Sat.Apr 09, 2022 - Fri.Apr 15, 2022

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Branded Keywords 101

Aspiration Marketing

Branded keywords are a huge part of SEO. If you haven’t included them in your SEO strategy already, then you’re making a big mistake. According to Forbes, branded keywords are only 10% of users’ search queries, but their conversion rate is 100% higher than non-branded keywords.

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23 Conversion Rate Optimization Tools for Research, Feedback, Analytics & More

Hubspot Marketing

Believe it or not, driving traffic to your website — albeit challenging — isn't enough to sustain your business. To truly leverage that investment in traffic, marketers must use conversion rate optimization , or CRO, to convince said traffic to complete the desired action. The list below outlines many helpful tools for marketers looking to optimize their conversion rates.

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The best times to engage on social media

Martech

The quality of the content you publish on social media channels matters, but so does when you post it. That may be obvious; what is less obvious is that the optimum times for publishing can change from year to year. Sprout Social, the social media management solution, took a sample of over 30,000 customers and looked at the most productive times for engagement , broken down by social platform (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter) and industry.

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Why Updating Images Can Backfire via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Search Engine Journal

Google's John Mueller shares that indexing images is slow, which can negatively impact image heavy sites that update their images. The post Why Updating Images Can Backfire appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How to Create a Community Your Members Can't Get Enough Of

Here’s Your Blueprint for Year-Round Member Engagement. Are you ready to transform your association into a thriving, 365-day community? Download GrowthZone’s ebook, How to Create a Community Your Members Can’t Get Enough Of , and learn strategies for leveling out the peaks and valleys of member engagement. This guide provides actionable strategies to create consistent networking opportunities, deliver value-packed content, and foster connections that your members won’t want to miss.

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10+ Tools To Help With Reusing and Repurposing Content

Content Marketing Institute

Reusing and repurposing existing content lets you quickly expand your reach across channels in different formats. Try these practical tools to find the best candidates, plan (and even automate) their reuse, and track your results.

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How to Build Your Brand With Instagram: 11 Tried-and-True Strategies

Hubspot Marketing

Instagram has demonstrated tremendous growth, with its community reaching over 2 billion monthly users in 2021. Despite its impressive reach, many business owners are still overlooking its marketing potential. As a result, they're leaving high levels of engagement, brand awareness, and even profit on the table. But why? In just 12 months, we used Instagram to gain 400,000 followers for Foundr -- which translated to over 70,000 email subscribers.

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Instagram Reels: What’s The True Impact They Can Have for Small Businesses?

Buffer Marketing

Nowadays it’s impossible to scroll through your Instagram feed without coming across at least one — if not several — attention-grabbing videos known as Reels. Dubbed the TikTok Clone , Instagram Reels were released in 2020 and consist of short videos up to one minute long. The feature has overtaken the app’s photos-first philosophy as 91 percent of active Instagram users say they engage with video content on a weekly basis.

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Think Outside the Search Box for SEO Keyword Opportunities

Content Marketing Institute

Don’t play the SEO game for popular keywords when your site is a little-known player. Instead, use these five tips to play a winning SERP game.

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Quora Ads: Are They Right For Your Business?

Hubspot Marketing

When you think of online advertising, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Google? Facebook? YouTube? If you limit yourself to those digital media giants, you could be missing out on a more targeted market that is reaching 300 million users every month. What Is Quora? And Who Uses It? Quora is a social question-and-answer website, founded in 2009.

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How to Make a Seamless Instagram Carousel Post

Sprout Social

Reels may be the hottest thing on Instagram right now. But Instagram carousels are still thriving on the platform. In fact, they could be the key to sustaining engagement because they get people to stop and swipe. In this guide, we give you a breakdown of why posting an Instagram carousel is a great idea for your social media strategy. We’ll also give you plenty of tips, examples and ideas to help you get started.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Google Warns Of Low Realtime Data In Universal Analytics Reports via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Search Engine Journal

Google warns the Real-Time report in Google Analytics may be displaying inaccurate data for Universal Analytics properties. The post Google Warns Of Low Realtime Data In Universal Analytics Reports appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Google MUM update: What can SEOs expect in the future?

Search Engine Land

Is MUM Google’s next step toward becoming a purely semantic search engine? Learn what MUM could mean for the future of SEO.

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Instagram Promotion: How to Boost an Instagram Post (Pro Tips)

Hootsuite

Do you have a great Instagram post you want more people to see? Are you looking to boost engagement on your existing posts ? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then it might be time to promote your posts. Promoting an Instagram post (a.k.a. Instagram boosting) is a great way to get your content in front of more people and rake in those precious likes, comments, and shares.

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How to Do a Facebook Audit in 30 Minutes or Less

Sprout Social

When was the last time you looked at your Facebook Page’s settings? A month? A year? Whenever you first set up your Page? Facebook is constantly adding and removing features for businesses. Spending half an hour or less to complete an annual Facebook audit will ensure you’re still on-brand despite all the changes happening on the platform. An audit will also surface branding issues and will give you a good idea of what areas you’ll need to work on when it comes to your Facebook marketing strateg

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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App opt-in rates climb despite Apple’s permission requirements

Martech

App opt-in rates soared in 2021, putting to rest fears about the impact of Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) framework. The rate across all sectors was 25%, up from 16% the previous year, according to a report from mobile measurement company Adjust. ATT is part of iOS 14.5 and requires apps to ask permission to track online activity. At its launch last April there were concerns about its impact on data collecting.

