Don’t have the time to read all the marketing news, blog posts, announcements, and other content related to SEO/social media/online marketing published each week?
I’ve got you covered.
I sift through trillions (well, hundreds) of online publications to stay on top of marketing news that might affect your online business.
And I package them neatly in bite-sized chunks in my Weekly Marketing Skinnies right here at Traffic Generation Café every Saturday morning.
Now grab your cup of coffee and let’s catch up on the marketing news that matter to your business.
Let’s start with what’s new at Traffic Generation Café.
At TrafficGenerationCafe.com
?, ?, and ?? Beginner’s Guide to Emoji Marketing
‘What’s up with the video?…’ you ask?
That’s my new web traffic driver ? ?‼️- I call them ‘blog post video summaries‘.
You can learn more about the technique and how I actually make these videos in the post below.
5 Brilliant Ways to Go Blog-to-Video with Content Samurai [Review, Tutorial, Discount]
Search
‘Mobile-friendly’ label will be dropped in Google mobile search, mobile-friendly ranking signal will stay.
Do you use list building plugins that block the entire page? ? Google will launch a search algorithm penalty to demote mobile pages with “intrusive” interstitials.
Google has removed the policy of limiting AdSense ads to 3 ads per page.
Interesting search tip: searching for ** pulls up a list websites for physically nearby businesses.
Have some time to spare? Google rolled out Solitaire and Tic-tac-toe games directly in search.
By the way… to stay on top of marketing news as they happen, be sure to follow me on Facebook.
Social Media
WhatsApp will start sharing your info with Facebook - you have 30 days to opt out.
Twitter launched Message button for people to direct message businesses from their sites. This might be GREAT for marketers with a heavy Twitter presence.
Instapaper has been acquired by Pinterest.
Thank You
To all of you who mentioned Traffic Generation Café in any shape or form in the past week, my whole-hearted THANK YOU.
Traffic Generation Café would NOT be what it is today without you.
And I am not the only one who thinks that, by the way.
Take a look at the comment Kurt Frankenberg of Shoestring101.com (one of my favorite blogs, by the way) left on a recent Weekly Marketing Skinny:
Here are just some of the mentions I came across in the past week:
Trapped by Anonymity in the Freedom Economy? A 6-Part Guide to Freelancer Self-Promotion - Alaura Weaver at copyhackers.com
The 10 Marketing Metrics and KPIs Every Startup Should Be Paying Attention - Aaron Agius at louder.online
How to Promote Your Website in 2016: The 70 Best Articles - Michael Karp at copytactics.com
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Hi Ana
Over a period of years you must have collected some very good link building methods like the Flickr method Where can I find your past collection which still work so I can put them into practice for my blog
Good question, Atul - and no, I don’t have a ‘master list’. Sounds like a good idea though!
For now, I’m planning on doing what I did in that Flickr email - share strategies with my Subscribers, link building and other ones, as I find them. That way I provide more value to my list, plus don’t turn something good into rubbish by letting the whole world know about it and turning the strategy useless since some are bound to spam the heck out of it. ? ?
A better way of doing it, Ana
Kim
Now that I have two votes… 😉 I’ll have to actually do it!
I am alive, I am alive. Interesting that Google is dropping the mobile friendly tag but logical that being mobile friendly will affect a site’s ranking.
Thanks
Bo
Certainly makes sense for them to do that.
Thanks for coming by, Bo, AND leaving the comment! With my Weekly Marketing Skinnies, everyone tends to read and run, which I completely understand!…, but still nice to see someone taking their time to start a conversation. ? ?