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Industry Focus for Friday, January 6, 2023

Our team set our New Year’s resolution with intention: keep learning about digital marketing strategy and the latest industry trends.

We’re proud to say that, six days into the year, we’re still going strong. After all, it’s what we do!

This week, the iFocus Marketing team looked back at 2022 trends and continued planning for 2023 campaigns. Our most-discussed topics reflected these themes.

“The 30 Best Ads of 2022,” by Shannon Miller and Brittaney Kiefer in Ad Week

“The willingness to go out on a limb” was the theme for the best ads last year, according to Ad Week. Advertisers got creative and tried new things – and saw great success as a result. We’re inspired to keep this mindset going in 2023. Did your favorite ad make the list?

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-Submitted by Brady Herron, Account Operations Coordinator

“SEO 2022 In Review: E-E-A-T, ChatGPT, Search Essentials and More,” by Danny Goodwin in Search Engine Land

It was a big year for search engine optimization, with Google making changes to how its algorithm crawls and ranks websites and a host of new tools. Thankfully, staying up-to-date on SEO news has made us ready to pivot strategies in support of our client’s search engine results page rankings. We appreciate the handy summary this article provides as we work toward continuous improvement of our SEO services.

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-Submitted by Kelsey Whittle, Digital Marketing Strategist

“LinkedIn Announces 7 Updates Coming In 2023,” by Matt G. Southern in Search Engine Journal

We’re looking forward to lots of things in 2023, and new features for social media is definitely something to get excited about. LinkedIn announced their plans for this year, some of which will benefit B2B marketers: improved video accessibility, alt-text functionality in Campaign Manager, updates to B2B product search functionality, post scheduling, and content analytics. These additions will not only provide more metrics to marketers, but allow us – and our clients – to get in front of the right audiences more easily.

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-Submitted by Kylie Ledford, Account Operations Coordinator

“Map Out Your Strategy with This Social Media Holiday Planner for 2023,” by Andrew Hutchinson in Social Media Today

Our social media team enthusiastically downloaded this handy 2023 calendar, full of niche and major holidays. An all-in-one-place guide like this helps plan social media content all year – and holiday posts can foster engagement with social media followers. Choose holidays wisely, and get posting!

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-Submitted by Sydney Weeks, Social Media Coordinator

“Google’s ‘Remove Redundant Keywords’ Recommendations Have Changed,” by Nicole Farley in Search Engine Land

Paid media marketers rang in the new year with a big update for Google PPC ads. Previously, Google’s recommendations would point out redundant keywords within ad groups – but starting January 19, their recommendations will begin including keywords across match types. We recommend turning off auto-apply recommendations in both Editor and the Ads front end; sometimes it takes a knowledgeable human touch to produce the most effective ads.

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-Submitted by Alex Mead, Paid Media Coordinator

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