Tag Archives: Difficult

How to Handle Difficult Clients Without Losing Your Cool

Taylor Gordon — November 4, 2018 — November 4, 2018 Difficult clients can make you want to pull your hair out. I’ve been fortunate for most of my freelance career. Most clients have respected me and my time. But there have been a few that were difficult to work with during a project. They didn’t … Continue reading How to Handle Difficult Clients Without Losing Your Cool →

How To Effectively Deal With Difficult Clients

Customer Experience

Brian Basilico — August 21, 2018 Follow @bbasilico — August 21, 2018 So, let’s face it. Sometimes running a business is not all gumdrops and lollipops. It can be frustrating, right? So the question for you today is, have you ever had a client or a project that just did not go the way … Continue reading How To Effectively Deal With Difficult Clients →

A Guide To Dealing With Difficult People

Management Skills

Chris Cancialosi — March 15, 2018 Follow @gothamCulture — March 15, 2018 Free-Photos / Pixabay We’ve all been there. Be it work, school or Thanksgiving dinner, we’ve all found ourselves in situations where we have been forced to interact with people we find to be “difficult”. For many of us, we’d rather eat glass than … Continue reading A Guide To Dealing With Difficult People →

Critical tips for navigating difficult client relationships

Customer Relationship Managemnet

Dealing with a challenging PPC client? Columnist Jeff Baum explores some tips for reducing client frustration and fostering trust so that you can focus on what really matters: driving results. Jeff Baum on September 5, 2017 At some point in your PPC career, it’s nearly guaranteed you’ll have to manage a difficult client. Whether … Continue reading Critical tips for navigating difficult client relationships →

‘Low-And-Slow’ Bots Most Difficult To Detect On Web Sites

Chatbots

‘Low-And-Slow’ Bots Most Difficult To Detect On Web Sites by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 23, 2017 Distil Networks, which focuses on detecting malicious bots, has released findings from a study of how top Web sites perform against Internet-based bots. The ninth annual study, audited by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), evaluated the top 1,000 Web … Continue reading ‘Low-And-Slow’ Bots Most Difficult To Detect On Web Sites →

Why link outreach teams have the most difficult job in the agency

SEO Link Building

Good outreach is crucial to link building, but it’s not easy. Columnist Ian Bowden explains why it’s a tough, yet essential, element of a strong SEO campaign. Ian Bowden on November 16, 2016 After spending several years in a media agency, I’ve come to the opinion that link outreach teams have the most difficult … Continue reading Why link outreach teams have the most difficult job in the agency →

Study finds e-retailers are making it more difficult to unsubscribe from emails

Email Marketing Mistakes

According to the Online Trust Alliance, fewer online retailers are using “clear and conspicuous” unsubscribe links in marketing emails. Amy Gesenhues on November 2, 2016 According to a study released today by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), fewer online retailers are including “clear and conspicuous” unsubscribe links in their email marketing compared to last year. … Continue reading Study finds e-retailers are making it more difficult to unsubscribe from emails →

Managing Your Manager: 5 Tips for Dealing with a Difficult Boss

Management Skills

by Tom Ireland Follow @StartupCVsSeptember 2, 2016 In life, there are good bosses and there are bad bosses. If you are very lucky, you’ll only ever have to deal with the good ones, but the far greater likelihood is that you’ll have to deal with a difficult boss at least once during your career. That’s … Continue reading Managing Your Manager: 5 Tips for Dealing with a Difficult Boss →

Why Is Proving Search ROI So Difficult?

Return On Investment - ROI

by Aaron Baar, Staff Writer, August 16, 2016 Given its wide-ranging purpose (from initial research to late-stage price comparison) and cross-platform presence leading to attribution challenges, it should be no surprise that many marketers — particularly small business — are having difficulty understanding just how, or even if, their search marketing efforts are working. Two … Continue reading Why Is Proving Search ROI So Difficult? →

Search Still Too Difficult For Some To Prove ROI

Search Engine Optimization

by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 23, 2016, 12:44 PM Paid and organic search campaigns take a back seat to other marketing channels like content creation at large enterprises because many still find it too difficult to prove the return on investment — especially for search engine optimization (SEO), according to a new survey released Thursday. … Continue reading Search Still Too Difficult For Some To Prove ROI →