(Search Engine Journal) Content marketing is a great way to get links but it’s not the only way to do it. In fact, placing too much emphasis on content can actually distract from what we should be doing most—approaching the unique needs of each client and niche. This author shares five link-building tactics that aren’t…

(Search Engine Land) B2B marketers love data, but their biggest challenge is acting on all the data they have to improve their marketing efforts. This article highlights five essential reports for B2B marketers looking for actionable insights. Lots of research, stats and charts here. And once you get the hang hang of marketing analytics, the…

(Wall Street Journal) Dodge is expanding its role in the “Fast and Furious” franchise to include the SRT Challenger, a vintage Charger Daytona—and the Dart compact economy car. The brand has a video out tied to the upcoming “Fast & Furious 6,” which opens May 24, titled “How to Make Your Car Fast and Furious.” Watch…

(Search Engine Watch) We’ve all heard the impressive stat that 47% of U.S. online consumers have made a purchase based on recommendations from Pinterest. What can marketers do to boost that number and more effectively engage consumers on the site? Pinterest is doing its share by introducing new services for companies like business accounts. Here’s eight…

(Marketing Dive) As marketing professionals progressively spend more time on the road or commuting and the functionality of mobile devices keeps increasing, it makes sense that more work is being performed on mobile devices. To keep things simple, and to keep work effective, mobile app developers have come up with some impressive solutions to common problems of mobile…

When lead forms are populated with inaccurate information, the business that accepts those leads into their database and attempts to interact with them are at risk of throwing away money and damaging their reputation. Whether you’re a lead generator or a lead buyer, you know that data verification is an essential part of the process,…

Content marketers appear to have fallen in love with “personas,” but they should really wake up and see the problem inherent in this. It reeks of make-believe

You might think you’ve done all you can to spiff up your Facebook page and implement every best practice out there, but we all know that true satisfaction is rooted in how you compare with those around you. So how can you effectively and efficiently compare your Facebook page with your competition’s pages? Ian Cleary,…

According to the latest figures from comScore qSearch, Google Sites claimed 66.5 percent of the U.S. search market in April, down 0.6 percentage points from its 67.1 percent share in March. Microsoft Sites followed with 17.3 percent of the market, up 0.4 percentage points. Meanwhile, Yahoo Sites finished April with 12.0 percent of the search…

In what shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, Google has taken “action” against a link network comprising thousands of link sellers that bought and sold links that pass PageRank, according to Matt Cutts, head of the search engine’s Web spam team. This is a clear warning sign for companies that are buying links to…