2023 Digital Marketing Glossary
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A/B Testing
An autoresponder is a software tool that automatically sends pre-written emails to subscribers or customers at predetermined intervals. It is commonly used for email marketing campaigns and customer support.
Abandoned Cart
An abandoned cart is used in e-commerce to describe when a customer adds items to their online shopping cart but leaves the website before completing the purchase.
Above The Fold
The term came from area of the newspaper or magazine that is visible to a person who has just picked it up, which differs from what you would see if you looked at the entire page. Above The Fold is also an advertising strategy where ads are placed high on a website (above the part of the webpage that gets cut off when scrolling down) so they will be seen first by visitors before any other content loads.
Account Based Marketing (ABM)
Account-based marketing is a way of targeting customers based on their relationships with different brands. It works by identifying the different types of accounts relevant to a customer and then finding out how these relationships can be used as a type of segmentation to identify with that customer’s needs and interests.
Ad Blocking
Ad Blocking is the term for blocking ads online. You block ads by installing ad blockers, or plug-ins to your browser, which prevents certain types of advertising from appearing on the site you are viewing.
Ad Copy
Ad copy is a persuasive piece of writing for advertisements. It is used to promote their products or services. It can be anything from an advertisement in the newspaper to a short one-paragraph description on your social media page.
Ad Extensions
Ad extensions are additional pieces of information that can be attached to an ad usually used in Google Ads. This information can be anything from a call button to location information. Ad extensions give people more reasons to choose your business, and they may increase an ad’s clickthrough rate by several percentage points.
Ad Fatigue
Ad fatigue is the gradual loss of interest in digital content due to excessive ads. The issue with ad fatigue is that it can lead to disengagement with the site or app, which can have serious consequences for advertisers.
Ad Group
Ad Groups, usually for Google Ads, are a way to organize your ads by a common theme, such as the types of products or services you want to advertise. Ad groups make it easy and efficient with organizing all these different types by theme.
Ad Network
An ad network is a network that connects advertisers to publishers. Advertisers are companies that want to promote their products or services, and publishers are websites or apps that want to sell ad space. Ad networks usually take a commission from the money earned by the publisher.
Ad Space
Ad Space is the area on a web page or other document where an advertisement can be placed. Publishers are paid by advertisers to display these advertisements on their websites, which generates money for the website.
Adsense
AdSense is a popular advertising service used by website owners to host text and display ads on their sites. Google Adsense allows webmasters to place contextual advertisements within the content of their site in order to earn revenue from each click on the ad, or impression.
Advertising Budget
The Advertising Budget is the amount of money used to promote a product or service over a period of time. It is important because it allows the company to allocate money towards a specific goal and measure the results of that investment.
Advertorial
An advertorial (a portmanteau of “advertisement” and “editorial”) is a type of advertising that resembles an editorial or journalistic article.
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a type of advertising that rewards individuals for generating business through their own marketing efforts.
Affiliate Network
An affiliate network, also called a referral program or affiliate program, is a system that gives affiliates the ability to promote a brand/product by referring customers who purchase to the company.
Alt Text
Alt text is defined as a textual alternative to an image. The alt text is displayed when the image can’t be displayed for some reason.
Analytics
analytics is essentially the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
Anchor Text
Anchor text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. When you click on an anchor text, it takes you to the destination URL specified in the link. Anchor text is also used by search engines to help determine the relevance of a web page for a particular search term.
Annual Recurring Revenue
Annual recurring revenue (ARR) is a term used in business to indicate the amount of money a company expects to earn in a given year from customers who have agreed to pay for goods or services on an ongoing basis.
Application Programming Interface
Application Programming Interface (APIs) are used to connect different pieces of software together. They allow developers to access data from other systems without having to know the details about how that system works.
Attribution
Advertising attribution, as a concept, is the process of assigning credit for clicks, conversions, and sales. Attribution modeling provides you with insight into what keywords, ads, and campaigns are generating the most value for your business so that you can optimize your PPC activity for better results.
Audience Marketing
Audience marketing is a type of marketing that focuses on identifying and targeting different groups of people based on their behaviors, perceptions and mindsets.
Audience Segmentation
Audience segmentation divides a more vast audience into smaller groups or segments based on shared characteristics such as demographics, interests, behaviors, or other relevant factors. This process allows marketers to create targeted marketing campaigns that resonate with specific groups, leading to higher conversion rates, better ROI, and improved customer engagement.
Audit
A marketing audit is a detailed examination of a company’s marketing activities and strategies. It can be used to identify areas where improvements can be made, and to help guide future marketing decisions.
Autoresponder
An autoresponder is a type of software that automatically responds to incoming electronic communication, such as e-mails. Autoresponders can be configured to send a variety of responses, such as a simple acknowledgement that the message was received, or a more detailed response containing specific information.
