The Death of 'SEO Content' - Dublin, January 2019
The world's biggest businesses go into forensic detail in their branding strategies. And yet, their landing pages show no sign of these carefully crafted brand voices.
As we move into a more sophisticated era of search, simply stringing keywords together with a few prepositions will no longer suffice.
With voice and visual search on the rise, the SEO industry is in danger of being left behind in the content space. The branding specialists will take over if we don't up our game.
This talk will look at how businesses can inject some personality into their content without losing their SEO rankings.
Despite a huge surge in adoption of content marketing, many marketers still struggle to communicate and calculate the ROI of their programs internally. Some executives still view content as “just the latest trend” in marketing and don’t see the business value in providing useful, relevant and consistent content for their customers and prospects. Therefore, content marketers need to be able to measure their programs with things that have a quantifiable value they can take to the bank.
Trends + Trendsetters: The Best in B2B Technology Content MarketingLiz Bedor
The b2b technology process is complicated. The marketplace is crowded and the complexity of the sale only increases as more stakeholders get involved. Technology marketers, however, can leverage content marketing to simplify their message and connect to these decision-makers.
A recent study by MarketingSherpa surveyed 4,000 b2b technology business professionals to understand what types of content these buyers are looking for. The types of content most requested?
CASE STUDIES: 67% of buyers reported case studies at the top of their list for most desired content.
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT: 84% of buyers want content that educates them and expect vendors to provide it.
CONTENT THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM: 72% of buyers want to find “solutions to solve a current problem.”
CONTENT CUSTOMIZED TO DIFFERENT BUYING STAGES: 60% of buyers look for different types of content depending on their needs at the time.
We surveyed the b2b technology landscape and interviewed content marketers from brands leading in these four areas. Here, we’ll discuss their strategies and see how they approach creating these types of content.
How to Measure Brand Awareness with Content MarketingLiz Bedor
Increase in brand awareness, or the extent to which consumers are familiar with your brand, is one of the most common content marketing business cases. Another way to think of this, is how many early-stage prospects are finding their way to your brand's website?
We can measure brand awareness a few different ways:
Paid vs. Organic Search Traffic: Search traffic your site receives from paid search advertisements versus traffic due to a high organic search ranking.
Unbranded Organic Search Traffic: Search traffic your site receives from keywords that never mention your brand name or products.
Organic Search Share of Voice: The percentage of online conversations in your space that include your brand.
How to Measure Brand Health with Content Marketing Engagement MetricsLiz Bedor
Content marketing is best described as the "art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling." If your brand is like most, however, your content marketing probably promotes the brand too much and your audience tunes you out.
David Beebe, Vice President of Global Creative and Content Marketing for Marriott International explains, “Content marketing is like a first date. If all you do is talk about yourself, there won’t be a second date.” You have to let people get to know your brand, like your brand and then eventually trust your brand enough to buy from you. Let's say you've accomplished letting people get to know your brand. How do you know how much they like your brand?
Brand health measures how your digital audience feels about you. We can measure this two ways: engagement and audience growth. For this post, we'll focus on engagement, which we can measure with the following:
Time on site: The amount of time visitors spends on your site.
Repeat visitors: The number of times someone engages with your brand.
Social likes: Which content is resonating most with your audience.
Subscriptions: People giving your brand exclusive access to their inbox, opening the opportunity for you to market to them.
Bounce rate: The percentage of visitors who enter your site and then leave, rather than continuing to view other pages.
Despite a huge surge in adoption of content marketing, many marketers still struggle to communicate and calculate the ROI of their programs internally. Some executives still view content as “just the latest trend” in marketing and don’t see the business value in providing useful, relevant and consistent content for their customers and prospects. Therefore, content marketers need to be able to measure their programs with things that have a quantifiable value they can take to the bank.
Trends + Trendsetters: The Best in B2B Technology Content MarketingLiz Bedor
The b2b technology process is complicated. The marketplace is crowded and the complexity of the sale only increases as more stakeholders get involved. Technology marketers, however, can leverage content marketing to simplify their message and connect to these decision-makers.
A recent study by MarketingSherpa surveyed 4,000 b2b technology business professionals to understand what types of content these buyers are looking for. The types of content most requested?
CASE STUDIES: 67% of buyers reported case studies at the top of their list for most desired content.
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT: 84% of buyers want content that educates them and expect vendors to provide it.
CONTENT THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM: 72% of buyers want to find “solutions to solve a current problem.”
CONTENT CUSTOMIZED TO DIFFERENT BUYING STAGES: 60% of buyers look for different types of content depending on their needs at the time.
We surveyed the b2b technology landscape and interviewed content marketers from brands leading in these four areas. Here, we’ll discuss their strategies and see how they approach creating these types of content.
How to Measure Brand Awareness with Content MarketingLiz Bedor
Increase in brand awareness, or the extent to which consumers are familiar with your brand, is one of the most common content marketing business cases. Another way to think of this, is how many early-stage prospects are finding their way to your brand's website?
We can measure brand awareness a few different ways:
Paid vs. Organic Search Traffic: Search traffic your site receives from paid search advertisements versus traffic due to a high organic search ranking.
Unbranded Organic Search Traffic: Search traffic your site receives from keywords that never mention your brand name or products.
