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Technical SEO
Traffic Recovery from Domain Changes
March 21, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Changing domain names can seriously reduce organic search traffic. Here's how to recover.
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Design & Dev Tools
18 Free Web Design Tools, Winter 2024
March 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our quarterly rundown includes tools for logo creation, mockups, coding, animations, background images, domain names, free fonts, and more.
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Content Marketing
AI Can Kill Content Marketing
March 18, 2024 • Armando Roggio
AI-produced content is faster, easier, and cheaper than human versions. Is it better?
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week: payment platforms, smart search, B2B commerce, resale programs, anti-fraud tools, logistics, customer experience platforms, and more.
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Customer Retention
AI Tools for Ideal Customer Profiles
March 17, 2024 • Ann Smarty
"Ideal customer profiles" help merchants select marketing channels, create ad copy, narrow outreach, and more.
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Business
From Bankrupt to Thriving Entrepreneur
March 15, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Aaron Marino drove a beer cart for gas money after his first business failed. He's recovered, big time.
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Payments
Card Issuers Are Top BNPL Providers, Survey Finds
March 14, 2024 • Dale Laszig
Credit card issuers offer BNPL options after the checkout. Consumers are responding.
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On-page SEO
Google Spam Policies, Explained
March 13, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Google's latest updates prioritize spam — manually and algorithmically — in three key areas.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024 • Sig Ueland
New tools this week include AI website builders, payment platforms, email and text marketing tools, logistics, video game commerce, and more.
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Platforms & Apps
AI-powered Transcription Tools, Tested
March 11, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Today's transcription platforms are fast and sophisticated. We test three of them.
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Marketing & Advertising
Second-party Data Could Unlock Ad Targeting
March 11, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Eliminating third-party cookies, while enhancing privacy, means consumers see irrelevant ads and advertisers receive subpar performance.
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Google Ads
Optimizing Google Ads without Keywords
March 10, 2024 • Matthew Umbro
Google's AI detects seachers' intent, lessening the need for keyword bidding.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon Seller on Profitable Products
March 8, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Why did an Amazon seller choose disposable dinnerware plates made from palm leaves? Three reasons.
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On-page SEO
Helpful Content Recovery, per Studies
March 7, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Industry research finds correlations between site elements and Helpful Content impacts.
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Platforms & Apps
11 Mobile Apps to Manage a Team
March 5, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Businesses with remote workers need tools to communicate and collaborate on tasks and projects.
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Photography & Video
AI Tools for Video Captions
March 4, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Captions improve retention, comprehension, engagement, and accessibility.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This installment of our weekly rundown includes tools for generative AI, cross-border payments, recommerce, email marketing, shopping carts, B2B, customer management, and more.
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Content Marketing
5 Content Marketing Ideas for April 2024
March 3, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Niche holidays in April celebrate welding, burritos, handmade items, car care, and more.
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Marketing & Advertising
Directness Wins in Advertising
March 1, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Andrew Faris manages large Meta Ad budgets. He says the best creative emphasizes a product's benefits — clearly and directly.
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SEO Tools
Tools to Export Google’s SERPs
February 29, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Knowing the URLs in search engine result pages leads to further analysis, such as referring domains, page authority, word count, and more.
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Design & Dev Tools
AI Tools for Logos and Branding
February 27, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Impressive AI-driven branding platforms can create or perfect logos, colors, templates, and more.
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Email & Text Marketing
Email Delivery, Explained
February 26, 2024 • Andrew Aversa
The best email offers are meaningless if recipients never see them. Here's how to ensure messages reach inboxes.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list includes updates on cross-border transactions, subscription sales, order tracking, streaming commerce, order management systems, fulfillment, and delivery.
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Email & Text Marketing
Email and Text Marketing Are Cookie-proof
February 25, 2024 • Armando Roggio
The elimination of third-party cookies prompts many marketers to seek alternatives.
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Business
Painful Decisions Greet First-time CEO
February 23, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Bryant Jaques is a serial CMO turned CEO of BuddyLove, a women's apparel brand suffering from a post-pandemic meltdown.
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Platforms & Apps
AI Tools to Turn Text into Podcast Conversations
February 22, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Innovative technology can transform an article into an audio conversation, with realistic voices and dialog.
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Platforms & Apps
12 Apps for Creating, Editing Videos
February 20, 2024 • Sig Ueland
Sophisticated videos require only a smartphone and an app. Here's an update to our long-running resource of tools to create, edit, and transform videos.
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Technical SEO
Google and EEAT, Explained
February 19, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Google coined "Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness" for its human evaluators, yet the concepts apply to all search optimizers.
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Platforms & Apps
New Ecommerce Tools: February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024 • Sig Ueland
This week's list of new tools for merchants includes customer care, cybersecurity, analytics, accessibility, conversational commerce, embedded payments, and more.
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Marketing & Advertising
Shopify ‘Audiences’ Boosts Cookieless Ads
February 18, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Sharing first-party, anonymous data from participating merchants can mitigate the elimination of third-party cookies.