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- Ad AgencyWhat is an Ad Agency? An Ad Agency is a company that handles other companies marketing work,... Learn More >
- Ad CampaignAn Ad Campaign refers to a set ads which are designed to run together.
- Affiliate MarketingFor websites, affiliate marketing is typically the practice of putting a link to a product or... Learn More >
- AMAAMA stands for Ask Me Anything and is a form of question and answer session that originated on... Learn More >
- Ask Me AnythingAMA stands for Ask Me Anything and is a form of question and answer session that originated on... Learn More >
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- B2BB2B stands for Business to Business and refers to a business whose customers are other... Learn More >
- B2CB2C means Business to Consumer and refers to a business whose customers are the general public... Learn More >
- BacklinkA backlink is a link from another website. Backlinks are different to inbound links, which... Learn More >
- BenchmarkA benchmark is a statistical point of interest used for comparison. They are usually expressed... Learn More >
- BlacklistA list of (usually permanently) banned people or things. For example, users who break rules... Learn More >
- BlogA journal-esque set of web pages. They are often written in a personal style and used to... Learn More >
- BloggerA person who writes a blog. Blogger is also the name of Google's blogging platform.
- Brand AdvertisingBrand Advertising is when advertisers pay to improve the value of their brand. This can be... Learn More >
- Brand AwarenessBrand Awareness generally means how memorable a brand is under different conditions. It is... Learn More >
- Business to BusinessB2B stands for Business to Business and refers to a business whose customers are other... Learn More >
- Business to ConsumerB2C means Business to Consumer and refers to a business whose customers are the general public... Learn More >
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- Call To ActionCall To Action (or CTA) refers to sentences which direct a user to do something (such as "Buy... Learn More >
- Click-Through RateLast updated May 2023 What does CTR mean? CTR stands for Click-Through Rate. It is the... Learn More >
- ContentContent is a generic term for stuff on the internet, such as posts, articles, videos, pictures etc.
- ConversionWhat is a Conversion? Conversion is the generic term used for an action or acquisition... Learn More >
- Conversion Rate OptimisationConversion Rate Optimisation is the process of working to increase the speed (or likelihood) of... Learn More >
- Cost Per AcquisitionWhat does CPA mean? The CPA price is the amount that gets paid when an ad leads to a sale (or... Learn More >
- Cost Per ClickWhat does CPC mean? The Cost Per Click price is the amount paid every time a user clicks on an... Learn More >
- Cost Per EngagementWhat does CPE mean? CPE stands for Cost Per Engagement. The CPE price is the price that gets... Learn More >
- Cost Per LeadWhat does CPL mean? The CPL price means that every time the advertiser gets a lead (a potential... Learn More >
- Cost Per ThousandWhat does CPM mean? CPM is an ad pricing model used to buy advertising space, most commonly for... Learn More >
- CoTweetsA way for two accounts on Twitter to tweet together (the Tweet will say it's from both of them).... Learn More >
- CPAWhat does CPA mean? The CPA price is the amount that gets paid when an ad leads to a sale (or... Learn More >
- CPCWhat does CPC mean? The Cost Per Click price is the amount paid every time a user clicks on an... Learn More >
- CPEWhat does CPE mean? CPE stands for Cost Per Engagement. The CPE price is the price that gets... Learn More >
- CPLWhat does CPL mean? The CPL price means that every time the advertiser gets a lead (a potential... Learn More >
- CPMWhat does CPM mean? CPM is an ad pricing model used to buy advertising space, most commonly for... Learn More >
- CROConversion Rate Optimisation is the process of working to increase the speed (or likelihood) of... Learn More >
- CTACall To Action (or CTA) refers to sentences which direct a user to do something (such as "Buy... Learn More >
- CTRLast updated May 2023 What does CTR mean? CTR stands for Click-Through Rate. It is the... Learn More >
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- DCNDigital Content Next (DCN) is the new name for the OPA. A non-profit trade association for the... Learn More >
- DeliverablesThe specific tangible results of a project. In marketing, deliverables can mean things like... Learn More >
- Digital Content NextDigital Content Next (DCN) is the new name for the OPA. A non-profit trade association for the... Learn More >
- Digital MarketingWhat is Digital Marketing? Digital Marketing simply means any type of marketing which is done... Learn More >
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- Earned MediaAlso known as Free Media, Earned Media is advertising that was inspired rather than placed or... Learn More >
- eCommerceeCommerce refers to buying or selling goods or services online, as well as online transactions.... Learn More >
- eCommerce ConversionAn online sale. A subset of conversion in general, which don't have to be sales or money related... Learn More >
- eCommerce Conversion RateThe conversion rate of online sales (as opposed to other types of conversions).
