The MKG Marketing Blog

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Adapting to Google’s Latest Core Update
Discover how to adapt to Google’s latest core update and the expansion of branded search in the AI-driven search landscape.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Adapting to AI-Driven Search Trends
Discover the top ways to adapt your cybersecurity website for AI-driven search trends as the SEO industry changes and evolves.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Building a Cohesive Customer Journey
Discover how cybersecurity marketing leaders are pivoting to the flywheel method to develop a customer journey to better reach their target markets.

Nick Bare, Cansu Ozen, Nathan Stenberg

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The Future of PPC Advertising
Discover the future of PPC for cybersecurity CMOs with trends like AI and voice search, plus actionable tips to enhance your campaigns and boost results.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Top PPC Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Discover common PPC mistakes cybersecurity vendors make & learn how to avoid them. Optimize your campaigns for better targeting & higher conversion rates.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Maximizing Your PPC Budget to Drive Better Leads
Discover how to maximize your PPC budget and drive better leads without overspending. Uncover strategies that ensure every dollar counts!

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Relationship-Based Sales & Marketing Strategies
Discover how cybersecurity marketing leaders approach relationship-based sales and marketing strategies to address potential clients' pain points effectively.

Alanna Moman-Rawden, Cansu Ozen, Nathan Stenberg

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Optimizing PPC Landing Pages for Better Performance
Discover how to optimize your PPC landing pages. Learn actionable tips to improve user experience, align messaging, and increase conversions.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Optimizing Your PPC Ads for Better Performance
Discover how to enhance your PPC ads for cybersecurity. Learn strategies to target the right audience, create effective ad copy, and maximize ROI.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up a Successful PPC Campaign
Discover how to set up successful PPC campaigns for cybersecurity agencies. Target decision-makers and optimize for maximum ROI.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Mastering Marketing Attribution
Discover how cybersecurity marketing leaders approach comprehensive attribution and engagement with key decision-makers. Read more about MKG thought leadership.

Nick Bare, Cansu Ozen, Nathan Stenberg

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Navigating International Teams & Content Syndication
Discover how different cybersecurity marketing leaders navigate asynchrony in managing international teams and content syndication.

Alanna Moman-Rawden, Sam Ellsworth, Nick Bare

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Tailored MOFU Messaging in Cybersecurity
Discover how different cybersecurity marketing leaders have crafted ‘why’ messaging for their middle of the funnel audiences.

Nick Bare, Cansu Ozen,

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The B2B Marketer's Powerhouse Trio
Kerry Guard, CEO of MKG Marketing, shares her transition from media planning to leading a digital marketing agency focused on B2B tech sectors.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Building Trust & Respect Through Partnership
Kerry Guard & Mike Krass discuss their entrepreneurial journey and partnership at MKG Marketing, highlighting their roles, challenges, and shared vision.

Kerry Guard, Mike Krass

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Comprehensive Content
Discover how writing comprehensive content is crucial for bolstering your cybersecurity marketing efforts. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity–Creating Helpful Content
Discover how creating helpful content can boost your cybersecurity SEO efforts. This is the first in MKG’s series on SEO best practices. Read more today!

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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MKG VIP: Advanced Marketing Strategies for Cybersecurity
Discover how tech marketers build influence and trust in a saturated landscape through helpful content and user-friendly interfaces.

Cansu Ozen, Nick Bare

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Key Challenges & Solutions in Cybersecurity Marketing
Discover how different tech marketing leaders have navigated challenges in cybersecurity marketing such as complexity and differentiation.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Strategic Development & Execution in Cybersecurity Marketing
Discover how different tech marketing leaders have leveraged data and pivoted to demand generation across cybersecurity brands.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Crafting Cybersecurity Brand Strategy
Discover how different marketers deal with various branding challenges in cybersecurity companies and how CMOs can adjust in an ever-changing industry.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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B2B Cybersecurity Sales & Marketing Alignment
Discover how different marketers deal with challenges surrounding the misalignment of B2B sales teams and marketing teams in cybersecurity companies.

Nick Bare, Leigh Snyder, Cansu Ozen

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Cookieless Future
Third-party cookies fuel a lot of the digital advertising ecosystem, and is one of the ways to measure success of the digital campaigns. But are Third-party cookies going away? Here’s why and how to handle them as marketers and advertisers.

Eddie Castillo Digital Advertising Expert

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Bye Bye Bye Broad Match Modifier
With Google no longer supporting Broad Match Modifier, Digital Advertising experts need to up their game to ensure strong paid search results.

Priscilla Victorin Digital Advertising Expert

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MKG Wins 2018 BrightEdge Edgie Award
Thanks to all our hard work in conjunction with our Informatica marketing team we have won the 2018 BrigeEdge Edgie Award for Performance and Results!

