October 19, 2018
As consumers research purchases online, they leave behind a myriad of clues about their buying intent. Every search conducted, website visited and link clicked tells a story. Combined, these actions tell marketers everything we need to know about a consumer’s purchase intent (i.e., the products they’re interested in buying) and shopping preferences (e.g., buying in-store … Continued
October 17, 2018
During the 20th anniversary of Google’s Future of Search event in September, their Vice President of Search, Ben Gomes, introduced three fundamental shifts in how the company thinks about search. From answers to journeys: Google is bringing new features to Search to help searchers resume tasks where they left off and learn new interests and hobbies. From … Continued
September 18, 2018
Google recently deployed an algorithm update, released the new Search Console from beta and rolled out more new features powered by their machine learning efforts.
September 12, 2018
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August 7, 2018
Since you follow the digital marketing industry, you probably know that industry blogs are saturated with posts about top predictions and trends during December and January every year. During this wave of pontification last year, I remember thinking, “Why is this the only time that anyone posts digital marketing predictions?” I’m not questioning the subject, … Continued
July 19, 2018
In late June, Google officially announced they were removing anonymous reviews from business listings. Google provided local search blogger Mike Blumenthal a short and sweet statement confirming the move. “We do not allow anonymous reviews today and we’ve removed legacy anonymous reviews.” The actual purge of anonymous reviews appears to have occurred in May. Google’s confirmation … Continued
July 11, 2018
Google hosted its annual Google Marketing Live event in San Jose, California on Tuesday. During the live-streamed keynote address, Google executives announced several new features and initiatives coming to the company’s various advertising platforms. The event came just weeks after Google introduced three new (i.e., updated) advertising platforms – Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform and … Continued
July 10, 2018
Background: Portrait Innovations is a brick and mortar photography business delivering a wonderful in-studio experience. The company is facing downward pressure from online companies like Tiny Prints, Shutterfly and countless other online photo and print competitors.
May 24, 2018
Recently, Google released a few details about new features for Google My Business (GMB) and Google Maps users. Although not all of these new features are available yet, each of these updates could be huge for local businesses and consumers. The GMB dashboard is now allowing more types of service businesses (e.g., plumbers and florists) to add … Continued