Digital Marketing

Digital Strategy In Uncertain Times

3 years ago
Paddy Moogan
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2020 saw a turbulent set of events unfold across the global landscape which accelerated digital adoption for many organisations.

Watch our webinar to listen to our expert speakers explore how best to shape your digital strategy in these uncertain times. We hope you enjoy the recording!

“We were delighted to receive this award for being a ‘Top Performing UKI agency’ having successfully graduated at the top of the programme. The introduction of machine learning into paid media platforms has been significant over the past 18 months so being up to date with how to best utilise these tools is a must for generating the best ROI. I am proud to see our team as always embracing these changes and maintaining their industry leading level of knowledge on the topic.”

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Content Strategy
It’s been an exciting week for Matt, Paddy and the Aira team, as we’re thrilled to have been announced as […]
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Livi Wilkes
5 Ideation Tips for Creating Content That Will Generate Links

5 Ideation Tips for Creating Content That Will Generate Links

Content Strategy
OK, let’s start by saying that digital content creation is not a science. You can’t just follow a set of […]
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Sam Miller
Google Training Day - What Did I Actually Learn?

Google Training Day - What Did I Actually Learn?

Events
As a Google Premier Partner, Aira gets invited to events at the Google offices every once in a while. Recently, […]
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Charlotte Hawkes
The 2019 Beginner's Guide to Google Dynamic Search Ads (DSA)

The 2019 Beginner's Guide to Google Dynamic Search Ads (DSA)

Paid Media
Dynamic Search Ads have been around since October of 2011, but Google has recently enhanced the power of the search […]
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Jordan Ayres
How to Automatically Categorise Keywords for the Buyer’s Journey

How to Automatically Categorise Keywords for the Buyer’s Journey

Inbound
When starting any keyword research project, I start by asking myself the standard questions; 'What's the search volume?', 'How competitive […]
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Dan Brooks
3 of the Best Social Media Campaigns of 2018 (and What We Can Learn from Them)

3 of the Best Social Media Campaigns of 2018 (and What We Can Learn from Them)

Social Media
Billions of people around the world are active users of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. There […]
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Abi Bennetts
How a Confidence Workshop Helped Me Present at My First Conference

How a Confidence Workshop Helped Me Present at My First Conference

Events
For as long as I can remember I’d always been the quiet one, the one who didn’t speak up in […]
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Aliyah Loughlan
11 Reasons Why You’ve Seen a Sudden Drop in Website Traffic

11 Reasons Why You’ve Seen a Sudden Drop in Website Traffic

SEO
The most common cause of a sudden drop in website traffic is a recent search algorithm update. Penalties, redirects, incorrect […]
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Dan Brooks
What is Inbound Marketing?

What is Inbound Marketing?

Inbound
Inbound marketing supports tactics to let potential customers find your product or service themselves, by offering the solution to their problem […]
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Maret Reutelingsperger
The Benefits of Inbound Marketing

The Benefits of Inbound Marketing

Inbound
Inbound marketing takes traditional outbound methodology and spins it on its head. Where in the past the preferred and pretty […]
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Sam Butterworth
7 Steps for Creating an Effective Digital PR Strategy

7 Steps for Creating an Effective Digital PR Strategy

Digital PR
Years ago, there was no such thing as a traditional PR or a digital PR agency, it was simply ‘PR […]
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Shannon McGuirk
10 Reasons to Use Inbound Marketing Services

10 Reasons to Use Inbound Marketing Services

Inbound
Inbound marketing is an increasingly sought-after service, but why? Well, inbound has many benefits but primarily, it can be a […]
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Sam Butterworth
The Pros and Cons of Using a Social Media Management Agency

The Pros and Cons of Using a Social Media Management Agency

Social Media
These days social media is compulsory for any business or brand wanting to stay connected and relevant to their customers. […]
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Abi Bennetts
MKGO 5

MKGO 5

Events
We were delighted to welcome four fantastic speakers on stage last week for the fifth edition of our digital marketing […]
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Sam Butterworth
How to Plan a Content-led Digital PR Campaign

How to Plan a Content-led Digital PR Campaign

Digital PR
Planning a digital PR campaign involves a lot of moving parts and there are a few things to consider if […]
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Nicci Mills
How We Handle Career Progression at Aira

How We Handle Career Progression at Aira

Culture
The last few weeks have been pretty full on with interviews at Aira. Over the last four years, we’ve pretty […]
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Paddy Moogan
Why Google Ads Cost is More Than Your Daily Budget

Why Google Ads Cost is More Than Your Daily Budget

Paid Media
As digital marketers, we get used to enjoying the sight of lines that climb up and to the right, especially […]
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Byron Marr
Why We Spend £25,000+ Per Year on MKGO

Why We Spend £25,000+ Per Year on MKGO

Events
A precursor *Before we start, if you want to come along to MKGO this week there's a box at the […]
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Matt Beswick
How HubSpot’s LinkedIn Ads Integration is a Game-Changer for B2B Marketing

