Mixed Deck — All Digital Marketing Certificate Topics Flashcards
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What are the three types of audiences that can be built with Ads Manager?
Answer: New audience, Custom Audience, Lookalike audience
Ads Manager platforms, such as Facebook Ads Manager, typically allow advertisers to create three primary types of audiences. These are 'New audiences' (based on demographics, interests, and behaviors), 'Custom Audiences' (built from existing customer data like email lists or website visitors), and 'Lookalike Audiences' (which find new people similar to a Custom Audience). These options provide comprehensive targeting capabilities for various campaign goals.
Which metric measures how often your content is shared relative to unique viewers?
Answer: Virality rate
Virality rate measures how often your content is shared relative to the number of unique people who saw it, indicating shareability.
What is the difference between 'users' and 'sessions' in web analytics?
Answer: One user can generate multiple sessions, but one session cannot have multiple users
A single user (unique visitor) can start multiple sessions across different visits, so the session count is typically higher than the user count.
What does 'conversion rate' measure in digital marketing analytics?
Answer: The percentage of visitors who complete a desired goal action
Conversion rate is the percentage of users who complete a desired action (such as a purchase or sign-up) out of the total number of visitors.
What is 'anchor text' in the context of hyperlinks?
Answer: The visible, clickable text in a hyperlink
Anchor text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink that describes or provides context about the content of the linked page.
What is the purpose of a robots.txt file?
Answer: To instruct search engine crawlers which pages not to crawl
A robots.txt file instructs search engine crawlers which pages or sections of a site they should not crawl or index.
What is a 'content brief' in content marketing?
Answer: A document outlining the goals, audience, structure, and SEO requirements for a content piece
A content brief is a document that provides writers with guidelines including target audience, keywords, outline, tone, and goals to ensure strategic content is produced.
What is cohort analysis in web analytics?
Answer: Analyzing groups of users who share a common characteristic within a defined time period
Cohort analysis groups users who share a common experience (like first visit date) and tracks their behavior over time to reveal retention and engagement patterns.
What is an 'influencer' in social media marketing?
Answer: An individual with a significant following who affects audience purchasing decisions
A social media influencer is a person with a substantial following and demonstrated ability to affect the purchasing decisions and opinions of their audience.
What exactly is organic traffic?
Answer: Visitors coming from natural search results
Organic traffic is defined as users who come to your website as a consequence of unpaid ("organic") search results. These visitors discover your website by using search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo, and then clicking on the listing in the search results. Organic traffic is not generated by paid advertising, affiliate websites, emails, or social media referrals.
What is email personalization in digital marketing?
Answer: Tailoring email content to individual recipients based on their data and behavior
Email personalization uses subscriber data such as names, purchase history, and behavior to customize content for each individual recipient, improving relevance and engagement.
What is 'organic reach' on social media?
Answer: The number of people who see your content without paid promotion
Organic reach refers to the number of unique people who see your content without any paid distribution or boosting.
What is 'content personalization' in digital marketing?
Answer: Tailoring content to individual users based on their data, behavior, and preferences
Content personalization involves customizing what content is shown to users based on their demographics, behavior, location, or past interactions to improve relevance.
What is a canonical tag used for in SEO?
Answer: To tell search engines which URL is the preferred version of a page
A canonical tag tells search engines which version of a duplicate or similar page should be considered the primary, preferred version.
What is an 'email open rate'?
Answer: The percentage of recipients who open a delivered email
Email open rate is the percentage of email recipients who open a sent email, typically used to evaluate subject line effectiveness.
What does a heatmap tool primarily show in digital marketing analysis?
Answer: Where users click, move, and scroll on a webpage
Heatmaps visualize user behavior on a page using color coding to show where users click most, how far they scroll, and where their mouse moves.
What is a 'lookalike audience' in social media advertising?
Answer: A new audience sharing similar characteristics to your existing customers
A lookalike audience is a targeting option that identifies new potential customers who share similar characteristics and behaviors with your existing customer base.
Which of the following is a 'dimension' in Google Analytics rather than a 'metric'?
Answer: Source / Medium
Source / Medium is a dimension — a qualitative attribute that describes data — while sessions, bounce rate, and pageviews are quantitative metrics.
What is a 'landing page' in digital marketing?
Answer: A standalone webpage designed to capture leads or drive a specific action
A landing page is a dedicated standalone page created specifically for a marketing campaign to convert visitors through a single call-to-action.
What is 'thought leadership' content in marketing?
Answer: Expert content that establishes a brand or individual as an authority in their industry
Thought leadership content positions a brand or individual as an expert and trusted authority by sharing insightful, original perspectives and valuable ideas in their field.