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What a digital marketing manager
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Optimize website content for search engines
Refresh the product pages for North America: update meta titles and he…2 sources agree

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Optimize website content for search engines+
Refresh the product pages for North America: update meta titles and headings to reflect Q3 campaign keywords, tighten on-page copy to match search intent for enterprise buyers, run a crawl to confirm no duplicate tags, then report rank changes to Marta by Friday.
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Create content strategies for digital media.+
Draft a three-month content plan that aligns with the global product launch: list pillar topics, target audiences, distribution channels and KPIs, include content calendar dates and a budget estimate, then share with Priya and Tom for approval next Tuesday.
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Oversee SEO and SEM campaign execution+
Audit current paid and organic keyword lists, map them to landing pages and conversion funnels, brief the ad agency on budget shifts for high-opportunity terms, and send a prioritized three-month keyword and bid plan to Finance and the agency by Monday.
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Collaborate with content, design, and product teams+
Host a joint kickoff with content, design and product leads, share the product roadmap and editorial calendar, assign owners for hero content and microcopy, and agree milestones and handoff formats so campaigns can ship on the next sprint boundary.
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Manage social media marketing initiatives+
Plan the next quarter's social calendar aligned to product launches, assign creative briefs to Design and copy to Content with deadlines, set ad spend caps per channel, and deliver an approval-ready schedule and reporting template to the CMO by Friday.
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Assist in the evaluation or negotiation of contracts with vendors or online partners.+
Summarise the vendor proposal, flag pricing, data-sharing and SLAs, propose negotiation fallback positions, and run the summary past legal and procurement before Thursday noon so I can lead the call with the vendor on Friday.
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Resolve product availability problems in collaboration with customer service staff.+
Investigate the SKU shortages flagged in last week's service tickets, map root causes with customer service, propose messaging and replenishment timeline, and run the customer-facing update by Emma in support before publishing.
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Perform on-page SEO and website health audits+
Run a full on-page SEO and site health audit, list critical fixes by impact and effort, attach before-and-after URL samples, then schedule a patch release with web ops next Wednesday at 2pm.
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What the work runs on

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5 tasksHubSpotcentralises content calendars, audience segmentation and publishing workflows for approval and distribution
4 tasksGoogle Analyticsprovides traffic and behavior metrics to validate keyword targeting and measure post-optimization impact
4 tasksElasticsearchcan surface indexed site content and search intent signals to align with keyword targeting
4 tasksGoogle Looker Analyticsbuilds scheduled dashboards and alerts from traffic and ranking data for ongoing KPI tracking
4 tasksFacebookserves as the primary channel for publishing and paid social management tied to campaign spend and targeting
3 tasksMarketo Marketing Automationautomates scheduling, lead flows and reporting that connect social campaigns to nurture programs
2 tasksJavaScriptimplements client- and server-side integration layers and lightweight data transformations needed for prototype syncs between web apps and ERP
1 taskHTMLused to update meta titles, headings, and page structure for search engines
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What the work pays

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Questions people actually ask

You split time between strategy, execution, and meetings. Morning might be 30–60 minutes checking Google Analytics or Google Looker Analytics for traffic shifts, ad performance, and SEO KPIs like organic sessions and conversion rate.

Afternoons often mean coordinating content with writers and designers, reviewing on-page SEO and website health (HTML, JavaScript checks), approving ad copy with agencies, and touching HubSpot or Marketo for email campaigns and automation flows. One or two days a week are for deeper tasks: keyword research, competitor analysis, or vendor negotiations.

Start with Google Analytics (or Google Looker Analytics) because it tells you what users do and which channels drive conversions. Learn to read sessions, bounce rate, and goal completions — aim to pull a weekly report you can explain in five minutes.

Next, learn a marketing automation platform like HubSpot or Marketo to build email flows and track leads. Elasticsearch is useful later if your company runs large site search or data-heavy queries; it’s more niche and usually for product/engineering collaboration.

For one person, 4–8 active SEM campaigns and 2–4 SEO project strands (site audits, content calendar, technical fixes) is realistic. Each SEM campaign needs daily checks at first, then 2–3 times weekly once stable; SEO projects need weekly to monthly touchpoints.

If you’re automating bidding or reporting (using software or scripts), you can safely handle more. But principal limit is your ability to analyze performance and coordinate changes with content and product teams.

Use AI to draft ideas: headlines, brief ad copy, and content outlines. Always edit for factual accuracy, brand voice, and legal compliance. Cross-check any product claims with product or legal teams before publishing.

Avoid letting AI write final content for ads or policies (like online transaction or security policies). Keep human review for SEO-sensitive content (keyword use, intent), privacy-sensitive copy, and anything tied to contracts or vendor negotiations.

Compared with a product manager: you focus on customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, and campaign performance. Product managers define product features, roadmaps, and technical requirements. You may collaborate on product requirements or interface methods (ERP, system software), but you’re not the backlog owner.

Compared with a social media manager: social focuses on daily posts and community. You own broader channels (paid social, email, landing pages), campaign strategy, KPIs, and budget for paid campaigns. You coordinate social but also handle SEO, SEM, and analytics.