Damien Elsing

Google Shopping for Christmas 2015

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Part of my job is setting up Google Shopping for my clients; all that time spent liaising with web developers from overseas creating manual Data Feeds when the web developers aren’t able to pull one from the site, setting up a Merchant Center (sic) and spending time on creating Shipping Rates tables, creating the campaign … Read more

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Creating an Online Strategy from Scratch

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Creating an online strategy from scratch is probably the most difficult thing a business can do, yet time and time again I see companies throw in the towel mere weeks into the development. I wonder if they have ever looked at the time and effort they have put into setting up their business and compared … Read more

Why Your Website Needs a Strong Value Proposition (and How to Create One in Three Easy Steps)

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A mere 17% of all visitors to your website will stay there more than 4 seconds. What do the other 83% do during the 10 seconds they’re on the site? Well, headlines are the most-read text on the Internet. Four out of five web visitors will read a headline, while only one in five will read more than … Read more

Using HubSpot’s New “Projects” Tool to Get Better at Inbound Marketing

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One of the most prominent organisations in digital marketing has once again made a splash in the world of marketing education. HubSpot, the well-known inbound marketing software company, recently launched a new section of their Academy: HubSpot Projects. “Projects” are designed to teach HubSpot customers how to better accomplish their inbound marketing goals using HubSpot … Read more

3 Tips for Better Search Rankings Using Metadata

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Ingredients. Preparation. Cooking time. Serving size… These words probably make you think of your favourite recipe, perhaps some comfort food that your parents whipped up often when you were young. But did you know that these common descriptions are actually part of your web pages’ metadata? In the broadest sense of the word, the definition of … Read more

Do Display Ads Work? [Case Study]

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“A man rode into town on Friday, stayed at a hotel for three days, and rode out on Friday.” A little bit of lateral thinking goes a long way in the online game. If you’ve been reading my contributions you’d probably think of me as some sort of data mining enthusiast – glasses and a … Read more