Deciphering the Google algorithm can sometimes feel like an exercise in futility. The search engine giant has made many changes over the years, keeping digital marketers on their toes and continually moving the goalposts on SEO best practices. Google’s continuous updating can hit local businesses as…

This is a great marketing opportunity for your ecommerce business. You have a small operating window to effectively execute your plan. These are some of the most common days to mark on your calendar during the holiday season: Thanksgiving Black Friday Cyber Monday Christmas Eve Christmas Day New…

Content is basically infinite. Run a Google search for a/b testing and you can spend the rest of your life reading about it. So in this proliferation of content, it’s retention, attention, and engagement that are key for content marketers. It’s our goal to get visitors to our content, ideally more…

How often do you use Facebook Live video streaming? If your answer is never or not very often, you need to change that. You can use Facebook Live for various marketing campaigns. It can also help you add subscribers to your email list . Leveraging your live video streaming skills the right way can…

So, you’ve tweaked your landing pages until your conversion rates can’t get any better, split tested every facet of your ad campaigns and collaborated with influencers in your niche to maximize your exposure. What’s next? These tactics are wonderful and can generate explosive growth, but after a…

Here’s an idea. Sit back and watch your business grow without spending money or putting in too much effort. Sounds too good to be true? User-generated content, also known as UGC, is an excellent way to promote your business. This promotional concept will help you get customers without spending any…

Email marketing is more than just sending out a message or two to your subscribers every week. You’ve got to analyze data as well. If you’re not checking the statistics, how do you measure the success of each campaign? Look, I get it. There are lots of numbers on the Internet, and you may not know…

Modern Marketing Blog Subscribe to email updates Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Plus YouTube Instagram RSS Product News | October 10, 2017 By: Nard Linders Senior Product Manager Share Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better… Last April, we announced a new integration with Oracle Eloqua…

The most successful online stores winning at e-commerce are doing so because they’ve become absolutely obsessed with metrics. They swim in data. Every marketing and promotional decision is driving by the data. Because without data you have virtually no chance at making improvements. You don’t know…

Most blog posts talk about going viral. They talk about network effects and refer-a-friend tactics. They talk about switching your orange button to a green one. They talk about sending out automated, cold emails. Well, guess what? None of that works in B2B. Not at a high level. Not when you’re…

Google and Facebook both have offline attribution. Now, Snap-owned Placed is introducing what it says is the first “media-independent” solution for paid search campaigns. (Multiple companies have offline attribution for display). Here’s the methodology as described by the company: Placed Attribution…

It’s important you recognize the significance of your email marketing strategy . It’s an essential method of communication with your ecommerce customers. Email will probably be your most profitable channel if you nurture it right. Don’t believe me? Activewear brand Rone is able to generate $80,000…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads launches automated bid strategy to ‘Maximize Clicks’ Oct 10, 2017 by Susan Wenograd Bing Ads can now automatically manage keyword bids in an effort to…

Are you familiar with backlinks? If you’re not or if you’re just getting used to the concept, you need to make this common term part of your everyday vocabulary. By definition, a backlink is an incoming hyperlink from one website to another. Anytime a website mentions your name, brand, or company…

It’s October and you know what that means? Its B2B Marketing influencer speaker list time again. One of my all-time favorite conferences is MarketingProfs B2B Forum in Boston and for the past few years I’ve had some fun listing out a top list of speakers ranked by influence around the topic of “B2B…

Along with the release of the iPhone 8, Apple’s new operating system, iOS 11 and its browser, Safari 11 on desktop, are causing quite a stir among advertisers and marketers. Not for their new design or ease of use but for their release of “ Intelligent Tracking Prevention ” — a feature which would…

Do you think your website is performing to its full potential? It’s frustrating if you’re not getting enough clicks and conversions on your website. The layout of your page might be the issue. Think about the goal of your website. The layout of your website should match the goal for your website,…

Modern Marketing Blog Subscribe to email updates Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Plus YouTube Instagram RSS CMO Corner | October 3, 2017 By: Dan Steiner Share Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) lead teams of forward-thinking, creative people that find ways to make the ordinary a little more exciting.…

Yesterday, Google announced several Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP), technical updates . These included scrolling animations, an improved responsive-navigation sidebar, support for video analytics, fluid ad support and other features to improve ad targeting. Here’s a little more color on the…

Lucidchart , a SaaS-based diagramming application with over 9 million users, wanted to make sure their site was more than just pretty to look at. They wanted to ensure that it was leading users down the path to purchase. This is how they used Kissmetrics to leverage the behavioral data their users…

This week, Google celebrated its 19th birthday . A lot has changed in nearly two decades. Rather than relying primarily on PageRank to evaluate the quality of web pages , Google now uses a whole array of techniques to suggest a wide range of content in response to queries, from simple direct answers…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show Sep 29, 2017 by Greg Sterling Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow?…

How are you handling your shopping cart abandonment? The first step is for you to track and recognize how many shoppers are leaving items in their carts without finalizing the purchases. If you’re not addressing it, you’re missing out on sales. Take a moment to ask yourself how you can improve the…

Getting prospects to convert to customers is one thing. But how do you get customers to buy again and again after the first purchase? This is where attentive, customer-focused emails come on. Despite some heralding the “death of email” over more modern platforms like texting and social media, good,…

I am a big champion of the power of email marketing . There’s no better way to build a community and nurture a relationship with your audience. It’s hands down the most authentic way to prime your prospects, sell them your work, and grow your revenue. So, when a powerful list-building technique…

93% of Internet users browse the Internet on a mobile device every day. That’s 3.5 billion people who could potentially be seeing your website on their phones or tablets at any given time. It follows, then, that you should be working as hard as you can to optimize your online presence for mobile.…

As the world becomes increasingly connected, it’s becoming more vital than ever for virtually all businesses, regardless of size, to have a global online presence. As Search Engine Land columnist Brendan McGonigle rightly notes , if you only advertise in the United States, you’re missing out on…

Retention, huh? It’s like interviewing for a job and getting to the last stage of the interviews — just to realize it’s not going to happen. We spend money on getting people to our website, visitors spend eight seconds on the page and 98% will never return. Boy, that hurts It is especially painful…

You know all of those metrics you track? They’re probably worthless. I’m not saying they have absolutely no value, of course. I’m just saying they’re doing nothing for your bottom line most of the time. These are the things that you think matter, but don’t. In other words, you can track them, but…

It was only a matter of time. Just like Amazon, YouTube, and Netflix before it, Facebook has officially entered the video streaming game. What is Facebook Watch, and what does it mean for you your marketing strategy? What is Facebook Watch? Launched in August 2017 to select users in the U.S. via…

Modern Marketing Blog Subscribe to email updates Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Plus YouTube Instagram RSS Content Marketing | September 18, 2017 Share Keywords have long been the foundation of every content marketing strategy . Knowing the words and phrases that your audience is using to search…

When it comes to reaching engaged, relevant audiences, which marketing channels truly shine? Social media? Email? Webinars? How about podcasts? “Podcasts?” I can hear you thinking, “You mean those radio shows that were popular in the early 2000s?” Sure, podcasts may have hit critical mass thanks to…

Every business owner eventually experiences growth stagnation. It can happen with sales. And it can happen with your email list. I’ve been there. You feel stumped. Your email list isn’t growing. What can you possibly do to kick yourself out of this rut? Well, the exciting news is, you’ve got several…

If you’re looking for new ways to prospect new business for your product or service, a lead magnet could be a valuable investment. A lead magnet is essentially a gateway drug or a bribe to coax your target audience into your marketing or sales funnel. You ‘bribe’ a prospect with a specific piece of…