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Marissa Freeman

Marissa Freeman

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Director’s Digest: The Critical Need for Consent Mode in Modern Marketing

Brought to you by Marissa Freeman, Director of Client Success, this edition of our Director's Digest delves into the implications of Consent Mode for your website and why failing to implement it could severely hinder your marketing efforts. Launched by Google in 2020, Consent Mode has transformed from a helpful tool to an absolute necessity for businesses aiming to thrive amidst stringent data privacy regulations and growing consumer awareness. But why is it so crucial now, and what happens if you neglect it?

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Tim Richards

Tim Richards

Nick

Nick

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Google Search API Leak: What Do We Know?

Imagine you walk into a restaurant and, instead of a menu, you are given a list of all the ingredients that the kitchen uses. You know what could be going into the meal but you don’t exactly know what the recipes will be. This is essentially what has happened with the recent leak of Google Search's Content Warehouse API documentation. Google has stated, though, that there is a lot of missing context from this leak.

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Ginny

Ginny

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AI and the Chocolate Factory

In the ongoing battle between humans and robots, or in the marketing world, humans vs AI, it seems the score might be 1-0 in favour of humans. The Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow, marketed solely using AI, left customers outraged and demanding refunds when the events reality fell far short of the promises made by the AI-driven marketing campaign, resulting in damage to the brand's reputation. This situation clearly highlights one thing: authenticity in marketing matters. AI can be a useful tool to crunch numbers, but when it comes to creativity, it's probably best to leave it to the humans to create content that actually resonates with both your brand and your customers.

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Ginny

Ginny

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Consent Mode and Cookie Banners… What’s It All About?

Failure to have a Consent Mode-enabled cookie banner in place will have a catastrophic impact on your company's Google Ads. If by 6 March 2024, Google Consent Mode is not enabled, Google will block analytics for all ads in a company's Google stack. Additionally, the ICO strongly urges companies to act now to ensure their cookie banners comply to avoid penalties. For serious breaches of data protection principles, the ICO can issue fines of up to £17.5 million or 4% of a company's annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.

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Tim Richards

Tim Richards

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Using Performance SEO to Capitalise on Your Healthy Website

At its core, all SEO activity aims to improve the visibility of a website in order to bring in more qualified traffic which then can convert into leads. Beyond this, there are specific actions that can be carried out to significantly increase a website’s ability to climb to the top of the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) for their chosen keywords and hit their desired business targets.

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