- EmojiA standard set of small images that can be added to messages and posts that is used to express... Learn More >
- EngagementAn Engagement is any sort of interaction with content. For example on a video it would... Learn More >
- Engagement RateEngagement Rate (or ER) is the percentage of people who saw a piece of content or ad and engaged... Learn More >
- EREngagement Rate (or ER) is the percentage of people who saw a piece of content or ad and engaged... Learn More >
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- Facebook LiveBroadcasting live onto Facebook, with a video appearing in your feed which is shown in real-time.
- FollowThe act of choosing to add someone's updates to your social media feed (and becoming their... Learn More >
- FollowerA follower is a social media term that means someone who has chosen to see your updates on that... Learn More >
- Follow RatioWhat does Follow Ratio mean? Follow Ratio is the number of followers compared to the number of... Learn More >
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- GAGoogle Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and... Learn More >
- Geo-TargetingIn Digital Marketing, Geo-Targeting means aiming content (an ad, webpage etc) at a particular... Learn More >
- Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics is one of the most commonly used providers of web statistics. It's free and... Learn More >
- Ground-Swell ApproachAn influencer marketing strategy that use a large group of micro-influencers to try and... Learn More >
- Guest PostA Guest Post is a post in a blog from someone who is not one of the authors of a blog. Guest... Learn More >
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- HashtagA hashtag is this symbol #. It is used on social media to categorize posts so that other users... Learn More >
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- ImpressionWhat does Impression mean? Impression means when something (usually content, an ad or post) is... Learn More >
- InfluencerAn Influencer is essentially the internet version of a celebrity. The unofficial definition of... Learn More >
- Influencer MarketingUsing influencers to market a product or brand. This can be direct via paying an influencer (eg... Learn More >
- Influencer Marketing PlatformA marketing platform that helps brands with their influencer marketing. Often not much more than... Learn More >
- Instagram LiveBroadcasting live onto Instagram, with your video appearing live in your feed.
- Instagram StoriesA way that users can curate a group of their own Instagram posts. These stories are only... Learn More >
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- Joint CopyrightWhen a piece of content belongs to multiple people/companies. This often happens for co-branded... Learn More >
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- Key Performance IndicatorKPI stands for Key Performance Indicator (or sometimes Key Point Indicator) and simply means the... Learn More >
- KPIKPI stands for Key Performance Indicator (or sometimes Key Point Indicator) and simply means the... Learn More >
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- LeadA potential customer, or a way to get in touch with a potential customer (eg email address,... Learn More >
- Lead GenerationLead generation (or Lead Gen) is the gathering of potential customers' contact information and... Learn More >
- LikesA "Like" is a social media term, meaning when a user clicks a button to show they like or... Learn More >
- Local InfluencerAn influencer whose followers are concentrated in one geographic area.
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- Media KitA pack of materials about an organisation. This can either be a pack of prices and options for... Learn More >
- Media SpendThe amount of money spent directly on advertising. For example, a campaign's costs might include... Learn More >
- MetricsMetrics are measurable statistics that are used in digital marketing to improve performance such... Learn More >
- Micro-InfluencerAn influential person on social media with less than 10,000 followers. Often thought to be more... Learn More >
- Mommy BloggerA blogger who talks about their experiences as a mother. Successful Mummy Bloggers will often be... Learn More >
- MonetizedIf something is monetized that means that it has been set up so that money is earned from it.... Learn More >
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- Net 60 TermsA common payment condition in online advertising, Net 60 means that you will only be paid 60... Learn More >
- NicheA specific or specialised interest or section of the population. Websites are often spoken about... Learn More >
- Non-Exclusive YouTube VideoA video where an influencer promotes a bunch of different brands at once. This type of... Learn More >
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- OptimisingWhat does optimising mean? Optimising means making changes to improve performance. It is a... Learn More >
- Organic TrafficOrganic traffic means website traffic that is not paid for - ie users finding your site through... Learn More >
- OutreachThe process of getting in touch with other websites or businesses. Seemingly simple, due to the... Learn More >
- Owned MediaOwned Media refers to advertising using channels an advertiser controls. This includes your own... Learn More >
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- Page ViewA page view is a metric for how many times a webpage is loaded.