Organic Search Share of Voice: The percentage of online conversations in your space that include your brand.
How to Measure Brand Health with Content Marketing Engagement MetricsLiz Bedor
Content marketing is best described as the "art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling." If your brand is like most, however, your content marketing probably promotes the brand too much and your audience tunes you out.
David Beebe, Vice President of Global Creative and Content Marketing for Marriott International explains, “Content marketing is like a first date. If all you do is talk about yourself, there won’t be a second date.” You have to let people get to know your brand, like your brand and then eventually trust your brand enough to buy from you. Let's say you've accomplished letting people get to know your brand. How do you know how much they like your brand?
Brand health measures how your digital audience feels about you. We can measure this two ways: engagement and audience growth. For this post, we'll focus on engagement, which we can measure with the following:
Time on site: The amount of time visitors spends on your site.
Repeat visitors: The number of times someone engages with your brand.
Social likes: Which content is resonating most with your audience.
Subscriptions: People giving your brand exclusive access to their inbox, opening the opportunity for you to market to them.
Bounce rate: The percentage of visitors who enter your site and then leave, rather than continuing to view other pages.
In-depth view of search engine optimization, blogs and Internet marketing. Demonstrates the difference between organic and paid search and compares Facebook vs. Adwords ad campaigns. Also explains how to use Webgrader to evaluate websites.
Why SEO Matters for Financial Institutions: How To Build and Strengthen Your ...Edge Multimedia
There's this humble Organic Search Channel out there that often gets little attention and few resources…yet, more often than not, it is your financial institution's greatest source of leads and conversions.
PRESENTATION GOALS
ONE: That you'll gain an understanding of why SEO matters to your bank or credit union.
TWO: To learn how to begin every campaign with the end in mind by setting and measuring your goals.
THREE: To equip you with actionable insights as to how to make your organizations better at attracting, serving and retaining more relevant members and customers through your On-Page SEO and Inbound Marketing.
Why SEO Matters: How To Build and Strengthen Your Most Profitable Online ChannelEdge Multimedia
There's this humble Organic Search Channel out there that often gets little attention and few resources…yet, more often than not, it is a business's greatest source of leads and conversions.
PRESENTATION GOALS
ONE: That you'll gain an understanding of why SEO matters to your business.
TWO: To learn how to begin every campaign with the end in mind by setting and measuring your goals.
THREE: To equip you with actionable insights as to how to make your businesses better at attracting, serving and retaining more relevant customers through your On-Page SEO and Inbound Marketing.
How to Measure Brand Health with Content Marketing Audience Growth MetricsLiz Bedor
Brand health measures how your digital audience feels about you. In our first post, we covered how we can measure this through engagement metrics. For this post, we’ll focus on how to measure this with the audience growth metrics below:
- Paid vs. Organic Search Traffic
- Social Shares/Followers
- Share of Voice/Offsite SEO
Trends + Trendsetters: The Best in Automotive Content MarketingLiz Bedor
In a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates, new-vehicle owners were asked to cite the reasons they chose a particular make and model of a vehicle they purchased. Of the 10 reasons most frequently cited? “Like the image the vehicle portrays.” So what if your automotive brand doesn’t portray the image you want? Content marketing can help. In this guide, we’ll take a look at three automotive brands (Lincoln, Land Rover and Cadillac) that are leveraging content marketing to transform their brand perception and engage their desired audiences.
GinzaMetrics defines how to create good content in your digital marketing efforts that will help your brand get found. Learn more about GinzaMetrics' search and content marketing platform at: ginzametrics.com. Sign up for our free 14-day trial.
Search Engine Optimization, Blogs and Internet Marketingjsilvian1
Describes the difference between paid search and organic search. Talks about the difference betweenFacebook ads and Adwords. Highlights the importance of branding on a website and shows how to blog and the benefits of blogging.
BloomReach CEO and co-founder Raj De Datta's presentation from the SES Chicago session on "Mastering the Four Crucial Ingredients for Successful Landing Pages". Raj focuses on "relevance", providing examples of landing pages that are and are not relevant to the user's intent.
He suggests asking:
- Is this page relevant to my query?
- Do I know why this is the right solution for me?
- Is it obvious what I need to do next?
Description of the session from the SES website:
In this session, you'll learn how to boost conversion of your web pages using the four critical conversion-optimization ingredients: aesthetics, usability, marketing, and context appropriateness. You'll see examples of winning pages that used the right balance of the four aspects, as well as pages that failed by focusing too much on just one of the four key areas. You'll also get specific ideas on how to immediately improve your pages' conversion by incorporating all four ingredients in your design and messaging.
When people refer to digital marketing, they usually refer to anything online. Although technically correct, there isn’t only one side to digital marketing, there are many different parts. Digital advertising is one of those parts. Also, digital advertising isn’t only one thing, either – there are a few different types of digital advertising.
