external PR firms and agencies are hired and evaluated, and also pay special consideration for SEO. Search Engine Optimization : having PR work closely with the SEO team to navigate the new waters of content marketing, like correlating inbound website traffic with PR activity. for followers). -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 What Determines Success for B2B in the Online World? Onpage SEO is not enough. SEO and PPC are fine for increasing traffic. Therefore, it is imperative that end to end analytics be used to measure the impact of your social media strategy from traffic to leads to closure. 'In the world of the consumer, it is easy enough to judge success with your online marketing efforts. -
E-STORM | MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013 Crash Course in Online Display Advertising: Trends, Definitions for Web, Mobile, Local We often host lunch and learns to ensure that experts in SEO share their expertise with our display, paid search or social teams. Or it could be analytics sharing the latest trends and implications of a release by SiteCatatyst on Display advertising. This presentation was given by Mike Dolan, our media supervisor to the [.]. -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2013 Top 10 Things Clients Say After Switching to LogMyCalls Call Tracking This is the CEO of a large local SEO company. He recognized that his clients needed call analytics data, so he went on a very detailed hunt for call tracking. 1) "This is just elegant and beautiful.". mobile app developer told us this after a LogMyCalls demo. They had been through 5 demos with other call tracking companies. Awesome. -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 Is Mobile SEO Different from your Website’s SEO? Local SEO and Social Media. This “currency” is referred to as “citations” Citations are to local SEO what back links are for organic listing on the search engines. Look at Analytics specifically for mobile devices, both in Google Analytics and Bing Webmaster Tools. Search Engine Marketing -
WEBBIQUITY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 26 Outstanding LinkedIn Tips and Tactics ” LinkedIn To Launch Targeting and Analytics for Company Pages by The Content Strategist. Indisputably the largest business-oriented social network, LinkedIn has emerged as a crucial site for professional networking, B2B marketing, hiring and job seeking. How can companies best use LinkedIn as a marketing platform? million in revenue. -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Why Do Colleges Suck at Teaching Marketing? But did their marketing classes teach them about analytics tools or measuring ROI? Did their classes teach them about SEO and Google Algorithms? I didn't graduate from college with a marketing degree. have a degree in journalism and political science. And I'm glad, because if I had graduated with a degree in marketing.I Generally, no. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 How to Conduct a Competitive SEO Audit to Outrank Industry Rivals A lot of marketers are interested in keeping tabs on their competitors' search engine optimization (SEO). Do you know how your competitors' SEO strategies should impact yours? Dive in to learn how to perform your own competitive SEO analysis! Simple Steps to Perform Your Own Competitive SEO Analysis. Know what I mean? -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013 6 Ways to Keep SEO and Content Sittin’ in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G Well, in the bathroom stall of Small Biz High School, you will surely find SEO <3′s Content. SEO has always had the hots for content, but never had the courage to make it known to the world. After a slew of Google updates that attacked poor, low quality content, SEO and content are now the cutest couple on the block. -
HUBSPOT | SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013 Facebook Works on Incorporating the Hashtag, and Other Marketing Stories of the Week Whether we know it or not, many of these networks and services are adding business pages, analytics, and even automation into their functionality. We love analytics, metrics, and targeting because those are the tools we use to create great marketing. For us marketers, this is wonderful news. Enjoy! Read the full article at CNN Money. -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 4 New Marketing Fundamentals Impacting the B2B SEO Professional B2B SEO professionals need to be ever aware of how design and usability play a part in the prospective buyer’s desire to consume information accessed and presented. This MarketingSherpa 2013 Marketing Analytics Benchmark Report chart outlines key social media metrics routinely tracked. Value is the Currency. Final Thoughts. -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 4 Ways to Improve Your Online Marketing Funnel Google Analytics offers a cheap and simple method of analyzing how people are getting to your web site. This includes the keywords that are driving the traffic and how many conversions your SEO and PPC campaign is producing. SEO & PR. SEO is becoming more and more labor intensive. Tracking Your Leads. -
BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 Call Tracking Metrics for Agencies: The Argument for Analytics So if you're an agency (SEO, PPC, social media, traditional, etc.), Fundamentally, the argument is one of analytics. They want analytics. Agencies need to provide these analytics. They do website design, SEO, PPC, social media, even some content marketing. But they don't offer any level of analytics. -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 Do you know who is Linking to your Website? Many top SEOs believe that getting external links is the single most important objective for attaining high rankings. Referral Traffic in Google Analytics. If you go to your Google Analytics (assuming you have that installed on your site, and why wouldn’t you?) Inbound Links. Backlinking. We have identified 5 below. -
SAZBEAN | MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013 Stop FUD From Paralyzing Your Marketing Her CFO sent her articles, copying the CEO, about marketing analytics software used by major consumer brands (Kim’s firm sells B2B). Even Kim’s 16-year-old son piled on, saying that the company website was not optimized for SEO. It can also drain your budget. Consider the example of Kim. News & Notes -
Dozens of reasons why corporate blogs still matter in B2B marketing Ask any SEO expert what the role of content is to achieve that nowadays. They are analytics and optimization champions. Blogging is not new. Been there, done that, right? Yet, several businesses don’t have a corporate blog yet. Is it a must? It depends. Corporate blogs often are essential social media hubs. Blogs don’t. LIKE THIS BLOG? -
SAZBEAN | SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2013 Top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of March 16, 2013 eConsultancy) Have We Found the Holy Grail of Marketing? Mashable!) News & Notes -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 How to Survive Google's Pending Panda Update An unnerving feeling that your SEO standard operating procedures aren't totally up to date, because you're not sure if you are totally up to date on all the algorithm changes. In your SEO, that is.). Implement a regular SEO audit that will provide a sanity check for your website. Avoiding the SEO Bumps. And guess what? -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 #SMX West 2013: Top Tips, Tools & Takeaways Take a top page from your analytics and export it into excel. Don’t Forget On-Site SEO. Jon Henshaw ( @ravenjon ) of RavenTools said something in passing that I thought was really important: “Don’t forget about the most important part of SEO, on-site SEO. There are sessions for everyone and the information is invaluable. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013 25 of the Best Web Presence Optimization Guides of 2012 Influencer Marketing – What it is, and Why YOU Need to be Doing it by The Daily SEO Blog. The Real Relationship between Social Media and SEO by SocialMouths. Writing that “Everybody knows social media and SEO are connected, but how?…Unfortunately, ” SEM + SEO [PRESENTATION] by e-Strategy Trends. -
NUSPARK | SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 Custom Reports: Measuring Lead Generation Conversions with Google Analytics Google Analytics, Conversions, and Marketing Measurement. Google Analytics is an amazing tool that can track all types of data related to website usage; from visitor metrics to content metrics and conversion metrics. This is a pure visit to your site, triggered by the Google Analytics tracking code. Keyword Conversions- SEO. -
SAZBEAN | SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 Top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of March 9, 2013 News & Notes -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 Top 10 Tools for B2B Marketers Google Analytics: Tracking website traffic, page views, conversions, and leads are all essential to understanding the influence and success of a B2B campaign. Google analytics allows B2B marketers to measure data on any time scale (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) These insights can then be incorporated into the content strategy. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 4 Simple and Inexpensive Ways to Improve Your Website for Lead Generation Make sure you pay attention to Google Analytics to ensure you focus on the most relevant terms. And for SEO purposes, we may end up tying too many pages back to our sites to increase our rank. We all know our websites are crucial to our marketing success. Choose targeted keywords. services. Tell visitors what your company does. -
SAZBEAN | SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013 Top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of March 2, 2013 Search Engine Watch) How to Generate Quality Traffic with Display Advertising (Search Engine Watch). News & Notes -
E-STORM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 Crash Course in Online Display Advertising: Trends, Definitions for Web, Mobile, Local We often host lunch and learns to ensure that experts in SEO share their expertise with our display, paid search or social teams. Or it could be analytics sharing the latest trends and implications of a release by SiteCatatyst on Display advertising. This presentation was given by Mike Dolan, our media supervisor in the [.]. -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 What is Duplicate Content?: What you don’t know may in fact be hurting you SEO experts constantly extol the virtues of re-purposing content, in the hopes of easing the need for a flow of new ideas. Consider re-examining your “silos” and looking at actual Google Analytics data that ail dictate whether you should architect your site with a solutions focus, or an industry focus. Same with pigs. -
