
SMX Advanced recap: Using Paid Search & Social Together to Deliver the Ultimate Knockout Punch
As always, SMX was chock full of new ideas and actionable content. One of the struggles that many media teams face is the disconnect...

AMP: Above and beyond
Since the announcement of the project in October 2015, a lot has been said about Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) — what they are, how to...

Shopping campaigns: Play like every day is a holiday
Shopping campaigns are becoming a major source of website clicks and revenue during the holiday season, and the “Shopping Campaigns: Play...

60% of local SEOs are outsourcing more tasks in 2016 vs. 2015
SEO outsourcing is a common practice in digital marketing, as it enables us to accomplish cumbersome or repetitive tasks that we might...

About.com takes new direction with launch of standalone health website Verywell.com
About.com has launched its first standalone media property with the announcement of Verywell.com, a website focusing on health and...

Forrester Consulting study confirms that best-of-breed marketing stacks are “thriving”
Scott Brinker, author of the famous Marketing Technology Landscape and program chair of our MarTech conference, recently pointed out one...

“Search disruption is coming!” and 9 other expert insights From LSA16
The Local Search Association held its annual conference last month, where search and marketing experts in the local space provided...

MarTech Conference: Marketers are going Agile to keep up with customers
Monday’s panel on Agile Marketing at the MarTech conference. Left to right: MarTech conference chair Scott Brinker, Mozilla CMO Jascha...

MarTech Conference: Here are this year’s Stackie Award winners
The virtual envelope, please. Five companies were named today as the winners of the second annual Stackie Awards, announced at our...

MarTech Conference: Scott Brinker shares his thinking behind this year’s huge MarTech Landscape
Scott Brinker and his 2016 Marketing Technology Landscape The now-legendary Marketing Technology Landscape — whose 2016 version was...

The Death Of Marketing Expertise
Recently, I had dinner in Orlando with Bill and Ted (not their real names), some pretty successful digital agency owners. (By successful,...

Agency Metrics That Matter In Search & Beyond
As SEOs, we’re always digging into data. But I often find that SEO consultants and agencies aren’t looking deeply into their own data at...

Telenor Acquires Tapad For $360 Million
Mobile telecom operator Telenor Group has acquired New York-based advertising technology startup Tapad for $360 million, the companies...

MarketingZoom Launches Site For Buying And Selling Marketing
From the MarketingZoom site A new website, launching in a public beta this week, believes that marketers need better ways to find targets...

7 Traits That Will Make You A Great Digital Marketer
It’s hard to believe, but as of this month, I’ve been the owner of an SEO and online marketing agency for 10 short, yet very long years....

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, But Sometimes It’s the Right Thing For Your Agency
I’ve been running a search marketing agency for 10 years now, and during that time, I’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons. The goal of...

The Google Dance Returns To Silicon Valley @SMX West
Don’t know what the Google Dance is? It’s the nickname given to when Google’s search results dance around after an algorithm update. But...

SEO Trended On Twitter Thanks To #SEOHorrorStories Hashtag
If you’ve been doing SEO for any length of time, chances are you have stories to tell about a nightmare situation or client. And if...

IAB Certification Programs Gain Internationally Recognized Accreditation
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) certification programs for Digital Media Sales and Digital Ad Ops have received accreditation by...
























