Mike McGrail debunks 11 common digital marketing myths. Some of the myths busted include that you need to be active on all social media platforms, technical SEO is dead, email marketing doesn't work, content volume alone is key, Facebook ads don't work, and that only digital matters. McGrail emphasizes focusing efforts on high quality engagement over quantities and platforms, and integrating both digital and traditional marketing tactics.

1. 10 DIGITAL MARKETING MYTHS BUSTED.
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2. MYTH #1
“YOU NEED TO BE ACTIVE ON ALL
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS”
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4. Contactable on all key platforms
Do them all well or not at all
Focus on what suits what you do
Where are the people?
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5. MYTH #2
“TECHNICAL SEO IS DEAD”
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7. Sort your on-page basics
Make sure your site is mobile friendly
Speed. Make sure it’s rapid!
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8. MYTH #3
“EMAIL MARKETING DOESN’T WORK”
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9. AYE.
GOOD ONE.

10. “For every $1 spent on email
marketing, $38 are generated”
- Campaign Monitor
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11. Make the content valuable
Think about mobile
Be regular
Pay attention to the data
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12. MYTH #4
“CONTENT VOLUME IS KEY”
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14. “Focus on creating valuable,
educational, entertaining,
engaging content as often as
you can while maintaining
quality.
A continual stream of crap is
pointless”

15. MYTH #5
“FACEBOOK ADS DON’T WORK”
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16. YOU’RE PROBABLY DOING THEM WRONG.

17. As much about the journey as the ad
Where do they go when they click?
Think about landing pages, retargeting, testing and the
creative!
Is it for you?
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18. MYTH #6
“YOU CAN’T TRACK SOCIAL SUCCESS”
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20. What’s success to you? Site engagement?
Sales? Enquiries? Email capture?
Add UTM parameters to all links!
Get using Google Analytics and act on the data!
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21. MYTH #7
“YOU NEED TO CREATE ALL TYPES
OF CONTENT”
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23. Video, copy, imagery, audio, data vis…
Very hard to be good at all!
So, do what you’re best at and don’t feel
pressure to do all.
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24. MYTH #8
“1000s OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS
ARE ESSENTIAL”
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25. Concentrate on building an
engaged following that
wants to be a part of what
you’re doing

26. MYTH #9
“CONTENT IS KING/QUEEN”
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27. IF CONTENT IS QUEEN, DISTRIBUTION IS GOD

28. No point in content if nobody sees it eh!
What’s your Strategy?
’I’ll use social media’ isn’t a strategy
Get used to testing
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29. MYTH #10
“ONLY DIGITAL MATTERS”
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31. Outdoor, print, direct mail, experiential etc all still have
their place.
But how do you integrate them and include digital?
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32. MYTH #11 (BONUS)
“GIFs HAVE NO PLACE IN MARKETING”
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34. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION!
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