The Myth of Micro-Targeting
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Early this year, Dutch publisher Nederlandse Publieke Omroep stopped using third-party cookies and went to contextual-only advertising on their network of websites. In doing so, they saw a 62% increase in ad revenue compared to the prior year!
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Online News, Clickbait, and Digital Literacy
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Nolan Higdon, author of The Anatomy of Fake News, joins Matt again to talk about the post-election analysis of clickbait, fake news, and issues of digital literacy. This conversation reaches into many related facets, such as critical thinking, content marketing, ad fraud, and logical fallacies. Listen in to hear why Matt speculates that the “straw-man” fallacy no longer exists!
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Free is Bad
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Have you ever stopped to think about all of the “free” things that you use every day?
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Marketing Lacks Empathy in a Pandemic
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Are marketers and marketing media ignoring the economic realities of the pandemic? At the time of this recording, the United States unemployment rate is 7.9% with 10.7 million jobs lost since the start of the lockdowns.
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How to Spot FAKE News
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In this podcast, an interview with Nolan Higdon, author of The Anatomy of Fake News.
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Searching for Keywords
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Keywords are the foundation for digital marketing.
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Is the Sales Funnel Dead?
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Is the Traditional Sales Funnel an Effective Tool in Modern Digital Marketing?
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Decoding Google
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Can we trust studies that claim to decode Google? Many SEO companies employ tests and studies to understand the nuances of Google's algorithm. However, are these studies valid or do they have any statistical significance?
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The Amazing World of Ad Fraud
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My guest is Dr Augustine Fou, an Ad Fraud expert. If you don’t follow his updates and content on LinkedIn, then I highly recommend that you do, as it will simply blow your mind how much ad spend is wasted on bots, inflated views, and networks of fraudulent websites.
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The Need for Digital Literacy
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Matt and Ashley met up and recorded a socially-distanced podcast a few weeks ago. Of course, the conversation turned to the overwhelming amount of fake news surrounding COVID-19. But beyond fake news, there is a substantial problem in people’s ability to discern what is true and what is false information online.
info_outlineKeywords are the foundation for digital marketing.
They provide in-depth marketing data of searcher intent, word associations, and buying factors.
- So why is this important tool so overlooked?
- And why is Google slowly taking keyword data away?
Many believe that AI will replace the need for traditional keyword research, but that may be a short-sighted view of the purpose of keywords. Keywords provide insight into the searcher’s mind and allow us to find critical insights such as intent, questions, and surrounding issues.
More than just for rankings, keywords provide a broad range of marketing intelligence that can be used in developing a content calendar for inbound marketing, content marketing, and blogging. Even social media conversations benefit from applying keyword and search trends to the plan.
In one experience, we were able to spot a keyword trend, which was then applied to the direct mail marketing for a client. By matching their direct mail campaign to the search trends, they dramatically increased their market share and sales.
Nearly all marketing endeavors can be improved by applying keyword research. So why it is so overlooked?