article thumbnail

SEO vs. PPC: Differences, pros, cons & an integrated approach

Search Engine Land

SEO helps your webpages rank higher on the non-paid search results by improving the quality and relevance of the content on your website. Typically, PPC ads show in highly prominent positions on the search results and hoover up the majority of clicks for highly commercial terms. PPC question. What is right for you? Featured snippets.

article thumbnail

Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1. The result? Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel.

Growth 113
article thumbnail

How to Use Smoke Tests to Validate Your Product or Feature Ideas

ConversionXL

There, a smoke test is the process of running test cases involving the “important functionality of a component or system, to ascertain if crucial functions of the software work correctly” Using this definition, smoke tests address questions like… Does the program run? The result? Does the UI open?

Product 67