SEMrush contributor Connor Lahey has published a comprehensive guide on ‘How to Define Your Target Audience for SEO’. He says, “It’s easy to think about SEO as being a keyword-driven marketing channel, but the reality is that if you really want to drive growth, you need to know who your target audience is and how to put your business in front of them on the SERPs. If you fail to properly understand exactly who you’re targeting your SEO efforts, you’ll struggle to put together a solid strategy that drives traffic that converts. And without conversions, your business isn’t... [...]

Editor’s note As marketers, it is critical that we understand how to connect with the people we are targeting with our online ads. We can take a lesson from the successes and failures of news organizations as they have tried to build a relationship with the younger adults in our society. In this guest article, DJ Miller reviews some of those successes and failures. The so-called millennials pose a unique problem to those who try to keep them informed about what’s going on in the world. Gen Y is the so-called “me generation,” so trying to keep them interested in the wider arena is... [...]