Amazon Web Services (AWS) rolled out its graph database service in a number of egions including US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and EU (Ireland) on Wednesday. Called “Amazon Neptune,” it is one of several offerings introduced during…
Year: 2018
Practice useful marketing for local business content success
As a small business owner, you fight big brands and a ranking system that favors them. How can you compete? Contributor Jamie Pitman shares 3 tactics to take on the competition by using smart and useful content. At every search…
Two Top SEM Firms Featured As Offering Poor SEM Results By WSJ
It is not every day you see SEM companies featured in Wall Street Journal articles but a few weeks ago, they ran a story named Small Businesses Search in Vain for Web-Ad Help. It isn’t good. It calls out two…
What’s the difference between content optimization and SEO?
The keyword is still relevant, but SEO has become more complex. Keyword optimization is a framework for SEO. Similarly, you could say that topic modeling (how words and phrases are interrelated) is a framework for content optimization. With the rise…
Microsoft Ventures Into Checkout-Free Retail, Takes on Amazon
Microsoft is reportedly taking on Amazon, as the company ventures into retail territory. The company is said to be looking into checkout-free shopping, an innovation that Amazon has pioneered. Reuters reported that at least six people have talked to them about…
Google turns on ‘Continued Conversation’ in the Google Assistant
Users will be able to ask repeated follow-up questions without the need to say ‘OK Google.’ Among the ways that Google is trying to make interactions with the Assistant more natural is enabling follow-up questions and interactions without injecting “Hey…
Use technology to enable great storytelling
Learn best practices for successful storytelling and how technology can and should enable those practices. Today, brand storytelling is about creating a consistent experience and invoking emotion across multiple channels — meaning marketers have to become masters of those channels…
Pinterest Marketing Partner program adds creative segment with 7 ad platforms
Pinterest advertisers will now be able to use Vidmob, Popular Pays, Social Native, Vidsy, Shutterstock Custom, QuickFrame and The Online Studio. Pinterest is adding a new segment to its Pinterest Marketing Partners program, now offering advertisers seven new platforms that…
Why your marketing performance problem is really a measurement challenge
Find out why poor marketing performance may actually be a measurement problem and how you can get better results. Figuring out how your company will grow is one of the biggest challenges facing marketers. The playbook is clear: Choose a…
Tools to assist your SEO check-up
Whether you are new to SEO and looking for a litmus test of your website’s health, or have an ongoing campaign that may need a little refreshing, it’s always a good idea to perform regular check-ups or audits. If you…