Content Marketing Glossary


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  • a

  • An acronym for Ask to Answer. On Quora users can request answers to questions from specific...   Learn More >
  • Content that is generated by a machine 'reading' other content. While AI Content is...   Learn More >
  • An acronym for Ask to Answer. On Quora users can request answers to questions from specific...   Learn More >
  • b

  • B2D stands for Business to Developer marketing. B2D marketing is coming to the fore due to...   Learn More >
  • A backlink is a link from another website. Backlinks are different to inbound links, which...   Learn More >
  • A journal-esque set of web pages. They are often written in a personal style and used to...   Learn More >
  • A person who writes a blog. Blogger is also the name of Google's blogging platform.
  • The process of writing a blog.
  • The informal collective name for all blogs.
  • In digital marketing, BoFu means "Bottom of Funnel" and refers to content that drives...   Learn More >
  • In digital marketing, BoFu means "Bottom of Funnel" and refers to content that drives...   Learn More >
  • Brand Advertising is when advertisers pay to improve the value of their brand. This can be...   Learn More >
  • B2D stands for Business to Developer marketing. B2D marketing is coming to the fore due to...   Learn More >
  • c

  • Call To Action (or CTA) refers to sentences which direct a user to do something (such as "Buy...   Learn More >
  • A Canonical Link is a link added to the metadata of the code of a page which indicates what the...   Learn More >
  • A popular and simple design tool that can be accessed through a browser. Canva has a large...   Learn More >
  • Anything that can be clicked on, where that click causes a response. For example, clicking on...   Learn More >
  • A Consent Management Platform (CMP) is how websites track and record whether people have given...   Learn More >
  • CMS stands for Content Management System. It refers to any program that is used to manage a...   Learn More >
  • When one brand tries to link itself intrinsically in the minds of the user with another, often...   Learn More >
  • Completion Rate is a metric meaning the percentage of people who completed a task, out of those...   Learn More >
  • Conditional Content is content on a webpage or email that only appears when certain criteria are...   Learn More >
  • A confirmation page is the page a user sees after completing an action that confirms that action...   Learn More >
  • A Consent Management Platform (CMP) is how websites track and record whether people have given...   Learn More >
  • Content is a generic term for stuff on the internet, such as posts, articles, videos, pictures etc.
  • CMS stands for Content Management System. It refers to any program that is used to manage a...   Learn More >
  • A Content Optimisation System (COS) is a platform that optimises content for individual...   Learn More >
  • A policy that explains which cookies are dropped by a website, and what they are being used for....   Learn More >
  • COPE is an acronym that stands for Create Once, Publish Everywhere. It is a strategy to...   Learn More >
  • A Content Optimisation System (COS) is a platform that optimises content for individual...   Learn More >
  • COPE is an acronym that stands for Create Once, Publish Everywhere. It is a strategy to...   Learn More >
  • Call To Action (or CTA) refers to sentences which direct a user to do something (such as "Buy...   Learn More >
  • d

  • Digital Content Next (DCN) is the new name for the OPA. A non-profit trade association for the...   Learn More >
  • The specific tangible results of a project. In marketing, deliverables can mean things like...   Learn More >
  • Demographics are factors such as age, race, gender, sex, location which are often used to break...   Learn More >
  • Digital Content Next (DCN) is the new name for the OPA. A non-profit trade association for the...   Learn More >
  • Discovery Ads are native ads from Google Ads that appear on YouTube, Gmail, the Google App, and...   Learn More >
  • A phrase referring to the idea of Dog Food makers should test their own dog food (presumably on...   Learn More >
  • e

  • An online sale. A subset of conversion in general, which don't have to be sales or money related...   Learn More >
  • The conversion rate of online sales (as opposed to other types of conversions).
  • A standard set of small images that can be added to messages and posts that is used to express...   Learn More >
  • f