- Paid MediaPaid Media refers to any advertising you have to pay for. This includes PPC or Display Ads,... Learn More >
- Paid PostA post on social media (or on a blog) that was motivated by money. This can mean allowing... Learn More >
- Paid SocialTraffic which comes to a website from advertising on social networks. This term usually only... Learn More >
- PodcastAn audio show that is available for download or streaming.
- PodcasterSomeone who makes podcasts.
- PRPublic Relations (or PR) is the process by which a company tries to manage its image or... Learn More >
- Press ReleaseA statement sent out to the press explaining some new development. Usually used in order to... Learn More >
- Public RelationsPublic Relations (or PR) is the process by which a company tries to manage its image or... Learn More >
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- ReachReach is a metric (most commonly used in social media) referring to the number of users who saw... Learn More >
- Reddit TalkReddit's version of Clubhouse. A voice chat function that can be opened in a sub.
- RegramInstagram's version of reposting or sharing.
- Return On InvestmentWhat is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back... Learn More >
- RetweetRT stands for 'retweet' in social media. A retweet on Twitter is when a user posts something... Learn More >
- ROIWhat is an ROI? ROI stands for Return on Investment and means the amount of money you get back... Learn More >
- RTRT stands for 'retweet' in social media. A retweet on Twitter is when a user posts something... Learn More >
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- SERPs DominationSERPs Domination is when a single website is returned for all the results on the first page for... Learn More >
- ShareSharing is a term mostly used in social media that is a softer way to talk about posting... Learn More >
- SMSocial Media refers to websites entirely made up of user-generated content, in which users can... Learn More >
- SMMSocial Media Marketing (or SMM) is the blanket term for any type of marketing using social... Learn More >
- Snapchat MemoriesA place on Snapchat where users of the platform can save snaps for later. Memories are only... Learn More >
- Social MediaSocial Media refers to websites entirely made up of user-generated content, in which users can... Learn More >
- Social Media MarketingSocial Media Marketing (or SMM) is the blanket term for any type of marketing using social... Learn More >
- Social ProofA way of expressing that people like/agree with an action, often by using usage stats. For... Learn More >
- SPSP stands for Sponsored Post and means a social media post has been paid for by an advertiser.... Learn More >
- SpiderA spider is a type of bot deployed by search engines that crawls websites to index their... Learn More >
- Sponsored PostSP stands for Sponsored Post and means a social media post has been paid for by an advertiser.... Learn More >
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- TikTok PulseInfluencers with over 100,000 followers can enrol in TikTok Pulse for an ad rev share of... Learn More >
- Tracking LinksA hyperlink that is designed to be easily trackable, often by adding UTM parameters, or else by... Learn More >
- TwitchA streaming social network type service, where users film themselves playing video games and... Learn More >
- Twitter SpacesTwitter Spaces is a live audio space that users can launch to talk to other people. It was... Learn More >
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- User ExperienceUX is an abbreviation for User Experience, which means how easy and pleasing it is for a person... Learn More >
- UXUX is an abbreviation for User Experience, which means how easy and pleasing it is for a person... Learn More >
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- ViralA piece of content that is shared a lot by individuals (without payment) in a short period of... Learn More >
- Viral MarketingViral Marketing is where someone creates content so interesting that people share it widely for... Learn More >
- VlogA video blog.
- VloggerA video blogger.
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- WOMWord Of Mouth (or WOM) in marketing means when people tell each other about a product/company... Learn More >
- Word Of MouthWord Of Mouth (or WOM) in marketing means when people tell each other about a product/company... Learn More >
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- YouTuberA user of the website YouTube as a creator - by uploading/managing videos, creating videos, or... Learn More >
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