Posts by Dave Chaffey
Digital strategist Dr Dave Chaffey is co-founder and Content Director of online marketing training platform and publisher Smart Insights. '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 is editor 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 recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 marketing ‘gurus’ worldwide who have helped shape the future of marketing. My personal site, DaveChaffey.com, lists my latest Digital marketing and E-commerce books and support materials including a digital marketing glossary. Please connect on LinkedIn to receive updates or ask me a question.
My most popular blog post in the last year has comfortably been the post on buzz monitoring software tools (aka social listening tools). Problem is, there are around 30 tools on the list and of course, there are more not …..
Our digital marketing software update showcases the latest software tools to help improve your digital marketing from the ones we have reviewed this week. We include software in different categories including SEO, Email marketing, Social media and web analytics Sign-up …..
Web analytics essentials are our weekly round-up of advice and developments in software tools to help you get the most from your investment in web analytics. Do let us know any developments that you think we’re missing by tweeting @SMARTinsights. …..
In my interview with SEO specialist Kevin Morley of Internet marketing agency Search Path we discuss an interesting perspective on link-building. For SEO success is competitive markets (aren’t they all?) your approach to linkbuilding simply has to be better than …..
Email marketing essentials are our weekly round-up of best practice advice for email marketers and CRM specialists. We review the best sources on email marketing which you can see in our post How Advanced is Your Email Marketing. and then …..
Review of consumer and business access and usage levels of digital technology should inform long-term strategy development for Internet marketing. The trends show adoption of new digital technologies that can be used to create a roadmap of when new services …..
My keynote at the 2010 Technology for Marketing and Advertising event covered these topics: The UK Digital Landscape in 2010 Do we REALLY understand our customers? How much budget should we invest in digital? What should our online mix look …..
In this talk I look at the opportunities for combining one of the newest digital marketing techniques with one of the most established. It’s structured around 5 key questions to make your email more engaging: Q1. How engaged are our …..
Dave Chaffey’s summary of the most significant postings and developments giving guidance on Google Analytics Setup and configuration which I think all digital marketers need to be aware of. I have given a star rating of the importance [rating=5] of the …..
Learning from how other companies have adopted and managed Ebusiness and digital marketing is a must for students and professional E-business experts. This is a compilation of case studies to act as an update to Dave Chaffey’s books. Here is …..