  • Broadcasting live onto Facebook, with a video appearing in your feed which is shown in real-time.
  • An acronym that stands for Fear Of Missing Out, which refers to the idea that people always...   Learn More >
  • An acronym that stands for Fear Of Missing Out, which refers to the idea that people always...   Learn More >
  • g

  • Google Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and...   Learn More >
  • Gamification is a loose term that means turning things into games. In online advertising, it...   Learn More >
  • Gated content refers to any webpages which require something before you are allowed to use it....   Learn More >
  • A type of image file, which can be animated. Gif is an acronym that stands for graphic...   Learn More >
  • A glossary is a list of definitions of words that appear in the attached text. They are useful...   Learn More >
  • Google Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and...   Learn More >
  • Google Discover is a feed on Google.com (on mobile) and the Google App which surfaces content...   Learn More >
  • A type of image file, which can be animated. Gif is an acronym that stands for graphic...   Learn More >
  • The mechanism that makes a startup grow in a sustainable fashion. This can often mean a...   Learn More >
  • A Guest Post is a post in a blog from someone who is not one of the authors of a blog. Guest...   Learn More >
  • i

  • An inbound link is a link that leads to your webpage. In SEO it is important to have lots of...   Learn More >
  • Inbound marketing refers to trying to get customers to come to you as opposed to going out and...   Learn More >
  • A query on a search engine that is looking for specific information. Creating content for these...   Learn More >
  • An internal link simply means a link that goes from one page within a site to another page...   Learn More >
  • j

  • jpg is the file extension abbreviation of a JPEG image file. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic...   Learn More >
  • jpg is the file extension abbreviation of a JPEG image file. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic...   Learn More >
  • k

  • Kerning is the process of altering the space between letters to make text easy to read and nice...   Learn More >
  • A keyword means something that is entered into a search engine. They can be targeted by Paid...   Learn More >
  • Keyword Stuffing is the act of filling a page with keywords in an attempt to rank higher on...   Learn More >
  • Keyword targeting is the process of targeting marketing activities at specific sets of useful...   Learn More >
  • An acronym standing for Keep It Simple Stupid. KISS is a sort of pseudo-ethos that advocates for...   Learn More >
  • l

  • LTV (often called Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV) is an attempt at predicting the amount of...   Learn More >
  • Low hanging fruit is an expression that means the easiest things to do. For example, the low...   Learn More >
  • LTV (often called Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV) is an attempt at predicting the amount of...   Learn More >
  • m

  • An ad free publishing platform where anyone can add articles and are paid (from user...   Learn More >
  • Metrics are measurable statistics that are used in digital marketing to improve performance such...   Learn More >
  • A microsite is a website made for a specific purpose, often by a company that already has a...   Learn More >
  • In digital marketing MoFu means "Middle of Funnel" and refers to content that draws people...   Learn More >
  • In digital marketing MoFu means "Middle of Funnel" and refers to content that draws people...   Learn More >
  • If something is monetized that means that it has been set up so that money is earned from it....   Learn More >
  • Sometimes referred to as multi-channel attribution, this is a way of attributing conversions...   Learn More >
  • n

  • A unique identifier for a digital good. NFTs utilise blockchain technology to make it possible...   Learn More >
  • A specific or specialised interest or section of the population. Websites are often spoken about...   Learn More >
  • A type of link marked so that no link equity passes from the webpage the link is on to the...   Learn More >
  • A unique identifier for a digital good. NFTs utilise blockchain technology to make it possible...   Learn More >
  • o

  • The process of getting in touch with other websites or businesses. Seemingly simple, due to the...   Learn More >
  • Owned Media refers to advertising using channels an advertiser controls. This includes your own...   Learn More >
  • p