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Banner Ad
Banner ads are graphic design elements on the webpage that often display advertisements. While they can also be used to promote information, they are most common in display advertising.
Banner Blindness
Web banner blindness is when the perception of a website banner ad no longer is seen or gets the viewer’s attention. Banner blindness has been shown to occur when viewers are so use to ads that they turn a blind eye to them not seeing the ads all.
Baseline
The standard against which other things, such as subsequent measurements or activities, are measured. Search Envy establishes a baseline for every new client to show our results.
Beyond The Banner
Beyond the Banner is an advertising term used to describe any non-standard type of Web advertisement.
Bid
Bid is the maximum amount of money an advertiser is willing to pay for each click on an advertisement.
Bing Ads
Microsoft attempt of Google Ads. If you are fully optimized on Google Ads this is where you could branch out to test for further conversions.
Black Hat Seo
Black Hat Seo is a form of search engine optimization (SEO) that deliberately manipulates search engine rankings for financial or political gain.
Blog
A blog (a contraction of the term “web log”) is a web site that is made up primarily of posts, typically short in nature. Blogs are usually text-based and provide commentary or analysis about a topic.
Bots
The term ‘bot’ – short for robot – is a software program that performs automated, repetitive, pre-defined tasks. Because they are automated, they operate much faster than human users. They carry out useful functions, such as customer service or indexing search engines, but they can also come in the form of malware – used to gain total control over a computer.
Bottom of funnel (BOFU)
Bottom of funnel (BOFU) is a term used in marketing to refer to the stage in the sales process where the majority of sales are made. The BOFU is the last step before the customer makes a purchase.
Bounce Rate
Bounce Rate is the percentage of visitors to a website who leave after viewing only one page and taking no action.
Brand
Brand refers to the name, term, design, symbol, or other feature that identifies one seller’s goods or services as distinct from those of other sellers.
Brand Awareness
Brand Awareness is the process of marketing a specific brand to a consumer through advertising and other means for purposes of bringing about social recognition.
Brand Identity
Brand identity is the totality of name, visual elements, communications, product attributes and customer experience that distinguishes one company’s products or services from another.
Brand Image
A brands’ image is the perceptions of the consumers about an organization’s products, services, and processes.
Brand Manager
A brand manager is someone who oversees the well-being, changes, and evolution of a specific brand.
Brand Positioning
Brand positioning is the strategy that a company uses to communicate what its brand represents. It involves developing a unique selling proposition (USP) and then differentiating the brand from its competitors.
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are a navigational aid that allows users to keep track of their location within a website or application. They are generally displayed as a row of links near the top of the page, and allow the user to return to a previous page easily.
Browser
A web browser allows users to visit websites and view content on their device screens. There are many different types of web browsers available for download from various sources including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera Mini and Internet Explorer.
Business Blogging
Business blogging is the process of creating and distributing content for the purpose of attracting and retaining customers.
Business to Business
Business to Business (B2B) is the term used for commercial transactions between companies.
Business to Consumer
The term business-to-customer (B2C) refers to the exchange of goods and services directly between a Business and its consumers, who are the ultimate users of its products or services. The majority of Businesses that sell directly to customers can be classified as B2C businesses.
Buyer Persona
Buyer persona is a fictional character that serves as an example of a typical customer with certain needs. The buyer persona profiles are developed based on the requirements for the product or service, target customers, and competitors in the market.
Buzzword
A buzzword is a word or phrase that is very popular in a short span of time. Buzzwords are often used by people to seem knowledgeable about the topic.
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Caching
Caching is a technique that can be used to improve the performance of a web application. It involves storing static files on a server so that they can be accessed more quickly by clients.
Call to Action (CTA)
A call to action (CTA) is a statement or slogan used by an organization to entice its members, or the public, to take specific actions, usually to support or purchase a product or service.
Campaign
A marketing campaign is a coordinated series of marketing activities designed to achieve a specific goal or objective.
CAN-SPAM
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 is a law that regulates the sending of commercial email messages. The CAN-SPAM Act requires that you have an opt-in from your customers before you can send them any promotional emails, and also prohibits deceptive subject lines or false headers.
Canonical Url
A canonical URL is a web page address with the main version of content on the internet. It is typically used to ensure that search engines can crawl and index pages with ease, and to reduce duplicate content.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language. A style sheet is a collection of rules that tells a web browser how to display a document written in HTML or XML.
Case Study
A case study is an in-depth examination of a particular incident or event usually highlighting the value an agency can bring to similar clients.
CASL
The Canadian Anti-Spam Law, known as CASL, is a new anti-spam legislation that will apply to all electronic communications (i.e. email, texts) carried out by businesses in connection with a “commercial activity.”
