Chad Pollitt
Chad Pollitt is a decorated veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and former Army Commander; a member of a Forbes Top 100 List, and the Director of Marketing at DigitalRelevance (formerly Slingshot SEO). He’s a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and has been designing online campaigns for over 11 years. His other digital marketing related articles have been published in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and websites throughout the world. Follow him on Twitter @chadpollit.
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The Great Debate: Defining What Online (Content) Engagement Is
The term “engagement” or “content engagement” is tossed around the blogosphere and in publisher circles around the world. Many of the stakeholders can’t agree on what really defines engagement. Is it a click, a conversion,…
How AI is Helping to Reduce Waste in Digital Advertising
According to Chartbeat analytics, two out of three clicks on native advertising bounces in 15 seconds or less. From Facebook to Outbrain, it costs three times the cost of a click for a content marketer to…
Everything You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Paid Media
This year I took on a couple of ambitious tasks. One was part of my professional development, to learn everything I could about artificial intelligence (AI) and marketing, and the other focused on annual native…
Everything You Need to Know About Influencer Marketing and Artificial Intelligence
One of my professional resolutions for this year was to learn as much as I could about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain. Half of that research has already culminated into a free ebook, entitled, “Everything…
Before You Do Any Influencer Marketing, Check These Templates
For the many subscribers of Relevance, influencer marketing is a well-known, and perhaps, mature channel. Unfortunately, though, there’s still a significant swath of marketers still not leveraging influencers in their marketing mix. This is ill-advised,…
11 of the Best Social Media Management and Reporting Tools to Consider
It’s quite common for me to be asked which social media management and reporting tools I recommend outside the two or three everyone knows, but it’s not always easy to remember ten or more tools…
Shrinking Content Budgets Drive the Need for Content Intelligence
We’re beginning to see some poignant trends in our industry. It seems brands are reducing their content marketing budgets. As a percentage of overall marketing spend, content marketing has gone from being 29% of overall B2B…
The Case Against Storytelling in Content Marketing
My industry colleague and friend, Douglas Karr, inspired me to take on this topic. It’s been a subject of conversation I’ve had for a number of years at conferences and industry events. He poignantly points out,…
11 Digital Marketing Predictions You Should Ignore for 2018
This time of year, our inboxes are flooded with many prediction posts for the coming year. My inbox is certainly no exception. In fact, you may have even seen my predictions post just a few weeks…
7 Bold Predictions for Digital Marketing in 2018
Every year around this time I take a step back and to ponder some predictions for our field for the coming year. Some come to be, others are a few years early, and then there’s…