Driving Sales - Building Budgets Around Today's MillennialDave Spannhake
Discover automotive industry trends for both dealer budget allocation and consumer behavior to back a dealer’s marketing decisions based on data
Review the primary marketing channels, digital and traditional, and discuss the purpose of each channel, the KPIs that are creating results, and leverage the extensive amount of available data to build a budget based on the best return of each channel for a dealership
Develop a budget building process understanding the intent and in-market channels along with stimulus and dealership branding media around the channels that best match these two high-level marketing purposes
SearchLove Boston 2019 - Purna Virji - Even Better Together: New Ways for SEO...Distilled
We’ve heard it said many a time that SEO and PPC are better together, but what actions really matter and how should we prioritize our efforts? In this actionable, research-based session, Purna Virji will walk you through strategies and tactics you can apply today to drive revenue and customer satisfaction rates. The best part? These are all highly do-able – we’re not reinventing the wheel, we’re just taking what exists and applying it in more meaningful ways. We’ll even bust some PPC myths along the way!
In this complimentary webinar, we explore:
The importance of relevance in user experience and how matching intent with content enhances happiness and increases conversions.
How integrating big data – your site data with the data of the worldwide web – is critical to user happiness.
How applying big data helps predict intent and helps influence content changes that reflect what consumers actually want (versus what they may have typed). Having big data is not enough
Jeffrey Eisenberg, Author "Call to Action" and "Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?" and Joelle Kaufman, Head of Marketing from BloomReach are the presenters
"Native advertising”, blog pieces, brochures, videos, magazine articles --As consumers, content marketing comes at us in so many familiar and new forms. Unlike traditional marketing that talks at people, content marketing “talks with them”. Learn more about creative tactics and best practices that you and your small business can apply on a shoestring budget in the New Year.
Travel Industry has been in the frontline of innovation and disruption since the "Internet of Things " started, this trend is not changing. Take a glimpse of how internet, mobile and new technologies are disrupting the way consumers make travel decisions
How to build a powerful online presence and grow your business for companies in the radon mitigation and home inspection industry. Visit http://scmmarkets.com/marketing-radon-business/ to learn more.
How to merge brand and performance marketing through contentClark Boyd
In the modern consumer journey, there are dozens of interactions with a brand before a purchase is made. Brands must therefore ensure that their messaging is consistent in tone and tailored to the consumer's needs at each stage. This presentation looks at how to do this across social media, SEO, and paid search.
The world's biggest businesses go into forensic detail in their branding strategies. And yet, their landing pages show no sign of these carefully crafted brand voices.
As we move into a more sophisticated era of search, simply stringing keywords together with a few prepositions will no longer suffice.
With voice and visual search on the rise, the SEO industry is in danger of being left behind in the content space. The branding specialists will take over if we don't up our game.
In-depth view of search engine optimization, blogs and Internet marketing. Demonstrates the difference between organic and paid search and compares Facebook vs. Adwords ad campaigns. Also explains how to use Webgrader to evaluate websites.
Why SEO Matters for Financial Institutions: How To Build and Strengthen Your ...Edge Multimedia
There's this humble Organic Search Channel out there that often gets little attention and few resources…yet, more often than not, it is your financial institution's greatest source of leads and conversions.
PRESENTATION GOALS
ONE: That you'll gain an understanding of why SEO matters to your bank or credit union.
TWO: To learn how to begin every campaign with the end in mind by setting and measuring your goals.
THREE: To equip you with actionable insights as to how to make your organizations better at attracting, serving and retaining more relevant members and customers through your On-Page SEO and Inbound Marketing.
Why SEO Matters: How To Build and Strengthen Your Most Profitable Online ChannelEdge Multimedia
There's this humble Organic Search Channel out there that often gets little attention and few resources…yet, more often than not, it is a business's greatest source of leads and conversions.
PRESENTATION GOALS
ONE: That you'll gain an understanding of why SEO matters to your business.
TWO: To learn how to begin every campaign with the end in mind by setting and measuring your goals.
THREE: To equip you with actionable insights as to how to make your businesses better at attracting, serving and retaining more relevant customers through your On-Page SEO and Inbound Marketing.
How to Measure Brand Health with Content Marketing Audience Growth MetricsLiz Bedor
Brand health measures how your digital audience feels about you. In our first post, we covered how we can measure this through engagement metrics. For this post, we’ll focus on how to measure this with the audience growth metrics below:
- Paid vs. Organic Search Traffic
- Social Shares/Followers
- Share of Voice/Offsite SEO
Trends + Trendsetters: The Best in Automotive Content MarketingLiz Bedor
In a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates, new-vehicle owners were asked to cite the reasons they chose a particular make and model of a vehicle they purchased. Of the 10 reasons most frequently cited? “Like the image the vehicle portrays.” So what if your automotive brand doesn’t portray the image you want? Content marketing can help. In this guide, we’ll take a look at three automotive brands (Lincoln, Land Rover and Cadillac) that are leveraging content marketing to transform their brand perception and engage their desired audiences.
GinzaMetrics defines how to create good content in your digital marketing efforts that will help your brand get found. Learn more about GinzaMetrics' search and content marketing platform at: ginzametrics.com. Sign up for our free 14-day trial.
Search Engine Optimization, Blogs and Internet Marketingjsilvian1
Describes the difference between paid search and organic search. Talks about the difference betweenFacebook ads and Adwords. Highlights the importance of branding on a website and shows how to blog and the benefits of blogging.
