Friday Five Roundup: From dental practice challenges to digital marketing

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Oral Health Group

Running a Successful Practice: Industry’s Top Challenges



Successful dentists talk about different challenges when trying to run a successful dental practice.

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HubSpot

The Short & Sweet Guide to Google Keep


Google Keep is a free note-taking application developed by Google. Launched in early 2013, the service can be used to create, manage, and share text-based memos, lists, images, and voice notes across multiple devices. Currently, Google Keep is available on the web and as a mobile application on both Android and iOS operating systems.

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Digital Marketing Terms Decoded - Year in Review Glossary



2018 has come to an end and we would like to take this chance to thank all the supporters of our Digital Marketing Terms Decoded series. Let’s have a recap of all of the terms we talked about!

Friday Five Roundup: Dental industry disruptions to facial recognition for stalkers

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CBC

From At-Home Orthodontics to Coconut-Flavoured Floss: Meet the startups disrupting the dental industry



Today a host of companies are disrupting the dental industry with everything from at-home orthodontic impressions to coconut-flavoured dental floss in Instagram-worthy packaging to a $290 toothbrush alternative that promises to clean your teeth in six seconds.

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CNN

Taylor Swift Reportedly Used Facial Recognition to Try to ID Stalkers


Taylor Swift reportedly has no shortage of stalkers, and an expert says she used facial recognition to try and identify them.

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5 Digital Marketing Trends to Watch in 2019

By: Joyce Ho

2018 is coming to an end and we likely can all attest to an increase in technology use in our homes and on our bodies (wearables). We have been thrown into the age of personal assistants and many technologies have evolved to increase automation further with the goal of improving our quality of life. Many digital tools and trends have increased in popularity in 2018 and we are excited to see how they can further compliment our demanding lifestyles in 2019.


Smart Speakers


Google home, Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri, you name the rest. Smart speakers were a big hit when they first came out and you can only imagine better and more coming in the new year. 31% of smart speaker owners say they spent more money on Amazon/Google since getting their smart speaker and more people are buying straight from smart speakers. Businesses are all excited about integrating their marketing strategies into voice search because smart speaker optimization (SSO) is now becoming a thing! Search ‘intent’ has become much more personal with the use of voice search and people are using questions more than statements. “Where is the nearest fast food restaurant?” More and more people are relying on voice search, so marketers need to focus on understanding the customer behaviour and applying the right tactics into their SSO. We’re excited to see what extensions will be added to increase the functionality of these products in 2019.

Friday Five Roundup: Owning and managing your dental practice

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Mouthing Off - ASDA Blog

5 Myths About Owning Your Own Practice



Is it your big dream to own a practice? Do you imagine what it would be like to run your own business? Maybe being an employee is just not for you. Here are some common misconceptions that students have about money when it comes to starting or buying a practice.

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Quicksprout

12 Tips for Creating Signup Forms That Convert


Every website can benefit from signup forms. Signup forms improve communication between you and your current or prospective customers. They also allow you to share more information about your company while gaining insight into people who sign up. Regardless of what you’re using signup forms for on your website, they are useless if your website traffic isn’t converting.

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6 Tips to Create an Effective Landing Page

By: Patricia Poblete


In today’s highly competitive world, online presence is unquestionably an important marketing leverage for every business. And as you dive deeper into the territory of digital marketing, you will soon realize that marketing your business and reaching your goals require more than just a website and social media accounts. Whether your objective is to increase traffic, capture interest, or increase sales, there are several marketing tools that can be used when building effective marketing campaigns. A landing page is one of the many marketing tools.

What’s a landing page?


If you search the term “Landing page” online, you will receive numerous results with general definitions; such as HubSpot’s landing page definition: “a web page that allows you to capture a visitor’s information through a lead-capture form” or Web Ascender definition: “a part of a first impression...your handshake or greeting, or smile.” Simply put, a landing page is a web page that a consumer “lands” on after clicking a hyperlink from a different page, search result, or most often, a search advertisement. Landing pages are often “stand-alone” pages - in other words, these pages have no links to any other sources or navigations (such as, your business’ website). The purpose of a landing page is to essentially move visitors down the sales funnel and eventually make them a lead. An effective landing page should be transactional; determined by its engagement or conversion rate. As a result, making a purchase, giving a call, or subscribing to the business are some examples of a “transaction.” In that case, a landing page should have a clear and direct intent with specific information of what the business is offering to “push” potential customers to convert.