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How We’re Using Snapchat (and Other Socials) to Recruit For Customers | Intersection of Marketing + Recruiting

We recently had a long-time customer reach out to us for help in recruiting for some employment positions they wanted to fill. This customer had tried recruiting through channels like Indeed and ZipRecruiter, but found their job posts weren’t being found by the candidates they wanted to reach. This week on Essential Marketing we discuss …

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How We Know What Makes Sites Rank #1 on Google | Core Web Vitals: Cumulative Layout Shift

So far, we’ve covered two metrics in the Google Search Console Core Web Vitals report that are crucial for your website’s search rankings, and today we are covering the third. If you’re having issues with your own website’s rankings and traffic, read on to learn what else we’ve discovered about these metrics, and how they …

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What We Learned When Google Cracked Down on Website Response Speed | Core Web Vitals: First Input Delay

Remember our customer from our previous post whose website was ranked #1 on Google, then dropped to #8 seemingly overnight? We’ve seen similar situations with websites for some of our other clients, as well. And while last time we covered LCP, or Largest Contentful Paint, there are other metrics that can cause issues for a …

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How We Got a Website Back to #1 on Google Search | Core Web Vitals: Largest Contentful Paint

We recently had a customer who ranked #1 on Google for a very lucrative keyword for several years, but then they suddenly dropped to #8. Most of us would probably be at a loss in this situation, and understandably so, but there is actually a very simple fix to this common issue for many websites. …

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