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Delete a Search Engine Result Listing from Google
Remove a listing TODAY! Learn how you can delete an owned-property search engine result listing from Google, Bing and Yahoo!

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

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August 2017 Google Ads Benchmarks By Industry
Check out these August Google Ads industry benchmarks by vertical.

Spencer Mayes Analytics Expert

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Peer Study: What Growth Channels Provide The Best Marketing ROI for Startups?
Read Our 2017 Marketing Peer Survey That Answered the Question “What Growth Opportunities Should Startups Invest In?”

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Media Predictions for 2017— Transparency and Trust
Marc Pritchard, P&G's Chief Brand Officer, spoke to the program requirementsat the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Annual Leadership Meeting at the end of January 2017.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Healthcare Marketing Trends in 2017: Costs & Outcomes

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Facebook Ad’s Power Editor
Facebook Ad's Power Editor updated today. Read what's new.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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301 Redirect Chains, Intro to an Advanced SEO Topic
This is a little bit of a teaser post, but we wanted to go over the concept of what a 301 redirect chain is.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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SEM Research: How Do You Present Paid Search Build Outs?

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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How to Be a Good Influencer in Six Simple Steps
Six simple steps to attract companies interested in doing influencer outreach to score great perks like free swag, VIP access and cash for doing what you already love – creating content online and sharing that content with your friends.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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It May Be Time to Include Bing Ads In Your Marketing Mix
It may be time to add Bing Ads to your digital marketing mix. Read why.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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Automate Social Media Success with IFTTT (If This Then That)
The marketing world is hellbent on automating everything: programmatic advertising (from folks like Rocket Fuel, Data Xu and more), programmatic email marketing, marketing automation from Marketo and more.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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ClubBING Google: 3 Ways Bing Beats Google
Here are three ways to use Bing Ads to enhance your paid search efforts.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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Sparking the Slow Clap: Adding Value Beyond Your Core Service

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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SearchFest 2014: Highlights and Disappointments
This is the eighth year that SearchFest has been put on in Portland and I've actually been to every single one except for SearchFest 2013. So, I've seen how this event has grown both in attendance as well as the quality of the speakers they bring in.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The Anatomy of a Great Tweet
Last week, one of our medical clients asked the question, 'How do I know if I am using Twitter correctly?' We're going to walk through 5 easy steps to Tweet like a pro.

Jamin Dailey Business Development Intern

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3 Blog Content Tones That Can Set You Up for Success
Read how your blog content writing style can have a big effect on how your readership remembers your brand.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Content Marketing Bible: 8 Great Content Types to Produce
Part 2 of our 6 Part Content Marketing Bible Outlines Eight Great Types of Content to Include in Your Content Marketing Strategy

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Content Marketing Bible: Creating a Content Marketing Strategy
This Article Explains How to Create a Content Marketing Strategy. Establishing Goals, Outlining Parameters, Role & Responsibilities and using Data to Create a Master Keyword Playbook & Content Calendar.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Four Things to Consider When Evaluating Banner Ad Creative
There are Four Considerations to Note When Evaluating Banner Ad Creative: Clear Value Proposition, Clear Imagery, Character Limit & an Actionable Call to Action (CTA)

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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What Valentine’s Day Can Tell Us About Running a Remarketing Campaign
How B2B Marketers can use Remarketing to build a stronger relationship with potential customers.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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2012 B2B Marketing Trends in Review
A review of three key B2B marketing trends uncovered during the 2012 calendar year: referral sources, the role of social media & the value of a good website.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Search Engine Marketing Findings from VMware
Read about what search engine marketing findings we took away with the Shavlik SMB marketing business unit we worked with and how we are applying those learnings to future clients.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Customer Service is Objective #1
Following the IdeaMensch #ID48 conference here in San Francisco, I wrote a blog post detailing all the great things I learned that evening.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Agency Advice from Traction CEO Adam Kleinberg
Adam Kleinberg is CEO of Traction. Learn how Adam grew and then sold his business.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Guest Post: Gretchen Sword of Bloomberg West
Today's guest post comes courtesy of one of our favorite media partners, Bloomberg West Coast Director Gretchen Sword.

