From the bold claim that marketing is dead (how very dare they?) to a single tweet that can ruin a life, here are February’s 15 must-read posts from the world of digital marketing.
The list includes the 15 must-read posts across the world of content marketing, digital PR, PPC, SEO and social media. So, which posts made the grade? Read on to find out.
Content Marketing
1. Marketing is Dead, and Loyalty Killed It
What are we thinking getting behind a post that claims marketing is dead? We’re renegades that’s why, or rather we’ve read the post and it’s not trying to do us out of a job.
In this post, Alexander Jutkowitz describes how loyalty is about communicating brand values that people want to be affiliated with by creating content that’s so highly specific it defines not only the brand, but the customer.
Read the full post.
2. New Data: What Types of Content Perform Best on Social Media?
Content marketing isn’t making content and then sitting back and waiting for the world to notice – that’s just content. The marketing part requires a lot more thought BEFORE the content is created.
This post, by Andrea Lehr, explores the what, where and when of what works on social media platforms.
Read the full post.
3. Publishers, Agencies Must Shift Their Focus From Big Data To Big Content
Technology has been the talk of the town over the past year, but what will be left when that dies down to a soft murmur?
In this post, Randall Rothenberg explains that high quality content isn’t a fad and that ‘superior story-telling will win as ‘tech mania’ subsides’.
Read the full post.
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Digital PR
4. Content Marketing and Digital PR – How They Work Together
As a digital PR agency that works across disciplines, we know that different teams need to work together to get the best results.
In this post, Jodie Harris explains the difference between content marketing and digital PR, and more importantly how they work together.
Read the full post.
5. 3 Things Entrepreneurs Must Learn About Digital Marketing and PR
Digital PR can seem like a minefield to businesses both old and new.
In this post, Mel Carson, gives three handy starting points and considerations for thinking about digital PR.
Read the full post.
6. The Power Of Digital PR for SEO & Search Visibility (Infographic)
Where does traditional PR & digital PR end and begin? It’s an interesting question but perhaps the wrong one.
In this post, Amanda Stone explores whether traditional vs digital PR is really an either/or approach and how PR can produce powerful results for SEO.
Read the full post.
PPC
It can be easy to get burned by PPC when you’re not sure what you’re doing.
7. Official: Google AdWords Rolls Out 'Upgraded URLs' For Tracking Parameters
Upgraded URLs for AdWords tracking have been in beta for a few months and were released into the world at the beginning of February.
This means that you can edit your tracking without the ads going back into editorial review (probably).
Interested? Read the full post.
8. Facebook vs. Google Pay-Per-Click: What the Buzz Is All About
PPC is all about Google or Bing, right? Not as far as Facebook is concerned and it’s got people talking.
In this post, Brad Keys looks at both Google and Facebook’s pay per click offerings to see which platform offers the best opportunities.
Read the full post.
9. Burned by Pay Per Click
PPC can be a honey-baited bear trap (is that a thing?) to the uninitiated. At first, seemingly simple but easy to pour in thousands with no real ROI, if you don’t know what you’re doing.
In this insightful post, Paul Rone-clark looks at why PPC campaigns can fail if you’re managing them in-house, with a handy list of the top failures.
Read the full post.
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SEO
10. Google Wants to Rank Websites Based on Facts Not Links
As undeniable geeks, how could we resist including this popular post from New Scientist?
Links are the bane of the SEO world – they can giveth but so easily taketh away, but would a life of digital marketing be any easier with different ranking metrics?
This post, by Hal Hodson, reports that a Google research team is looking into a model that ranks pages based on the number of incorrect facts on a page.
Read the full post.
11. Google Will Begin Ranking Mobile-Friendly Sites Higher Starting April 21
If you haven’t heard about the importance of mobile-friendly sites, then you must have been stuck in a bear trap sucking honey from your fingers.
In February, Google ramped up the pressure by sending webmasters messages about the mobile usability of their site and how this will start to affect rankings by 21 April.
Read the full post for more details on the announcement.
12. 15 SEO Best Practices for Structuring URLs
It can be easy to try and run before you can walk when it comes to digital marketing. However it’s important, sometimes, to take a deep breath and make sure you’ve covered the technical basics.
In this post, Rand Fishkin, takes us back to the importance of well-structured URLs and covers best practices for implementation.
Read the full post.
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Social Media
13. How Social Media Has Made Us Obsessed with Making Life Look Perfect
Is everyone else’s life perfect? Certainly seems like that on social media
In this post, Miranda Athanasiou talks about the social media brag culture, which gives some interesting insights into how people want to be portrayed on social platforms.
Is your content marketing capitalising on this brag culture for links, likes & shares?
Read the full post.
14. How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
Social media, whether your representing yourself or your company, can be a risky business. Justine Sacco, a senior director of corporate communications, found out how posts can go viral even without the following of Justin Beiber and, in this case, the devastating effects.
Read the full post.
15. How Social Media & Technology Is Changing the Way We Do Business
Social media is here to stay and any business that wants to stay ahead and afloat online needs to make sure they are taking full advantage of it.
In this post, Katie McCrory, gives an in-depth overview of how the digital revolution has changed the way we do business.
Read the full post.
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