by annie | Feb 4, 2022 | Advertising, Marketing Trends, Social Media Marketing
In February 2022, Facebook’s (aka Meta’s) stock price took a nosedive in part to reaction from the news that the number of users to the platform has plateaued. But that’s not Meta’s only problem. Privacy policy and regulatory trends are also impacting ad sales revenue...
by annie | Aug 10, 2018 | Marketing Tips, Marketing Trends, Search Engine Optimization
Google has been transitioning site and content indexing to be “mobile-first” since 2018. What this means is that the content displaying on the mobile version of your site will now serve as the basis for Google’s index versus the old desktop-version based index....
by annie | Jun 28, 2018 | Browse All, Marketing Tools & Technologies, Marketing Trends
By Annie Ellicott Many of my clients are asking “shouldn’t we be building a mobile application”? Research from Localytics highlights the high attrition rate of new users for apps. The Localytics survey results showed that 58 percent of users “churn,” or become...
by annie | Jun 15, 2018 | Browse All, Marketing Trends, User Experience Design
Do you wonder why social media usage and texting is chewing up smartphone screen time? Why the hottest tech trends are wearables, self-driving cars and virtual reality? Why sales of selfie sticks and hoverboards are on the upswing? Does this look like a pattern to...
by annie | Jul 8, 2015 | Browse All, Marketing Trends, User Experience Design
Since 2015, Google algorithm updates have factored a site’s mobile responsiveness into the elements determining search engine ranking position (SERP). While this only affects mobile search results and in effect, rewards sites for large text not requiring...
by annie | Jan 8, 2015 | Browse All, Marketing Trends, User Experience Design
Having been at the marketing helm during the transition of Women.com from a career women’s site to a mainstream portal for women of all ages and backgrounds, I learned a lot about attracting visitors, creating an audience, engaging segments by interest and developing...
