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A little earlier this year, Google released the newest benchmarks for mobile page speed among businesses. The report showed us two things:

Mobile page speed is really, really important. Google gives it a ton of weight when grading and ranking mobile sites (and remember, Google' algorit Read More

Frequently, marketing teams face the old question of social media ROI: "What is this really doing for the company, on the bottom line?" Much of our work with metrics and signals is meant to prove that social media marketing really does make a difference, especially when there is buy-in throughout t Read More

It’s human nature to want to know how you compare to everyone else. In the world of Facebook advertising, it’s absolutely critical that you benchmark your performance against your industry averages. That’s because averages across all industries can vary widely– and even a slight deviation from the Read More

The goal of a carousel perspective is to tell a better story, to draw viewers more deeply into the experience. That's good news for brands! It means you can layer your posts with a series of pictures that gives far more information about an activity, site, product, project, etc. A single image can Read More

Most business functions are fairly straightforward - an action is performed, such as discounting a product, and a result ensues: hopefully, in this case, a bump in sales that justified offering that discount. When it comes to marketing, however, that reliable result is no longer a guarantee. The re Read More

We've talked about chatbots and how much they cost before: These programs open up chat windows on sites and talked directly to customers. They have some handy AI (very advanced AI in some cases) that allows them to carry out real conversations with people at any time, and can be programmed to handle Read More

Is your business struggling to align “traditional” PR tactics like pitching reporters with digital PR best practices like engaging influencers and brand evangelists on social media? You’re not alone. Simply staying on top of digital marketing changes can be a huge challenge for SMBs, not to mention Read More

Facebook has recently launched two new features: Facebook stories at the top of your news feed and a feature in its messaging app called "Messenger Day." The company isn't even trying to hide the fact that these features are taken outright from successful apps like Snapchat, which focus primarily o Read More

In the high stakes world of B2B decision making, nothing helps to eliminate sales barriers and drive decision maker consensus quite like B2B customer success stories. Why? Customer success stories (aka customer testimonials) are the direct opposite of sales copy. Rather than tooting your own horn fo Read More

The impact of social signals on SEO has been a lively debate for years. In quick review: social signals are the activities found on social media posts, such as likes, comments, shares and emoticons. Those are obviously good news – it's a sign that people are interacting with your social post! But m Read More