What Is Google Clamping Down On? Spring 2024 Updates — Whiteboard Friday

Wouldn’t it be great if creating infographics was as simple as writing text-based blog posts? Usually, it would take a lot of time, effort, and skill to make them — but that doesn’t have to be the case. In fact, with a plethora of tools that make design much more accessible to people without complex…

Conventional wisdom might tell you that video views are a vanity metric, but I think they’re actually a good indicator of how well your video, especially its hook, performed.  I also think that view count, as a metric, has its drawbacks, like being unable to tell you who your audience is or whether your video…

I write for a living. While I love allowing creative work space to breathe, grow, and develop, deadlines don‘t allow me the luxury of writer’s block. At some point in the project timeline, I‘ve got to get moving beyond that blank page. It doesn’t happen often, but when I’m really struggling to do this, I’ll…

Creating a project timeline where everyone involved knows what they‘re working on (and when it’s due) can help ward off project creep and nail those important deadlines. It’s essential for keeping projects — and the people completing them — on track. As a caretaker, I have project timelines running invisibly in my mind at all…

I was shopping for dog treats recently. My dog has particular tastes, so I turned to Amazon to find what new treats might delight her. Amazon collects my browsing data and purchase history (aka, first-party data) and uses it to plan and deliver targeted ads while I’m on the platform. One of these ads led…

In the world of account-based marketing, you start the sales process by selling directly to your best-fit, highest-value accounts. That means wasted time trying to market to unqualified leads who aren’t the right fit for your business. You can move straight into the phases of engaging and delighting your target accounts. Talk about efficiency, right?…