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In-House Marketing vs. Agency Teams: Build a Strong Strategy Together
This post was updated by Paula French on 2/28/25 to reflect recent trends and best practice. It was originally published on 12/6/2018. Key Insights As brands grow, marketing demands increase, making it difficult for internal teams to execute strategy, create content, analyze performance, and keep up with industry shifts all …
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Are Wix Sites Bad for SEO?
Wix is one of the most widely used website builders in the world, with over 150 million users as of 2019. Despite being so popular, it’s not exactly a secret that Wix sites have a bad reputation within the digital marketing community. It got so bad that Wix tried to …
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Which Social Media Platforms Should Insurance Companies Use?
In a world where a new social media platform gets launched every other week, it can be difficult to know which platforms to embrace and which ones to ignore. This can be particularly difficult when trying to identify the platforms your audience is already on. As a rule of thumb, …
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THANK YOU to Our Small Business Clients!
Happy Small Business Week from the Search Influence team! We were founded in 2006 with the goal of helping small businesses succeed online. Today, we work to optimize the potential of businesses of many sizes, but this week, it’s all about our small business clients! Today we share with you …
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How Small Businesses Can Build Quality Backlinks in 2019 and Beyond
Backlinks have traditionally been one of the most important ranking factors in Google’s mysterious SEO algorithm. So what exactly is a backlink, and why is it important? A backlink is simply a link on someone else’s site that leads to your site. Google values them because your site must be …
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7 Qualities of an Effective Marketing Agency (and How to Test for Them)
I often joke that, in digital marketing, you’re an expert if you know more than the person you’re selling to. This was recently brought home to me while attending a startup conference: a member of the photography team, who was still an undergraduate in college, said he hoped to open …
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How to Set S.M.A.R.T. Marketing Goals
Once you’ve identified the metrics that matter most to your business (download our guide: “Marketing: What Metrics Matter?” for our 4-step process), goal setting is the next step in achieving success. Setting business goals can be a daunting undertaking for some, but it’s much simpler if the right method is …
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How to Align Your Marketing Team Around a Successful Strategy
With the explosive growth of the marketing technology landscape in the last several years, it can be easy to get completely lost in tactics, technology, and metrics. “Digital marketing is so awesome,” they say, “because you can track everything,” they say. True, but what’s also true is that the 6,000+ …
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The Travel Marketer’s Guide to Capturing the Romance Market
With the right targeting and audience intelligence, it can be easy for travel marketers to sweep romantic travelers off their feet. Many businesses in key travel markets are missing the opportunity to market to romantic travelers. The latest data shows that romantic travel trends go beyond the obvious honeymooners and …
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Non-Secure Site? Prepare Your Website for the Google Chrome 70 Rollout
Since last year, we have been explaining what HTTPS means and the important updates announced by Google. Let’s do a brief refresher course. What Is the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS? HTTP and HTTPS protocols both fulfill the same core function to transfer data over the internet. HTTPS stands for …
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