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Local Services Ads and Google Ads solve different problems for law firms. LSAs can capture local phone and message leads through Google's Local Services flow. Search ads give more control over keywords, landing pages,...
Austin Phalin
Jul 15, 2026
Google Shopping feed optimization for Shopify is the work of cleaning product data so Google can understand what you sell, match products to better searches, and run Shopping or Performance Max with cleaner inputs. Th...
Marcela Gonzalez
Jul 15, 2026
Google Ads cost for law firms is not just a CPC question. The useful number is cost per signed case, and that depends on practice area, market, intake quality, tracking, landing page fit, and how much of the budget is...
April Campos
Jul 15, 2026
ChatGPT SEO is the work of making your brand, proof, and point of view easier for answer engines to find, understand, and cite. It is not a trick for forcing a citation. It is not classic SEO with a new label. It is t...
Matthew Berman
Jul 15, 2026
AI Overview optimization is the work of making a page useful, clear, and trustworthy enough for Google to understand it as a source. It does not guarantee inclusion in AI Overviews. It improves the inputs Google can e...
Matthew Berman
Jul 15, 2026
Healthcare AI search optimization is the work of making your services, expertise, and trust signals easier for search and answer systems to understand. In healthcare, that work has a higher bar because people aren't s...
Matthew Berman
Jul 10, 2026
AI search optimization services should help your brand become easier for search and answer systems to understand, trust, and cite. They shouldn't be a new acronym slapped on the same old SEO package.
Matthew Berman
Jul 9, 2026
A dental SEO agency should help the right patients find the right services in the right location. If the plan is just "we'll publish blogs," you're probably about to buy activity instead of appointment demand.
Marcela Gonzalez
Jul 8, 2026
SEO for lawyers isn't about getting more legal articles on the internet. It's about showing up for the practice-area and local searches a ready-to-hire client makes, then giving that person enough trust to call.
Matthew Berman
Jul 7, 2026
A Shopify SEO agency shouldn't start by handing you a blog calendar. It should start by finding which collection pages, product templates, filters, and technical issues are blocking buyers from finding what you alread...
April Campos
Jul 6, 2026
AEO vs SEO, settled honestly. What still matters from classic SEO, what is genuinely new with AI answers, and why you need both layers, not a rebrand.
Matthew Berman
Jul 3, 2026
AI doesn't rank you, it remembers you. A practical guide to generative engine optimization: how to get your brand cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews.
Matthew Berman
Jul 2, 2026
Roofing SEO that books jobs, not clicks. How to own the map pack and the service-area searches homeowners make, and stop paying lead-gen sites for shared leads.
Marcela Gonzalez
Jul 1, 2026
Legal clicks run $50 to $150. Here is how to make Google Ads for law firms pay: intent mapping by practice area, tracking to signed cases, and Local Services Ads.
Matthew Berman
Jun 30, 2026
Law firm SEO runs $3,000 to $15,000 a month. Here is what actually drives signed cases versus a monthly traffic report, and how to tell which you're buying.
Matthew Berman
Jun 29, 2026
Most ecommerce SEO ranks your brand name and calls it a win. Here is how to rank the product and category pages that bring new buyers, and own your category SERP.
Matthew Berman
Jun 26, 2026
Personal injury SEO is the most competitive corner of legal search. Here is how to rank for the practice-area and local terms that sign cases, not vanity traffic.
Matthew Berman
Jun 25, 2026
Dental SEO that fills chairs, not reports. How to win the map pack, rank your treatment pages, and build the review and content signals that bring new patients.
Matthew Berman
Jun 24, 2026
Clicks but no conversions? Most Google Ads problems aren't bid problems, they're intent-mixing and tracking problems. Here is how to find and fix the real leak.
Matthew Berman
Jun 23, 2026
A Shopify SEO guide that skips the checklist filler. How to rank product and collection pages for the searches that bring buyers, from a team that grew a store 800%.