  • The percentage of clicks all ads on a page received (Page CTR can also be used to measure link...   Learn More >
  • Page Speed is how fast an individual webpage loads. It can be measured in many ways but is...   Learn More >
  • A page view is a metric for how many times a webpage is loaded.
  • A post on social media (or on a blog) that was motivated by money. This can mean allowing...   Learn More >
  • When a moderator only checks if posts or comments on a site are suitable if someone flags them....   Learn More >
  • An audio show that is available for download or streaming.
  • Someone who makes podcasts.
  • What is a Pop-Up (or Pop-Under)? A pop-up ad comprises of a webpage that opens up in a new...   Learn More >
  • Post is a generic term for anything you put on social media or a blog. It can also be used as a...   Learn More >
  • Public Relations (or PR) is the process by which a company tries to manage its image or...   Learn More >
  • A statement sent out to the press explaining some new development. Usually used in order to...   Learn More >
  • Public Relations (or PR) is the process by which a company tries to manage its image or...   Learn More >
  • r

  • Reach is a metric (most commonly used in social media) referring to the number of users who saw...   Learn More >
  • What is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back...   Learn More >
  • An acronym standing for Request For Proposal. This is what is put out when an organisation is...   Learn More >
  • What is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back...   Learn More >
  • s

  • Segmentation can take place in any form of digital marketing, and simply involves breaking...   Learn More >
  • A feeling of opinion on something. Sentiment analysis is often used wherever there are comments...   Learn More >
  • SERPs Domination is when a single website is returned for all the results on the first page for...   Learn More >
  • Sharing is a term mostly used in social media that is a softer way to talk about posting...   Learn More >
  • The process of monitoring social channels for people talking about your brand or things related...   Learn More >
  • A way of expressing that people like/agree with an action, often by using usage stats. For...   Learn More >
  • Short for Social, Local, Mobile, SoLoMo is a marketing mindset that seeks to integrate three...   Learn More >
  • A spider is a type of bot deployed by search engines that crawls websites to index their...   Learn More >
  • A way of testing whether one thing is better than another. For example, you could split test two...   Learn More >
  • An acronym standing for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. SWOT is used to start...   Learn More >
  • t

  • Content on a website that has little to no value to a user. This is generally thought of as very...   Learn More >
  • A small picture (often auto-generated from a larger version of the picture) that goes alongside...   Learn More >
  • A way to pay content creators. This functionality is implemented in different ways on different...   Learn More >
  • In digital marketing, ToFu means "Top of Funnel" and refers to the first real contact someone...   Learn More >
  • In digital marketing, ToFu means "Top of Funnel" and refers to the first real contact someone...   Learn More >
  • A hyperlink that is designed to be easily trackable, often by adding UTM parameters, or else by...   Learn More >
  • Traffic in online advertising is a catch-all term for visitors to a site (the online equivalent...   Learn More >
  • A “trigger warning” (often abbreviated to TW) is a notice at the start of a piece of content...   Learn More >
  • The process of systematically testing for, finding and fixing problems (such as broken ads,...   Learn More >
  • A “trigger warning” (often abbreviated to TW) is a notice at the start of a piece of content...   Learn More >
  • u

  • The web address of a website or webpage. For example, the address of this website is...   Learn More >
  • An acronym standing for Unique Selling Point. This is a concept based around how a...   Learn More >
  • If something is unmonetized that means that it has not been set up so that money is earned from...   Learn More >
  • The web address of a website or webpage. For example, the address of this website is...   Learn More >
  • An acronym standing for Unique Selling Point. This is a concept based around how a...   Learn More >
  • v

  • A piece of content that is shared a lot by individuals (without payment) in a short period of...   Learn More >
  • Viral Marketing is where someone creates content so interesting that people share it widely for...   Learn More >
  • A Viral Video means a video which people share with each other at a high rate. Video Ads that...   Learn More >
  • A video blog.
  • A video blogger.
  • When a search is made vocally as opposed to through text. This can occur on either voice-only...   Learn More >
  • w

  • An individual page on a website.
  • A new metric added to GA4 which is the opposite of bounce rate. Instead of measuring the...   Learn More >
  • y

  • An acronym for Your Money or Your Life, which encompasses all websites which give health or...   Learn More >
  • z

  • A company with a set of tools which link different platforms to make them easier to use (for...   Learn More >

 

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