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Rethinking The News Intake Cycle

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Why day old news may be better for you

Today we live in a two-hour news cycle environment. It’s exhausting, not only for those charged with gathering and reporting the news, but more for us that consume the news. Overload is inevitable, leading to accepting the unacceptable as normal behavior.

Bombarded by the likes of FOX, MSNBC, and the social media channels — Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube — we can find little respite to gather our thoughts and make informed decisions as to what is credible content and the effect it has on us.

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Google AdWords Experiments – What You Need To Know

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Google AdWords experiments provide an avenue to test new ads and keywords.
Google AdWords experiments can provide insight into increasing click-through rates and conversions.

Running successful long-term AdWords campaigns can be a balancing act between key word selection and budget allocation. Google AdWords experiments provide an avenue to test new ads and keywords against existing ads at the same time. However, there can be a downside to running an experiment in the form of a drop-off in click-through rates (CTR) and conversions while the experiment is running.

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3 ways to improve your website’s organic search results

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Predictive keyword selection and relevant landing page content can improve organic search results

One of several ways to improve organic search results for your website is to understand how Google uses its algorithms for Ad Words’ quality score and page ranking.

Every time a search query is entered into Google search, a behind-the-scenes high-tech auction takes place based on the key word entered, keyword bid, and the corresponding landing pages that match to the keyword enquiry. This forms the foundation for Google’s Ad Words’ multi-billion dollar ad business. It also provides insight as to how to improve your search engine page ranking for organic search.

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Why strong brand recognition is important for organic search

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As paid search advertising becomes more intrusive, organic search listings have become more illusive.

Depending on your browser search engine preference, you may have noticed a change in the SERP (Search Engine Page Results) for organic listings.

This is due to the fact that search engines make their money from paid search advertising and because of this, more page space is being allocated to paid search results at the top, bottom, and side bar of the browser window. Continue reading →

Mobile marketing: Shiny object or game changer?

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There is considerable content being generated on the topic of mobile marketing. Data suggests that by 2016 there will be over 196 million smart phone users (60% of the population) in North America. eMarketer is predicting $67 billion in digital ad spending, of which $40 billion will go towards mobile internet ad spending. Obviously these are sizable numbers but we should not lose sight of the total ad spend which is close to $200 billion, with traditional (broadcast and print) representing $132 billion. Continue reading →

What’s your brand’s point-of-view?

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Brand recognition for thought leadership takes stepping into the spot light.

Point-of-view marketing involves communicating your brand story through thoughts, deeds, and actions on how the industry should be served.  One avenue to achieve this is through social engagement marketing tactics. When your brand provides authoritative content, supported by experience or scientific facts, it is demonstrating thought leadership.

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Aviation Marketing: How mobile application development drives people-to-people marketing

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Brands are starting to realize how mobile apps can improve the brand experience.

Enterprise mobile development, the strategy and integration of mobile applications based on devise capabilities and user expectations, is becoming part of brand strategy. Applications that aid us in doing our work are providing a brand experience outside of the workplace environment.

In the aviation industry, airports, airlines and hospitality companies will benefit from understanding the when, where, and how of creating engagement and deployment apps that increase customer loyalty.

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