Gretchen Sword

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Next Up for Digital Media: Programmatic Premium
Why we toed the line in offering hyper=efficient channels like DSPs.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The Rising Popularity & Value of Mobile Devices
With such a great disparity in time spent and advertising spend, we still believe that mobile marketing is the future of media and advertising.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Finally, a Brand Hits a Home Run with Facebook Ads
In a recent announcement, B2B marketing software giant HubSpot announced that running paid advertisements on Facebook generated a 71% increase in sales from social channels year over year.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Ending All ‘Bad Ads’ Across the Web
We just read a great ClickZ article that examined what Google calls "bad ads" across their advertising platform.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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How to Design Effective ‘Shock Ads’
In a recent iMedia Connection article, ROI DNA's VP of Branding Jim Nichols took a look at 9 different brands that used shock ads.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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What Big Companies Can Learn From Startups
How and why to operate your business as a startup.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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What Facebook Can Teach Us About User Growth
A great Quora thread that discussed some of the decisions Facebook made to skyrocket it's user base to more than 500 million users.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Choosing the Right Client & Agency Partnership

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Understanding the Customer Journey

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The NFL Draft of Advertising
Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson and more will headline the bright lights of New York City tonight.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Three Steps to Marketing Automation Paradise
Ever wonder how your company could simplify the way they communicate with their customers? You''re not alone.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Three Myths About Audience Targeting & Cookies
The old model of buying multiple ad networks in order to reach 100% of your audience across the web is horrifically inefficient.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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What AMC’s ‘The Pitch’ Missed from WDCW
Recap of The Pitch - what creative agency won when pinned up against each other.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Brand Building 101: Communicating Without Words
Building a brand is one of the more complex and intricate pieces of the marketing mix.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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What Hilary Rosen Can Teach Us About Focusing Your Mobile Ad Campaign
In the spirit of always learning from other people's mistakes, we realized there could be no better way to learn from Rosen's mistake than to identify a couple ways to focus a mobile advertising campaign!

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Interview with Goodway Group Managing Director / COO Jay Friedman
In our running series of blog posts featuring influential members of the digital media industry, we're proud to feature Jay Friedman's comments in today's blog post.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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What Brands Can Learn from Instagram

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Unveiling Social Rewards for TV Viewing

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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How Useful is Dynamic Media Pricing

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Merging Digital & Real Life

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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How Pinterest can Shape Marketing Forever
Brands have the ability to become complacent with their current audience,which could lead to them missing out on previously unseen target segments.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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3 Ways to Make Your Website More Social
Here are three ways to not only bring people to your site, but keep them there and bring their friends.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The Rise of Near Field Communication, or NFC

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The Rise of Social Shopping

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The Four Best Digital Marketing Resources on the Web
Here's how we stay up to date with the fast moving Digital Marketing world.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Interview with the Adometry Brain Trust

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Location Based Social Apps Take over SXSW

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Online Ad Spending Nearing $200 Million Mark

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Three Media Channels that Nurture Leads
Email, test, and remarketing are all easy ways to nurture your leads into customers.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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How to “Rush Limbaugh” Your Audience Online

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The Super Tuesday of Digital Media

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Measuring Mobile Marketing Conversions

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Three Examples of Mobile Marketing Genius
How are brands going to communicate their product message to all these smartphone users?

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Value of Customers by Digital Channel
How each digital marekting channel can impact your bottom line.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Metrics You Should Be Using

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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How Your Online Media Team Can Win Best In Show

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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NAI Reports Ad Networks Compliant with Privacy Code
What Online Behavioral Advertising is and how to make sure your compliant.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Youth Consuming Video Everywhere — Except on TV

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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iMedia Interview with Ted McConnell
Sarah Fay discussed advertising measurement with Ted McConnell, the new EVPof Digital at the Advertising Research Foundation.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Target Users, Not Customers
The difference between a user and a customer and how to get new users who will move into becoming customers.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Is Advertising Ever Free?

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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How to Combat Unseen Ads Online

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Setting Accurate Metrics
What you can learn from the Facebook IPO when setting accurate metrics.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Defining Measurable Media
Measurable Media is the idea that a single impression can be mapped all the way to a final end conversion.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Minimums Matter for Maximum Results
For branded campaigns, minimums matter when buying CPM media. See why.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Advanced PPC Strategies & Tactics
Discover advanced PPC strategies for cybersecurity vendors, including audience targeting, long-tail keywords, remarketing, and smart bidding to maximize ROI.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Analyzing PPC Campaign Performance
Discover key metrics and actionable insights to analyze and optimize your PPC campaigns for better leads and ROI in the competitive cybersecurity landscape.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Choosing the Right PPC Keywords for Your Campaign
Discover how to choose effective PPC keywords for your cybersecurity campaign. Learn audience insights, keyword types, and strategies to optimize results.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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B2B Digital Advertising: A Comprehensive Guide
Unlock B2B PPC strategies for cybersecurity agencies. Discover how to target decision-makers and optimize campaigns for growth.

Nick Bare Digital Advertising Expert

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Content Readability
Discover why readability is crucial for educating users and improving accessibility. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Relevant Image Use
Discover why relevant, strategic images can make your site easier to use and attractive to users. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Strategic Internal Linking
Discover how incorporating strategic internal linking can build site authority and improve user navigation. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Captivating Introductions
Discover how to build trust and improve user experience through captivating introduction paragraphs. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Smart Headers
Discover how writing smart headers helps users and search engines consume your helpful content. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Powerful Meta Descriptions
Discover how to enhance your cybersecurity SEO through attention-grabbing meta descriptions. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Changing Funnels in Cybersecurity Marketing
Discover how different tech marketing leaders, who are a part of the MKG VIP community, are changing the traditional funnels in cybersecurity.