CDN
A content delivery network (CDN) is a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to deliver online information quickly. Assets required for the loading of online content, such as HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos, are transferred quickly via a CDN.
CDP
A customer data platform, also known as a CDP, is a marketer-managed system that collects customer information from various sources and normalizes it before creating unique, unified profiles for each client.
Citations
Citations are the way you inform your readers that content in your work was taken from another source. In SEO these are part of a backlinking strategy to list your business on other websites.
Classified Advertising
Classified advertising is a form of advertising that is used to promote goods and services. Classified advertising is a form of advertising that is used to promote goods and services. Classified ads appear in newspapers, magazines, yellow pages, online directories and for some types of businesses in local signs.
Clickthrough rate (CTR)
The clickthrough rate (CTR) is a marketing metric that is used to determine the success of an online advertising campaign. It is the number of clicks on an advertisement divided by the number of impressions that the advertisement receives.
Closed-Loop Marketing
Closed-loop marketing is a process that allows businesses to track the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and make changes accordingly.
Cold Calling
Cold Calling is the process of contacting potential customers over the phone who don’t already have a relationship with your company.
Cold Email
Cold Email is a message sent to a potential customer or business partner who you do not know, in the hope of starting a relationship or securing a sale.
Comment Spam
Comment spam is an act of publishing unwanted comments on websites. It is usually published in order to promote a product or service.
Comparative Advertising
Comparative advertising is a form of advertising in which businesses compare their products or services to those of their competitors. It is also known as “comparative marketing” or “contrast advertising”.
Contact Form
A contact form is one of the most common ways that website owners use to communicate with their visitors. A contact form allows you to send information about your business, an inquiry about an order, or any other questions.
Content
Content is the information and ideas that are conveyed through a medium, such as writing, speech, or images.
Content Management System (CMS)
content management system (CMS) is a type of software designed to create and publish Web-based content. It typically consists of a database, commonly MySQL or PostgreSQL, and a server-side scripting language, such as PHP or ASP.
Content Marketing
Content Marketing is a marketing strategy where companies create and share valuable content with their customers to attract and retain prospects.
Contextual Marketing
Contextual marketing is marketing that is based on the context of the customer. Contextual marketing has been found to be successful with online advertising that is targeted at visitors of blogs, Facebook pages, and other social media sites that are related to a company’s products. The focus is on providing content that is related to what the visitor was most likely looking for when they found these sites by searching for products or brands, or clicked on sponsored links. This type of marketing relies on predictive analytics. It also focuses on the user’s location, time of day, and other demographic data.
Conversational Marketing
Conversational marketing is a form of marketing that engages with consumers. Live chat, bots, voice assistants, and other types of conversational AI are all examples of conversational marketing. Conversational marketing may be used to promote products that have previously been regarded as marketing materials.
Conversion Path
The conversion path is the sequence of events that a website user follows from visiting a website to getting the desired brand outcome. Conversion paths are noticed in retrospect by going through the steps that led to a consumer’s conversion.
Conversion Rate
Conversion Rate is the percentage of visitors to a website who have completed the desired action, such as signing up for a product or service or purchasing a product. The conversion rate is generally measured as a single number, but a multi-channel conversion tracking system enables marketers to measure conversions from several different sources.
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is the process of increasing the percentage of website visitors who take the desired action, such as filling out a contact form or making a purchase. It involves testing and experimenting with different elements of your website to see which ones result in more conversions.
Copywriting
Copywriting is the process of writing the persuasive text for the purpose of advertising or marketing.
Corporate Identity
A company’s corporate identity is the public face of the business. It is how the company wants to be perceived by the outside world. The corporate identity includes things like the company’s name, logo, and marketing materials.
Cost of Sales
Cost of Sales is the direct and indirect costs associated with the creation of a product or service. It is also known as the cost of goods sold.
Cost Per Click
Cost Per Click is an advertising metric used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a campaign. Cpc is calculated by dividing the total cost of a campaign that generated any clicks by the number of clicks generated by this campaign.
Cost Per Impression
Cost Per Impression is the measure of cost-effectiveness for an advertisement campaign. Cost Per Impression measures how much it costs to show your ad on a page view, not whether people click on your ad or not.
Cost per Lead
Cost per lead is a phrase often used by marketers to refer to the cost of acquiring a new lead from an advertisement or marketing campaign.
Cost per Mille (CPM)
Cost per Mille (CPM) is the cost of advertising a message to 1,000 people. It is also known as Cost per Thousand (CPT), and Rate per Thousand (RPM).
CPA
Cost per acquisition is the total cost divided by the number of times that it has been acquired, or the number of users who have downloaded it.
Creatives
The ad shown to users on a webpage, application, or other digital environment is known as a creative. Image, video, audio, and other formats may be used in creatives. In order for creatives to serve ads, they must be added to line items.
