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Charlotte Tomlinson | 8th December 2020 | Consultancy, Organic

Why does Google not display my meta description in the search results?

There are frustrations across the SEO industry with how Google handles metadata within search results. SEOs write optimised and creative meta descriptions for web pages to entice users to engage and click through to a website. Annoyingly, these meta descriptions are sometimes not displayed to users. Google actually rewrites your meta descriptions more than 50% […]

Rob Laver | 29th October 2020 | Paid Media, Paid Social

Need to target specific job titles or functions? Here are your options.

The ability to target people by the characteristics of their job is a great selling point for any advertising network. Still, surprisingly there’s very little made of this functionality in most cases, which leaves a lot of businesses defaulting to the most obvious B2B platform, LinkedIn. Now, don’t get me wrong; LinkedIn is the market […]

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Rob Laver | 11th March 2020 | Google Ads, Paid Media

Creating a PPC ad copy test plan

Creating a test plan is a vital step towards improving results for any digital marketing campaign. Conducting experiments, in this sense, removes guesswork by providing quantitative reasoning behind your strategy. Smart marketers understand why testing is a central part of a PPC strategy, but why is PPC suited to testing? PPC platforms, such as Google, […]

Charlotte Tomlinson | 29th April 2019 | Organic

How do people search for law firms online?

In March 2019 Distinctly and Conical co-produced and published the ‘Marketing Law Firms’ guide to help marketing managers navigate the latest technology, as well as offering advice on the latest online marketing techniques. When researching and speaking to law firms it was surprising to learn that there is an industry perception that ‘their clients do […]

Jess Shaw | 18th April 2019 | Content, Organic

How to use bad grammar to get good results in your copy

One of the most cited necessary skills for a copywriter is excellent command of the English language. This is often described as an in depth knowledge of spelling and grammar as well as the ability to create concise, meaningful content. Having an excellent command of the English language doesn’t mean dogmatically clinging to the grammar […]

Jess Shaw | 27th March 2019 | Content, Organic

Tone of voice guidelines and why you need them

As consumers we are faced with a barrage of words on our screens all vying for our attention. Brands are desperately seeking something new to stand out; yet the thing that a brand really needs to be good at to attract attention is identity. Brand identity isn’t how you see your business – it’s how […]

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