Nick Bare , Cansu Ozen, Leigh Snyder

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity - Effective Title Tags
Discover how effectively optimizing title tags will boost organic performance and entice users. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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Optimizing SEO in Cybersecurity: Semantic Keyword Variation
Discover how mastering keyword variation and clustering boosts your cybersecurity marketing efforts. Read more of MKG’s series on SEO best practices.

Austin Ellis Digital Marketing Manager

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The MKG Vantage: AI in the SERPs
MKG Marketing’s SEO squad weighs in on the impact of AI in the SERPs. Discover how they feel this will impact the search experience moving forward.

Nathan Stenberg, Anna Powers, Austin Ellis

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How to Conduct Keyword Mapping for SEO | MKG Marketing
Discover the definition of keyword mapping, how to execute it, and how to our experts align these carefully curated phrases with existing website content.

Anna Powers SEO Expert

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The Site Audit: No Longer the Way to Start Your SEO Engagement
Take a deep dive into the classic Site Audit and learn why our experts don’t always start off a new SEO engagement by recommending a technical site audit.

Nathan Stenberg Digital Marketing Strategist

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What is Digital Advertising?
What is digital advertising? Our MKG experts offer their perspective on the advantages of utilizing real-time data and a cohesive search engine marketing, paid, DOOH, and OOT strategy.

Jessyca Sulfsted, Nathan Stenberg

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5 Marketing Analytics Trends for 2023
What are the top trends for marketing analytics in 2023? Our MKG expert breaks down the pervasive trends that will influence your analytics and impact your business.

Larry G Marketing Analytics Expert

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General Data Protection Regulation and Google Analytics 4 | Blog | MKG Marketing
Is GA4 compliant with General Data Protection Regulation? Our MKG analytics expert breaks down the changes, platform compatibilities, and best practices. Read more here.

Larry G Marketing Analytics Expert

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5 Google Analytics Features for High-Quality Analytics
Being aware of changes in tools with new functionalities helps determine which advertising channels are efficient and which are not. Let's look at how Google Analytics 4 (GA4) can help you acquire high-quality data, and why it's important to consider employing this technology now.

Larry G Marketing Analytics Expert

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5 GA4 Tips to Get Quality Analytics
Google Analytics 4 is an entirely new analytics platform. Its approach to data collecting, tools, reporting, and interface changes from the previous edition. In this article we discover how to begin working with Google Analytics 4, as well as the interface and functionality available.

Larry G Marketing Analytics Expert

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What is Google Analytics 4: A User's Guide to the New Analytics System
Take a deep dive into what Google Analytics 4 is, the differences between GA 4 and previous versions, the new advantages of GA, and more. Check it out!

Larry G Marketing Analytics Expert

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The MKG Vantage: Google’s “Helpful Content” Update
Discover what our SEO Experts’–Alicia, Nathan, and Anna–thoughts are on Google’s Helpful Content Update and the potential impact it brings…

Alicia Hardy, Nathan Stenberg, Anna Powers

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Expanded Text Ads Going Away
With Google’s announcement about Expanded Text Ads going away, adapting to responsive search ads may be the way. Read on to know all about this transition and how MKG Marketing can help.

Eddie Castillo Digital Advertising Expert

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2021 October View from Here
A snap shot of what’s new here at MKG Marketing.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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2021 September View From Here — To Gather
Gather means to bring together which is what we did. We gathered in Boston for our first summit in what feels like forever. Here’s my retrospective.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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2021 August View From Here
Kerry Guard and Mike Krass have learned a lot about themselves these last 10 years especially when it comes to MKG Marketing and how they're looking to lead this digital marketing agency in the roaring twenties. Mike Krass explains.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The View From Here — June 2021
At MKG Marketing diversity, equity, and inclusion work is important to us. June was an important month for the LGBTQ+ community and here's what we're doing about it.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Our View From Here — July 2021
Update on MKG Marketing from the front - New employee, website, and podcast season!

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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The View From Here — May 2021
At MKG Marketing our mission and values have always been at the core of who we are. As we continue to grow and change our values have adapted with us.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View From Here - April 2021
It’s A New Dawn. A New Day. A New Life. And I’m Feeling Good

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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HTML5 and SEO
Discover our SEO Experts POV on HTML5 and creative ways to leverage the HTML5 code structure to impact keyword and passage rankings.

