According to a new quarterly tracking estimate from Canalys, Google shipped more smart speakers in Q1 2018 than Amazon. Globally, the firm said that there were roughly 9 million units shipped overall. The three largest markets are the US, China and the UK. According to the report, Google Home grew 483 percent (from a much…
Forty percent of Amazon shoppers never scroll past the first page, according to a 2018 Feedvisor study. That’s why, with millions upon millions of products on Amazon, brands are increasingly turning to Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) like Headline Search Ads and Sponsored Products as a way to jump-start performance on the retail site. As a…
Lessons Learned While Developing WordPress Plugins Lessons Learned While Developing WordPress Plugins Jakub Mikita 2018-05-24T13:30:28+02:00 2018-05-24T12:27:17+00:00 Every WordPress plugin developer struggles with tough problems and code that’s difficult to maintain. We spend late nights supporting our users and tear out our hair when an upgrade breaks our plugin. Let me show you how to make…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Quora launches native image ads globally May 22, 2018 by Ginny Marvin The platform has roughly tripled its advertising base since launching its ad platform last year; says it now has…
Although many small businesses do just fine with using one domain name, companies of all sizes can certainly benefit from registering multiple domain names as part of their domain name strategy. Having multiple domain names can provide sound marketing opportunities to engage your customers and to help grow your business. Best of all, a domain…
If a company has multiple brick-and-mortar locations within a city or metropolitan area, this can create challenges in advertising overlap, self-competition and ad relevance. This article will focus on lessons learned to manage a pay-per-click (PPC) program for a dental provider with multiple offices located across a multistate region and will illustrate the benefit of…
How To Reduce The Need To Hand-Code Theme Parts In Your WordPress Website How To Reduce The Need To Hand-Code Theme Parts In Your WordPress Website Nick Babich 2018-05-22T11:45:05+02:00 2018-05-22T11:16:49+00:00 (This is a sponsored article.) Good design leads to sales and conversions on your website, but crafting great design is no easy task. It takes…
As of Q1 2018, Google Shopping ads drove 76.4 percent of retail search ad spend, eclipsing text ads in markets around the world. As these Product Listing Ads (PLAs) become more competitive, the question becomes how to maximize ROI without simply piling on budget. The answer is competitive search intelligence: understanding where your spend will…
Building Diverse Design Teams To Drive Innovation Building Diverse Design Teams To Drive Innovation Riri Nagao 2018-05-21T12:00:18+02:00 2018-05-21T10:03:12+00:00 There has been a surge of conversations about the tech industry lacking diversity. Companies are therefore encountering barriers in innovation. The current state of technology faces inequality and privilege, a consequence of having limited voices represented in…
The Future Is Here! Augmented And Virtual Reality Icon Set The Future Is Here! Augmented And Virtual Reality Icon Set The Smashing Editorial 2018-05-18T15:45:28+02:00 2018-05-18T15:22:16+00:00 What once sounded like science fiction has become a reality: All you need is to grab a VR headset or simply use your web browser and you suddenly find yourself…