BloomReach CEO and co-founder Raj De Datta's presentation from the SES Chicago session on "Mastering the Four Crucial Ingredients for Successful Landing Pages". Raj focuses on "relevance", providing examples of landing pages that are and are not relevant to the user's intent.
He suggests asking:
- Is this page relevant to my query?
- Do I know why this is the right solution for me?
- Is it obvious what I need to do next?
Description of the session from the SES website:
In this session, you'll learn how to boost conversion of your web pages using the four critical conversion-optimization ingredients: aesthetics, usability, marketing, and context appropriateness. You'll see examples of winning pages that used the right balance of the four aspects, as well as pages that failed by focusing too much on just one of the four key areas. You'll also get specific ideas on how to immediately improve your pages' conversion by incorporating all four ingredients in your design and messaging.
When people refer to digital marketing, they usually refer to anything online. Although technically correct, there isn’t only one side to digital marketing, there are many different parts. Digital advertising is one of those parts. Also, digital advertising isn’t only one thing, either – there are a few different types of digital advertising.
Driving Sales - Building Budgets Around Today's MillennialDave Spannhake
Discover automotive industry trends for both dealer budget allocation and consumer behavior to back a dealer’s marketing decisions based on data
Review the primary marketing channels, digital and traditional, and discuss the purpose of each channel, the KPIs that are creating results, and leverage the extensive amount of available data to build a budget based on the best return of each channel for a dealership
Develop a budget building process understanding the intent and in-market channels along with stimulus and dealership branding media around the channels that best match these two high-level marketing purposes
SearchLove Boston 2019 - Purna Virji - Even Better Together: New Ways for SEO...Distilled
We’ve heard it said many a time that SEO and PPC are better together, but what actions really matter and how should we prioritize our efforts? In this actionable, research-based session, Purna Virji will walk you through strategies and tactics you can apply today to drive revenue and customer satisfaction rates. The best part? These are all highly do-able – we’re not reinventing the wheel, we’re just taking what exists and applying it in more meaningful ways. We’ll even bust some PPC myths along the way!
In this complimentary webinar, we explore:
The importance of relevance in user experience and how matching intent with content enhances happiness and increases conversions.
How integrating big data – your site data with the data of the worldwide web – is critical to user happiness.
How applying big data helps predict intent and helps influence content changes that reflect what consumers actually want (versus what they may have typed). Having big data is not enough
Jeffrey Eisenberg, Author "Call to Action" and "Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?" and Joelle Kaufman, Head of Marketing from BloomReach are the presenters
"Native advertising”, blog pieces, brochures, videos, magazine articles --As consumers, content marketing comes at us in so many familiar and new forms. Unlike traditional marketing that talks at people, content marketing “talks with them”. Learn more about creative tactics and best practices that you and your small business can apply on a shoestring budget in the New Year.
Travel Industry has been in the frontline of innovation and disruption since the "Internet of Things " started, this trend is not changing. Take a glimpse of how internet, mobile and new technologies are disrupting the way consumers make travel decisions
How to build a powerful online presence and grow your business for companies in the radon mitigation and home inspection industry. Visit http://scmmarkets.com/marketing-radon-business/ to learn more.
How to merge brand and performance marketing through contentClark Boyd
In the modern consumer journey, there are dozens of interactions with a brand before a purchase is made. Brands must therefore ensure that their messaging is consistent in tone and tailored to the consumer's needs at each stage. This presentation looks at how to do this across social media, SEO, and paid search.
The world's biggest businesses go into forensic detail in their branding strategies. And yet, their landing pages show no sign of these carefully crafted brand voices.
As we move into a more sophisticated era of search, simply stringing keywords together with a few prepositions will no longer suffice.
With voice and visual search on the rise, the SEO industry is in danger of being left behind in the content space. The branding specialists will take over if we don't up our game.
The "Complete Content" Approach to Content MarketingStickyeyes
Complete Content: A new model to drive SEO success, and much more, with content marketing.
Danny Blackburn, Content Director at Stickyeyes, talks you through this new approach to content, and explains why a lack of clarity when it comes to what content is, and what we want it to actually do, is making digital and search marketing much harder.
Creating Great Content for Both Search Engines and HumansJessica Lee
In this presentation, originally created for MarketingProfs in 2013 by Jessica Lee of bizbuzzcontent, you'll learn what it takes to optimize the content experience for both search engines and their users.
This seminar will give you tips to improve your website's promotional strategy, social marketing, blogging and Web 2.0 results. This may be the most valuable time you spend as you will learn specific tactics to get your hands dirty and improve your online sales, and the overall bottom line. The seminar will present top tools and marketing strategies that can strengthen your website online marketing efforts at little to no cost. You will leave the seminar with actionable tactics you can use to make money NOW.
ASR August 14, 2010 - Ten Ways for Retailers to Improve Website PresenceSage Island
Presented by: Mike Duncan, Sage Island Marketing Agency
In the ever changing world of retail, competition has never been more fierce. Your website is a critical component of your business. This seminar teaches a fully integrated marketing approach leading you through the basics of a well designed, innovative site, and how to properly utilize e-commerce solutions. Learn how to build and expand your presence on the web to drive sales and maximize your bottom line.
See more or contact us at JumpStartWeb.com or PlusROI.com.
