
The top retailer marketing strategies to compete with Amazon Prime Day
Since launching in 2015, Amazon’s Prime Day sale has claimed its place as an industry-wide shopping holiday, generating record-breaking...

Why isn’t my fabulous content attracting quality links?
Inboxes are flooded with unsolicited emails, and spam is at an all-time high. You may run into issues with client guidelines that seem...

How to determine if you’ve been hit by negative SEO
Have you ever experienced a rankings decline and suspected it was due to something a competitor was doing? For this second article, we...

Reducing the time it takes to write meta descriptions for large websites
Sometimes improving a website’s presence via search engine optimization (SEO) is very straightforward, and sometimes it’s not. In the...

Building a brand strategy: Essentials for long-term success
Why? Because the more detailed you are in your branding strategy, the easier it will be to succeed when you execute those strategies....

The importance of transparency and understanding risk in link building
The most important part of the relationship between you and your link builder might not be what you think. You want them to follow...

Ask the SMXpert: Google manual penalties explained
Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West 2018. Today’s Q&A is from the All Google Manual Penalties Explained session with speaker Kaspar...

Searcher intent: The secret ingredient behind successful content development
Sounds easy enough, but things get complicated when there are multiple results that may fulfill the primary intent of a given query. What...

Are your ads pointing to the right domain? Here’s a script to find out.
Standards are high for PPC superheroes, and even the best of us can make a mistake. Luckily, there’s a perfectly easy way to deal with...

How to outdo the PPC robots in shopping ads
There’s still a role for humans to play, one of which is to use what we’ve learned from years of experience to bring an account as close...

Google patent on related entities and what it means for SEO
But that’s not the case with the recently granted Google patent “Related entities.” I believe this patent is being applied and it gives...

How to align SEO and sales teams so everyone benefits
It’s no secret that marketing and sales don’t always see eye to eye. The sales team gets mad at the marketing team for lack of leads and...

The power of podcasting: SEO keyword angles
found here. Once you are booked on a podcast, brush up on the host’s website, bio and about page. Listen to recent podcast episodes so...

No search volume? No problem! 3 ways to improve low-traffic AdWords campaigns
Better ad copy, landing pages or sales tactics can improve those numbers, but at the end of the day, you only have 10,000 searches per...

The power of podcasting: How to boost your reputation and search engine rankings
If you’re in the digital marketing industry, you know podcasts are HOT. Whether you’ve started your own or are a regular podcast...

Recruitment SEO: How to create a well-optimized career section on your site
If a job candidate is interested in your company, he or she will immediately go into research mode and scour the Internet for more...

7 marketing and promotion tactics to get your content discovered
It’s no secret a well-executed content marketing campaign can deliver a solid return on investment. According to Demand Metric, content...

CMOs in the know: Our top 10 Marketing Strategies columns of 2017
As we head into the new year, it’s a good time to look back at the marketing trends and tactics that shaped 2017. After all, knowing what...

Test-and-learn steps for agencies
We have seen a rapid expansion of entertainment and news options for consumers over the past few years. This explosion of options has...
