Matthew Berman
Jun 22, 2026
Roofing SEO is the difference between building your business on rented land and building something you actually own.
Marcela Gonzalez
Jun 20, 2026
If you're a healthcare professional, practice owner, or the person responsible for filling the right service lines, the problem probably isn't that you need "more content."
Matthew Berman
Jun 20, 2026
In an AI-driven era, how can creators meaningfully protect their intellectual property and patents. Spanning everything from code to brand visuals to...
Austin Phalin
Jul 9, 2025
Let's call a spade a spade, ranking your brand on Google search can be daunting. So then begs the question, "How Can I Rank Higher on Google?". Well don't...
Austin Phalin
Jun 30, 2025
From the beginning of civilization to the launch of the internet in 1983, physical real estate was the golden key for fruitful investments. Times have changed...
Austin Phalin
Jun 24, 2025
Just what is the rule of three in advertising? There is a great quote by DaVinci that states “simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.” As humans we...
Austin Phalin
May 16, 2025
AI Avatars? Just what are we talking about here. The rise of hyper-realistic AI avatars in digital marketing presents a novel challenge for consumers: how can...
April Campos
May 15, 2025
Why focus on digital design? Recently I watched 3 versions of King Kong, the OG from 1933, the campy Jeff Bridges one from 1976 and the epic Peter Jackson...
Austin Phalin
May 8, 2025
Okay, pour yourself a lukewarm coffee left over from this morning's frantic client call, and let's talk about something that floods our feeds every April:...
April Campos
Apr 18, 2025
There’s a big misconception swirling around the creative world, that AI is coming for our imagination, ready to replace the artist, the writer, the filmmaker....
Austin Phalin
Apr 15, 2025
Let's cut to the chase: SEO isn't a magic wand. It's more like a finely tuned, incredibly complex machine that requires constant maintenance and premium fuel....
April Campos
Apr 14, 2025
Alright, buckle up, because we're about to dissect a real-life ORM disaster, still unfolding, and starring none other than Rachel Zegler and her, shall we say,...
April Campos
Apr 1, 2025
Remember when voice search was going to revolutionize everything? Remember when every marketing news site told us at the beginning of every year that voice...
April Campos
Mar 18, 2025
Being in the digital marketing world as long as I have, I am hyper aware of trends, and not just on social media platforms. I look for the bigger trends in...
April Campos
Mar 14, 2025
AI is everywhere, writing your emails, generating images, even recommending what you should binge-watch next. But let’s be real... Most brands use AI in the...
Austin Phalin
Mar 13, 2025
Let’s talk about AI in marketing. Or not. I’m not the boss of you. AI is the shiny new toy everyone’s playing with, promising untold riches and marketing...
April Campos
Feb 20, 2025
“Brands that leverage data-driven strategies are 23x more likely to acquire customers, 6x more likely to retain them, and 19x more likely to be profitable than...
Matthew Berman
Nov 19, 2024
This article was inspired by my YouTube video "How to Build a Billion-Dollar Brand: Brand Messaging Secrets from Discord, Uber, and Netflix". Watch the video...
Matthew Berman
Jun 6, 2024
DesignRush has recognized Emerald Digital as a top digital marketing agency in New Orleans. Check out DesignRush to learn how digital marketing grows brands....
Matthew Berman
Dec 14, 2022
Online Communities Help You Achieve Your Goals In a digital-first world the way we communicate has fundamentally changed. We seek community, we seek content,...
Matthew Berman
Jun 30, 2022
Victoria’s Secret is rebranding to include a wider range of model sizes in its new campaign! Yay! Yay? THE NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN One of the most successful...
Juliana Meirelles
Jul 26, 2021
Since the dawn of advertising, we as consumers have excitedly watched giveaways and sweepstakes as they popped up in newspapers, magazines, TV, and now social...
April Campos
Jul 9, 2021
Seth Rogen, along with fellow screenwriter and friend Evan Goldberg, recently launched their cannabis lifestyle brand called Houseplant. Will the comedian...