This deck features slides from the Web Marketing Success 2012 Seminar at Vancouver Island Tech Park. Presented by Robert Cooper of PlusROI Online Marketing and JumpStartWeb.
The slides are not necessarily self explanatory, but have some good information on some of the most important areas to consider for web marketing, as well as notes on some of the hottest emerging opportunities (like Mobile).
What a wonderful day to celebrate the eternal sunshine of the spotless SEO mind! If you weren’t at the conference today or missed something, it’s alright, we’ve got your back - here are the key takeaways from the BrightonSEO September 2017 main stage. Check them out!
AAC 2017 - Martin Calvert The constantly changing world of searchiGB Affiliate
Martin Calvert, Marketing Director at Blueclaw opens the day with a rich overview of trends in gaming SEO. Drawing on exclusive data and industry analysis Martin will share practical and engaging insight into how the changing world of search is impacting operators and affiliates.
What can online business learn from the neighborhood store? The value of personalization, where individual visitors are treated as individuals, with targeted content and offers that appeal to their implicit or explicit needs.
Build custom STO Landing Page with CodezerosCodezeros
Codezeros considers all the aspects before creating an ideal STO landing page. Our team uses concepts of natural reading sequence, minimalism, color theories, and psychology of web design to develop a landing page that leaves a lasting impact. A good landing page is not just an open gateway that invites anyone on the internet to your website. It is a curated collection of everything you want to showcase, presented in a convincing and delightful manner. Remember, this is not STO marketing, but a way to implement the inviting design.
In this presentation and workshop Cyber-Duck take delegates through building blocks of developing a user centric brand and marketing strategy and introduce exciting new marketing channels such as artificial intelligence, bots, micro-moments and SEO as well as virtual and augmented reality. The presentation is concluded by exploring the importance of data and analytics.
Emeritus Insights Live - AI & Business Strategy - 20th Apr 2023.pdfClark Boyd
What You Will Learn –
Understand the current landscape of AI in business and why now is the opportune moment to integrate AI into your organization.
Delve into the pros and cons of generative AI, exploring its potential benefits and drawbacks in various business applications.
Gain insights into real-life examples and case studies of businesses that have successfully integrated AI into their strategies, and learn from their experiences and outcomes.
Acquire the knowledge and tools necessary to analyze your company's readiness and potential for AI integration, taking into account your unique business context and objectives.
Explore future trends and developments in AI technology.
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
Clark Boyd - Neil Patel Traffic & Growth VIRTUAL SUMMIT - July 26-27, 2022Clark Boyd
Check out Clark Boyd's presentation from the 2022 Neil Patel Traffic & Growth Summit.
Technology is allowing people to express the full complexity of their decision-making process.
Consumers chang devices and they change their minds.
How can we use a framework to model this complexity, in a useful way? And what role does search marketing play?
The presentation covers:
The role of search marketing in the customer journey
Frameworks for understanding the new customer journey
How Search interacts with Social Media to deliver omnichannel marketing campaigns
EI + AI: Combining superpowers for even better results
How you can develop your skills to prepare for the future of search
Omnichannel Marketing: A Straight Talking GuideClark Boyd
Omnichannel marketing is an increasingly popular topic in digital marketing today.
And it is easy to see why: Customers expect to reach brands across different channels, both online and offline, and receive a consistent experience. An omnichannel strategy makes a brand fit-for-purpose for today's world, ready to delight customers.
The topic is still poorly understood, however. In this presentation, we will pin down the definition of omnichannel marketing before working through a blueprint that any brand can put into practice.
Unichannel, multichannel, omnichannel: What are the key differences?
Omnichannel and the customer journey
The 5 key components of an omnichannel strategy
Customer data
Technology
Partners
User experience
Measurement
How to create an omnichannel blueprint for your company
Data Visualization: A Marketing Superpower - Clark BoydClark Boyd
Digital marketers have plenty of data. Understanding and communicating all that data is the real challenge.
Marketers that master data visualization will be highly valuable in future. This presentation walks you through the best practices and a 4-step process for simpler, more effective data visualizations.
American Marketing Assocation 2021 Marketing Week - Clark Boyd KeynoteClark Boyd
The digital marketing world is changing so quickly that it can be difficult to keep up. But if we focus on the macro-level forces that are shaping the industry, we are much better prepared for the technological and economic disruptions that come our way.
In this keynote speech, Clark Boyd starts with the broader forces at play, then sets three key digital marketing trends against this backdrop.
Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation - clark boyd 2021Clark Boyd
Digital transformation is amorphous for most of us. Is it about technology? Culture? Business models? New skills?
In reality, digital transformation will mean something different to every business. But that means a lot of important details slip through the cracks.
This presentation aims to add some shape to the digital transformation process with the discovery-driven methodology proposed by Rita McGrath at Columbia University Business School.
Digitalise your SME business: Digital marketing for the Covid/post-Covid eraClark Boyd
SMEs contribute a huge amount to overall GDP in the European Union. Although 2020 has brought challenges, it has also brought opportunities for these businesses to accelerate digital transformation for 2021. Consumers will continue to buy products and services from small and medium-sized enterprises, but their behaviours and demands have changed and SMEs must adapt.