TRADESMEN INSIGHTS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 Manufacturers: Keyword Selection Tips to Help SEO When developing new content whether it’s for your blog or website, one of your goals should be to capitalize as much as possible on maximizing your SEO. Mike gives us some good pointers and lots of support sites (mostly free) that we can use to help increase SEO. He’s Do keywords match your business or targets? -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 KoMarketing Heads to #SMX West 2013 SMX (Search Marketing Expo) is one of the largest search marketing conferences in the country and features three days of sessions on topics ranging from SEO to PPC to Social media, Analytics, and more. Here’s a preview of some of the sessions she will be covering: Essential SEO Analytics: The Performance Metrics That Truly Count. -
SAZBEAN | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013 Top Internet strategy, marketing and technology links for the week of February 23, 2013 Twitter is Testing a New Advertising Card for Lead Generation (Tech Crunch) STUDY: How are Top Brands Using Instagram? News & Notes -
CLIENT BRIDGE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 Tips for Keyword Selection Keyword selection is an important part of SEO for content marketers. The Content Marketing Institute has a list of twelve questions to ask yourself when selecting keywords for SEO purposes. Don't ignore SEO for a keyword phrase, just because you are also using it for paid search. Have I mined keyword research resources? -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 How to Design a Site Structure Visitors AND Search Engines Love Using analytics from your website’s site search (if you have one) can also prove to be insightful, as it will actually tell you what people are looking for. Bonus Win: Designing a Site Structure Around User Experience Helps Your SEO! The best sites are created with a keen understanding of visitors’ interests, needs, and expectations. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013 Marketing Automation 101 There is so much you can do with the platform including email marketing , lead management, lead generation,social marketing, analytics, and resource management. Analytics : You’ll also have access to web analytics to see your website traffic, your search engine optimization (SEO), and ROI analytics. Create a plan. -
THE FORWARD OBSERVER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013 Which Downton Abbey Characters Would Survive as Modern B2B Marketers? tended to be more creative than analytical. really didn’t understand SEO, linking strategies, web analytics, or blogging. Artillery B2B Marketing Blog > The Forward Observer. Here's how you can reign supreme. The friction is largely the result of societal changes stemming from World War and new technology. What do you think? -
SYNECORE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013 Integrated Digital Marketing: The Basics Further s hattering our understanding of traditional SEO, Facebook has introduced a viable social search engine with Graph Search, while Google is expanding its Adwords to automatically include mobile. Use digital marketing analytics data to inform ongoing marketing strategy and real-time interaction. DIGITAL PRESENCE MANAGEMENT. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 30 Terrible Pieces of Social Media Advice You Should Ignore And as new social networks pop up (as they do all the time), feel free to experiment with them , but be ready to let them go if they don’t work for you, and let your analytics be your guide. 4) Social media is the new SEO. If we’re talking buzz words, then yes, social media is the new SEO. Have no fear! Not sure where to start? -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 15 Metrics Every Marketing Manager Should Be Tracking It'll help you strengthen your analytical tool belt, and run marketing programs that work smarter -- not harder -- for your business. So "social media," for example, is a channel just like "SEO" is a channel. Maybe SEO is your best volume-producing lead generation channel for your business, and social media is one of your smallest. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 Are You Marketing to the Right Audience? If you need help, check Google Analytics searches for words with significant SEO value. Social media and marketing automation technology make it easy to grow your marketing reach, but don’t always make it easy to target the right audience. few practices, however, can help you understand your customers. Grow your criteria. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 16 Marketing Pick-Up Lines to Snag Your Next Hot Date 9) "Me without you is like a marketer without analytics. 16) "You must be an SEO expert, because you rank #1 on my list!" Looking for a hot date this Valentine's Day? Want to break the ice with that cute marketer at work? Need a good one-liner for that lovey-dovey card you're making your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife? -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 16 Marketing Pick-Up Lines to Snag Your Next Hot Date [+ Ecards] 6) "Me without you is like a marketer without analytics. 16) "You must be an SEO expert, because you rank #1 on my list!" Looking for a hot date this Valentine's Day? Want to break the ice with that cute marketer at work? Need a good one-liner for that lovey-dovey card you're making your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife? -