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How To Start A Part Time Coaching Business

Calvyn Lee Blog

Do you love helping others and walking them through steps to achieve a particular goal? Maybe it’s something you do with friends or family – they come to you with questions. You’re wondering how you can start a coaching business on part-time hours. Maybe it’s because you love your day job or maybe it’s because you aren’t ready to quit your day job yet.

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Methods of Getting Google to Index Your URL’s (Faster)

Internet Marketing Ninjas

Indexation has long been a popular dilemma in an SEO community as we naturally want Google to capture our new URLs quickly, but there’s no sure-fire way to force Google to do that. Lately Google has been notoriously slower at indexing URLs which has caused an SEO community to try all the old and new ways to get Google to index URLs faster. To discuss URL indexation Jim Boykin, CEO of Internet Marketing Ninjas, and Ann Smarty, IMN’s analyst, have come together to try and build a list of way

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The best times to post on Instagram 2022

Sprout Social

To understand the best times to post on Instagram it’s important to understand how Instagram has evolved. The network’s popularity grew as the first visual-only social media platform. People shared images of their food, travels, outfits and events. And after the introduction of Instagram Business Profiles , the platform has made it easier for users to tag brands, restaurants and venues.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Tech companies flock to out-of-home during comeback year

Martech

Out-of-home (OOH) advertising isn’t just for the burger chain at the next highway stop. Tech companies are joining in on a medium that saw a boom year in 2021. And the increased interest in OOH, by tech and other categories, is largely because of the ability to integrate the channel into an omnichannel strategy for marketers. The numbers. OOH ad revenue climbed 16.7% last year, taking the yearly U.S. total to $7.1 billion overall, according to a report from the Out of Home Advertising Associatio

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14 Types Of Google Ads Extensions & What They Do via @sejournal, @BrianFr07823616

Search Engine Journal

Google Ads extensions are an excellent tool. Understand each type and optimize them for maximum performance, so you get more bang for your PPC buck. The post 14 Types Of Google Ads Extensions & What They Do appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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How To Make Paid Content Promotion Pay Off for Your Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Promoted content drives stronger performance. Here are tips to help with paid search, native advertising, influencer marketing, and social media platform advertising on Meta platforms, Twitter, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

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How Does the TikTok Algorithm Work In 2022?

Hubspot Marketing

As a platform with high engagement and growth potential, TikTok is a favorable app for businesses that want to get their solutions in front of more people. According to TikTok, 49% of users (over 490 million people) seek and discover something new on the app each month. TikTok's highly personalized algorithm delivers relevant content to users through the For You feed, keeping users engaged.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.

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How marketers can take steps toward greater personalization

Martech

“We want to be treated as individuals by the brands we do business with,” said Katie Wheeler, senior manager of product marketing at Salesforce, in a recent webinar. “But, it’s hard for companies to treat folks at the individual level because there’s so much data — there are so many platforms and devices.” “But this is what customers expect — they expect a personalized experience,” she added.

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YouTube Adds New Connected TV Capabilities via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Search Engine Journal

Google made improvements to its YouTube Connected TV capabilities. These updates allow advertisers to have more confidence in their CTV strategy. The post YouTube Adds New Connected TV Capabilities appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Google Tests People Also Ask Play (Listen To) Speaker Icons

Search Engine Roundtable

Google seems to be testing a new search feature for the people also ask section where you can listen to Google read you the results of those snippets. There is a play speaker icon near each one.

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Send Your Clients A Birthday Email That's Sure to Get Engagement

Hubspot Marketing

Birthdays can be fun to celebrate. They’re like our own personal holidays where people wish us a happy birthday, wait staff sings and brings us free desserts, and our social media feeds are filled with best wishes and adorable memes. It’s also fun to watch the birthday offers roll in. Free dinner at our favorite restaurant? Yes, please. Free ice cream at the best ice cream shop in the city?

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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How to get the best out of creative talent in a data-driven world

Martech

Numbers. We see them in big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, A/B testing. Digital marketing runs on numbers. So where do the words and pictures come in? “Creatives” begin their work where the numbers end. They take those analytical insights and turn them into words, pictures and messages that entice the customer to make the next click on that web site, text or email message.

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Google Offers 3 Strategies for Adjusting to Privacy First Marketing via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Search Engine Journal

Google explains how to drive conversions when privacy regulations deprive marketers of today's tracking data. The post Google Offers 3 Strategies for Adjusting to Privacy First Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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16 of the Best TikTok Tools to Improve Your Marketing

Hootsuite

Do you have a trusted box of TikTok tools? If not, it’s time to build one. As of 2021, TikTok had 78.7 million users in the US alone. And it’s projected to reach 89.7 million users by 2023. The app keeps growing its user base with no sign of slowing down. For you, that means more opportunities to reach your audience. But with opportunity comes competition.

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20 public relations stats to know for better communications outcomes in 2022

Sprout Social

Between the pandemic, emerging technologies and an information landscape where a viral Tweet or TikTok can mean success (or scandal), the world of communications has seen massive change over the past few years. These factors paired with a 24/7 news cycle fueled by cultural events galore , has caused the world of public relations to change just as quickly.

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Accelerate Your Marketing with Automation: A Quickstart Guide

Ready to streamline your marketing efforts and achieve more with less? Our guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to: Build a Strong Foundation: Set up your automation infrastructure for success. Execute Proven Tactics: Implement effective strategies to nurture leads and drive conversions. Measure and Optimize: Track your results and make data-driven adjustments.