Crowdsourced Content
Crowdsourced content refers to a type of content that is created by a group of people such as a forum website, audience, or expert panels. It can be in the form of text, images, or videos.
Customer Acquisition
Customer acquisition is the process of finding and attracting new customers to a business. It typically involves marketing and advertising efforts.
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is the total cost associated with acquiring a new customer. This cost can include advertising, marketing, and sales expenses, as well as the cost of any incentives offered to customers.
Customer Expansion
Customer Expansion is the act of increasing the number of customers that a company has. This can be done through a variety of methods, including marketing, sales, and customer service.
Customer Journey
A customer journey is a term used in marketing to describe the customer’s experience with a brand, from the first time they become aware of it to long after they have stopped using its products or services.
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
Customer lifetime value (CLV) is the total worth to a firm of a customer over the course of their relationship. It’s an essential indicator since retaining current customers is less expensive than attracting new ones, so increasing the worth of your existing clients is an excellent approach to raise revenue.
Customer Loyalty
A customer is considered to be loyal when they continue to make purchases from a business despite not always getting the best deals. Loyal customers are typically more profitable for a business, and businesses often go out of their way to keep them happy.
Customer Marketing
Customer marketing is the process of designing and executing marketing programs that target individual customers or specific customer segments. It involves understanding customer needs and desires and then creating a unique marketing mix to satisfy those needs.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customer relationship management (CRM) is the process of managing a company’s interactions with current and potential customers. It involves using technology to organize and track customer information, as well as customer interactions, in order to improve business relationships customers and develop new ones.
Customer Retention
Customer retention is the ability of a company to keep its customers and not lose them to its competitors.
Customer Satisfaction
It is a measure of how well a company meets or exceeds the needs and expectations of its customers.
Customer Service
Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase.
Customer Success
Customer Success is the process of ensuring that customers achieve their desired outcomes and receive value from your product or service.
Customer Support
Customer support is a range of services that helps customers with using a product or service. It can include answering questions, providing training, and resolving problems.
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Dashboard
A marketing dashboard is a visual representation of data that provides insights into a company’s marketing performance. It can include data on website traffic, social media engagement, leads generated, and other key metrics. A marketing dashboard can help companies track their progress towards marketing goals and identify areas for improvement.
Deal Closing
The process of finalizing a business transaction. This typically includes signing contracts, transferring funds, and completing any other necessary steps.
Decision-Maker
A Decision-Maker is someone who makes decisions, usually in a business or political setting. They may have a team of people who help them make decisions, but the ultimate responsibility for the decision falls on them.
Dedicated Hosting
Dedicated hosting is a form of hosting in which the client leases an entire server rather than sharing one with other clients. This is often done for businesses that experience a high volume of traffic or require a specific configuration.
Dedicated IP
A Dedicated IP is an IP address that is set aside for a specific user or entity. This allows for greater control and security, as well as the ability to track activity associated with that IP address.
Deep Linking
Deep linking is a technique used to link directly to specific content within an app or website, as opposed to the app’s or website’s homepage. This can be useful for providing users with quick and easy access to the content they’re looking for, without having to navigate through a series of menus or pages.
Deep Web
The deep web (or invisible web) is a part of the World Wide Web that is not indexed by traditional search engines. The deep web contains content that is not accessible through standard web browsers, such as content that is hidden behind login screens or requires special software to access.
Demand Generation
Demand Generation is the process of creating a demand for a product or service. This can be done through marketing and advertising efforts, as well as through PR and public relations initiatives.
Demand-Side Platform (DSP)
A demand-side platform (DSP) is a system that allows buyers of digital advertising inventory to manage multiple ad exchange and data exchange accounts through one interface.
Demographics
Demographics refers to the population characteristics of a given area or region, typically including age, sex, income, race, and education. Demographic data is often used to understand and plan for the needs of a community.
Digital Marketing
Digital marketing is the process of marketing products or services online. It involves the use of digital technologies, such as the Internet, mobile phones, and digital billboards, to reach and engage customers.
Direct Competition
A situation in which two or more businesses offer the same product or service in the same geographic area. This can be harmful to all businesses involved, as it can lead to price wars and decreased profits.
Direct Mail Marketing
Direct mail marketing is a form of advertising that uses the postal service to deliver advertising materials, such as flyers, brochures, or letters, to targeted customers.
Direct Marketing
Direct Marketing is a form of marketing that involves the use of one-to-one communication with potential or current customers. This type of marketing can be accomplished through a number of methods, including but not limited to email, phone, or direct mail.
Directory
A directory website is a website that consists of a listing of links to other websites. It can be organized by category, file type, or other method. Directory websites can also be nested within other directories.
