And now, a brief message from Captain Obvious and his sidekick, Sidekick Boy: The goal of marketing is to generate leads that convert to sales, thereby generating revenue. What a thunderously, crashingly obvious statement! Captain Obvious saves the day again. But seriously, it’s useful for marketers to occasionally contemplate this most fundamental truth about our […]

Digital marketing agency Webistry helped the fine folk at a local dentist office (pictured above) secure 400% more conversions by convincing them to not send PPC traffic to their website… As the Search or Acquisition Marketer at a digital agency, many obstacles can stand in the way of getting your clients more conversions. Maybe your […]

 Oh Snap. The Snapchat parent had a difficult day on the stock market, closing at $16.99. It’s officially fallen below its $17 IPO price for the first time. This is significant because it means that overall, public investors have lost money on the company since its March IPO. A money-losing reputation can be hard to […]

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google menu list, Bing popular content & paid mistakes appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. Build your free WordPress website with Host2.us free […]

As a marketer, you must have a thick skin when analyzing your own webpage because, generally, you are not dealing with an eager customer. Chances are, you are dealing with a jaded customer who has been disappointed before by broken promises from other marketers and who is tired of endless ads that don’t deliver. You […]

You’re drowning in data. You’ve got enough KPIs to track and report on already. Why would you possibly need another one? What good would come of adding yet another hour to the end of you’re already long work day in order to dig it up? The truth, in this case, is that you can’t afford […]

Just like in life, there’s an ebb and flow to marketing success. That means a huge part of finding success as a marketer is being adaptable. This allows you to capitalize on trends and strike while the iron is hot. And if there’s any time of year that impacts sales and marketing, it’s the holidays. […]

Like a competitive athlete trains to win by perfecting a balance of the optimum diet, exercise regime and mental focus, a CMO’s task is to develop a winning marketing machine. By coordinating every element to work together, the marketing machine will deliver short-term wins and outperform and outpace tough competitors. The question is: what workout […]

How to Build Traffic and Profit into Your Blog On today’s episode I want to talk about a key to creating a blog with lots of traffic and profit.   The topic comes from a conversation I had this morning with a new blogger who was asking me about how to create content that would […]