Nathan Stenberg Digital Marketing Strategist

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Our View From Here - March 2021
Each month, we take time to reflect on the last month. As a people first companyit's important to recognize our wins and our failures and most importantly what we learned through the process.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View From Here - February 2021
Now that Black History Month is over, it's time to reflect on what we have done thus far as an organization, and most importantly, what work we still have yet to do.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View from Here: January 2021 part 2
This Month's View from Here focuses on Living with Intention. How do you plan to thrive in 2021?

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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How To Build A Company Around Your Values
Our COO Kerry joined Dr. Jankovic on her podcast, "Within Us", to discuss building a values-driven company. They also talk about why you should always put your people first!

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View from Here - January 2021
Sprinting into 2021 with the First View From Here Post from CEO Mike Krass

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - December 2020
Christian Bullock, Our First Employee, Departs MKG for a New Professional Venture.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - November 2020
One really big, exciting piece of news to share!

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View From Here - September 2020
Last month we had our annual summit. While we were sad it was virtual, we stillshowed up, participated, and learned about our PeopleFirst value and each other.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View from Here - August 2020

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Top Trends, Tips, & Takeaways - Digital Summit At Home & MozCon
With our team attending more conferences in 2020 than ever, we wanted to sharekey takeaways from this year’s Digital Summit and MozCon. Read on.

Jenna Hasenkampf Managing Director

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View from Here - July 2020
Explore the Benefits of Losing, Why it Matters to Seek to Understand, and howFinancial Gain is a Byproduct of Performance with this Month's Special Guest Emmitt Smith.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - June 2020 Update
Never Quitting on Your Teammates. Roman Emperors who Doubled as Philosophers.This (and more!) in the June edition of the View from Here.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - May 2020
Read What CEO Mike Krass Discovered about Himself When I Took a Week of PTO During a Global Pandemic and Nationwide Recession

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - April 2020
Be so good they fight over you

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - March 2020 Edition
The MKG team wants to know: How are you doing during COVID-19?

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The Coronavirus SEO Benchmark - Updated on April 27, 2020
Curious How the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak is Affecting SEO Traffic in China? Read Our Monthly Update

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Remote Work Environments like MKG
This Post Reads Like a Journal, Outlining How Remote Work Environments likethe One at MKG Marketing Operate. Read On!

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - January 2020
Trips to Chicago, San Jose and Seattle. Clients Being Recognized as Leaders in their Space. This (and more!) in the January 2020 View from Here post.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - 2019 in Review
Oh, the places we have been in 2019. Listen to CEO Mike Krass as he talks about all the places we are going in 2020.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - November 2019 Update
Childhood Halloween Costumes. Mustache Fundraisers. MKG Joining the Wild Worldof Instagram. These Things (and more!) in the October issue of the View from Here.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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You Can’t Fake Culture
How culture brings synergy in working remotely and in person.

Jenna Hasenkampf Managing Director

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View from Here - September 2019 Update
The meteoric rise of the Cleveland Browns this offseason. Some of MKG's favoritepeople on the move. This (and more!) in the September 2019 *View from Here* post.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - July 2019 Update
Contentstack wins a CODiE Award. John Ballard Finally Visits the Sagrada Familiain Spain. Learn What Else Happened at MKG Marketing in the Past 30 Days.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Voice of the Demand Gen Marketer: Zack Wooster from Cloudian
Zack Wooster discusses his challenges, fears, and risks in being a Demand GenMarketer. Hear his voice.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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View from Here - June 2019 Update
The quarterly all hands meeting. Adam being promoted. Jenna returning from MaternityLeave. And John joining the team. These are a few of the exciting things that happened in May at MKG Marketing!

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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View from Here - May 2019 Update
Read the May 2019 Update from MKG Marketing CEO Mike Krass to Learn About New Team Members, Clients and News.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Why Backlinks Are Not The Number 1 Criteria for Ranking Well in SEO
Our SEO Director, Tammy Wood, says yes and NO. Hard on the “No.” Read why.

Tammy Wood SEO Director

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Four Fab Predictions for Digital Advertising in 2019
I have FOUR Digital Advertising predictions for 2019 that line up nicely withsongs by The Beatles, which makes me happy. So tune in and read on!

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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2018 Recap - What We Accomplished and Where We're Headed in 2019
2018 Was a Record Breaking Year for MKG Marketing. Hear from CEO Mike KrassAbout 2018 as well as our Plans for 2019.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Bringing our People First Value into Quarterly Goal Setting
Read How MKG Uses Quarterly, Team-Wide Goal Setting Exercises to Live Throughour Five Core Values.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Using Out of Office Messages to Create Unique Brand Experiences
Every interaction with your company creates an experience, or memory, in your customers mind. Read a simple way to create a positive memory using your email's Out of Office message.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Facebook Organic Post Benchmarks - November 2018
Facebook Organic Post Benchmarks across Post Types such as Video, Image and Link. Updated as of November 6, 2018.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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LinkedIn Organic Post Benchmarks - October 2018
Read LinkedIn Organic Post Benchmarks that are Updated as of October 30, 2018.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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What is Parallel Tracking?
Parallel tracking exists to serve a third party tracker and the final URL at the same time, rather than sequentially. This saves load time and gives users a better experience. See How.

