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Departmental silos are seen as a growing pain for most organizations and Paxton Gray, VP of Operations at 97th Floor, joins us on the show today to help us learn how he breaks down this organizational barrier. How does this silo mentality start and why is it unhealthy for an agency? How do we prevent silos from appearing again? And with his role at 97th Floor, we wanted to learn more about he brings on new talent and how he keeps education a priority in the organization as it grows. All this and more this week on the EDGE! Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are offering to help you find out your digital marketing ROI. The Digital Marketing ROI Report will examine your existing SEO, content, social media, and PPC to help you discover your TRUE ROI. Visit https://edgeofthewebradio.com/roi/ to get 30% off your comprehensive review of your digital assets! --   Edge of the Web Radio is brought to you by Site Strategics. Site Strategics is a web design and marketing services company that not only helps business owners look good on the internet but helps ensure you come to the top positions on major search engines. Are you looking for a professional SEO firm? Site Strategics curtails its business to Indianapolis, Indiana -- but also works nationwide and globally. To learn more, visit our website at http://www.sitestrategics.com/ or http://www.edgemedia.studio

Cory Henke is the CEO and Founder of Variable Media and he just recently spoke at SMX Advanced and SMX West about YouTube and Facebook Video Ads. We covered a variety of topics in this episode including: Lean Back vs. Lean Forward environments - Facebook audience's tend to be lean forward while YouTube and TV have lean back audiences Vertical Video - it works and why you should try it Instagram Stories and IGTV The Differences between YouTube and Facebook in watch time and engagement All these topics and more, this week, on the EDGE!

We've been spoon-fed the notion that creativity only comes from geniuses - either we have that gift or we don't. But Allen Gannett, CEO of Trackmaven, says that isn't true and recent research shows that there is a predictable science behind achieving success in any creative endeavor. His new book "The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time" is out on June 12 and with this book, Gannett hopes to overturn the mythology around creative genius. Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are offering to help you find out your digital marketing ROI. The Digital Marketing ROI Report will examine your existing SEO, content, social media, and PPC to help you discover your TRUE ROI. Visit https://edgeofthewebradio.com/roi/ to get 30% off your comprehensive review of your digital assets!

It has been a while since we had a show focused on Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). And it's been a while since we had Eric Enge on the show too, so we decided to solve both those issues with this episode. Eric Enge is the CEO of Stone Temple Consulting and is a great educator and leader in the SEO community. He has conducted several studies for the SEO industry, including voice search and smart assistants. But he has done lots of work and studies with AMP too. Most of this episode is spent talking about AMP, but we sneak in a few questions about a recent study that Eric did which compared the different smart assistants, which you can read in the links below. Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are offering to help you find out your digital marketing ROI. The Digital Marketing ROI Report will examine your existing SEO, content, social media, and PPC to help you discover your TRUE ROI. Visit https://edgeofthewebradio.com/roi/ to get 30% off your comprehensive review of your digital assets!

On this episode, we are joined by Chris Dayley, the VP of Testing and Site Optimization at Disruptive Advertising. He has a great background in SEO and conversion optimization with starting his own agency in 2014 which later merged with Disruptive Advertising.  In this episode, we highlight some of the news of the week and then dive deep into conversion optimation. Here are some of the topics we cover: How do you know what to test? Where to start with split testing? What tools should you use for split testing? The biggest mistakes people make in optimization Are image carousels bad for conversions? Join us on this episode as we dive deep into conversion optimization this week on the EDGE!

Have you experimented with LinkedIn ads before? We haven't and we wanted to learn more, so we reached out to AJ Wilcox who is the founder of B2Linked.com. They ONLY worked with clients who are doing LinkedIn ads and are a LinkedIn certified ad partner. While LinkedIn ads have been available for almost 10 years now, LinkedIn has been slow to make updates and have been overpassed by the other social network advertising platforms. LinkedIn, though, has a unique network of professionals that B2Bs love and can really use to take advantage of for marketing. So, in this beginner's guide episode we ask AJ about the basics of LinkedIn ads, find out more about the new video ad platform, and find out some of the best strategies he uses to help clients get the best results. We're diving deep into LinkedIn on this episode of EDGE of the Web!

The "hustle and grind" lifestyle that we used to hearing and some have bought into is a lifestyle that is unsustainable leading to physical ailments, emotional burnout and a darkness in the soul. However Joel Comm, author of the new book "The Fun Formula", says he has found a better way. Who says that work can't be fun anymore? Find out more - TODAY on the EDGE.   Download our show today or subscribe to our show on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/edge-web-seo-podcast-for-todays/id500483656?mt=2 Download our show on Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ivme3i4tvync3bdgssybupx5bve   This video is a segment from the 267th episode of Edge of the Web Radio with Erin Sparks (@erinsparks) and Tom Brodbeck (@tbrodbeck). To learn more about Edge of the Web Radio, visit our website: http://edgeofthewebradio.com. Edge of the Web Radio is brought to you by Site Strategics. Site Strategics is a web design and marketing services company that not only helps business owners look good on the internet but helps ensure you come to the top positions on major search engines. Are you looking for a professional SEO firm? Site Strategics curtails its business to Indianapolis, Indiana -- but also works nationwide and globally. To learn more, visit our website at http://www.sitestrategics.com/ or http://www.edgemedia.studio

If you have listened to our show for a while, then you know how much we love the SEMrush tool. It is one of our favorite tools and it is used every day in our agency. So, we held back our excitement as we talk to Ashley Ward, the Corporate Speaker for SEMrush. Ashley, a former newspaper journalist, has spoken at conferences all over the world about content marketing and shares with us today about the importance of storytelling. Every business has a story to tell and telling that story is one of the best things you can do as an organization. Plus, we discuss a few of our favorite features of the tool and learn a few new ones too!

This week we're learning how to spruce up our Facebook Ads with video. Akvile DeFazio is the President of AKvertise, Inc. and she is just off her presentation at the SLCSEM Conference in Salt Lake City where she talked about the importance of using video in Facebook Ads. In this episode, we ask her: - The importance of video ads and the results she's seen - What makes a good Facebook video ad? - Pros/Cons of using the boosted post - Does the length of a video ad really matter? - Is there a specific formula/template she recommends for a video ad And more! Plus we discuss the newest update from Google Chrome, Google's new feature "Talk to Books" and the new Pinterest layout. All this and more, today on the EDGE! Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are offering to help you find out your digital marketing ROI. The Digital Marketing ROI Report will examine your existing SEO, content, social media, and PPC to help you discover your TRUE ROI. Visit https://edgeofthewebradio.com/roi/ to get 30% off your comprehensive review of your digital assets!

Bob Burg, author of 'The Go-Giver Influencer', joins the show to discuss his new book and the power of giving. He shares his 5 secrets of genuine influence and explains how having a giving heart can lead to more sales. The podcast also explores the importance of offering value in marketing and finding common ground in communication.