By Chris Soames 16 Feb 2011 A Field Guide To Creating Links For Search & Social Success Our review of a new free guide to link-building In January 2011 a guide oddly named “Becoming a Clockwork Pirate” was launched. While finding the title slightly weird I then read the subtitle which reads: “A Field Guide To Creating …..
By Chris Soames 16 Feb 2011 Paid Search : An Introduction to Match Types What Are Match Types in Google Adwords? Match types are method used within Google Adwords to allow you to better target your customers depending on the keywords they type into Google and the words your are targeting your advert at. …..
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By 16 Feb 2011 Guidance on usability best practice Examples of how to improve conversion rate through applying common findings of usability studies Value: [rating=4] Our commentary: Paul Rouke, our expert commentator on all-things usability, recently gave a UX 101 talk at Manchester Metropolitan University. Although billed as a …..
By Dave Chaffey 15 Feb 2011 Why don't many companies blog? What are the barriers stopping companies blogging and how can they be encouraged? I strongly believe that every business should have a blog since they’re an essential hub to your digital marketing activities. If you don’t have one, you’re missing …..
By Dave Chaffey 14 Feb 2011 Enewsletter marketing – are you getting the sell, inform, entertain balance right? Creating an enewsletter that keeps subscribers engaged As I’ve shown with these examples, the design and layout of your email newsletter is important, but it’s the content of course, which really helps engagement. The chart below shows that online users …..
By Dave Chaffey 14 Feb 2011 Should we buy links to help with SEO? A case study of why many companies continue to buy links Value: [rating=4] Our commentary: Well, the answer to the question, as with many tricky #digitalmarketing questions, is “it depends”. I prompted to write this post, to alert you to …..
By Danyl Bosomworth 11 Feb 2011 Blogging to build your brand online Why your blog should be *the* focal point for building your brand online? I’m still surprised how little blogs feature in digital marketing strategy and planning — whether marketers run a corporate or brand blog as part of their web …..
By Chris Soames 11 Feb 2011 Bing Searches up 21% Over the past few months it has been hard to escape stories about Bing. A recent post on Search Engine Watch which goes into some nice growth figures for Bing really made me sit up and listen. Some of the …..
By Chris Soames 11 Feb 2011 Are you wasting money through poor PPC targeting? A “back to basics” guide on targeting Pay Per Click through campaign structure setup What do we mean by campaign structure? Campaign structure is the way in which your keywords are grouped within your paid search advertising account like Google …..