Spencer Mayes Analytics Expert

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Why I Duplicate All My Google Ads Campaigns
Due to misconfiguration, a campaign that ran for 45 minutes on the Google Display Network ended up costing $1.6 million. Prevent this from happening with one simple step.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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Why MKG Focuses on Business Outcomes
Watch our CEO Mike Krass Explain the Importance of Business Outcomes in yourDigital Marketing Activities.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Industry News - Average CMO Tenure Is About 18 Months
Recent Analyst Discussions Show The Average Tenure of a Chief Marketing Officer is 18 Months.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Operation SEO Training
Informatica's Web Marketing Team Visits the MKG New Orleans office for an Intensive 2 Day SEO Training.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Account Director Reflections: Flat Organization
As an Account Director, working with senior staff in a Flat Organization meant some big adjustments in my role compared to my previous agency life. Read on.

Jenna Hasenkampf Managing Director

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From Day 1 to 2,555 - Happy 7th Birthday to MKG Marketing!
Read our 7th Birthday Post to Hear Reflections on the Past 2,555 Days at MKG Marketing from CEO Mike Krass.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
How to Generate an XML Sitemap
A guide on what an XML Sitemap is, why it's important, how to generate one, and then how to implement it. Get going.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

seo
SEO Voice Search Best Practices
With the growth in mobile voice searches digital marketing, including SEO, has moved to an AI predictive model. To keep pace with technology, the marketers have done several surveys and studies to get ahead of the emerging trend.

Tammy Wood SEO Director

marketing analytics
GDPR and Google Analytics
Google Analytics changes for compliance with GDPR and not lose important data after May 25th?

Spencer Mayes Analytics Expert

seo
Search Engine User Optimization - There’s no “U” in SEO
Using SEO for Search Engine User Optimization- Write for the User

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

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You Got SERVED! Billed Cost vs Served Cost in the New Google Ads Interface
How to produce a report in Google Ads that shows how much was served verse what was actually billed.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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Join the Club! MKG Marketing is Officially a Bing Ads Fan
We’re a big fan of Bing Ads at MKG - so we joined the fan club! How does Bing Ads compare to Google Ads?

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

seo
MKG Marketing is now Featured on Clutch
See in depth client reviews about MKG Marketing.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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It’s January 2, 2018. What just happened?
As a boutique digital marketing agency we have overcome the odds last year and through it all, came out on top.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
Page Load Speed | How to Make Your Website Faster to Rank Higher
Page Load Speed and SEO, increase user engagement by speeding up your website.

Tammy Wood SEO Director

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The Google Elevator Program Will Help MKG Serve Our Customers Better (September 2017)
Learn How the Google Elevator Training Program in Austin this September will help MKG serve our customers better.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

culture
3 Months of Sweet, Glorious Paternity Leave
Read how Adam Bullock, director of Social Advertising, plans on spending the next three months with his wife, son, and new little girl.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

marketing analytics
Using Screaming Frog for Google Tag Manager Implementation
See how Screaming Frog can make Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics implementation easy!

Spencer Mayes Analytics Expert

seo
What Stops Companies from Hiring SEO Firms?
Read Some Common Objections or Obstacles that Companies Face When Deciding Whether to Invest in SEO as a Growth Channel.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
Google Search Team Tips to Hire an SEO – February 2017
Google updated the Do you need an SEO? page of their webmaster support center with a video that outlined four key steps all businesses should take once they have decided to hire an SEO expert.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Exceeding Expectations: Why We Attended the CNCF Cloud Native Road Show in Portland – February 2017

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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MKG Turns FIVE Years Old Today
Today is the day: we as a company are celebrating our fifth birthday. See whatwe''ve learned.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
Should you switch to HTTPS for SEO in 2016?
As of right now, MKG believes that for most websites there isn't enough of a benefit to switch to HTTPS due to the amount of planning and resources it will take to make a complete, 100%, bug free transition.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

seo
This One Exercise Will Improve Your Site Ranking Strength Now (Break the 301 Redirect Chains)
How one easy exercise can help drastically improve your website's ranking strength.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

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MKG: a Google Premier Agency Partner in 2016
MKG has been named a Google Premier Agency Partner! Read what this means for you as a client.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
Word Counts for SEO: How Many Words Should Your Content / SEO Elements Be?
How to ensure your seo title and meta description get impressions and clicks but not exceeding word count limits.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

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YouTube Advertising
YouTube advertising based on campaign. data from 8 clients, with MKG Marketing.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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We Have to Go Back! Adam Bullock is BACK

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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New Team Member: Jessica Ward

Jessica Ward Account Director

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Value Based Pricing for Marketing Agencies
How brands and digital marketing agencies can build trust by having agencies get paid based on the client's outcomes.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The Newest Addition to MKG: Chris Trammell
Meet Chris Trammell. Our newest MKG addition from BBVA has joined to sharpen our Analytics Capabilities.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Creating a New Google Analytics Property Using Google Tag Manager (GTM)
Understanding how many people visit your website and what they do when they get there is important for everyone from the part-time blogger to the corporate CEO.

