5 key marketing trends to focus on this Christmas

5 key marketing trends to focus on this Christmas

Christmas always seems to pop up sooner every year and now we’ve officially breached into December, if you haven’t already made steps to prepare your site for the festive season then you really should stop what you’re doing right now and get to it. Or just forget about it and try again next year? Either…

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Words matter – Brand tone of voice and why it matters

Words matter – Brand tone of voice and why it matters

If you’ve been part of the online marketing world for even a little while you’ll probably be aware of the phrase “tone of voice” or TOV. For copywriters, content creators, social media gurus and everybody else involved in building your brand, the TOV is a sacred and decidedly difficult thing to master. It is also…

How to be a paid search marketer in 2022

How to be a paid search marketer in 2022

Paid search is always evolving and it can be difficult to find your bearings as a result. Simply put, the rules that applied for one year probably won’t apply for the next. It’s also a more competitive environment than ever before, with digital ad use growing by at least 25% every year.

Measuring the impact of content based on intent

Measuring the impact of content based on intent

Intent-based analytics is something of a holy grail for many marketers. Traditionally, marketers have always been focused on bottom-line metrics like sales or conversions but those metrics are limited in one vital way – they don’t take into account the people who might be convinced to buy or convert later but are not quite ready…

The most effective marketing channels for 2022

The most effective marketing channels for 2022

Deciding where to assign your marketing budget is always going to be one of the big decisions you have to make at the start of every year. There are hundreds of potential strategies and dozens of potential marketing channels to consider and they all have their own strengths and weaknesses. They will all also offer…

WordPress vs Squarespace – The battle of the big site builders

WordPress vs Squarespace – The battle of the big site builders

When it comes to online web building platforms, few are as iconic and as easy-to-use as Wix, Squarespace and WordPress. Indeed, so many of the sites you visit on a daily basis were probably constructed using the simple and effective tools offered by these three popular site builders.

5 best ways to use Google Trends in SEO

5 best ways to use Google Trends in SEO

If you’re working in SEO and are not already using Google Trends then either you know something we don’t know or you’re a serious outlier. As the only keyword research tool that officially provides insights based on genuine Google data, it’s a necessity for anyone that wants their pages to rank on the world’s most…

Smart Content Auditing in 5 Easy Steps

Smart Content Auditing in 5 Easy Steps

Content auditing is not something that most of us enjoy doing. Although it’s common wisdom that it can sometimes be necessary to “kill your darlings” in order to make something worthwhile, the actual act is often painful and a good audit often means getting rid of (or at least drastically updating) a lot of content…