Juliana Meirelles
Jul 6, 2021
Why platforms like Buffer & Hootsuite Exist How do customers, followers, and your potential audience view your business? They see it through how you’ve branded...
April Campos
Jun 25, 2021
Emerald Digital is thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as a winner in the Public Relations Campaign category in Ragan’s Crisis Communications Awards....
Matthew Berman
Jun 25, 2021
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur. This month, I'm celebrating my 10 year entrepreneur anniversary. It's been a decade of late nights,...
Matthew Berman
Jun 21, 2021
DesignRush has recognized Emerald Digital as a top branding agency in New York City. Emerald Digital is a full-service digital marketing agency founded in 2018...
Matthew Berman
Jun 21, 2021
Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s Privacy update, why it’s important, and why the privacy won’t last. What is covered by the privacy feature in...
April Campos
Jun 14, 2021
As big fans of the Bachelorette, we have been anxiously awaiting the season 17 premiere. In case you missed it, a tumultuous last season of The Bachelor has...
April Campos
Jun 7, 2021
The great Barbara Walters once quoted, “Taylor Swift is the music industry”. This is true. But is she low-key the marketing industry too? 1. Taylor Swift...
Juliana Meirelles
Jun 2, 2021
After almost two decades of anticipation, it’s finally happening! On May 27th, HBO MAX will be streaming “FRIENDS: The Reunion”, featuring all six members of...
Juliana Meirelles
May 26, 2021
DesignRush has recognized Emerald Digital amongst the most prominent digital agencies in New York. Emerald Digital's work, achievements, processes, and client...
April Campos
May 24, 2021
With the recent EUEFA and English Football’s social media boycott, I couldn’t help but wonder... is this an effective approach to making an impact? From April...
Juliana Meirelles
May 20, 2021
Google made an announcement last year about their Core Web Vitals update and has been preparing webmasters across the globe to prioritize page experience on...
April Campos
May 18, 2021
What free marketing tools still exist? Are the free online marketing tools as good as the paid tools? As a digital marketing agency, we use paid and free...
April Campos
May 13, 2021
This article was originally published on Authority Magazine and Thrive Global. Shoot Straight. Be authentic. Tell it like it is. Don’t be full of it. People...
Matthew Berman
May 6, 2021
TikTok At A Glance While still a relatively new platform, TikTok has become one of the most common social media apps over the past year. Since launching in...
April Campos
Apr 28, 2021
So, you’ve developed your brand identity, built an email marketing campaign, and created social media pages for your business. Now what? This is where the fun...
April Campos
Apr 20, 2021
Why pay for marketing tools? Paid digital marketing tools are an important arrow in the marketing quiver. What advantages do subscriptions have over free? As...
April Campos
Apr 14, 2021
What Happened During The Bachelor With Chris Harrison? While much of Bachelor Nation considered Matt James’s season to be pretty boring, I think we can at...
Juliana Meirelles
Apr 6, 2021
Emerald Digital President Matthew Berman was recently featured in Authority Magazine. Read the original here --> https://medium.com/authority-magazine/matthew-b...
Emerald Digital Team
Mar 24, 2021
We admit it: Facebook is a leader in the social media arena. Not because it’s the most amazing marketing tool or because it offers the best user...
April Campos
Jan 20, 2021
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Local Services Ads and Google Ads solve different problems for law firms. LSAs can capture local phone and message leads through Google's Local Services flow. Search ads give more control over keywords, landing pages,...
InsightsGoogle Shopping feed optimization for Shopify is the work of cleaning product data so Google can understand what you sell, match products to better searches, and run Shopping or Performance Max with cleaner inputs. Th...
InsightsGoogle Ads cost for law firms is not just a CPC question. The useful number is cost per signed case, and that depends on practice area, market, intake quality, tracking, landing page fit, and how much of the budget is...
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