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Health care content marketing can be extremely challenging. With so many rules and regulations that need to be followed from a digital perspective, it can be difficult at times to find the right balance between content that engages and educates your audience, but also follows the high level of…
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Google’s search results pages are constantly evolving, especially over the past few years. The introduction of new elements such as the Knowledge Graph, quick answers, the local carousel, and an abundance of other search features, as well huge growth in searches conducted on smartphones and…
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It’s Friday night and my wife and I sit down after the kids have gone to bed. We just need one look and then my wife says, “Shall we?” I reply “yes” and within seconds we’re completely into it. A lot of “oohs” and “aahs” follow for the next 50 minutes: we’re watching our…
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