Humans are visual animals and we learn better from visual information than in writing. So, when I ran across this infographic that maps the keys to success in digital marketing in a single image, I just had to use it. Rather than writing about each element in this map, I thought I’d use today to discuss the 13 keys to success in digital marketing with links to content that provides more detail about each one. I hope you enjoy.
http://www.business2community.com/digital-marketing/13-keys-success-digital-marketing-single-map-01911356#dj7QtbXgDQzYUIWa.97/
Google is a beast. There’s no other good way to put it, Google is a beast of a platform with an incredible amount of free valuable content available at our fingertips. But as with any beast, there is always a dark side, and for Google a big con is that the monster search engine never forgets. In the realm of Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) there is a plethora of both good and bad information available to the masses. Because of this, business owners have formed bad habits with SEO that are outdated and harming their ranking within Google and its algorithm. Here are a few habits you may have that could be harming your photography website’s rankings, and how you can fix them.
https://fstoppers.com/business/3-bad-seo-habits-photographers-have-and-how-fix-them-198436/
When was the last time you clicked on a banner ad? Was is it on purpose? As many as 60 percent of banner ad clicks are accidental. Only 9 percent of them are viewed for more than one second. Yet every day, experienced marketers waltz into the office with their latest banner ad idea. Or worse, autoplay video. This is partly why I'm building an AR company that helps make ads more interactive, but also a tell-tale sign that disruption is inevitable. Marketers are desperate to increase numbers and generate traffic using old-school techniques such as SEO, content, social, email, webinars and influencers. Of course, consumers sense these tactics and are feeling increasingly suffocated by belligerent ads while marketers aimlessly spin their wheels...
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/302403/
To meet Google's standards for content that deserves a high rank, contributor Brian Ussery suggests following the guidelines the search giant has set for its internal content creators. Google has long stressed the importance of “high-quality content” but has provided little, if any, help for those seeking to create it. Until now....
Last month, Google’s Developer Relations Group publicly published five different guides aimed at helping its own creators “striving for high-quality documentation.” And “documentation,” when posted online, means digital content....
http://‘High-quality content’ tips from Google’s own style guides/
According to HubSpot’s State of Inbound report, 63% of marketing and sales professionals reported generating website traffic and leads as their company’s top marketing challenge. For businesses to compete in today’s digital landscape, companies need more than just an established online presence to attract new customers and retain clients.
Communications professionals must invest their time and resources toward implementing multiple digital marketing techniques that cover an array of online approaches to continually increase traffic and generate leads. More specifically, marketers are now tasked with ensuring that they are targeting and attracting the right online audience, which ultimately leads to boosting website conversion rates. Including these essential digital marketing techniques in your online strategy will lead customers to your site, guide them through your sales funnel and result in high-quality leads in your inbox.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2017/10/25/digital-marketing-techniques-that-will-help-you-dominate-online/#b40b71d4ecbd/
The following is a short extract from our book, Researching UX: Analytics, written by Luke Hay. It’s the ultimate guide to using analytics for improved user experience. SitePoint Premium members get access with their membership, or you can buy a copy in stores worldwide.
To understand why your users behave the way they do, you first need to get to know them. You may make assumptions about who those users are, but you should be constantly challenging those assumptions, or at least be backing them up with facts...
https://www.sitepoint.com/getting-to-know-your-users-with-analytics/
Considering it takes the average tech buyer nearly four to six months to make an online purchase and nearly three to four of those months consist of self-educating, inbound marketing is a very popular marketing method among technology companies.
https://mopinion.com/improve-inbound-marketing-online-feedback/
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