This workshop will discuss the impact of Covid on e-commerce, before providing digital marketing tips for small business in search and social media.
Visual Search - Digital Marketing Institute, June 2020 - Clark BoydClark Boyd
Pinterest, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are all investing heavily in visual search technology.
In future, we will have a virtual wardrobe and these huge companies can act as our personal, AI stylists.
For now, consumers are getting used to shopping with visual search.
In this presentation, we'll cover:
- What is visual search?
- Why does visual search matter?
- How are people using visual search today?
- How can marketers start to engage their audience through images?
- Looking ahead: What Google, Facebook, and Amazon visual search will look like in future.
The social media landscape is all-encompassing today. We view our lives through a lens and these social networks decide what we see.
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and many others vie for our precious attention. What are we to make of this?
This presentation covers:
- Why we use social media.
- The established Western platforms: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter.
- The rising challengers: TikTok, Byte.
- Changing engagements: What does success look like?
- 4 predictions for the future.
Google looks a lot more colourful these days. In fact, it is starting to look a lot like Pinterest.
How does this affect our search journeys? And what does that mean for the SEO industry?
Let's take a look.
Google Discovery Ads allow brands to reach their audience across YouTube, Gmail, and Discover with mobile-friendly, visual content.
This extends the reach of Google Ads into the 'inspiration' phase of the consumer journey that Facebook and other social networks dominate.
But how do Google Discovery Ads work? This short, snappy guide will get you up to speed.
What is it that makes people trust social media influencers?
Why are we persuaded to buy products by people we don't know?
The essence of influence is hard to pin down, but it is important if we want to understand how modern social media operates.
Predictive Analytics: How it Can Revolutionize Retail Marketing StrategyClark Boyd
Predictive analytics is at the core of machine learning applications in the retail industry. By using historical data, retailers can calculate lifetime value, optimize inventory, and even identify new product opportunities.
This presentation looks at how predictive analytics can be applied, using the example of Nike.
Cities have become an essential component of the human experience. As such, it is no surprise that so many architects have tried their hand at designing the ideal urban environment.
This presentation looks at 15 future cities that never happened. Nonetheless, we can still appreciate the imagination behind them.
What Is Machine Learning? And, How Can I Use It For Digital Marketing?Clark Boyd
Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that can learn from vast data sets, make accurate predictions, and even take decisions. That makes it a hugely powerful tool for digital marketing, along with other area of technology. In particular, machine learning can deliver better performance through remarketing.
This presentation covers:
- What is machine learning?
- How can machine learning deliver better marketing results?
- What is remarketing?
- How do machine learning and remarketing work together?
Columbia Business School Webinar - Marketing in the Age of AssistanceClark Boyd
Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others, are all vying to be our digital assistant of choice.
This webinar (for Columbia Business School and Emeritus Institute of Management) presentation seeks to answer the following questions:
- Why are digital assistants such a big business priority for the world's biggest technology companies?
- Who uses this technology today, and what for?
- What are the challenges for this industry?
- How can companies use digital assistants to connect with their audience?
- What's next for Google and Amazon?
Digital Marketing Institute Webinar - Voice Search - April 25 2019 Clark Boyd
There has been a lot of hype about voice search, but this can distract brands from the real opportunities that this new technology provides.
As people talk to their devices in increasing numbers, brands need to listen and they need to respond effectively. Simply producing another FAQ page will not be sufficient as consumer expectations continue to rise.
This webinar will cover the following topics:
- Current voice search trends.
- Voice search myths.
- Tactics to increase voice search traffic today.
- How to prepare for the future of voice search..
InOrbit 2019 - The Global Role of Voice Search - Clark BoydClark Boyd
We hear a lot of hype about voice search, but how is it really changing the way consumers and brands interact? Is it creating new behaviors, or merely facilitating existing ones through a new medium?
This session will aim to go beyond the hype to look at the role voice search plays in different territories, with a clear view on what brands can do differently to achieve better results.
Mastering Multi-Touchpoint Content Strategy: Navigate Fragmented User JourneysSearch Engine Journal
Digital platforms are constantly multiplying, and with that, user engagement is becoming more intricate and fragmented.
So how do you effectively navigate distributing and tailoring your content across these various touchpoints?
Watch this webinar as we dive into the evolving landscape of content strategy tailored for today's fragmented user journeys. Understanding how to deliver your content to your users is more crucial than ever, and we’ll provide actionable tips for navigating these intricate challenges.
You’ll learn:
- How today’s users engage with content across various channels and devices.
- The latest methodologies for identifying and addressing content gaps to keep your content strategy proactive and relevant.
- What digital shelf space is and how your content strategy needs to pivot.
With Wayne Cichanski, we’ll explore innovative strategies to map out and meet the diverse needs of your audience, ensuring every piece of content resonates and connects, regardless of where or how it is consumed.
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?Cut-the-SaaS
Discover the transformative power of AI in content creation with our presentation, "Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?" by Puran Parsani, CEO & Editor of Cut-The-SaaS. Learn how AI-generated content is revolutionizing marketing, publishing, education, healthcare, and finance by offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and scalability.
Understanding
AI-Generated Content:
AI-generated content includes text, images, videos, and audio produced by AI without direct human involvement. This technology leverages large datasets to create contextually relevant and coherent material, streamlining content production.