Jessica Ward Account Director

seo
Subdomain SEO Case Study: Getting the most SEO out of a suboptimal situation

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

marketing analytics
QA Optimizely Experiments: A 3-Step Guide

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
Enhance your brand tweets in two minutes with Twitter Cards
How to share an image on Twitter using WordPress JetPack.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Facebook Ads: Targeting Options in April 2015
What targeting options does Facebook Ads have? Christian Bullock explains.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

seo
How to Perform a Competitive SEO Audit for Executives
A step-by-step guide to learn how to benchmark your websites ranking in search engines against competitors and compile your findings for an executive-level SEO conversation.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Google Analytics: What are Intelligence Events?
Intelligence events allow you to set up custom alerts when significant changeshappen on your website.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Google Analytics: Making Use of Automated Reports

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Google Analytics Know How: Funnel Visualization for Mobile Apps

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Adam Bids MKG Marketing Adieu
Adam is off in pursuit of a new career as an educator. Read about his experience at MKG and his future plans as a teacher.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

seo
YouTube SEO Best Practices [Free Download]
How you make sure your content is bubbling up to the top of YouTube’s search results.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

news
2014 Year in Review (Spoiler: It Was Awesome)
We used the word 'kickass' to describe 2013. Well, how did we follow up a 'kickass year? With an awesome 2014!

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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What MKG Marketing is Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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How To Build An Intersectional Digital Marketing Team of Experts
Kerry Guard and Christian Bullock to present at the What If...? Conference in Philadelphia. Look for updates on what they presented!

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

ppc
5 Words to Use on Your Website (and 5 Words to Avoid)
Here are five words to absolutely make sure are on your website and five words to CTRL-F and get rid of immediately.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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7 Steps for Starting Your Pinterest Account – The Right Way – Part 2
In the second part of this two-part blog series Vincent looks at the last 3 steps for starting a Pinterest account - the right way.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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7 Steps for Starting Your Pinterest Account – The Right Way – Part 1
This first part, in a two-part blog series, gives the basics of Pinterest and looks at the first 4 steps for starting a Pinterest account - the right way.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

seo
Knowledge Graph Optimization - Be A SERP Thought Leader

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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DuckDuckGo and YOU: Viewing Referral Traffic & How to Advertise
DuckDuckGo is booming to the tune of 1 billion searches in 2013. Are you curious how much traffic is coming to your website from the privacy-focused search engine? Or how you can advertise on it?

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

culture
5 Things I’ve Learned in the 32 Month Journey of MKG Marketing

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
How to Chart Organic Search CTR Curve Using Google Webmaster Tools
In learning more about SEO, Kerry Guard learned how to Chart Organic Search CTR, for Search Director Christian Bullock.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
3 Reasons to Leave Google Ads Management to the Experts
Stepping into the Paid Search Director's shoes.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Google Tag Manager: How to Implement Custom HTML Tags on Click Listeners
The issue with implementing a custom HTML tag on a click listener in Google Tag Manager is that it's actually a three step process that isn't entirely clear until you've gone through it a few times. See our step by step guide.

Christian Bullock Director of SEO

marketing analytics
Planning Analytics vs. Day-to-Day Executional Analytics
As a digital marketing experts, we need to look up, out and forward to our great KPIs like Pipeline create. But what are the nuonced, day-to-day, metrics that will lead us there?

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

seo
Social Signals: The New Inbound Link Ranking Factor for Organic Rankings
Social signals are proving to have influence over organic search ranking factors.See how.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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2013 in Review
As we approach 2014, we wanted to take some time to reflect on how 2013 treated us. To be frank, 2013 was a kick-ass year for MKG Marketing. Here's why!

