People have a natural tendency to care about what others are doing around them as a means of validating themselves. This is true in our personal lives when the Joneses come home with a new sports car, but also in paid search when brands want to outrank their competitors. In our personal lives, it does not often […]

Disruptive Advertising recently outlined the main reasons that AdWords campaigns succeed or fail, based on an audit of more than 2000 AdWords accounts. They found the following causes of failure: Incomplete conversion tracking Poor conversion rates Ad spend inefficiency Wasted ad spend Looking at these reasons, it became clear to us that they all have […]

Is your sales team suffering from “rejection fatigue”? No matter how many times managers and supervisors spout off platitudes like “coffee’s for closers”, “always be closing”, and “sell high or die”, your sales team is continually suffering through the grinder of customer rejection. 80% of successful sales require five follow-ups. That leaves room for a […]

As the end of the year nears, you might be thinking about plans for your blogging in 2018. One thing that will help inform that is a reader survey. On both ProBlogger and Digital Photography school I do an annual survey, usually around November. As we plan our surveys, I thought I’d share some of […]

Who was the first person to set foot on the moon? Of course the answer is Neil Armstrong — who else? But, actually, the question really is “who else?” In order for Armstrong to walk the moon, there were innumerable individuals who contributed something large or small to get him there. His mom and dad, […]

Earlier this year, the Google Optimize and Firebase teams worked together to bring A/B testing functionality to Firebase. Last week, at the Firebase Dev Summit, we announced that A/B testing is now available in beta to all app developers.This post originally appeared on The Firebase Blog. Announcing Better A/B Testing with Firebase  If you’re like […]

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Canada courts with Google, Google Maps sharing & SEO ranking factors appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. Build your free WordPress website with […]

As a journey-man of marketing automation and email marketing, it still amazes me when I read surveys such as the 2017 Oracle & Econsultancy State of Marketing Automation in ANZ. Generally speaking, the low hanging fruit of marketing automation is often not being utilized to improve marketing KPIs, sales performance, and the customer experience. Only […]

Your company needs to be active on Instagram. Establishing a social media presence is essential for businesses to thrive in today’s day and age. But posting pictures isn’t enough. You need to take your Instagram strategy one step further and take advantage of posting stories to your profile. What’s an Instagram story? If you are unfamiliar, […]