Insights

2020

News from the studio in Norwich, and fifteen years of writing on e-commerce, search, paid media and running a digital business.

Articles from 2020

Search Engine Optimisation

Three Simple Steps to Better SEO Text

These days, everybody knows that content is King. Unfortunately, knowledge and acceptance of this mantra have led to the web bursting with pretty pathetic content. So many businesses have fallen into a 'more is better' way of working – quantity taking precedence over quality.

Tait Pollack · · 4 min read

How to Succeed as a ‘Challenger’ Brand

Don’t misconstrue – challenger brands have been around since the dawn of time. It’s just that somebody somewhere decided to give the classic ‘underdog’ business a more modern handle. If…

Tait Pollack · · 3 min read

Why Now Could Be the Time to Start Your Online Business

Attempting to find even the faintest silver lining in the whole Covid-19 crisis is a largely fruitless endeavour. Painting an accurate long-term picture of what’s to come is far from…

Tait Pollack · · 11 min read
Social Media

Still Not Taking Social Signals Seriously?

Social proof, also known as social signals, is a psychological phenomenon in which individuals rely on the actions and opinions of others to guide their own decisions. In online business, social proof refers to the various forms of evidence demonstrating the value, quality, and trustworthiness of a brand, product, or service.

Tait Pollack · · 9 min read

These Are the Only Email Marketing Metrics You Need

Here’s a question – how many email marketing metrics do you think you should be tracking? A dozen? Maybe a hundred? The answer – four…just four main metrics. According to…

Tait Pollack · · 3 min read