How HubSpot’s LinkedIn Ads Integration is a Game-Changer for B2B Marketing

Inbound
In mid-February, HubSpot quietly rolled out one of (in my opinion) the most game-changing B2B marketing features - a LinkedIn […]
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Matthew Kay
6 Lessons from My 6 Months at Aira

6 Lessons from My 6 Months at Aira

Digital PR
As I approach my six month anniversary at Aira, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned over the last 26 […]
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Abbie McEvaddy
8 Lessons We've Learned from Successful Email Automation Campaigns

8 Lessons We've Learned from Successful Email Automation Campaigns

Email
In September of 2018 I attended Inbound 2018. It was no surprise that a theme of the event was delighting […]
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Harry Evans
Company Culture - What Does That Even Mean?

Company Culture - What Does That Even Mean?

Culture
Update: since writing this post, we launched our culture code which you can find here and also wrote about the […]
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Paddy Moogan
3 Technical SEO Tips to Help Your Site Rank

3 Technical SEO Tips to Help Your Site Rank

SEO
There are few things I enjoy more than auditing a website, and fixing technical SEO issues that will help improve […]
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Kayleigh Thomas
My Aira Journey - What I Learned During My Work Placement

My Aira Journey - What I Learned During My Work Placement

Digital PR
Harriet McCulley is a journalism student at Birmingham City University, who recently joined us at Aira for a two week […]
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Harriet McCulley
What to Expect from an Inbound Marketing Consultation

What to Expect from an Inbound Marketing Consultation

Inbound
If you are planning to book an inbound marketing consultation it’s important to know what to expect, so that you […]
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Sam Butterworth
9 Key Components of a Successful Inbound Marketing Strategy in 2019

9 Key Components of a Successful Inbound Marketing Strategy in 2019

Inbound
2019 is fast approaching and the current online marketing space is experiencing more of an evolution, than a revolution. The […]
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Matthew Kay
Aira Named Best Small SEO Agency at UK Search Awards

Aira Named Best Small SEO Agency at UK Search Awards

SEO
Aira’s co-founders, Paddy Moogan and Matt Beswick, are incredibly proud to announce that we have been named the Best Small […]
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Shannon McGuirk
CommsCon 2018: Aira's Highlights

CommsCon 2018: Aira's Highlights

Digital PR
If you’ve read any of our blog posts before, you’ll know here at Aira we’re fortunate enough to attend and […]
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Abi Bennetts
Content Production 101 - Creating Great Content that Gets Traffic & Links

Content Production 101 - Creating Great Content that Gets Traffic & Links

Content Strategy
Content marketing can help your company bring in lots of relevant traffic who are interested in what you do. But […]
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Abi Bennetts
How to Perfect Your Pitch to a Journalist: 5 Top Tips

How to Perfect Your Pitch to a Journalist: 5 Top Tips

Content Strategy
So, you’re wanting to contact a journalist but you have no idea how? Well, first of all, make sure you’re […]
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Aliyah Loughlan
What is a Buyer Persona?

What is a Buyer Persona?

Inbound
A buyer persona is a projection of your ideal customer, based on data about your current customers and your industry. […]
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Sam Butterworth
SearchLove 2018:  The Digital PR and Content Highlights

SearchLove 2018: The Digital PR and Content Highlights

Content Strategy
Last week, a few of us at Aira went to SearchLove London for two days to listen to some of […]
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Livi Wilkes
6 Takeaways from the 2018 Learn Inbound Conference

6 Takeaways from the 2018 Learn Inbound Conference

Events
Our teams at Aira are incredibly fortunate enough to attend and speak at some of the most prestigious SEO and […]
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Dan Brooks
Open Graph: How to Drive More Social Media Traffic to Your Website

Open Graph: How to Drive More Social Media Traffic to Your Website

Social Media
Social media networks can be a major traffic driver to your website, so it’s in your best interest to optimise […]
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Kayleigh Thomas
17 Top Notch Chrome Extensions for Technical SEO

17 Top Notch Chrome Extensions for Technical SEO

SEO
So you're looking for some Chrome extensions to help you out with technical SEO, eh? I might be able to […]
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Kayleigh Thomas
Mental Health in the Workplace - What We’re Doing to Help Our Team

Mental Health in the Workplace - What We’re Doing to Help Our Team

Culture
In August 2018, we started working with Sanctus, a company whose mission is to change the perception of mental health […]
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Paddy Moogan
6 Perfectly Executed Examples of Inbound Marketing

6 Perfectly Executed Examples of Inbound Marketing

Inbound
Inbound marketing can help you attract new customers, grow your business and develop a fantastic reputation in your industry - […]
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Sam Butterworth
Facebook Boosted Posts: Why You Shouldn’t Do Them