Discovery Call
A discovery call is a telephone call made by one company to another company to inquire about a potential business opportunity.
Disintermediation
Disintermediation is the removal of an intermediary in a business transaction. It can refer to the direct interaction between two parties or the removal of a third party who traditionally played a role in the transaction.
Display Ads
Display Ads are a form of online advertising where the advertiser pays for a banner ad to be shown to a certain audience. The banner ad is typically a graphic image or video, and may also include text.
Display Advertising
Display advertising is a form of advertising that uses electronic media to create an advertisement. This type of advertising is often used on websites and social media platforms.
Distribution Channel
A distribution channel is a system of organizations, people, and activities that are involved in transferring goods from the producer to the consumer.
Domain
A website’s domain name is the text string that appears after the “https://” in a web address. A domain name is a unique name that identifies a website. It is used to access websites on the internet instead of IP addresses
Domain Authority
Domain Authority (DA) is a measure of how authoritative a website is on a certain topic. It is calculated using a variety of factors, including the number of links to the site from other authoritative websites.
Domain Name System (DNS)
Domain Name System (DNS) is a system that translates domain names into IP addresses. DNS is used to ensure that we browsers can find the correct websites when users enter domain names into their browsers.
Doorway Domain
A Doorway Domain is a type of top-level domain (TLD) used in the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS). It is used to indicate that a domain name is for use in internationalized domain names (IDNs), which allow characters from non-ASCII scripts to be used in domain names.
Doorway Page
A doorway page is a type of web page that is designed to rank highly for specific search queries, but provides little or no value to users who click on it. Doorway pages are often created by businesses who want to funnel users from search engines to their other websites, without providing them with any useful information in the process.
Drip Campaign
A drip campaign is a marketing strategy that sends a series of automated, timed messages to a lead or customer. The messages are designed to keep the recipient engaged and move them further down the sales funnel.
Dynamic Content
Dynamic content refers to any content that is not static, but instead is regularly updated or changed in some way. This can include everything from website content to social media posts, and can be customized to suit the needs of the individual or organization.
Dynamic keyword insertion (DKI)
Dynamic keyword insertion is a feature of some Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools that allows you to dynamically insert custom words or phrases into a text. This can be useful for adding specific terms or expressions that are not already in the text, or for correcting errors.
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E-Commerce
Commerce is conducted through the Internet. This includes the buying and selling of goods and services, as well as the exchange of information between businesses and customers.
Editorial Calendar
An editorial calendar is a schedule that shows the release dates of future content, such as blog posts, articles, or videos. It can also be used to plan other marketing activities, such as social media posts or email campaigns.
Effective Cost Per Thousand Impressions (ECPM)
An effective cost per thousand impressions (ECPM) is the metric used to measure how much it costs to generate 1,000 impressions on a website or online advertisement. This metric is used to help businesses determine whether or not a campaign is effective and profitable.
Email is a message that is sent electronically from one person to another, intended to distract those from actually working. It is the bane of every office worker, as it takes up valuable time that could be spent actually getting work done. It is also a great procrastination tool, as one can easily spend hours reading and responding to email instead of working on actual tasks.
Email Automation
Email Automation is a process of automating the distribution of messages to one or more recipients via a network, typically using software that sends the messages according to a pre-determined schedule or in response to an event.
Email List
An email list is a collection of email addresses that can be used to send messages to a group of people.
Engagement
Engagement on a website is the commitment or obligation that a website has to do something for its users. This can include providing quality content, delivering an excellent user experience, or maintaining a trustworthy site.
Engagement Rate
Engagement Rate is the percentage of people who saw your ad and interacted with it.
Error 404
An Error 404 message is displayed on a web page when a link to a page that does not exist is clicked.
Evergreen Content
Evergreen content is content that is information that will be good to read later in time updated and relevant to readers. It can be in the form of blog posts, articles, or even social media updates.
Eye Tracking
Eye tracking is a process of measuring the movement of eyes. This information can be used to determine where a person is looking on a screen, what they are paying attention to, and how long they look at something.
Ezine
An ezine is a digital publication that is generally emailed to subscribers. It may be a standalone publication or it may be part of a larger website. Ezines may be about any topic, but they are often focused on a specific niche.
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Facebook is a website where you can post about your day-to-day activities, as well as share pictures of your cat. It’s also a great way to stay connected with grandparents all over the world!
Facebook Ads
Facebook Ads is an online advertising service operated by Meta that enables marketers to display ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook Ads Manager
Facebook Ads Manager is a web-based application that provides tools for creating, managing, and analyzing Facebook advertising campaigns. It includes features for creating ads, targeting audiences, measuring results, and optimizing campaigns.
Facebook Business Page
A Facebook Business Page is a separate entity from your personal Facebook profile and is designed for businesses, brands, organizations, or public figures to interact with their fans and customers.
