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

1

Marketing analytics

Data that can be used to measure the effectiveness of a campaign. In digital marketing, there are metrics for nearly everything - websites, social media, advertising, etc.

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08/05/22

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Privacy, trust

Be open and honest about what data you're collecting from your users and why.

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trend

08/09/22

3

Webinar

A webinar is like an online seminar. It's typically a live, online video presentation where the audience can ask questions to the presenter.

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definition

08/08/22

4

Reduce form inputs

If you reduced the number of form inputs for the user to fill out, will that increase the amount of times the form is submitted? For example, do you really need to ask for their phone number? Maybe just their name and email?

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08/04/22

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Brand loyalty

Brand loyalty refers to the positive attitude and conviction that a customer has toward a brand.

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definition

08/06/22

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Automation

Marketing automation refers to software and tools that help you automate repetitive tasks. One example would be if a user submitted their email address for access to a lead magnet on your site and you have an email platform set up to automatically send them a followup marketing email.

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08/05/22

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Cylex

Cylex helps users find local businesses and businesses make sure that their contact information is up to date.

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08/31/22

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CPM

Cost per mille (CPM) refers to the cost of running a campaign per 1,000 impressions received.

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08/04/22

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Promotion or Information

To get users to sign up for something like an email newsletter, you could try to offer a promotion or discount, or you could try offering an exclusive piece of content instead.

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08/04/22

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Brand awareness

Brand awareness refers to how much individuals are familiar with and recognize your brand. Awareness increases trust in potential customers

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08/06/22

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Countdown timer

Add a countdown timer to an offer whether it's good for a limited time or not. Urgency often helps with closing the sale.

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08/04/22

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Redirect

You can create a redirect on your website to send users who try to visit a specific page or path on your site to another internal or even external page.

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08/06/22

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Local SEO

Local SEO refers to search engine optimization for local businesses. It's the process of marketing your website to users looking for local solutions (i.e. pizza delivery near me).

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definition

08/08/22

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Attribution model

Attribution model (or modeling) is a framework for analyzing which touch points, channels or assets receive credit for a conversion.

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definition

08/07/22

15

Tell a real story

Don't just tell your customers what you can do for them, show them what you've already done for another customer or client.

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trend

08/09/22

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CTA

A call-to-action (CTA) is a plea or call for users to take certain actions. This could be to fill out and submit a form, click a link, subscribe to a newsletter, or many other things.

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08/05/22

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iBegin

iBegin is a global business listings website.

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08/31/22

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CTR

Clickthrough rate is the percentage of clicks to impressions that a campaign receives. If 10 people saw your campaign and 1 person clicked on it then your CTR would be 10%.

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08/04/22

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ChamberofCommerce.com

ChamberofCommerce.com is an international chamber of commerce site where you can list your business information.

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directory

backlinks

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08/31/22

20

Columns

Change the number of columns that contain your content.

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08/04/22

21

PPC

Pay-per-click (PPC) is a paid advertising campaign type that charges the advertiser every time a click is performed on one of their ads.

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definition

08/08/22

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Loomly

Social media management platform with built in calendars and workflows.

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social media

08/03/22

23

Apple Maps

Make sure that your local business comes up for searches on Apple Maps.

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directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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Inactivity sensor

Is the user still on your page but they've been inactive for a certain length, or they've clicked over to a different tab? Try encouraging them to come back or reengaging them.

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08/04/22

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Copy voice

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

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08/04/22

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"As seen on" references

Has your product been featured somewhere like television, a popular YouTube channel or a large website? Build credibility by sharing that reference.

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08/04/22

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Manta

Create a free listing for your company and compare with other businesses.

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directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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Organic traffic

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

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seo

08/05/22

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NFTs and crypto

You might not think that these relate to your business, but they might. There are many companies producing technology that does cross over various industries and can be leveraged by regular businesses.

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trend

08/09/22

30

Removing placeholders

Sometimes form inputs have placeholders to help you know what can be entered. Does your campaign work better with or without them?

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08/04/22

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Algorithm

An algorithm refers to a software program or function that performs a specific function, such as Google search's algorithm which takes in a search query and returns a list of results.

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08/08/22

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Clickbait

Clickbait is content often in the form of a headline on an ad or post that hooks people and convinces them to click. It typically has a negative connotation because it's not usually an accurate representation of the content on the main page.

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08/05/22

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Impression

An impression is when a user sees your content online - for example, a user sees your ad. This metric is often found when reviewing search engine and paid ad analytics.

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08/04/22

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Call Up Contact

Call Up Contact is a platform that lists business information online.

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directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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Google My Business

Submit your business, get verified and come up for local business searches.

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directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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n49.com

n49 helps users search for and find the best local businesses in their community.

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08/31/22

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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).

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08/05/22

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Search technique documentation

Improve your productivity by being more efficient at writing queries on Google Search. You can do so by learning how to refine your searches, using special characters and operators.

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search operators

productivity

08/01/22

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Merchant Circle

Get listed as a merchant on Merchant Circle where users search for local businesses.

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directory

backlinks

source

08/31/22

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SERP

A search engine results page (SERP) is the page that lists all results a user sees when they search for a query in a search engine.

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definition

seo

08/04/22

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Closed-loop marketing

Closed-loop marketing occurs when the sales team reports back to the marketing team the end result of the leads they received. The marketing team can they modify their activities based on the ability of previous efforts to product customers

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08/05/22

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Search network

The search network refers to the group of websites that have enabled Google Ads to appear on their sites.

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08/08/22

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CRO

Conversion rate optimization is the practice of improving the percentage of users who sign up, purchase or complete the desired conversion action.

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08/04/22

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CPD

Clicks-per-delivered (CPD) refers to the number of clicks that your email campaign receives compared to the number of emails that were successfully delivered to their intended recipients.

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08/05/22

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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.

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08/05/22

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Landing page

A landing page is a webpage where users first "land" on your website from external location (e.g. search engine, social media). This could technically be any page of a website, but it often refers to a webpage where you try to introduce and sell a particular product or service.

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08/05/22

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eLocal

Create a listing for your business on eLocal's online directory.

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backlinks

source

08/31/22

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Popup timer

If you have a popup that displays after a certain interval of time, try modifying it to a shorter or longer time before it displays.

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08/04/22

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Pull marketing

Pull marketing refers to marketing tactics that are meant to draw users in such as SEO, posting on social media and content creation.

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08/04/22

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Error message

If the user doesn't fill out a form correctly, do you have a clear error message? What if you changed the text and made it funny? For example, "Another user with this email already exists. Maybe it's your evil twin. Spooky!"

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08/04/22

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