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The Marketer’s Guide to Gain Brand Mileage on Google Maps

Neil Patel

After making a series of company acquisitions, Google started its desktop web mapping service in 2005. Paid marketing avenues: Local search ads and Google Maps Ads. Google has previously experimented with ads inside maps and pushed AdWords location extensions. And, where will the ads be displayed?

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How I Think About Marketing

Neil Patel

Even though I am a marketer, I don’t believe marketing alone builds a massive company or brand. When I buy shoes I typically just go directly to Nike because I am familiar with their brand and their products. The same goes with ads, yes, I have been shown ads for shoes on Facebook and Google, but it’s never led me to purchase a shoe.

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How Niche Communities Are Changing Online Conversations

Neil Patel

When you log onto Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok , ready to enjoy some content, you’re bombarded with ads and thousands of posts about all sorts of things—much of which you might not care about. These platforms bring together people who share interests or experiences—without all the ads and other distractions. You’re not alone.

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Exploring the Fascinating History of SEO

Content Hacker

It was the mid-90s, when the internet as we know it was brand-new. 2005: Introduction of Google Analytics & AdWords Campaigns Google Analytics was launched in 2005 as a free tool for website owners and marketers to track user behavior on their sites. Why was Jefferson Starship’s manager angry?

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5 Blogs That Are Making Money in 2022 (and How You Can, Too)

Neil Patel

Since 2005, Arianna Huffington and her Huffington Post co-founders have been publishing news stories as they unfold. Not only does HuffPost make money with blogs, but its revenue consists of online ads and money from corporate investments. goop: Profit Through Lifestyle and Wellness Branding. What does that mean?

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25+ Carefully Curated Consonance Examples (& Definition)

Smart Blogger

Examples: Words like s a ss afra s , c ircum s tan c e, re s iden c y Terms like “ble ss ing in di s gui s e,” “la st but not lea st ,” “ X mar ks the s pot” Poetic verses like “And the s ilken s ad un c e r tain r u s tling of each pu r ple cu r tain.” Start by taking one of the examples in this post and adding to it.

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20+ Social Proof Examples of (Real) Conversion Boosting Tactics

Smart Blogger

We’ll also look at real-world examples of how other brands use social proof marketing. Here are 22 social proof examples you can use and how other brands currently employ them in real life. In 2017, 57% of people aged 16-64 reported discovering brands through celebrity endorsements. What is Social Proof? Celebrity Endorsements.