DIANNA HUFF - B2B MARCOM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 Weaning Yourself Off Keyword Dependency — Dealing with Not Provided SEO (search engine optimization) used to be a B2B marketer’s dream come true. Then, using Web analytics, you could match up the keywords people were using to find your site with the keywords you used to optimize your site — and yay! you could see that your SEO efforts were working (or not). Woohoo! Run away! Fast!). -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 How to Identify Content Topics That Hit Home With Your Readers He's using HubSpot to show the keywords most commonly searched to find his content -- and if you don't have HubSpot, Google Analytics will also show some keyword information. For instance, last year, a member of our sales team mentioned that he had been receiving a number of questions from leads about SEO and the use of video. So smug. -
SYNECORE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 Why Budgets are Shifting to Digital Marketing Interestingly, 65% of company marketers are spending more on organic SEO, this in spite of concerns over its measurability in the face of increasing HTTPS encryption on the part of Google. As the world moves online, digital marketing principles are being adopted everywhere. Why are they doing so? Because digital marketing works. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 101 Sure-Fire Ways to Make People Hate Your Marketing Don't pay any mind to your analytics that will highlight the most popular parts of your site. You've heard about how internal linking helps SEO , but don't double check that your links actually work. SEO/PPC/Advertising. Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and love is in the air. Because love is all you need. Oh look! -
NUSPARK | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 Get Real with your Search Engine Optimization; Practical Advice to Drive Traffic I’ve been managing multiple SEO campaigns (mostly Philadelphia area based) recently because clients have asked, and I do it well, and in my observations of the practice, I have a word of advice: Get Real. You could have a great product or service, but SEO doesn’t work if no one is searching for it or you choose the wrong keywords. -
HUBSPOT | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013 Your Instagram Feed Now on the Web, and Other Marketing Stories of the Week This ebook will take you through every element of your landing page, teaching you how to A/B test for success, optimizing your Thank-You pages, where and how to share your landing pages, tying these pages into your lead nurturing campaigns, and finally closing the loop with integrated analytics. and also in the right location. Here we go. -
SYNECORE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 Google Redefines Mobile with Adwords Enhanced Campaigns Though sure to rankle SEOs and digital marketers right now, I don’t see it as having a big impact in the long-run, especially when you factor in the inevitable shift to voice-enabled search. It also reflects Google’s uncanny ability to evolve at just the right time to stay competitive while annoying advertisers and marketers in the process. -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013 13 Free Marketing Tools: Optimize Efficiency Without Breaking the Bank Google Keyword - Given the critical role of content, keywords and smart SEO are central to campaign success. It also enables you to customize links to optimize SEO, as well as track clicks and activity. by Amanda Batista | Tweet this. While the need for engagement is at an all time high, budgets, unfortunately never seem to be. -
MARKETING ACTION | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 Marketing Must Master Its Own Technology With new technology such as web analytics, CRM, marketing automation, SEO auditing, and more, marketers need to master their own technology, or include a marketing technologist who can bridge the gap between marketing and IT on the team. Not long ago, marketers just marketed, which is the backbone of any business. Clockspeed. Budget. -
SAZBEAN | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 4 Ways to Create a Better Website Experience for Users & Search Engines As SEO professionals or webmasters, we have built or maintained a website molded to our perception of what a site should be. But while piece-mealing an SEO project, band-aiding, or adding features/content, has the role of your site gone off course? It exists to convert, to inform, to portray a brand or message, to facilitate a user. -
THE POINT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 A Really Useful B2B Marketing Benchmark Report from Optify Alas, email metrics are NOT included in the report (Optify is better known for SEO and Website analytics) but the results make for some illuminating reading nonetheless. You see a lot of so-called “benchmark reports” in B2B marketing circles, and most of them are, well: complete rubbish. -
