Top 25 Digital Marketing Articles – Week of 12/15/17

This week’s roundup, includes tips to build your Online Reputation using social media, improve personalization in Emails, and improve your website’s Conversion rate using images.

Learn how to provide visitors a better Mobile experience, and make your Content align with Google’s algorithm. We’ve covered all of this news and, much more, below!

Agency Playbook:

• This week’s Agency Playbook “play” focuses on the how’s, why’s, what’s and when’s for choosing to outsource services.

From the UpCity Blog:

• SEO isn’t an expense, it’s an investment. Jen Saunders of WEBITMD explains how to combine it with inbound marketing automation to see results.
• Email marketing applies to all industries. Here are some strategy tips for law firms.
• Oguz Konar of Local Marketing Stars shares his 7 most effective financial service marketing strategies.
• Be sure you’re up on the latest trends in hospitality marketing.

Content Marketing:

• Jen Saunders offers guidance to make your Content align with Google’s algorithm.
• David Reimherr highlights how strategies such as analyzing competitors and paying attention to SEO rules, can help Content Marketers reach people within their market.
• Jennifer Lobb discusses why it is imperative to utilize Content Marketing for increasing brand awareness in the year 2018.
• Learn how to establish a successful Content Marketing strategy in the year 2018, from Aleksandar Olic’s blog.
• Joe Lazauskas draws special attention to the Content Marketing trends expected in the year 2018.

Conversion Optimization:

• Learn how to improve your website’s Conversion rate using images, from Khristine Agase’s blog.
• Vaibhav S emphasizes the need to showcase your brand message through content and include calls to action, for improving the Conversion rate of your web pages.

CRM:

• Learn how CRM can help marketers to create business development strategies and build relationships with people they do not know, from Ross Keating’s blog.

Email Marketing:

• Alex Brinkman emphasizes the need for keeping subject lines within 50 characters, creating a sense of urgency and testing different subject lines, to enhance your Email Marketing efforts.
• Follow the valuable tips from Daren Low’s blog to create the right Email subject lines that can connect you with your customers.
• Learn how to improve personalization in your Emails, from Amie Perrott’s blog.
• Martin Sumichrast draws special attention to the merits of combining Email Marketing techniques with blogging.

Local Optimization:

• Brad Shorr highlights why a business must have a physical location in the target area, to launch a Local SEO campaign.

Mobile Optimization:

• Hanna Woodburn discusses how tactics such as embracing responsive design and improving page load speed, can help marketers to provide visitors a better Mobile experience.

Reputation Management:

• Learn how to build your Online Reputation using social media, from Sameer Somal’s blog.

Search Engine Optimization:

• Caroline Forsey highlights how backlinks can impact the SEO rankings of your business.
• Sarah Leff outlines the pros and cons of both PPC and SEO, and discusses how they can align rightly with the interests of your business.
• Beth Anne Ball’s blog reinforces the fundamentals of SEO to help marketers rank their websites high in Search Engines.
• Learn how SEO can help marketers to build their brand and improve customer experience, from Laura Pajaro’s blog.

Social Optimization:

• John Locke highlights how strategies such as targeting your content towards personas and making time for off schedule posting, can enhance your Social Media Marketing efforts.
• Richard Sunley’s blog provides real life examples of successful Social Media campaigns to help marketers gain ideas and create an effective Social Media strategy.
• Marianne Hynd discusses how Social Media Analytics can help businesses to gain insight into consumer behavior and make marketing strategies effective.
• Paul Lentz draws special attention to overlooked Social Media tactics that can help marketers to improve the conversion rates of their websites.

UX/UI:

• Follow the helpful tips from Nathan Allsopp to improve the User Experience of your website.
• Prince Pal highlights the common mistakes that must be avoided for creating a great UI design.