Facebook Profile
A Facebook profile is a user’s personal page on the social networking website Facebook. It includes the user’s name, profile picture, cover photo, friends, bio, and other information.
Favicon
A favicon (short for favorites icon), is also known as a small website icon associated with a particular Web site or Web page.
Featured Snippet
Featured Snippet is a highlighted and optimized block of text from a web page in the search results, typically the answer to a user’s question as posed in a query.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The Federal Communications Commission is a government organization that regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. They also make rules governing the use of the radio spectrum and the internet.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a United States government agency that is responsible for protecting consumers and promoting competition. The FTC enforces antitrust laws, investigates fraudulent business practices, and educates consumers about their rights.
First-Mover Advantage (FMA)
First-mover advantage (FMA) is a marketing term for the advantage that a company has when it is the first to enter into a market. This advantage can be due to several factors, including reduced competition, the ability to set prices, and the ability to establish a dominant market share.
Footer
Footer is a term used in publishing and web design to denote the text at the bottom of a page or website. This text often contains copyright, contact information, or other miscellaneous links.
Forecasting
Forecasting is the process of predicting future events or trends based on past observations. It involves analyzing data to identify patterns and then using that information to make assumptions about what might happen in the future.
Form
A form is a type of online form that allows users to input data into a web page. Web forms are commonly used to collect user input, such as names, addresses, and email addresses, for purposes such as registration, contact requests, surveys, or orders.
Forum
A Forum is a website or online service where people with shared interests or backgrounds can connect and discuss topics. Forums are often used to discuss specific topics in detail, and can be helpful for finding information on specific subjects.
Freemium
A pricing model where a product or service is offered for free, with the option to pay for premium features or services.
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Gated Content
Gated content is a type of online content that is accessible only to users who have met a certain criterion, such as filling out a form or subscribing to a mailing list. This type of content is used by website owners and marketers to control access to their site or to gather leads.
Geo-Targeting
Geo-targeting is a method of advertising that uses the physical location of a person to target them with ads.
Geographic Segmentation
A geographic segmentation divides a market into different geographical units, such as countries, regions, states, or provinces. These divisions can be based on any number of factors, such as population size, climate, income levels, or cultural characteristics.
Go To Marketing (GTM)
Go To Marketing is a growth marketing strategy that focuses on acquiring new customers through digital marketing channels. This approach uses a combination of paid and organic methods to drive traffic to a website or product.
Going Live
Going live or live deployment is the process of making a website available to the public, after it has been created and tested in a private or development environment.
Google Ads
Google Ads is a form of online advertising that allows businesses to create text or banner ads that appear alongside the Google search results.
Google Algorithm
Google’s algorithm is a complex mathematical formula that is designed to rank websites based on their relevance and importance.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analysis service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.
Google Data Studio (GDS)
Google Data Studio is a data visualization and reporting tool developed by Google. It allows users to create reports and dashboards from data stored in Google Sheets, BigQuery, and other data sources. Reports can be customized and shared with other users.
Google My Business
Google My Business is a free business listing service offered by Google. It allows businesses to create a profile page on Google, which includes information such as hours of operation, contact information, and customer reviews. Customers can use Google My Business to find businesses near them and review their experiences.
Google Remarketing
Remarketing is a form of online advertising that allows businesses to target customers who have previously visited their website. With remarketing, businesses can display targeted ads to these customers as they browse other websites on the internet.
Google Search Console
Google Search Console is a free website optimization tool offered by Google. It allows businesses to track their website’s search engine visibility and performance, identify errors, and receive feedback from Google about how their website is performing.
Google Tag Manager (GTM)
Google Tag Manager is a free tool that allows marketers to manage and deploy tags (pieces of code) on their website. It provides an easy-to-use interface, along with tagging templates, to help you get started quickly.
Gross Rating Points
Gross Rating Points (GRP) is a term used in advertising and marketing. It refers to the number of people who see an ad or commercial, regardless of whether they interact with it. GRP is usually calculated by multiplying the number of viewers by the average frequency with which they see the ad.
Growth Marketing
Growth Marketing is the term used for the process of accelerating the growth of a company or product through marketing channels. This can be done through a number of means, such as increasing brand awareness, developing and executing marketing campaigns, and expanding into new markets.
Guerilla Marketing
Guerilla Marketing is a form of marketing that uses low-cost or non-traditional methods to promote a product or service. These methods can include stunts, guerrilla advertising, and online marketing.
Guest Blogging
Guest Blogging is a form of marketing where you write guest posts for other websites in your industry. This can be a great way to get exposure for your brand and drive traffic to your website.
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Hamburger Menu
The Hamburger Menu is a three-lined menu icon that is used to represent a list of menu items. When clicked, it typically opens a slide-out menu with more detailed options.