CONFLUENT FORMS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 A website renovation or a website overhaul? In our article about developing a user-centric content strategy instead of SEO we discuss defining goals for your site, both what you want to get out of your site, but also what you want your visitors to accomplish in your site. best practices google analytics innovation advice strategic planning businessSo what can you do? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 39 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading This blog covers all aspects of inbound marketing -- from top-of-the-funnel tactics, to conversion optimization, to nurturing and analytics. This content is for "modern marketers who love blogging, SEO, social media, and data." Top 4 SEO Reporting Tips for Inbound Marketers. Why SEO Means More Than Keyword Rank. No One). -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 38 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading This blog covers all aspects of inbound marketing -- from top-of-the-funnel tactics, to conversion optimization, to nurturing and analytics. This content is for "modern marketers who love blogging, SEO, social media, and data." Top 4 SEO Reporting Tips for Inbound Marketers. Why SEO Means More Than Keyword Rank. No One). -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 How to Create an Amazing Content Resource Center SEOmoz provides SEO software, hosts a vibrant SEO community, and provides amazing content. Instead of only hosting thought leadership content, they combine educational content for learning SEO with links to some of their actual software tools, as well as links to their community. KISSMetrics is a customer web analytics solution. -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 Taking Your Team to the SEO Super Bowl The same thing applies to SEO. It can be a tough road and a long season but let’s go through the steps it takes to win the SEO Super Bowl: Off-Season. What are the big company initiatives for the upcoming year and how will they change your current SEO efforts? Your SEO efforts should align with your overall company goals. -
PUZZLE MARKETER | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 The Difference Between SEO & SEM For those of you just starting to dabble in online marketing, we wanted to provide a quick explanation as to the difference between SEO and SEM. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it refers to the process of increasing your website’s search engine ranking for a specific keyword or set of keywords. That would certainly help. -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 What Every B2B Marketer Should be Doing Online in 2013 2013 is a new year, and a year to focus on the three keys to success; namely content development, SEO, and social media. Nick Stamoulis, in a great article entitled The SEO Hierarchy of Needs sums up this new approach to search, social and content in this way: Content -> Keyword Research -> On-site Optimization -> Link Building. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 How to Audit Your Website for Improved SEO and Conversions Website audits are extremely valuable and absolutely necessary before beginning any large-scale SEO or website redesign projects. Enhancing SEO: By conducting a website audit, you'll be able to identify any missed SEO opportunities and remedy any misguided or poorly executed SEO pitfalls (e.g. 1) The Content Assessment. -
BIZNOLOGY | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 3 important SEO metrics to pay attention to The most important thing to keep in mind when first launching an SEO campaign is that SEO is a long term process. Unlike other marketing campaigns, there is no such thing as overnight SEO success. However, many businesses take the wrong approach in the way that they determine SEO campaign success. What do you think? -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 Top 50 B2B Marketing Influencers On Twitter Comscore – We provide analytics for a Digital World, turning information into insights and actions for our clients to maximize the value of their digital investments. TomPick – Tom Pick – B2B marketing consultant focused on web presence optimization, SEO, SEM, social media, online PR. Cambridege, MA – [link]. -
The Six Signs of an Authoritative Blog As an SEO professional, I know what a nightmare a search penalty can prove to be. If a blog shows a lack of updates, it’s not only bad from SEO point of view but it also signals disinterest from the blog owner. Obaidul Haque is an SEO professional, freelance writer, passionate blogger and the owner of HelloBloggerz.com. -
SYNECORE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013 HTTPS Encryption Will Kill Organic SEO - And Make Google Richer The move had SEOs and digital marketers all over the blogosphere crying foul. But then Google SEO-in-chief Matt Cutts appeared on Twitter assuring everyone that it was no big deal and would only impact a small percentage of searches. HOW DOES HTTPS AFFECT ORGANIC SEO? THE BROADER PICTURE: SEO FRAGMENTS; SOLOMO RULES. -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013 10 Places You Can't Afford to Publish Mediocre Marketing Copy You may think meta descriptions are a remnant of 1990s SEO. And conversion rates do matter for your SEO. These three establish their differentiators -- they specialize in global PPC, PPC for SMBs, or approach PPC very analytically. Hey, those blog posts aren't going to write themselves! 1) Meta Descriptions. Kind of. how meta). -
HUBSPOT | SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 LinkedIn Answers Kicks the Bucket, and Other Marketing Stories of the Week SEO For Facebook Graph Search? As an attendee, not only will you get the chance to learn about the latest real world, actionable, in-the-trenches data, but you’ll also get a chance to participate in Dan Zarrella’s latest research, in real-time, through a new tool that collects marketing analytics. Let's get started! Awesome. Now what? | |