By Expert commentator 22 Oct 2019 71% of consumers will unfollow influencers with fake followers Chart of the Week: 71% of consumers in the UK and US will unfollow an influencer if it was revealed that they had bought followers, showing how easy it is to lose trust in the industry. Influencers can help to …..
By Expert commentator 22 Oct 2019 Why understanding entity salience is key for understanding Google If you can understand what search engines are looking for, you’ll be able to ensure they identify your target topics and rank your copy for the most appropriate search terms Entity salience is a technical topic with significant implications for …..
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By Expert commentator 21 Oct 2019 Market research 101 – Gaining insights from competitor analysis The biggest delusion you can have about your venture is “My idea is completely new, I have no competitors”. If you truly have no competitors, you probably have no market either Getting an edge over your competitors is important, and …..
By Expert commentator 18 Oct 2019 Pixel tracking removed from YouTube and marketing budget decline – News roundup Google is stopping pixel tracking on YouTube, marketing budgets have declined, Facebook testing new scheduling option, Instagram offering more data control and Facebook changing how organic reach is calculated Google has announced changes to third-party pixels on YouTube, which will …..
By Expert commentator 17 Oct 2019 How to get your sales representatives and marketing teams to work together Aligning your sales and marketing teams is one of the easiest ways to grow your business. In most companies, marketing and sales teams don’t collaborate very efficiently. But that shouldn’t be the case. After all, they’re both trying to help …..
By Expert commentator 16 Oct 2019 Forget focus groups: Unlock these 4 insights from rapid testing While focus groups often reinforce assumptions, rapid testing is able to illustrate whether any assumptions about a product, audience, and go-to-market strategy are accurate. It’s time to face the facts: focus groups aren’t cutting it anymore. These relics date back …..
By Gavin Llewellyn 16 Oct 2019 How to transition from a manager to a leader Five ways to frame our thoughts and actions as leaders As marketers, there will inevitably come a point in many of our careers when we’ll be asked to step up from operating as individuals focused on specific tasks (e.g. SEO …..
By Expert commentator 15 Oct 2019 Only 37% of personal emails are considered “useful” Chart of the Week: Only 57% of personal emails are now being opened by recipients and just 37% are viewed as being useful People are now spending less time checking their emails, according to research from Adobe. Personal emails have …..
By Expert commentator 14 Oct 2019 How emotionally fueled mass communication can affect advertising and brands Advertisers are often tempted to use sensationalist mass communication to promote their brand, which isn’t a good idea It can seem like the news cycle these days is filled with sensationalism and attention-grabbing headlines, putting brands in a challenging and …..