Posted by amandamilligan As you might imagine, it’s not easy to get your brand name mentioned in top media outlets. But if you put in the work to engage in content marketing + digital PR , the benefits are massive: High-quality backlinks to your site A significant boost in brand awareness An increase in your brand’s authority Improved relationships with writers who loved your content I’ll explain how you can earn this type of coverage and its corresponding benefits for your brand. Step 1: Create newsworthy content You probably have an instinctual sense of what qualifies as news, but some of the key newsworthy elements are timeliness, proximity, and significance. Timeliness is tough. Hard news is usually covered by media outlets automatically anyway. However, there’s a way to create news — and it’s through data journalism. By doing your own research, conducting your own studies, running your own surveys, and …

With consumers’ inboxes overflowing with emails vying for their attention, consumers find only a few brand emails interesting enough to open. But one factor that may entice consumers to open a brand email is familiarity. Indeed, a recent survey [press release] from SparkPost and SurveyMonkey found that more than half of consumers always (20%) or… Read More » The post What Kinds of Post-Purchase Brand Emails Are Likely to Be Opened? appeared first on Marketing Charts .

Elon Musks’s car company came in dead last in the rankings. The good news for Tesla? The only way to go next year is up. J.D. Power has released its Initial Quality Study for 2020. The study, which ranks cars by the number of problems they have per 100 vehicles in the first 90 days of ownership, is in its 34th year now. And if you’re Dodge or Kia driver, you’ll probably be very excited about this year’s rankings. But if you’re Tesla fan, well . . . Read Full Story

While it may not always be top-of-mind for companies, employer branding is important in attracting skilled employees. And, per a new report [executive summary download page] from Hinge Research Institute, one of the top elements of an employer brand – for almost three-quarters (73%) of the professionals surveyed – is having a defined and clearly… Read More » The post What Elements Should Companies Consider for Their Employer Branding? appeared first on Marketing Charts .

Episode 5 of “The Last Dance” delves into the making of the Jordan brand, and “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” On September 3, 2018, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Just Do It,” Colin Kaepernick tweeted out a Nike ad that will (and should) go down as one of the brand’s very best. Read Full Story

30-second summary: A consumer survey from ad platform Unruly finds adds some data-points to what consumers are doing during their social distancing. In general, the survey finds that “usage across all devices and services is way up.” For advertisers, this represents an unprecedented opportunity to reach a literally captive audience. Consumers says they particularly value ads that show what brands are doing to help their staff and consumers, or that provide COVID-19 info. Video ad platform Unruly is out with a new study – its first on this topic — that supplies data-points about how consumer behavior has changed in this age of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “ COVID-19 Consumer Survey ” is based on responses from 2638 consumers worldwide in late March, from what the company described as “accredited panel providers around the globe.” Usage up on all devices during COVID-19 “The vast majority of consumers still want to …

30-second summary: As holiday shopping season inches closer ecommerce prepares for the biggest opportunities in 2020. Trends and consumer behaviors that will give your business a strategic benefit. COVID-19 sure has crunched wallets and purses but brands still stand a better chance as 36.6% of consumers shop with more brands as compared to 2019. What will win more love during holiday shopping season? Digital platforms you should invest in and target your advertising on. Which regions should you target? How values and tasteful social media content makes 58% of consumers more inclined to make a purchase. Bon appetite, your weekly key insights are served! How businesses can buckle up for the early holiday shopping season The global pandemic and its domino effect will fail to dampen the 2020 holiday spirit. In fact, our previous key insights have pointed towards the holiday shopping season arriving sooner than before. To help you …

Posted by MiriamEllis Image credit: J.B. Hill What’s the good of a survey if it doesn’t result in at least a few surprises? I know my own eyebrows leapt skyward when the data first came in from the Moz State of the Local SEO Industry 2020 Survey and I saw that, in a break with tradition, participants had placed user-to-business proximity at a lowly third place in terms of influencing Google local pack rankings. Just a year ago, our respondents had voted it #1. If you’re feeling startled, too, here’s our chance to take a more granular look at the data and see if we can offer some useful theories for proximity’s drop in perceived dominance. First, a quick definition of user-to-business proximity What do local SEOs mean when they speak of user-to-business proximity? Imagine an Internet searcher is standing in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, looking on their …

Posted by MiriamEllis Image credit: J.B. Hill What’s the good of a survey if it doesn’t result in at least a few surprises? I know my own eyebrows leapt skyward when the data first came in from the Moz State of the Local SEO Industry 2020 Survey and I saw that, in a break with tradition, participants had placed user-to-business proximity at a lowly third place in terms of influencing Google local pack rankings. Just a year ago, our respondents had voted it #1. If you’re feeling startled, too, here’s our chance to take a more granular look at the data and see if we can offer some useful theories for proximity’s drop in perceived dominance. First, a quick definition of user-to-business proximity What do local SEOs mean when they speak of user-to-business proximity? Imagine an Internet searcher is standing in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, looking on their …

Posted by MiriamEllis Image credit: J.B. Hill What’s the good of a survey if it doesn’t result in at least a few surprises? I know my own eyebrows leapt skyward when the data first came in from the Moz State of the Local SEO Industry 2020 Survey and I saw that, in a break with tradition, participants had placed user-to-business proximity at a lowly third place in terms of influencing Google local pack rankings. Just a year ago, our respondents had voted it #1. If you’re feeling startled, too, here’s our chance to take a more granular look at the data and see if we can offer some useful theories for proximity’s drop in perceived dominance. First, a quick definition of user-to-business proximity What do local SEOs mean when they speak of user-to-business proximity? Imagine an Internet searcher is standing in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, looking on their …