Facebook Boosted Posts: Why You Shouldn’t Do Them

Social Media
If you have a Page for your business on Facebook, you will have no doubt seen the ‘Boost Post’ feature. […]
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Byron Marr
17 Essential Inbound Marketing Tactics

17 Essential Inbound Marketing Tactics

Inbound
Inbound marketing is a proven approach for building your business that doesn’t rely on old-fashioned, interruptive marketing methods. With the […]
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Sam Butterworth
Tips for Turbocharging Your Digital PR Writing

Tips for Turbocharging Your Digital PR Writing

Digital PR
Let’s be honest, writing PR copy can be hard. You’re flicking between multiple copy formats, audience types and clients in […]
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Aliyah Loughlan
4 Takeaways from the 2018 outREACH Conference

4 Takeaways from the 2018 outREACH Conference

Digital PR
At Aira, we’re always on the lookout for any great events that will help our team learn and understand more […]
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Shannon McGuirk
Rank Tracking in 2018 - Is it Still Worth It?

Rank Tracking in 2018 - Is it Still Worth It?

SEO
Rank tracking has always been a bit of a double-edged sword. In one way, it's a useful measure of progress […]
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Paddy Moogan
7 Ways for SMEs to Drive Website Traffic with Limited Time

7 Ways for SMEs to Drive Website Traffic with Limited Time

Inbound
As a small or even a medium sized business, it can be hard to compete with large competitors who not […]
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Paddy Moogan
15 Places to Drink (or Eat) After BrightonSEO

15 Places to Drink (or Eat) After BrightonSEO

Events
So once again BrightonSEO is at our door and digital PR executives and online marketers come flocking from all around […]
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Ryan Boulter
‘PR Personality’: Do You Have to Be an Extrovert to Work in PR?

‘PR Personality’: Do You Have to Be an Extrovert to Work in PR?

Content Strategy
Back in August, Aira’s paid media team – headed up by Byron Marr – was lucky enough to be invited to join the new ‘Retail Digital Champions’ training programme, thanks to our status as a Google Premier Partner. We are proud of our long-standing strategic …
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Livi Wilkes
7 Reasons Journalists Don’t Publish Your Content

7 Reasons Journalists Don’t Publish Your Content

Content Strategy
Working in Public Relations we have to be natural creatives, storytellers and communicators. Pitching content is crucial to what we […]
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Katheryn Watson
Conversion Tracking for SMEs using Google Tag Manager

Conversion Tracking for SMEs using Google Tag Manager

Analytics
Whatever size business you are, it's important to be able to measure the outcomes of your marketing efforts. In my […]
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Paddy Moogan
6 Traits of a Content Idea that Sticks

6 Traits of a Content Idea that Sticks

Content Strategy
Do you want tons of traffic and links? All you’ve got to do is “create great content” - but for […]
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Laura Brothers
#MKGO - Our First Event

#MKGO - Our First Event

Events
Firstly, we'd like to say a massive thanks to everyone that came to our first #MKGO last week. The feedback […]
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Matt Beswick
Sustainable Content Marketing - BrightonSEO

Sustainable Content Marketing - BrightonSEO

Content Strategy
A highlight of the UK conference calendar is always BrightonSEO and I'm fortunate enough to have spoken at the first […]
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Paddy Moogan
Instagram Stories: What Does the New Feature Mean for Brands?

Instagram Stories: What Does the New Feature Mean for Brands?

The Future
According to Instagram, everyone has a story to tell. So, it made complete sense that the social media platform announced […]
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Shannon McGuirk
8 UX Designs Your Site Should Have

8 UX Designs Your Site Should Have

UX
Getting a website designed and built can be a lengthy and draining task for any business owner or marketing team. […]
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Harry Evans
Digital Marketing – What Do You Actually Do?

Digital Marketing – What Do You Actually Do?

General
If you’ve worked in SEO, PPC or at a digital marketing agency for any length of time you’ve probably had […]
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Harry Evans
9 Tools to Help Every Content Strategist

9 Tools to Help Every Content Strategist

Content Strategy
So you’ve got a bunch of content ideas, you know your target audience and you know what sites you want […]
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Laura Brothers
Why We're Giving Our Team Unlimited Holidays

Why We're Giving Our Team Unlimited Holidays

Culture
TL:DR; Why not do it? And, it's f*cking cool.   In January 2016, we rolled out unlimited holiday for our […]
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Paddy Moogan
The Future for Marketers - Creativity, Strategy and Technology

The Future for Marketers - Creativity, Strategy and Technology

The Future
I've spoken a couple of times in the last year or so on the future of our industry and what […]
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Paddy Moogan
Lessons on Leadership

Lessons on Leadership

Management
I've written about my experience of management before and enjoy sharing my thoughts and hearing from others on the topic. […]
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Paddy Moogan
How to Free Up Headspace and Focus on What Matters

How to Free Up Headspace and Focus on What Matters

Productivity
I'd never really heard of the term "headspace" prior to reading Getting Things Done and Making it All Work by […]
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Paddy Moogan

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