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Digital marketing & website development lists of ideas, links and resources

1

Engagement rate

Engagement rate is the percentage of users who saw your campaign vs the users who actually clicked or engaged with it (e.g. click, share, comment).

Digital Marketing

definition

08/05/22

2

Experiment

Run an experiment with your work, customers or projects and share the results.

Content

idea

07/29/22

3

Size of discount

Modifying the size of the discount that you're offering - up, down, round number, odd number, etc.

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

4

Conferences

Attend an industry-related conference and take notes during the presentations and question-and-answer sessions for inspiration.

Content

idea

research

07/29/22

5

HTML emails

You can build your email purely with HTML and some publications may require that you send them an HTML version of your campaign to send.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/05/22

6

CitySquares

CitySquares is a search platform that helps users find local businesses.

Digital Marketing

directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

7

Behind-the-scenes

Share what happens behind the scenes of your business, manufacturing plant or service center

Content

idea

07/28/22

8

Cybo

Cybo is a global online business directory.

Digital Marketing

directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

9

FAQ

Are any of the frequently-asked-questions on your website worthy enough to be turned into their own post where you could take the extra time to provide your full response and perspective? You could also look at competitor websites and their FAQ sections.

Content

idea

research

07/29/22

10

Organic traffic

Organic traffic is unpaid traffic your website receives from search engine result pages.

Digital Marketing

definition

seo

08/05/22

11

In-person conversations

Talk to people - your customers, prospects, fellow industry members, coworkers, employees. Ask questions, hear their perspectives and find inspiration or a new take on something that could be turned into a piece of content.

Content

idea

research

07/29/22

12

Write lists

Create content in the form of lists such as "The Top 10 ways to do [action]" as they're often searched for in search engines.

SEO

backlinks

idea

08/01/22

13

Journaling

For business in an early stage or in the middle of redevelopment or rebranding, be open about how the process is going and what choices have been made up until this point.

Content

idea

07/28/22

14

Copy voice

Does your copy perform better if it's written in first person (I, me, we, us) or second person (you, your, yours)?

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

15

Competitive analysis

Competitive analysis refers to the process of researching and analyzing your companies competitors - strengths, weaknesses, demographics, strategies and more.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/07/22

16

Best practices

Not just completing a task but doing so efficiently and effectively. Share insights on how professionals do something, or the largest companies in the space.

Content

idea

07/28/22

17

Click map

A click map refers to a geographic representation of where visitors click on your webpage.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/07/22

18

Instagram

Find your industry's leaders and influencers on Instagram and read through the comments on their posts for unanswered questions or discussions.

Content

idea

research

07/29/22

19

Conversion rate

Conversion rate is the percentage of users that take a certain action. For example, if your goal is to have users sign up for your newsletter and for every 10 visitors of your webpage you receive 1 new signup, your conversion rate would be 10%.

Digital Marketing

definition

cro

08/04/22

20

People you follow

Identify your ideal content audience or customers on social media and follow them or browse their profiles to see the types of content they engage with.

Content

idea

research

07/29/22

21

Social profiles for prospect

Find social media profiles for a person or company that you want to reach out to. You can do so by using "site:" like this: 'tyler willis (site:twitter.com | site:facebook.com | site:linkedin.com)'.

Misc

search operator

formula

08/08/22

22

B2B

Business-to-business (B2B) companies are those that sell products to other companies or organizations.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/05/22

23

Exit rate

A webpage's exit rate is the rate at which visitors who are on the website leave that specific page to go elsewhere.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/08/22

24

Quotes

Share and expound on quotes that resonate with your goals.

Content

idea

07/27/22

25

Builderall

Sales funnel builder along with a full website builder, email marketing, video hosting, chatbot and more.

Sales

funnel

tool

paid

08/09/22

26

Audience insights

Audience insights is a Facebook ad tool that helps you select and target specific groups of people for your ad.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/08/22

27

LinkedIn Company Directory

Create a profile for your company on LinkedIn and share updates, details and more.

Digital Marketing

directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

28

Button copy

Get the user to click by changing the text of the button or link. Instead of "Learn More" say "You in?", "Sign Up, It's Free", or "Save My Seat".

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

29

KPIs

Key performance indicators (KPIs) refers to certain metrics and data that help you to determine value and performance of an activity or campaign.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/07/22

30

Related keywords

A good SEO strategy is to target related keywords instead of just one main keyword. This would mean that you'd use synonyms for your keyword in your content instead of just repeating your main word. This strategy helps to add authenticity to your post as well as expand the number of queries the page might rank for.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/08/22

31

Optimization score

An optimization score is a Google Ads metric that is updated regularly based on how well Google determines that your ad is set up.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/08/22

32

User chats

Host an "ask me anything" event on your website or social media and turn the questions and answers into a post on your website.

Content

idea

07/28/22

33

Content marketing

Content marketing refers to the creation and distribution of material online. Content can include assets such as blog posts, social media posts, charts, ebooks and more.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/07/22

34

Keyword Planner

Get keyword search data, trends, average cost-per-click, and discover new keyword and phrase possibilities.

SEO

tool

free

07/29/22

35

Context

Chatbots trained to reply based on specific content (e.g. books, podcasts)

Artificial Int

tool

05/15/23

36

No image

Would your ad work better without an image? Try it with and without and see what produces more results.

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

37

Buying guide

Educate your audience about buying specific products, comparisons, strengths and weaknesses

Content

idea

07/28/22

38

Similar posts

Use "related:" to find blog posts similar to yours and either compare or identify a backlink opportunity. For example, "related:zerotodigital.com/blog/web-dev-business-guide".

Misc

search operator

formula

08/08/22

39

Predictions

Predictions for the coming year, for a new product or the industry going forward

Content

idea

07/28/22

40

Blacklist

Blacklists are lists that major email clients use and refer to in spam detection. If your email or domain gets added to a blacklist, it will be difficult or impossible to send emails to your prospects or even existing clients.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/05/22

41

Open rate

Open rate is the percentage of opens compared to the number of emails sent.

Digital Marketing

definition

08/05/22

42

Demos

Demonstrate how a product works or a service will be implemented in writing, images, videos, or a combination of each

Content

idea

07/28/22

43

Better Business Bureau

For local businesses, build trust with your audience by being listed and verified on BBB.

Digital Marketing

directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

44

Client logos

Display a list of your client logos to gain credibility and trust with your visitors.

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

45

Multiple campaigns

While a page having 1 goal or call-to-action is typically preferred, maybe there are times when you should consider the primary goal and then a secondary goal as well in case the first one doesn't convert.

Digital Marketing

ab testing

idea

08/04/22

46

stocks:

Use "stocks:" directly before a stock ticker to see the stock information for that company. For example, stocks:aapl.

Misc

search operator

definition

productivity

08/08/22

47

Large typography

To make a bold statement, many websites are turning to large, bold text in place of hero images at the top of webpages.

Website Dev

trend

design

08/09/22

48

Generating own prompts

For generating its own helpful prompts: "You are an AI designed to help [insert profession (e.g. plumbers, marketers)]. Generate a list of the 10 best prompts for yourself. The prompts should be about [insert topic]."

Artificial Int

text prompt

05/20/23

49

Respond to a blog article

Find a recently-published article relevant to your business and write a response piece linking to the original article. It could be an alternate take, opinion or quoting the original article. Contact the owner of the blog about your piece and request a li

SEO

backlinks

idea

07/29/22

50

Bing Places

List your business on Bing and come up for searches on Bing.

Digital Marketing

directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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