Content Marketing

From searchenginejournal.com

The year 2016 is upon us, which means sparkly clothing, champagne flutes, and a long list of soon-to-be-broken resolutions. Aside from all of your cliché New Year’s Eve traditions, many marketers are starting to forecast what’s to come in the world of digital.

So, as you tuck your ornaments away and toss the remainder of those cookies that are getting in the way of your waistline goals, check out this list of digital marketing trends that are on the up and up in 2016. The best way to beat your competition this year is to stay ahead of the digital curve, and this list will help you do just that.

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Author : Margot da Cunha

From moz.com

By now, we’re all pretty used to Knowledge Graph results in the SERPs. But what could it mean when Google offers the ability to make a purchase, a call, book an appointment, or otherwise convert customers within those results? In this video blog, Alan Coleman speculates about a potential 100% conversion rate in the SERPs and raises the question of Google’s role in an increasingly app-centric world.

Video transcript

In this video blog, I’m going to talk to you about a key trend we’ve noticed with Google here at Wolfgang.

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Author : Alan Coleman

From jeffbullas.com

With the world having more than two billion smartphone subscribers, it is no wonder that mobile video ads are also rapidly growing. According to data from eMarketer, mobile video ad spending in the United States jumped from $720 million in 2013 to $1.5 billion in 2014 – doubling in value in just a year.

But the growth does not stop there: By 2018, mobile video ad spending is set to quadruple to a whopping $6 billion.

Mobile video is booming because it works. In fact, Millennial Media found that mobile video ads were five times more engaging than traditional standard banners.

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Author : Shani Rosenfelder

From moz.com

Last month Google made a big announcement, potentially signaling a game changer for search. Google is quietly rolling out app-only content indexing, even if that content isn’t actually hosted on the indexed app.

So, what does that actually mean?

The game-changing implication is that when you search Google from your phone or tablet, app-only content will “stream” directly to your mobile device — even if you don’t have the app installed.

Thus, if I search for the key phrase “hotel tonight in Chicago,” I’ll see results from mobile apps that aren’t installed on my device, sending me directly to app-only content “streamed” from a virtual app hosted on the Google cloud.

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Author : Roy Hinkis

From blog.hubspot.com

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As the saying goes, people don’t leave their jobs, they leave their bosses. So if you’ve been blessed with a teamful of rockstars, you should probably make sure your management style isn’t making direct reports anxiously eye the door.

Pepperdine University put the following infographic together as a primer on how to be a good manager. Some of my favorite snippets of wisdom:

“Keep your sights on what’s right — not what you want right now.” (Tweet This)

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Author : Emma Snider