Hard Bounce
A hard bounce is an email that cannot be delivered due to a permanent reason, such as the recipient’s email address not existing or the recipient’s email server blocking delivery.
Hashtag
A hashtag is a type of metadata tag used on social networks such as Twitter and other microblogging services, allowing users to apply a single keyword or phrase to a post.
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Heat Map
A heat map is a graphical representation of data where individual values are represented by colors. The warmer the color, the higher the value. Heat maps are used to show user behavior on specific webpages.
Hreflang Tags
Hreflang tags are HTML elements that help webmasters declare the language and country-specific versions of their websites. Using hreflang tags, webmasters can indicate to Google which versions of their websites they would like shown to users in different countries and regions.
HTML
HTML is a markup language that describes the structure of your material. HTML is made up of many components, each of which you use to surround and wrap different parts of the content in order to make it appear or function a certain way.
HTTP
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the protocol that governs how browsers request and receive web pages and other content from servers.
HTTPS
HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) is a communications protocol used to protect information between your computer and the website you’re visiting. It uses an encrypted connection, which means that the data passing back and forth is scrambled so that it can’t be read by anyone who might intercept it.
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ICP
An ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) is a customer profile that defines the firmographic, environmental and behavioral attributes of accounts that are expected to become a company’s most valuable customers.
Iframe
A graphical user interface element that allows a web developer to include content from another website directly inside their own page.
Impressions
An impression is the number of times an advertisement or website is shown to a user.
Inbound Marketing
Inbound Marketing is a marketing strategy that focuses on drawing customers in through quality content rather than pushing them out with traditional advertising methods.
Index
the process of a search engine spider crawling and indexing websites for results in a search engine.
Integrated Marketing
Integrated Marketing is a strategic marketing approach that coordinates various marketing communication channels to deliver a consistent message to a target market.
IP Address
An IP Address (or Internet Protocol address) is a unique identifier assigned to devices participating in a network using the Internet Protocol. Ip Addresses are used in routing traffic across the Internet.
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JavaScript
JavaScript is a programming language that allows you to create interactive websites.
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Key Success Factors
A Key Success Factor (KSF) is a business term that refers to an element or combination of elements that are essential to the success of a company or organization.
Keyword
SEO Keywords are a specific set of words or phrases that you optimize your website for in order to improve your search engine ranking.
Keyword Density
Keyword density is a measure of how often a keyword or phrase is used in a text.
Keyword Research
Keyword research is the process of identifying and targeting words and phrases that are relevant to your business and your audience.
Keyword Stuffing
Keyword stuffing is a technique used in search engine optimization (SEO) to increase the occurrence of keywords or phrases on a web page
KPI
A KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is a metric that you track to measure the success of your business.
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Landing Page
A landing page is a web page that a user arrives at after clicking on a link, usually in an email, search engine result, or advertisement.
Lead
A marketing lead is a potential customer that has been identified as being interested in a company’s products or services.
Lead Flows
Lead flows are a series of steps or processes that a company uses to convert marketing leads into paying customers. The lead flow process typically begins with the identification of potential customers, followed by the engagement of those customers through various marketing campaigns.
Lead Gen
Lead Generation refers to a marketing strategy employed by businesses in order to generate new leads for their sales team.
Lead Magnet
A lead magnet is a piece of content, typically an ebook, white paper, or cheat sheet, that is offered to website visitors in exchange for their contact information.
Lead Nurturing
Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with potential customers or clients over time, with the goal of converting them into paying customers or clients.
Lifetime Value (LTV)
Lifetime Value (LTV) is a calculation that estimates the amount of money a company expects to earn from a customer over the course of their relationship with that customer.
Like-Gate
Like-Gate is a feature on social media platforms that allows users to only see posts from certain people, pages, or groups if they “like” them.
Link Building
Link building is the process of acquiring links from other websites to your own.
Link Checker
A link checker is a tool that helps you identify broken links on your website.
Linkedin Profile
A LinkedIn profile is a digital resume and networking tool that allows users to create a Profile page to showcase their professional background and experience to other LinkedIn members.
List Broker
A list broker is a service that allows users to create and manage lists of items.
Long-Tail Keyword
A long-tail keyword is a keyword that is not as popular as a head keyword, but still has enough search volume to be worth targeting.
Lookalike Audience
A Lookalike Audience is a group of people who are similar to your current customers.
Loss Aversion
Loss aversion is the tendency of people to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains.
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Manual Submission
A Manual Submission is the process of submitting a website or blog to a search engine’s index manually.
Margin
A margin is the difference between the cost of a good or service and the price at which it is sold.
Market Development
Market Development is the process of expanding a company’s customer base and market share.
