🌍 Leaving Europe?

Is it just an empty threat from Meta about leaving Europe? Learn how to create a content engine at any size. February 8, 2022 [Read in browser]( [logo] [sponsor]( It’s Tuesday! We were yesterday years old when we discovered so called “8D music” which basically tricks your brain into thinking you're in a bigger space. If you’re new to it just like us, put your headphones on and [check this out](. Is this how sound will be in the metaverse? Speaking of which… META Meta threatens to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe [article-image] Is Meta-exit on the horizon? [Meta has warned]( that it may be forced to pull out Facebook and Instagram from the European Union. The reason: Data transfer. Current European data regulations prevent companies from transferring, processing and storing Europeans’ data on US servers. It is for this reason that an EU court recently [declared Google Analytics]( "illegal" in Europe. According to Meta, these regulations will prevent it from properly serving targeted ads to its users. As a result, they will be “unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe”. Will Meta really leave Europe? The Crew’s take: We call it a bluff. Meta leaving a market with 500 million (relatively) wealthy people seems unlikely. If Meta really can't generate enough ROI from non-targeted ads (which is doubtful), we assume they'll try switching to a paid subscription model before calling it quits. The most likely outcome is that this will be resolved the old-fashioned way: negotiation with the government. GOOGLE Google is experimenting with “Buying Guides” in search results [Google confirmed to Search Engine Land]( it is testing a new “Buying Guides” mobile search results feature. [Brian Freiesleben was the first]( to notice the feature on Twitter. More details: Essentially, Google is trying to turn its review search results into a single comprehensive page. This feature collects data from various affiliate and review sites and displays various information, such as product characteristics. For example, say you’re searching for a baseball bat. Google will display dropdown menus where you can select a price range and view details about various types, brands, baseball bat materials, and so on. What this means for marketers: Nothing for the time being (this is still a test). However, if this becomes more widely implemented, Google may pull more information from your affiliate site, resulting in lower CTRs and overall traffic for you. This reminds us of a saying: “Diversify your traffic sources.” SPONSORED BY DASH.FI Has this ever happened to your ad spend cards? [article-image]( 1) Your low spend limits cause your card to decline payments to advertising platforms. 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[Try dash.fi to save money and time!]( CONTENT MARKETING How to create a content engine as a one-person show [article-image] Whether you’re a freelancer, run an e-commerce store or a startup, you might find yourself in the challenge of constantly needing to create high-quality content. It’s not easy, but the right systems and processes can help you. [Like the 5-part Content Engine](. It’s a system that Max Bernstein shared last week [in our Insights community](. Five steps to fire out high quality content with consistency. Without sacrificing quality. Let’s get into it. 1) Consumption: If there’s no input, there will be no output. This means that before being a content creator, you need to be a content consumer. Max says that he listens to audio or podcasts whenever he’s having a break, driving, going for a walk, or other down times. 2) Batching: This is about gathering content ideas in advance. Take a few weeks to brainstorm content ideas for the whole year. This removes the pressure of having to create content, while putting you ahead of the competition. 3) Templates: Max created templates so when he has an idea for an email, Twitter thread, blog, or something else, he clicks that template, and the format and critical items are pre-populated. 4) Plan in advance: Try to have a week's worth of content in advance. [This image represents]( his content calendar for a week of Twitter content. 5) Repurposing: This is mandatory if you want to be present on different channels. Take a blog post and break it down into multiple tweets. Take a successful tweet and turn it into an Instagram post. Share your weekly newsletters on Medium, LinkedIn, or in certain communities. One more lesson we can learn from this post is to build your own system. Maybe you’ll find these five steps useful. Maybe you’ll need one more step for your own machine. You’ll use different tools, etc. The point is, make it an objective to create your own working system, because once it’s set up, you just need to keep the engine oiled. SPONSORED BY USER.COM Make your brand a customer support star, with the help of Smart Inbox [article-image]( If everything else is equal, the best customer support wins - agree? But customer support is not easy… 83% of online stores miss incoming messages and in turn either make their customers angry or miss out on sales. [With Smart Inbox by User.com](, you can keep all e-commerce communication channels in a single smart inbox. A smoother experience for your team (and customers!), save time, eliminate missed messages, have key customer details automatically available. [Level up your e-commerce communication and get started with Smart Inbox.]( THE CREW'S INSIGHTS How to crush your competitors in Google search rankings without writing any blog posts [article-image] We recently did a deep dive into Wise for our [Insights membership]( - [free preview of the Wise deep dive here]( - and we found something interesting about Wise’s SEO. Wise receives more than 9M organic users per month. And a huge chunk of their traffic isn’t branded nor is it going to their blog posts. Since Wise offers a product with an extremely broad appeal, they can write about nearly any topic. And the most popular are: - Currency exchange - Banking FAQs and information - Lifestyle articles (like how to pay property tax in Spain, for example) And many of the pages look like these two: - [USD to JPY - Convert USD to JPY at the real exchange rate](. - [Wells Fargo Routing Number](. None of these two pages are traditional blog posts. And the same is true for most of Wise’s pages driving huge amounts of organic traffic. This allows Wise to put a CTA further up on the page. Not at the end of a blog post, so the path to turn a visitor into a lead gets smoother. The lessons for you? - Look for SEO opportunities outside of traditional blog posts. It can be a tool like Wise’s currency converter, or whatever is relevant for your business. - If someone is Googling a simple question, you absolutely can rank a short piece of content on the first page. No need to write a 3000-word article. ROUNDING UP THE STACK [MARKETING:]( Ever wondered how a BNPL powerhouse does its marketing? They need consumers to request it, and they need businesses to provide the service… How do they solve this chicken and egg problem with marketing? Find out in our deep dive - [free preview here](.* [GOOGLE:]( Have you recently noticed a decrease in Google crawling your Shopify site? That problem should be resolved now, according to the search company. [MICROSOFT:]( If you’re in the auto industry, you might want to pay attention to this. Micorosft has introduced some new search mechanisms when people look for a car. [LINKEDIN:]( Ring, ring, ring. LinkedIn is experimenting with displaying a bell icon on user profiles. According to Matt Navarra, when you click on the bell, LinkedIn will subscribe you to the profile content. *This is a sponsored post. BRAIN TEASER What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? You can [find the answer here](. [poolside-logo] POOLSIDE CHAT Pirate Kitty [article-image] [Meet Ginger Cat](, also known around town as the "pirate kitty." This adorable fluffy kitty has been “robbing” locals of their toys. Kay McCall recently noticed the kitten's behavior. The orange visitor left a slew of toys in their yard, including strange socks and a small Peter Rabbit. Kay eventually posted a picture in a local Facebook group, hoping to find out if any of the toys belonged to them. And, surprise, surprise, many people claimed to have been visited by Pirate Kitty. On the positive side, [at least she didn’t bring drugs](. SHARING IS CARING How does a free lifetime [Insights membership]( with all past and future content, and dedicated member’s area sound to you? That’s the prize for referring 250 new readers to our newsletter! And by the time you get there, you get tons of other goodies from The Crew. Start sharing using your unique link below. [article-image]( [CLICK TO SHARE]( Or copy your referral link: [ [SUBSCRIBE]( | [INSIGHTS]( | [ADVERTISE]( You are receiving this email because you want to know what is going on in digital marketing. If you aren't thrilled about our emails, reply and let us know why. 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