Social Proof – a few simple things for big results

We see social proof all around us. From celebrity endorsements on the high end to ratings and reviews on the more common programs. Social proof can come in many forms, but it comes down to people believing in you because others believe it you. Take advantage of this in digital marketing and you’ll see increased…

Google’s Penguin Goes Real Time

Last month Google hit us with two pretty major changes to the search algorithm. The first was a straightforward update in early September. When this hit, we saw most programs take a slight dip and then recover after about a week. But, then Google announced that they will incorporate Penguin into the core algorithm as…

Ad Blockers Put On Notice by Facebook

Facebook announced that it will implement ad serving in such a way that ad blockers can’t prevent the advertisements from showing. [ad blocking]…reduces the funding needed to support the journalism and other free services that we enjoy on the web. Facebook is one of those free services, and ads support our mission of giving people…

Why can’t I find new customers? Wrong question.

Not too long ago the paradigm shifted. With few media choices for consumers and large budgets for advertisers, brands would focus on targeting the customer. Consumers watched one of the major television stations, you just needed to look at Nielsen to know which shows. It seemed like every household received the major newspaper in town…

Content marketing has made SEO link building harder

Yes good content should generate links back to your website and improve SEO perfomance. The challenge is in helping people differentiate between content marketing strategy and SEO link building tactics, and their respective control. Content marketing starts with a broader marketing objective, using distributed content to help achieve goals, and in some cases linking back…

Adobe’s Best of the Best – less engagement is good

As designers and marketers, the best thing we can do for our website users is help them get off our sites a fast as possible. Take a look at Adobe’s study and a few things stand out: Traffic from smartphones is growing year over year (no surprise) For some industries desktops remain dominant Users are…