By James Carson 28 Aug 2014 Exploring alternative structures for better integrating digital marketing activity into your business Do We Need a Digital Department At All? When I began working on the Smart Insights Digital Transformation guide, I believed that the days of the digital department were numbered. After all, if digital integration was a true goal of a …..
By Chris Soames 27 Aug 2014 Advanced Real Time Marketing Insights 3 Strategic learnings for real time marketing Value: [rating=3] Recommended link: Forrester real-time analytics report – free download Commissioned by MediaMath, the latest research piece by Forrester is well worth the time it will take you to scan to understand this …..
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By Jill Robb 26 Aug 2014 Examples of retail category page best practice What Makes Great Ecommerce Website Design? Part 2: The Category Page In Part Two of my series of blog posts looking at the factors that help make different parts of an ecommerce websites more effective in experience, merchandising and SEO, I review …..
By Simon Swan 26 Aug 2014 Digital Transformation – Survival skills for the traditional brand A case study of how Ford have embraced digital and social media The digital landscape for the majority of sectors has witnessed a meteoric rise in the number brands. These brands come in all sizes and shapes – On one …..
By Expert commentator 25 Aug 2014 The Pros and Cons of CEO Blogs Should your CEO be blogging? Should your CEO have a blog separate from your company’s blog? Although it does depend on sector, it’s an increasingly important question, since many CEOs are emerging (or are already well established) as the ‘public face’ of …..
By Susanne Colwyn 25 Aug 2014 Global rate of annual mobile advertising demand doubles Are you reaching your audience on mobile? Importance: [rating=3] Recommended link: IAB/IHT Mobile advertising report This month, the IAB and IHS Technology’s published a survey that shows strong demand for global mobile advertising, as revenue almost doubled last year to …..
By Dave Chaffey 22 Aug 2014 Google AdWords changes match type criteria [@SmartInsights alert] “Close variant” keyword matching to become default by end September can increase clicks by 7% on average Importance: [rating=4] (If you’re not already using this feature) Recommended link: AdWords official announcement Context for the change to match types The Match …..
By Dave Chaffey 22 Aug 2014 A new look for Smart Insights Our new mobile responsive home page and customer journeys 22nd August update: New library search and other updates It’s nearly a couple of months now since we redesigned the site to update our design style and to make the site …..
By Mark Brownlow 21 Aug 2014 Three simple CTA tips for your next email Don’t forget the bigger picture When writing emails, we do like to “optimise” each individual element of the message. Which is a good thing, provided that optimisation takes account of how those elements interact with each other. If it doesn’t, you end …..