Market Penetration
Market Penetration is the extent to which a product or service is offered to the market.
Market Research
Market research is the process of gathering information about potential customers or consumers.
Market-Based Pricing
Market-based pricing is a pricing strategy that is based on the prices of similar products in the market.
Marketing Analytics
Marketing analytics is the practice of gathering, analyzing and reporting on data that relates to marketing communications.
Marketing Automation
Marketing automation is the use of software to automate marketing tasks such as email marketing, social media marketing, and targeted advertising.
Marketing Collateral
Marketing collateral is any physical or digital material that is used to promote a product or service.
Marketing Mix
The Marketing Mix is a strategic framework used by marketers to plan and execute their marketing activities.
Marketing Objectives
Marketing objectives are specific goals that a company sets for its marketing efforts. These objectives can include increasing sales, boosting brand awareness, or growing market share.
Marketing Operations
Marketing Operations is a process of planning, organizing, and overseeing the marketing activities of an organization.
Marketing Plan
A marketing plan is a document that outlines an organization’s marketing goals and strategies.
Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL)
A Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) is a potential customer who has been identified as being interested in the company’s product or service.
Marketing Research
Marketing research is the process of gathering, analyzing, and reporting information about a target market, its needs and wants, and the competitive environment.
Media Kit
A media kit is a collection of marketing materials about a product or company, typically distributed to journalists and other members of the media.
Meta Description
A meta description is a short summary of a web page, typically used to describe the page’s content to users in search engine results pages.
Meta Tags
Meta tags are a list of search terms that a web page is targeting. They are used by search engines to help determine the page’s relevance to a given query.
Meta Title
Meta Title is the title of a web page that is used as the title in search engine results pages. It is also used in the tab of a web browser when the page is open.
Microsite
A microsite is a website that is dedicated to a specific topic or purpose. It is often used to promote a product or service, or to drive traffic to another website.
Middle of the Funnel (MOFU)
Middle of the Funnel (MOFU) is a phase in the sales process that occurs after the lead has been qualified and before the sale is closed.
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
The Minimum Viable Product is the fastest, cheapest way to test whether or not people want your product.
Mobile Marketing
Mobile marketing is the use of marketing techniques to promote and sell products or services through mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.
Mobile Optimization
Mobile optimization is the process of improving the visibility and usability of a website on mobile devices.
Mobile Search
Mobile search is a type of search engine optimization that specifically targets mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.
Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)
Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) is a measure of the amount of revenue a company generates from subscription-based products or services. It is calculated by multiplying the average monthly revenue generated by each customer by the number of active customers.
Mousetrapping
Mousetrapping is a type of online marketing technique that uses a pop-up window or other user interface element to trap a user’s attention and get them to provide their contact information, such as their name and email address.
Multi-Touch Revenue Attribution
Multi-Touch Revenue Attribution is a method of assigning credit for revenue generated to the individual marketing channels that contributed to it.
Multivariate Testing
Multivariate Testing (MVT) is a method of testing different versions of a website or marketing campaign to see which one performs the best.
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Page View
A “Page View” refers to an instance when a visitor accesses a page on a website. Every time the page is reloaded or visited, it
Pagejacking
Pagejacking is an illicit technique used in the field of search engine optimization where someone steals content from a legitimate website and copies it onto
Product Development
Product development is the complete process of bringing a new product or service to market, from initial concept and design through to production, marketing, and
Product Positioning
Product positioning is the strategic process of marketing a product or brand to occupy a distinct and valued place in the target consumers’ minds, differentiating
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Retweet
A retweet is a function on Twitter that allows users to share someone else’s tweet with their own followers, effectively spreading the message further across
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S.W.O.T. Analysis
SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project or business venture. It involves
SaaS
SaaS, or Software as a Service, is a cloud-based service where instead of downloading software on your desktop PC or business network to run and
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Title Tag
A title tag is an HTML element that specifies the title of a web page. It is displayed on search engine results pages as the
Transactional Email
A transactional email is a type of automated email sent to an individual recipient following a specific transaction or event, such as a purchase confirmation,
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Unique Visitors
Unique visitors refer to the number of distinct individuals requesting pages from a website during a given period, regardless of how often they visit. This
USP
USP stands for Unique Selling Proposition, which is a distinct feature or benefit that sets a product, service, or brand apart from its competitors. The
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WordPress
WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that enables users to create, edit, and manage websites easily. It offers a wide range of themes
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Zero Cost Strategy
A Zero Cost Strategy is a business approach where the company aims to eliminate costs or find ways to offset expenses by other means, such
Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT)
The Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) refers to the stage in the buying process when the consumer researches a product online before they make a
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Black Hat Seo
Black Hat Seo is a form of search engine optimization (SEO) that deliberately manipulates search engine rankings for financial or political gain.