Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Google News has been in the news itself lately, from European efforts to impose taxes to questions about its value and even suggestions for giving it a full redesign. To find out, I used SimilarWeb PRO to pull 2014 YTD figures for 80 major news sites representing a cross-section of print, broadcast and digital news organizations.

News 279

News Sites Publishing Data 279

Convince & Convert

MAY 2, 2014

Tweetable Moments They’re not going to take away the aspects of the social layer; Google+ is Google. The world’s foremost Google+ authority will give us his thoughts on the strangely unsubstantiated Techcrunch article that prematurely announces Google+’s demise in the wake of Vic Gundotra’s departure.

Google 145

Google Content Marketing Adwords 145

Writtent Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

What if a marketer was only as good as their content marketing tools? The brands that succeed at content marketing are those that take an agile stance. While some of the content marketing tools trending in 2014 are familiar, many of the rest are brand-new and probably worth adding to your program. Image credit: evernote.

Tools 111

Tools Content Marketing WordPress 111

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 14, 2013

According Forbes the top new marketing job recruited and hire in 2014 will be a Director of Content. So what exactly is expected of a Director of Content? Develop an effective content strategy – planned content with an editorial calendar. Content creation based on insights gleaned from your research.

Tips 100

Tips Content Training Marketing 100

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Google has activated their first New gTLD domain name, which is nic.google. Nic.Google currently redirects to the Google Registry. The Google Registry was looking for registrar partners to help test their registry platform. The Google Registry was looking for registrar partners to help test their registry platform.

Domain Name 163

Domain Name Activities Google Forums 163

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 13, 2014

The PubCon conference, being held in New Orleans March 17 to March 20, 2014 at the New Orleans Convention Center , is a great conference that I’m attending and speaking at next week. Sean Jackson – Content Marketing. Sean always has great info about content marketing. And yes, he always has his Google Glass on.

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Conference SEO Reputation Startup 164

Bill Hartzer

JULY 11, 2014

Relevant content in organic search results distracts people from clicking on sponsored search advertisements. — Bill Slawski (@bill_slawski) July 11, 2014. We all want to know the real reason why Google removed Google Authorship Photos from the search results, right? But Google doesn’t care about that.

Google 134

Google Adwords Paid Search Engineering 134

Writtent Blog

MAY 7, 2014

We’ve listed 25 of the best practices of 2014 below. All of them adhere to SEO and content creation guidelines. In 2014, SEO copywriting is about quality – well-written optimized content that appeals to humans. Appealing to readers as a content writer means engaging them. Your content needs to convert.

SEO 110

SEO Engineering Guidelines Industry 110

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 4, 2014

While searching Google today for a random search query, I noticed that the first search result was kind of odd. I’m not surprised by Google showing off-topic results for certain search queries. What shocked me was that apparently Google says that the post was made on Jan 17, 1970. Google Search Engines'

Google 114

Google Instagram Domain Name Travel 114

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 17, 2014

From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials. The Big 3 Heading into 2014. To celebrate, we brought back our former co-host Eric Boggs together with half a dozen of our esteemed past guests into a Google Hangout and then asked you to join. Now it’s often the first.” “Be fearless!”

Questions 136

Questions Aggregator Banking Hosting 136

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. The number of Google searches for the phrase have increased 400% since January 2011. The first step toward content marketing success begins with (or at least should begin with) creation of a content marketing strategy.

Strategy 226

Strategy Content Marketing BuzzStream 226

Firebelly

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Mo’ Content. We’ve mentioned a few moustache sites that can help you find inspiration, but a quick google image search can also help you find a motherload of moustache images. Try varying the times you post content to see when you get the most responses.

Tips 151

Tips Campaign Sites Strategy 151

Twist Image

AUGUST 1, 2014

You can pick a brand (any brand) and benchmark them against these 7 deadly sins of digital marketing in 2014, and you will see where the real gaps truly lie. Here are the 7 deadly sins of digital marketing in 2014. content marketing. content marketing. Website is not responsive. Not being powerful in SEO and SEM.

Marketing 105

Marketing Analytics Mobile Paid Search 105

The Realtime Report

JUNE 6, 2014

Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. Millennials Are 56% More Likely To Find Brand Content On Social Networks. SDL’s Content Finds the Customer study found that Millennials are 56% more likely to find brand content on social networks. Is your content ready to find millennial customers? via Tumblr.

Social Networking 181

Social Networking Tumblr Brands Content 181

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Google Trends can help answer those questions. Google Trends will tell you what gets searched the most and whether it’s growing, flatlined, or declining. For example, according to our search on October 16, 2014, Jennifer Lawrence is the most popular actor, and also the fastest growing. Betty White is second.

Trends 150

Trends Google Sports Retail 150

Twist Image

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

What is the point of a website in 2014? Instead of letting the website wither on the vine, as the brand focuses on social media, content marketing, mobile apps and beyond, re-focus the website as the digital embodiment of the brand. That is the question. What a Web of efficiency can look like. This is nothing new. And there is so much.

Mobile 104

Mobile Analytics Conversation Engineering 104

Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 21, 2014

Content marketing is alive and healthy in 2014 and it’s not leaving anytime soon. Content has matured as an industry ever since it exploded sometime around 2011. In fact, 92% of B2B marketers say they are budgeting for it, which is a sure sign that content marketing here to stay. SEOs are using content as linkbait.

Trends 37

Trends Content Marketing Press Release 37

Bill Hartzer

JULY 1, 2014

In 2014, is it still okay to participate in a free link exchange? From: “Brian Baker” Date: Tue, July 1, 2014 3:42 pm. You will surely be glad to know that I’m having many ideas for link exchange which I am sure will be to our advantage and come in handy in our rankings in Google. Priority: Normal.

