Unfortunately, search engines don’t put much weight on social media as a provider of reliable ranking signals. But that doesn’t mean social media isn’t important to your SEO strategy. In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Mark Traphagen explains how to use social media to increase your chances of earning […]
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How Can You Safely Run Multiple A/B Tests at the Same Time?
Do I have to wait until this test ends to start that one? Testing Velocity Increasing the number of tests you run each year is key to a successful A/B testing and conversion rate optimization program. It just makes sense. If you run more tests, you’ll typically get more wins. So, how do you run […]
AI – More Than a Buzzword
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than what we see in science fiction movies. From machine learning to predictive analytics, AI has forged the way for smarter, data-driven decision making. Understanding how AI fits into your digital marketing strategy is crucial if you want to stay relevant in today’s market and in years to come. […]
Is Your Healthcare Organization Digitally Accessible?
Disability affects many people at different times and in different ways. It’s a spectrum from permanent and temporary disability to situational impairment. For example, unfamiliar healthcare topics could throw off even a literate and educated site visitor. And when factoring in non-native English speakers – and there are many clinicians, providers, and patients in this […]
Digital Accessibility: A Must in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Healthcare and life sciences organizations intent on elevating the patient and member experience put a premium on accessibility when designing and developing digital content and functionality. Forward-thinking organizations ensure digital resources are accessible to people with disabilities, meeting the patient and member where they are. For today’s patients and members, “where they are” is increasingly […]
Google’s Search Quality Guidelines Matter. Here’s Why.
What are Google’s Search Quality Raters Guidelines (SQRG), and why do they matter to content marketers? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge and Mark Traphagen, who joined Perficient Digital through our acquisition of digital consultancy Stone Temple, where they explore Google’s SQRG and how they can help marketers understand what Google considers a […]
Why You Should Be Marketing to People Instead of Computers
It takes a lot of effort to capture a potential customer’s attention and make a sale, but retention is just as tricky. Customers want to see information that is relevant to them and their experience with your brand, and when they see content that isn’t applicable, they begin to tune out future content you present. […]
Why Google’s Search Quality Raters Guidelines Matter to Content Marketers – Here’s Why #203
Google publishes regular updates to its Search Quality Raters Guidelines. What should content marketers take from them? In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Mark Traphagen explains what the guidelines are and how their recommendations can help you do better content marketing. Don’t miss a single episode of Here’s […]
Join Perficient Digital’s Martech Experts at B2BMX 2019
Perficient Digital, recently named one of Forrester’s Top B2B Agencies, will be at B2BMX in Scottsdale, AZ, February 25 – 27th, teaching marketing leaders about best practices in marketing automation and measurement. On Monday February 25th, Perficient Digital’s Martech expert, Andrew Hull, will lead a workshop on critical marketing metrics CMOs need to prove marketing […]
User Discovery Experience is Vital to SEO. Here’s Why.
If people aren’t searching for you, how do they find you? Today, Google is more than just a search engine, but rather an entity to help users discover sites they didn’t even know they were looking for. The question is: are you worth discovering? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge and Mark Traphagen, […]
If 2019 Will Be the Year of Page Speed, Are You Ready? Part 2
“I feel the need — the need for speed!” Lieutenant Peter “Maverick” Mitchell U.S. Naval Aviator We’ve already shared why we think 2019 is going to be the year of page speed. Google’s been signaling its goal of faster web experiences for years, but in 2019, measuring and improving your site’s speed will become increasingly […]
Why User Discovery Experience Is Now Vital to SEO – Here’s Why #202
Google is no longer just a search engine; it’s a discovery engine as well. The question for brands and sites today is: are you worth discovering? In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge explains what a discovery engine is and why SEOs should be optimizing not just for […]