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  • Black Friday or Bust

    Can you really afford not to do Black Friday? This Black Friday weekend, we’ll be spending more over a longer period than ever before. If you run an ecommerce site, you need to up your game to do well during the 2017 Black Friday season. The clocks have gone back, Halloween is out of the […]

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  • 6 Lessons We Learned From Black Friday 2016

    To prepare for Black Friday 2017, here are some of the lessons we learned for our ecommerce clients  from last year. Black Friday is now the biggest shopping period of the year. This November, we’re predicted to spend £7 billion over Black Friday. That’s the kind of action no ecommerce business can afford to miss. Forget your […]

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  • Are You Using These 8 New Google My Business Features?

    Google have been rolling out some further features to Google My Business listings recently, meaning there’s more information available to display than ever. So, if you haven’t already, make sure you’re making use of some of these awesome features! Google Posts You may have heard about the recent launch of Google Posts, these posts sit […]

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  • Hey Alexa, How Do I Optimise For Voice Search?

    5 years ago, asking computers a question directly was the stuff of sci-fi. Today, there are 33 million voice-first devices in global circulation[1]. Voice search has the potential to have a huge affect on mobile and local search moving forward. Are you ready? In this blog we will provide practical insights on how voice search […]

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  • Are Chatbots the Future of Marketing?

    With over 900 million monthly active users, WeChat is showing us that messaging apps are the places to be. WeChat is China’s most popular messaging app. It provides a totally seamless mobile experience, combining video, voice and text messaging to other users, along with the ability to make transactions and pay bills. WeChat’s dominance in […]

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  • What Google Knows… The General Election

    Do you know how deep the Google rabbit hole goes? The things Google knows about our purchasing behaviour, personal habits and searches is truly epic in scale, but most of the time it’s hard to see just how much impact this has. Enter Google Trends. For the uninitiated, Google Trends is a web facility based […]

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  • Emojis in Search Results & Marketing

    Updated 23-03-17 Have you noticed anything different about Google search results? Emojis have suddenly returned to desktop search result snippets. After a long absence, they’re back! This is good because almost everyone online – 92% of users – use emojis, and brands are using them too. According to a study, emoji-based marketing campaigns have increased […]

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  • How To Use IF Functions And Their Benefits

    If you read any AdWords blogs, you have probably heard about something called IF functions. They have pay per click experts everywhere spinning with excitement in their swivel chairs. The problem is that, unless you are one of those experts, IF functions look a bit like a foreign language. So what are these mysterious IF […]

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  • Christmas Marketing Naughty And Nice List

    Have you been good this year? Christmas is the time for mince pies, too much turkey and reflecting on the year as you tipple a little ‘Christmas spirit’. Are you worthy of being on the Nice List this year? If you’re unsure, fear not! We’ve created a list of digital marketing do’s and don’ts that […]

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