Friday, 30 September 2016

Maximize the Value of CSR Initiatives Through Effective Content

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Jennifer Risi is a seasoned communications executive with more than 15 years of experience. She oversees global media relations at Ogilvy and serves as senior advisor to many of the firm's clients. She is an expert in nation branding, CEO positioning, crisis communications, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business-to-business strategy development. She is a worldwide […]

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SearchCap: Penguin & link building, PPC leads & social

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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Goldman Sachs creates in-house content studio

Goldman Sachs is best known for its investments in the financial markets, but the banking behemoth, which has been around for more than 100 years, is also making investments in digital marketing.


In fact, as the firm's VP of Digital & Social Media Strategy, Kaydee Bridges, revealed to attendees at Advertising Week, Goldman Sachs has created its own in-house studio.

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Thursday, 29 September 2016

7 Ways To Get More Clicks on Twitter

With 500 million tweets sent out every day by over 300 million users, it's easy for the messages you create to slip through the cracks. And it can be frustrating, considering all the time we spend crafting social media strategies that determine our brand voice and interests. If a tweet is posted and nobody clicks, […]

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SearchCap: Google Penguin recoveries, voice enabled maps & Landy Awards

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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Wells Fargo scandal shows why banks are vulnerable to fintech startups

Wells Fargo, one of the largest and most prominent banks in the world, has been embroiled in a scandal in which thousands of its employees apparently engage in fraud.


The company, which was founded in 1852, has already paid $185m in fines over charges that it opened more than 2m deposit and credit accounts without the permission of its customers.


And investors have knocked more than $20bn in value off Wells Fargo's market capitalization.

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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Seven ways to supercharge your data-driven marketing

To many, marketing now is all about data.


In our 2016 Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing, more than half (53%) of marketers surveyed said 'data-driven marketing' was their top priority this year.

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Google says Penguin recoveries have started to roll out now

Have you been waiting two or more years to recover from your Penguin penalty? Google said the recoveries are starting now.

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Audio Content Marketing: 5 Actionable Tips

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Audio content marketing enhances your B2B or B2C brand in 3 key ways. To add audio content to your content marketing, here are 5 tips.


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Over half of consumers now turn to Amazon first for product search

Google might be the most popular search engine in the world, but when consumers are searching for products, they're increasingly turning to Amazon first.


In fact, according to a BloomReach study conducted by Survata, over half of consumers (55%) now go to Amazon first when they're looking for a product, up from 44% in 2015.

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#142: The Realtors On the Bus Have Really Fine Print

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In this episode of the UnPodcast, we discuss stories about the importance of reviews and fine print. We've got a new made up word of the week, and even take a couple of listener questions. All this and absolutely nothing more!


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How One Non-Profit Organization Used Content Marketing To Increase Applications By 5X

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In 1993, I was probably the dorkiest college freshman ever to set foot on the campus of St. Joseph's University here in Philadelphia. Or any college campus in history. Maybe even in the history of dorkiness. But as a mildly successful high school half-mile runner who didn't have what it takes to compete at the […]

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Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Google's Acquisition of Urban Engines Will Help Google Maps

Location-Based Analytics Brought To Google Maps


Google Maps and Urban Engine

Google Maps and Urban Engine


Urban Engine has been bought by Google. What is Urban Engine? Urban Engine is a provider of location-based analytics for urban planning and will help Google Maps better understand how the world moves.



How Can Google Maps Help Your Business?


Google Maps helps people searching for local businesses with local searches, e.g “plumber in X”, “restaurant in X”, though it is much more competitive now, as Google Maps only displays the top 3 businesses on Page 1. You can find more businesses by clicking the “more” button.


Being in the Google Maps 3 pack at the top of many search results is the holy grail of online exposure for a local business online. So how is Urban Engine going to help your business? By helping people get around traffic jams and find the fastest most efficient combination of public and private transport to get to you?


Google Wants To Totally Dominate The Local Space


This makes your mobile phone a highly competitive GPS for your car. If you're going somewhere and you use a Google search to work out the fastest way to get there Google has you covered. Which in turn, means Google can track people more and has more opportunity to advertise. That puts Google in even control when it comes to local!


How To Rank in Google Maps & Improve Local SEO


Ranking in Google Maps is essential for any local business, especially for those local businesses wanting customers from the internet (or not wanting to lose customers on the internet), ranking on Google for local search terms and on Google Maps is vital.


Here are a few tips on how to improve your Google Maps rankings:



  • Google Maps rankings are still based largely on “citations”…the sites where a business's name, physical address and contact details appear -NAP -Name, Address, Phone

  • Get the business name, address and phone number listed on a pile of local sites, authority sites and pages related to the industry the business is in. Press releases on high authority trusted sites, like you get with PressCable.com, can help you with this (and as it's a little-known strategy it gives you a solid advantage – also great for SEO – Blue Square Management also offer a Press Release service at a much less cost!)

  • Be sure the contact details are EXACTLY the same in every listing, as well as matching your website This is vitally important.

  • Get authority site links back to the local business site in a natural Google-safe way (quality online press releases help with this too).

  • Encourage people to search for the specific local business, and drive traffic to the site in other ways, as this gives a strong signal to Google that the site is important (and yes Google can track all of this very well).

  • Put a lot of targeted, high quality unique content on the local business site related to what they sell and information that's valuable to their prospects and customers.

  • Use clearly structured data on the local site, like a page that Google can clearly understand is a menu for a restaurant, clearly labelled opening times, and schema code for the location.


Need Help Promoting Your Business in Google Maps?


If you own a local business and are struggling to get found by your local customers, Blue Square Management can help not only improve your Google Maps ranking, but help you business appear on Page 1 of Google for the products or services you provide locally. Call us toady on +44 (0)1689 602 248 or email us.


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