Proposal 72

Proposal SEO Engineering Cost 72

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Jennifer wrote a book called Domain Names Rewired, and is a keynote speaker here at NamesCon 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Google and Amazon has applied for a lot of new TLDs and it scares the brands. Digital Leaders – Google, Amazon, Microsoft. CEOs want to know how to deal with big data. Whose budget is this coming out of?

Domain Name 84

Domain Name Airlines Insurance Microsoft 84

Proactive Report

MARCH 1, 2014

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations in the UK has released their 2014 State of the Profession report. Monitoring, analyzing and creating a measurement plan that show the value of PR activities and content should be a priority for every PR practitioner. You can see the full report here. Follow me on Twitter.

Skills 66

Skills Conference Report Data 66

Buffer Social

AUGUST 16, 2023

We shared a post about where your money went when buying a $10 Buffer plan back in 2014 — but it was well time for an update. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897. Google and Apple payments make up 2.5%

Price 70

Price Buy Insurance Cost 70

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 1, 2014

If you’re serious about content marketing, you probably need two things for 2015: First, you need a content marketing strategy (I created a free framework about that right here ). Second, you probably need more content. 70% of B2B content marketers created more content in 2014 than 2013, and that trend will not be abating.

Analytics 164

Analytics Content How To Software 164

Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This new report shows relative 2014 media coverage for ten top business-to-business (B2B) tech brands – Amazon, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle. Microsoft leads on cloud computing – with Google and Amazon in second and third. Google leads on Big Data – with IBM and Microsoft in second and third.

Report 53

Report Microsoft Brands Sentiment 53

Twist Image

APRIL 16, 2014

If you''re in the marketing profession, you have to be scratching your head at the moves that Google has made over the past little while. If Google''s main form of revenue is advertising and licensing software, where will the ads be going on all of these robots and drones? Google''s first wave of innovation.

Google 92

Google comScore iPad Mobile 92

Twist Image

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It''s amazing to me how I often I get asked about blogging and the merits of publishing longer, text-based, content on a regular basis. It feels like the desire to share this type of content can''t be satiated. Personal, online journal-type of content, have shifted to become more op-ed-like or BuzzFeed link-baity.

Journal 75

Journal iPad How To WordPress 75

Proactive Report

JULY 28, 2014

Some people regard the fact that you can post content online anonymously as one of the Internet’s greatest attractions. Google doesn’t think so. Trust is the X-factor that bulletproofs your site from Google slaps and algorithm updates. Trust is the X-factor that bulletproofs your site from Google slaps and algorithm updates.

SEO 69

SEO Google Reputation News 69

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2014

There is nothing about Negative SEO in Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. After a review of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines, from what I can tell, there are no actual references to the practice of Negative SEO. After all, it doesn’t violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. Are you surprised?

Guidelines 118

Guidelines SEO Google Domain Name 118

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Effective content marketing gives your company a human face, and makes it more appealing, engaging, and trustworthy.

Content 100

Content Marketing Cost Buy 100

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2015

But it struck me that the Batman franchise offers some great takeaways for content marketing. What can other comic franchises teach us about content marketing? Words and Pictures – the Batman and Robin of Content Marketing is a post from: Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Or that I’ve never really outgrown comics and cartoons.

Content 100

Content Committee Marketing Consultant 100

Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 16, 2019

On October 21, 2019 they will lock down Yahoo Groups so that no one can upload any more content. Then, on December 14, 2019, all previously posted content will be removed forever. I have been getting used to Google shutting down services such as Google Plus and Google Bulletin , and even certain Google Groups.

Yahoo 94

Yahoo Groups Groups Reddit 94

The Realtime Report

JULY 22, 2014

Google+ has remained the same at 71. Customer satisfaction with search engines and portals increased 5.3%, reaching a score of 80 – largely because of the world’s most popular search engine, Google, which generated an 8% increase and an ACSI score of 83. Search Engines and Portals.

Social Media 173

Social Media Wikipedia Tumblr Reddit 173

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 13, 2013

From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials. It capitalizes on the trends of micro-content and visual content, and then more importantly, it chooses the right examples and case studies to drive the point home. Storytelling in 2014 from Gary Vaynerchuk. “All of them. .

Social Media 148

Social Media Content Case Study Retail 148

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

Last week I talked about how what we consider “authoritative content” has changed rapidly, and continues to do so. If you’ve bought into that, then how do you find smarter ways to measure authoritative content? What does this mean for your content? in July 2014: 61 comments. Image: Thinkstock.

Content 100

Content Metrics Lurker System 100

Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 21, 2014

Content marketing is alive and healthy in 2014 and it’s not leaving anytime soon. Content has matured as an industry ever since it exploded sometime around 2011. In fact, 92% of B2B marketers say they are budgeting for it, which is a sure sign that content marketing here to stay. SEOs are using content as linkbait.

Trends 20

Trends Content Marketing Press Release 20

Writtent Blog

MAY 20, 2014

Content marketing — like any other type of online marketing — is continually changing and evolving. Meaning, if your content campaign today looks just like it did in ‘07, then it isn’t as effective as it was in 2007. Social media marketing is the most popular content promotion tactic by a mile. Image source.

Trends 95

Trends Content Marketing Curation 95

Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Wow, this is something that I found rather funny… Google just announced Inbox by Gmail, a new type of service that handles all of your appointments, calendar, and emails (and some other stuff) in one place. In the blog post , Google asked people to send an email to Inbox@Google.com. Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:30 PM.

Domain Name 124

Domain Name Notification Google Authentication 124

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you’re looking for. Content marketing isn’t a new idea for PR. Now content is the hottest new marketing idea. We’ve been doing this forever.

Google 61

Google SEO Skills Engineering 61