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Mike Essex

Mike Essex

Mike Essex specialises in digital marketing and everything search. A recent project of Mike’s was featured on BBC News, Radio 5Live and the Times here in the UK, whilst also featuring on USA Today and ABC News in the US. He will be writing throughout the month about digital marketing and much more...

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  • Mike Essex
    Can We Stop Acting Like Robots Now?

    Human vs RobotFor each and every one of us somewhere along the line the SEO industry has turned us all in to robots. We tried to fight it but the desire to appease the Google robot finally hit us all and I‘m sure we can all admit at one point or another to using tactics that may have seemed a bit “robotic” or formulaic.

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  • Mike Essex
    The Ultimate Guide to Online Reputation Monitoring

    Online Reputation GuideIt’s Guest Post Time!

    If left uncontrolled, it’s very easy for online mentions to damage a brand very quickly. That’s why we love this Infographic by Trackur and Avalaunch Media as it offers a guide  to why reputation monitoring is so important and the steps you need to take.

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    If there’s one single change you should make to your website in 2013 it’s to embrace responsive design. If you’re not aware of what responsive design is, it’s when you go to a website that resizes its design to fit the device that it’s on; whether that be a mobile, a tablet, a desktop, or even bigger displays than that.

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  • Mike Essex
    Which Business Book Should You Read Next? (Interactive Infographic)

    Which Business Book Should You Read Next?In our biggest Infographic ever we look at over 65 books that have inspired and helped the Koozai team. Covering all the key digital marketing disciplines – SEO, PPC, Analytics, Content Marketing, Branding and Social Media as well as topics including Psychology, Web Theory and Personal Development, there’s an amazing book here for everyone.

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    It’s that time of year again where we look back on the Koozai TV videos that went wrong and never made it to the site. From the hilarious goings-on that occurred when people thought the camera had stopped rolling to mixed up words and even an inspired dance-off there’s a bit of everything.

    We hope you’ll enjoy our final video of the year and we’ll see you back here on January 2nd when normal (hopefully “fail” free) service will resume. Read More

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    66% Of UK Companies Don’t Have A Content Marketing Budget

    Content marketing statsIt’s Guest Post Time!

    Today we welcome an infographic by the team at BlueGlass that draws on data from an Econsultancy survey to look at the state of content marketing in the UK. The survey looked at 1,300 digital marketing professionals and has some very surprising results.

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  • Mike Essex
    How To Write A Book, Whitepaper, eBook Or Other Very Long Content

    Research paperThe need for long content has never been greater. Digital book sales have never been higher and there’s more places than ever to promote them. Alongside this the Internet has freed writers from the shackles of tight word counts for print and grown the market for long form investigative journalism, how to articles and detailed whitepapers. If you have ever wanted to write or want to take the leap to longer form content then there has never been a better time than right now.

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  • Mike Essex
    Am I Still An SEO If….?

    Am I Still An SEO?The SEO industry is suffering an identity crisis. On the one hand there are people who say it’s dead, then there’s those who want to rename it “Inbound marketing” or any other offshoot. Likewise what SEOs do today is very different to what they did five years ago. Which begs the question, if an industry has fundamentally changed (or is “dead”), can we still call ourselves SEOs any more?

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  • Mike Essex
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    It’s that time of year once again. In a few weeks’ time, the SearchLove London Conference will begin. Earlier this year I did my predictions for the LinkLove conference, where I got around about 50% of them correct. So clearly there’s going to be a few surprises this year as well.
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