Key Benefits:
Content Creation: Rapidly generate high-quality content for blogs, articles, and social media.
Brainstorming: AI simulates conversations to inspire creative ideas.
Research Assistance: Efficiently summarize and research information.
Market Insights:
The content marketing industry is projected to grow to $17.6 billion by 2032, with AI-generated content expected to dominate over 55% of the market.
Case Study: CNET’s AI Content Controversy:
CNET’s use of AI for news articles led to public scrutiny due to factual inaccuracies, highlighting the need for transparency and human oversight.
Benefits Across Industries:
Marketing: Personalize content at scale and optimize engagement with predictive analytics.
Publishing: Automate content creation for faster publication cycles.
Education: Efficiently generate educational materials.
Healthcare: Create accurate content for patients and professionals.
Finance: Produce timely financial content for decision-making.
Challenges and Ethical Considerations:
Transparency: Disclose AI use to maintain trust.
Bias: Address potential AI biases with diverse datasets.
SEO: Ensure AI content meets SEO standards.
Quality: Maintain high standards to prevent misinformation.
Conclusion:
AI-generated content offers significant benefits in efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, ethical considerations and quality assurance are crucial for responsible use. Explore the future of content creation with us and see how AI is transforming various industries.
Connect with Us:
Follow Cut-The-SaaS on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Medium. Visit cut-the-saas.com for more insights and resources.
It's another new era of digital and marketers are faced with making big bets on their digital strategy. If you are looking at modernizing your tech stack to support your digital evolution, there are a few can't miss (often overlooked) areas that should be part of every conversation. We'll cover setting your vision, avoiding siloes, adding a democratized approach to data strategy, localization, creating critical governance requirements and more. Attendees will walk away with actions they can take into initiatives they are running today and consider for the future.
10 Video Ideas Any Business Can Make RIGHT NOW!
You'll never draw a blank again on what kind of video to make for your business. Go beyond the basic categories and truly reimagine a brand new advanced way to brainstorm video content creation. During this masterclass you'll be challenged to think creatively and outside of the box and view your videos through lenses you may have never thought of previously. It's guaranteed that you'll leave with more than 10 video ideas, but I like to under-promise and over-deliver. Don't miss this session.
Key Takeaways:
How to use the Video Matrix
How to use additional "Lenses"
Where to source original video ideas
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
Short video marketing has sweeped the nation and is the fastest way to build an online brand on social media in 2024. In this session you will learn:- What is short video marketing- Which platforms work best for your business- Content strategies that are on brand for your business- How to sell organically without paying for ads.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.\
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
Top 3 Ways to Align Sales and Marketing Teams for Rapid GrowthDemandbase
In this session, Demandbase’s Stephanie Quinn, Sr. Director of Integrated and Digital Marketing, Devin Rosenberg, Director of Sales, and Kevin Rooney, Senior Director of Sales Development will share how sales and marketing shapes their day-to-day and what key areas are needed for true alignment.
Videos are more engaging, more memorable, and more popular than any other type of content out there. That’s why it’s estimated that 82% of consumer traffic will come from videos by 2025.
And with videos evolving from landscape to portrait and experts promoting shorter clips, one thing remains constant – our brains LOVE videos.
So is there science behind what makes people absolutely irresistible on camera?
The answer: definitely yes.
In this jam-packed session with Stephanie Garcia, you’ll get your hands on a steal-worthy guide that uncovers the art and science to being irresistible on camera. From body language to words that convert, she’ll show you how to captivate on command so that viewers are excited and ready to take action.
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Pint-sized Marketing Meetup (Learn Inbound), Dublin - Jan 24 2019 - The Death of SEO Content
1. THE DEATH OF
'SEO CONTENT'
C L A R K B O Y D , C A N D I D D I G I T A L
P I N T - S I Z E D M A R K E T I N G M E E T U P , J A N U A R Y 2 4 2 0 1 9
2. The following 3 slides each contain the introductory paragraph from the
credit cards page of a major issuer in the UK.
Try to guess which piece of content is from each company.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Basically: keywords strung together by
prepositions, often written by a junior SEO.
SO, WHAT IS SEO CONTENT?
LANDING PAGE COPY
CREATED WITH THE
PURPOSE OF RANKING
VIA ORGANIC SEARCH.
8. The SEO Content block is typically filled with something
like the below:
"Our Converse styles range from sporty, retro or classic,
to bold, daring and individual. A variety of collections is
on offer in our shoe sale including the All Star, One Star
and Jack Purcell all of which come in a selection of
materials and colours. Take advantage of the Converse
sale and get stylish trainers at a discounted price!"
This can also appear at the bottom of the page, or
sometimes in the sidebar. No-one talks like this and no-
one likes to read this content. It is written 'for SEO', but
SEO has changed.
In this context, the SEO content can be ignored. The
presence of striking imagery or a pleasant site design
can draw attention; the user experience needn't
necessarily be impacted.
SEO Content
LOGO
PRODUCT
DETAILS
PRODUCT
DETAILS
PRODUCT
DETAILS
THE SEO CONTENT PAGE
11. "A credit card is a convenient
and flexible way of borrowing
money, which lets you make
purchases that you can pay for
in the future.
