Digital Marketing

In this episode of Here’s Why, Mark & Eric discuss Twitter and Google’s rocky past. The two companies used to have a tight relationship, but that came apart as times went on. As big a network as Twitter is, it’s not seeing the growth on new users that it would like. One method that they’ve […]

In a Connected Consumer World, Analytics Starts with Consumer Data The data is in and it’s revealing that the data is really in! Tons of it.  Not long ago, simply getting the data on our customers, sales, sentiment, stores – anything else we felt would be relevant – was a challenge. But now we have […]

At an average cost of $4.5 million, ads for Super Bowl XLIX have sold out. But the game itself is the spark that many companies are hoping to transform into an inferno by leading consumers from their TVs to their mobile devices, with their Visa numbers at the ready. Katy Perry won’t just be using your […]

As a part of the IMEC Labs Test Group, we have been running some tests to see whether or not tweeting a link to a page that is otherwise invisible to Google can cause it to be crawled and indexed. The short story is this is: Yes, it might. [Tweet This!] In our two test samples, one […]

We are in an age where the connected consumer – the person that is very knowledgeable about your products, your competitors, about what friends are thinking – is in control.  This has also created the shift from manufacturers and marketing toward choice and convenience, which in turn forces manufacturers and retailers to be even more […]

Here it is in a nutshell: Engagement with Japanese tweets is more affected by Social Authority levels than are Western language tweets. [Tweet This!] Use of Hashtags, links, and longer tweet length have an even greater positive impact than they do in Western language tweets. [Tweet This!] In December we published our study on Twitter Engagement, with a […]

In this episode of Here’s Why, Mark & Eric tackle the biggest obstacles of successfully implementing a sound SEO plan for your company’s overall marketing strategy. Your CTO will probably have different goals from your CFO, while you and your CMO might have different opinions on the best way to move forward. Knowing how to […]

Another year has passed and what a better way to start off the new year with what we see as the top 10 tech trends for 2015!  Be sure to follow our blog as we discuss these prioritized trends heading into this year to help your enterprise prepare for what the future holds for the […]

Who’s the most important marketing person at your company? Your CMO? Someone on her team? Maybe your CEO? What about your CIO? While your Chief Information Officer isn’t likely to craft your next campaign, the impact he or she has on customer experience is becoming more direct and more critical every day. The reason is […]

In this episode of Hardcore SEO, Eric and Senior Marketing Consultant Kristina Ferrari-Barrett discuss the best ways to yield tons of great content marketing ideas during team brainstorms. Kristina breaks down her methods of Brain Libs and Speed Storming and how they can produce lots of great ideas in a short amount of time. Full […]

From a PM/AM perspective, we are expected to keep the client happy (fulfill their objectives and vision), be the voice for our internal team and help produce a relevant and useful product while staying on time and in budget. Neglecting one and overdoing the others can cause issues with the overall success of the project, […]

Is having a personal brand that represents your company brand too risky?  I’m on a crusade. A #PBR crusade! No, not for the favorite ironic beer brand of hipsters. My #PBR is what I call a Personal Brand Representative. I described the role in depth in my post for Moz titled “Personal Brand Punch: Why Your […]