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/
Like many business owners and managers, you probably test the effectiveness of your SEO campaign by Googling the keywords you think are most important to see if you show up on the first page. And when you receive reports about your website traffic, you focus on the chart that shows average rankings for your targeted keywords.
When you’re spending good money on SEO, it’s common to obsess over your keyword rankings. You’re competitive and, to you, winning online means claiming the top spot in Google results. The problem is keyword rankings are an irrelevant metric to gauge online success. To truly understand whether your SEO campaign is working, you need to learn which measurements deserve your attention.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/300029/
Several years after the introduction of feedback analytics, online retailers continue to find ways to put the priceless resource of the user’s voice to work to increase conversions, sales and customer loyalty. Among the most innovative applications of direct customer feedback is analyzing trends to predict search queries, inform SEO design, adjust merchandising and improve overall marketing ROI.
Let’s say an online business selling apparel receives numerous feedback items related to a specific brand of shoe. Perhaps one customer is having trouble finding her size, another customer is requesting a certain color and a third wants to check on a shipping date for the pair she ordered. All three customers have different needs the company can meet by responding to their feedback forms. However, if that is all the company does with that feedback, it has missed a valuable marketing opportunity.
https://searchengineland.com/a-priceless-formula-for-success-customer-feedback-web-analytics-42652/
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- They say you should know your enemy.
- The same is true for your online competitors.
- You should know your rivals if you want to get ahead of them.
But how exactly can you conduct a smart competitive research today?....
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/topvisor-competitive-research/217661/
Local SEO competition is heating up. 2018 is the year for you to really raise your local SEO game to enjoy the sweet fruits of high visibility for local searches on Google. Here are 5 strategies you can trust. Read more...
http://www.business2community.com/seo/5-strategies-improve-local-seo-2018-01944760#GT1BkxoUUZEhSsDX.97/
Of the 7.5 billion people in existence, nearly 51% have access to the internet. That amounts to around 4 billion people who – as a whole – conduct a whopping average of 1.2 trillion searches per year. In other words, competition for online traffic is FIERCE. Businesses are up against a huge pool of competitors and are therefore obliged to find innovative ways of winning over the attention of their target audience. One of the most popular ways of achieving this traffic is through the application of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) tools.
https://mopinion.com/top-29-search-engine-optimisation-seo-tools/
Google AdWords, SEO, social media and email are just a few marketing campaign channels that businesses can use to drive visitors back to their website. And each of them has a price. So why are so many organizations willing to send visitors they are paying to acquire to a poorly converting landing page?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2018/07/20/six-ways-to-optimize-your-landing-page-for-conversions/#46cd44ed37c3/
Every business I know of wants to increase sales and make more money.
In today’s technical and online environment, the only way to be successful is to have a steady flow of traffic to your website.
Because Google is a major source of traffic, ranking high in the search results is critical.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-search-rankings-traffic-drop/264617/