Before you take out a credit
card, it’s important to be
aware of the potential costs
and ensure that you only
borrow what you can afford to
pay back. To get the most out
of your credit card it’s
important you’re able to meet
your payment dates and
ideally pay in full every month."
Should I get a
Barclaycard
credit card?
....Ok. That was
weird.
Bye, Google.
12. WHY 'SEO
CONTENT'
HAPPENS
There is an understanding within
companies that the SEO team knows
how to get content to rank. As a result,
SEOs are given the freedom to create
landing page copy.
SEOs create content based on their data
sources, which other teams typically do
not use. Content is written based on
search trends with the aim of
communicating with search bots.
The assumption is that the benefits 'SEO
content' brings (better SEO rankings;
more traffic; more sales) will outweigh
the negatives of placing below-par
content on landing pages.
13. WHY IT ISN'T
GOOD ENOUGH
ANY MORE
First impressions count
Particularly on a mobile screen, there is no space to waste
with repetitive keywords and synonyms.
SEO has changed
SEO content was vital for rankings. However, those days
are gone; Google's NLP and computer vision capabilities
have improved significantly.
Consumer behaviours are
shifting
Schema.org formats like Speakable point to a future
where content will be read out. Having a 'brand voice' is a
genuine requirement now.
15. PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING
BRANDED SEARCH CONTENT
Messaging
and
positioning
Search teams
must work
alongside brand
marketers to
develop the
brand voice, then
decide how to
imbue content
with this tone.
The right
metrics
We need new
metrics for a new
age of search.
Work to develop
an overarching
metric such as
'Brand
Touchpoints'.
Crafting a
story
Develop a map of
the brand touch
points a consumer
will encounter,
then decide how
to synthesise
brand with
performance at
each stage.
Use search
audience data
Content should
still be informed
by search trends,
of course. Use
paid search and
Analytics data to
deliver on
audience
expectations.
16. CONSUMER
JOURNEY
MAPPING
BLACK FRIDAY EXAMPLE
Important to develop a
metric like 'Total Brand
Touchpoints' to reflect
this new landscape.
Set up an analytics
framework that allows
you to make strategic
decisions along this
journey.
Same search; different
intent. Should mean
different content.
The 'research-
obsessed' consumer
will collect
information from
multiple sources.
Social media
content surfaces
after they visit the
site. Each interaction
will have a knock-on
effect.
We know they
shop around to
find the best
prices. How does
that inform our
content?
17. Content
Purpose
Primary
Resources
Secondary
Resources
Search
Appearance
Communicate
brand messages;
differentiate from
competition.
Guide purchase decisions;
inform about product use
cases/benefits.
Homepage; social
media profiles;
About Us pages;
videos.
Product/services
pages; local
listings; external
retailer PDPs.
Knowledge
Graph; branded
search; video
search.
Local listings;
price extensions;
reviews;
image/visual
search.
Homepage;
category and
product pages.
Persuade customers to
make a purchase;
reinforce brand USPs.
Product guides;
YT videos; PPC
ads; social media
ads; influencer
content.
Quick answers;
customer
reviews; image
search.
Stay top of mind; encourage repeat
purchases and signup for loyalty
programs.
Email; signed-in
experience;
organic social
media;
personalized
recs.
Product listings;
PPC/Shopping
ads; SEO results
Customer
reviews; user-
generated
content.
Subscribe and
save through
digital assistant;
RLSA - branded
queries.
Homepage;
digital PR
18. LANDING PAGES -
QUESTIONS TO
ASK
Why are we creating this page? What is its one,
core purpose?
What is the first thing we want visitors to see on
the page?
What will visitors want to accomplish?
What is the main brand message we want to
convey?
How do we combine keyword usage with our
brand voice?
Through which other (non-SEO) channels will
visitors reach this page?
Which competitors will they also visit?
How will our content appear in search results?
(Text/image/video/quick answers/audio?)
How have they interacted with the brand
previously?
How will we know the page is successful?
21. Teambit uses its
homepage to tell a
story through visuals
and clear text, all
infused with the
brand's personality.
The homepage
develops the narrative
as the user scrolls,
covering a range of
intent stages from
initial awareness
through to pricing.
BEST PRACTICE
EXAMPLE
23. IN SUMMARY: OPPORTUNITIES TODAY
The quality of landing page content is
mediocre, at best. Review and rewrite
content across your site, your app, and
any content hosted on retailer websites.
Plan content at a broad scale and ask
questions before approaching any new
landing page.
LANDING PAGE TEXT
Digital culture is increasingly visual.
Consumers navigate, compare, and shop
visually - just as they have always done
offline. There are no shortcuts here;
brands need to make imagery central to
their experience to rank highly in
search.
VISUAL CONTENT
Conversational search is a huge
opportunity, but it will be missed if
marketers keep writing for Google
alone. Listen to your content through a
text-to-speech transcription and
consider embedding audio clips on
landing pages.
AUDIO CONTENT
The future of search lies in personalised
experiences - an area that has been slow
to develop, due to its complexity.
Brands must use behavioural data to
create dynamic experiences that can be
communicated through digital
assistants.
BEHAVIOURAL DATA