Posts by Dave Chaffey
Digital strategist Dr Dave Chaffey is co-founder of Smart Insights and creator of the Smart Insights RACE Planning Framework. 'Dr Dave' is known for his strategic, but practical, data-driven advice. He has trained and consulted with many business of all sizes in most sectors. These include large international B2B and B2C brands including 3M, BP, Barclaycard, Dell, Confused.com, HSBC, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, M&G Investment, Rentokil Initial, O2, Royal Canin (Mars Group) plus many smaller businesses. Dave has contributed his expertise to many of the templates, guides and courses in our digital marketing resource library used by our Business members to plan, manage and optimize their marketing. Free members can access our free sample templates here. Dave is also keynote speaker, trainer and consultant who is author of 5 bestselling books on digital marketing including Digital Marketing Excellence and Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice. In 2004 he was recognized by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 marketing ‘gurus’ worldwide who have helped shape the future of marketing. His personal site, DaveChaffey.com, lists his latest Digital marketing and E-commerce books and support materials including a digital marketing glossary. Please connect on LinkedIn to receive updates or ask Dave a question.
Businesses will always need specialist digital skills So, Mark Ritson believes it’s time to shut down digital marketing teams for good. I disagree. Why? For the simple reason that for businesses to compete, digital marketing demands excellence in specific digital skills, which …..
This tube map is a great way to summarise online marketing options to non-digital specialists or to check your digital media knowledge for skills gaps You will know from our digital media infographics and success maps that we’re big fans of …..
Are you using social media monitoring (SMM) tools and services tactically? Or maybe you’re still not sure if you are using the right SMM tool(s) based on your specific business needs? Social media monitoring offers digital marketers a wealth of …..
Examples of different Coronavirus notices around the world – and best practice for public communications This is a strange start to the week after a strange weekend where we’ve seen the empty streets across Rome, Paris, and Madrid, then hearing …..
Benchmarks of B2B webinar promotion and presentation Webinars are a key inbound marketing technique, particularly for business-to-business companies. Webinars can be used to support different audience engagement goals across the B2B marketing and sales funnel from attracting new prospects to …..
Video is continuing to grow in popularity and importance, which means it’s vital to stay on top of the latest advances and statistics in order to create a strong digital video marketing strategy Video is a highly effective form of …..
This Subdomain vs subfolder issue is one of many decisions on business blogging to get right for companies deciding on setting up a blog…
Examples of digital marketing tools and techniques to give you an edge in the year ahead Well, we’ve nearly made it! For years I’ve been looking to the future, predicting how innovations in digital media, platforms and technology will shape …..
Increase leads and sales by using our full range of recommended tools and techniques to audit your content marketing effectiveness Many content audits are limited by just reviewing SEO or making an inventory of existing content. These are both important, …..
What percentage of searches are on organic vs paid results Much of the insight into how consumers search is based on Google services like Keyword Planner and Search Console. Like all analytics, these are limited to quantitative data and don’t …..
