You don’t have to install the app to experience TikTok. If you’re reading this, odds are you’ve already stumbled upon a TikTok-emblazoned clip of someone wearing bread on their feet or feverishly performing a choreographed dance. None of it makes sense and that’s the point. It’s meme culture at its finest. Teens see TikTok as…

(Beyond social) creative moments that caught our attention Audi x We Are Social takes viewers on a virtual road trip. With much of the world on lockdown, Audi Australia in partnership with creative agency We Are Social jumped on the opportunity to recreate a scenic drive for those stuck at home. The four-hour, slow TV-style…

These difficult times it is more important than ever to get more effective work done in less time and with fewer resources. One boring and time-consuming SEO task that is often neglected is writing compelling titles and meta descriptions at scale. In particular, when the site has thousands or millions of pages. It is hard…

SMX Overtime is part of our SMX speaker series from SMX presenters who answer questions from attendees on a variety of topics. Last month I spoke at SMX West in San Jose, CA with Tony Verre, vice president of e-commerce at The Integer Group, about refining and optimizing search on e-commerce sites. At the end…

Given the instability in the current business environment, branding, content marketing, and thought leadership have never been so important. COVID-19 has already had a dramatic impact on consumer behavior. Entire workforces have gone remote and many workers have seen their jobs disappear completely (even if only temporarily). Media consumption is up as people seek not…

Many e-commerce retailers consider their PPC and SEO marketing strategies to be separate entities. Sometimes, they are even viewed as alternatives to one another, with brands only investing in one at a time. Of course, this is a tragic mistake as PPC and SEO strategies are necessary to integrate into one another for a site…