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

seo
SEO & Web Design Tips for Fast Growing Companies
What Do Many Fast Growing Companies All Have in Common? Subpar Websites! Read Our SEO & Web Design Tips for Fast Growing Companies to Fix This At Your Company.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

seo
4 Reasons Video is Critical for Every Search Engine Optimization Strategy
Learn 4 Key Reasons Why All SEO & Content Marketing Strategies Should Include Video As a Key Component to Driving Site Traffic & Product Sales

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Marketing Tests: Strategic or Tactical?
Learn the Difference Between a Strategic & Tactical Marketing Test, as well as the Benefits and Outcomes of Each One.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
3 Steps Every Brand and Agency Should Take to Launch a Digital Marketing Campaign
COO Kerry Guard Walks Through the 3 Essential Steps Every Brand & Agency Should Take Before Launching a Digital Marketing Campaign

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

seo
The MKG Marketing Content Marketing Bible: A Six Part Series
A Six Part Series on Content Marketing: The MKG Marketing Approach to Creating a Strategy, What Content To Create, How Often to Publish Content, Content Promotion & Data Driven Decision Making.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
How to Calculate Lifetime Value of a Loyal Customer
Walking Readers Through a Simple Lifetime Value Equation to Measure the Monetary Value of Loyal Customers

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
How to Track Facebook Promotions Using 3rd Party Tags
A Step-by-Step Guide Describing How to Track Facebook Promotions Using 3rd Party Tags

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Three Interactive Dashboarding Tools Your Company Should be Using
A Review of Three Interactive Dashboard Tools -- Leftronics, DashZen & GoodData -- to Provide Marketers With a Single, Centralized View of their Business and Marketing Analytics

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Google Tag Manager: What It Is & 3 Fixes to Common Problems
Read about what Google Tag Manager is, three fixes to common problems users tend to have with the product, and to see if using GTM is something you should do.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
The Cost, Return on Investment & Benefits of Marketing Analytics
A Formula to Measure Costs of Marketing Analytics & The Potential Return on Investment of Investing in a Strong Marketing Analytics Practice.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
What You're Missing Without Integrated Marketing Analytics
An Introduction to the Benefits of Integrated Marketing Analytics, including an Analysis of the Current State of Marketing Analytics.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Characteristics of a Loyal B2B Customer
Discover the characteristics that define loyal B2B customers as well as, in our experience, how to find and keep those customers coming back for more.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

seo
Google Authorship: A How-To Guide
How to Implement Google Authorship on Digital Content

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Welcoming Christian Bullock to the MKG Team

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

industry
Three Things to Consider When Hiring a Content Marketing Agency
Measuring Success Through Analytics, Content Style & The Relationship Between How Social Media and Content Marketing Work Together.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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MKG Marketing Wins an OMMA Award for Online Advertising Creativity
In conjunction with Ryan Partnership we won our first OMMA Award for the Box Words Campaign.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Four Ways to Make a More Engaging Website
How can brands go about creating a more engaging website for their visitors? Here's four ways.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

industry
Using Social Media to Make a Difference
How can brands use social media to make a difference in the lives of their customers?

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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Highlights from #ID48
In honor of a great evening, we wanted to share a couple highlights from a few speakers from #ID48.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

ppc
Examples of Highly Clickable Banner Ads
Mashable's new article, 10 Amazingly Clickable Banner Ads, examines ten highly creative and effective banner ads that are just begging to be clicked.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
Amazon Kindle Fire to Begin Selling Ad Space
Amazon has decided to sell ads on the device welcome screen. Here are some of the details.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

marketing analytics
Three Tips for User Acquisition
Brian Balfour, the CMO of Boundless, shared some great advice in this OnStartups article. Building is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips for User Acquisition.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

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The Future of MKG Marketing
We have shifted from simple media planning and buying. See where we're going.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Three Facebook Metrics to Track
901 million worldwide users. Nearly 500 million mobile users. Over $2 billion in annual advertising revenue.

Mike Krass Owner/Visionary

ppc
Does Your Brand Need Dynamic Media Pricing?

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Measuring Social ROI using Adobe & Google
Here are a few tools your brand can use to measure everything from vanity metrics to hard ROI performance in the social media space.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Ad Age Interactive Marketing Spend Forecast
Highlights from the Ad Age Interactive Marketing Spend Forecast.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Boosting On Site Conversion Performance

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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What The Daytona 500 Can Teach Us About Marketing

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Measuring Qualified Leads

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
Building an Actionable Analytics Practice

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

marketing analytics
Identifying ‘Holes’ in Your Sales Funnel
Today, we'd like to show marketers how to identify holes, gaps and general inefficiencies in online conversion funnels.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
The Super Bowl of Ads
Since America just experienced the biggest advertising day of the year, the Super Bowl, we wanted to take a moment to call out a couple winners and losers that stood out to us during the big game.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
Anatomy of a Display Campaign: Messaging Your Target Audience
Once your audience is defined now you need to figure out what message will resonate with that target for your display campaign. Be sure to test multiple banner messages and calls to action in an effort to optimize towards the best results.

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

ppc
When to Advertise like Blake Griffin Dunks
Should you be using digital advertiinsg all the time? Yes. Here's why.

Adam Bullock Marketing Analytics Lead

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Anatomy of a Display Campaign: Target Audience

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO

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Don’t give up on the CTR

Kerry Guard Owner/CEO
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