Does Online Marketing Suffer from a Gender Bias Problem?
It was around this time last year that both Moz and WordStream published 2 articles that pointed to a gender bias in the online marketing industry. After reading the article WordStream wrote, I asked a fellow female co-worker (who works in a more client-facing role than me) whether she had ever experienced the gender bias... Read More
BluetrainAre You Ready for Google’s New Mobile-Friendly Update?
Ready or not, here comes Google’s next big algorithm change! Scheduled to launch on April 21st, 2015, SEOs and industry experts are bracing themselves for what is expected to be one of the most impactful updates yet. The rumour is that this “huge algo upset” will overshadow Google’s previous Panda update and will be called... Read More
BluetrainMobile-Friendly – Not Just For B2C
A common reaction many B2B business owners have when I recommend they make their website mobile-friendly is Why? My audience is other businesses not consumers. But the fact is businesses and consumers have similar mobile experience requirements. Business owners are on their mobile devices just as much as regular consumers and like consumers, they’re... Read More
BluetrainWeb Analytics: Is Your Focus on the Right Data?
When people think about web analytics often what comes to mind are overrated metrics like: Visits (or sessions) Pageviews Bounce rate Visit duration Marketers often review these metrics for all traffic across a website and present reports to management that often look similar to the screenshot below. This looks great, right? How can management not... Read More
Bryan SmithHow to Create a Facebook Custom Audience
You may have heard about Facebook’s relatively new custom audience feature, but do you know what it does? Custom audience is a Facebook feature that allows businesses to target contacts via email, user ID or phone number. If you advertise on Facebook, you know all the options you have for targeting your ad to your specific... Read More
BluetrainWhat Your Holiday Campaign is Missing
It’s that time of year again when the world glitters from a fresh layer of frost and everywhere you go you can hear a Christmas carol softly playing in the distance. Here at Bluetrain, the season has worked its magic spell on us and we’re ready to get festive! The Christmas curling party was a... Read More
BluetrainSEO For Recruitment Campaigns
Although SEO gets mentioned a lot with respect to websites, did you know your recruitment campaigns can be optimized as well? Just like the rest of your site your careers section needs to be optimized so that you can attract the right people to your job postings. If you missed the first post that we... Read More
BluetrainIT’S ALIVE! (Or Why SEO Isn’t Dead)
Every year, on Halloween, the day when our most ghoulish fears come alive, the question that has disturbed us for years comes forward to haunt us once again. This unrelenting question that has echoed for more than a decade in our psyches returns to taunt us with these three chilling words: Is SEO dead? Is... Read More
BluetrainUpdates Galore! Did Your Website Get a Boost or a Bump From Penguin 3.0?
Holy moly has Google ever been busy with algorithm updates recently! Just a few short weeks ago Google made the 27th update to Panda and last Friday they rolled out Penguin 3.0, the 4th update to this particular piece of the algorithm. Panda and Penguin are Google’s most famous updates because of the negative impact... Read More
BluetrainThe Special Difference With Google’s Latest Panda Update
What is the Panda Update? The newest Google Panda update started rolling out at the end of September; the Moz Algorithm Change History reported the change on September 23, 2014. This is Google’s 27th Panda Update. Yes, 27th! Panda was set in place to penalize “thin” or poor website content from ranking well in Google’s... Read More
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