Belmore Digital

Belmore Digital Australiaโ€™s digital marketing experts. Turning clicks into customers since day one.

Belmore Digital is a Digital Marketing Consultancy covering SEO (search engine optimisation), social media optimisation, email & communications optimisation, and CRO (conversion rate optimisation). I like to help businesses get found online to drive traffic, conversions and revenue.

Most businesses have more data available to them than they know what to do with.Google Analytics. Search Console. Ad pla...
25/06/2026

Most businesses have more data available to them than they know what to do with.

Google Analytics. Search Console. Ad platforms. CRM. Social insights. The data is there. The problem is that nobody is asking it the right questions.

Data tells you what happened. Interpretation tells you why it happened and what to do about it. Without that second step, a dashboard full of numbers is just administrative overhead.

The businesses we work with that make the best marketing decisions are not the ones with the most data. They are the ones who have built a habit of asking: what is this telling me about my customer, and what should I change because of it?

If your data is sitting in dashboards nobody is interrogating, that is an opportunity sitting unused.

Digital transformation is one of those phrases that gets used so often it loses meaning.What it actually describes is st...
25/06/2026

Digital transformation is one of those phrases that gets used so often it loses meaning.

What it actually describes is straightforward: aligning your business's technology, data, and digital strategy so they work together to drive growth โ€” rather than existing as disconnected pieces that create friction.

Most businesses are not failing at digital because they lack ambition. They are falling behind because nobody has been given the mandate and capability to see the whole picture and drive it forward.

That is the role of a Virtual Chief Digital Officer. Not a tech person. Not a marketing person. Someone who sits at the intersection of both and makes the whole system work.

Swipe through to see the five signs a business is falling behind digitally.

24/06/2026

๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ”น ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚
Google is automatically creating customer lists for eligible advertisers. Helpful in theory. Slightly concerning when you discover the change after it happens.

๐Ÿ”น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป
Bright new alerts are appearing in Google Maps. Small feature. Bigger reminder that Google increasingly controls where local attention goes.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
Googleโ€™s new Ad Manager assistant wants to analyse data and recommend actions. Useful? Potentially. Another step towards Google becoming the platform, analyst, and adviser? Also potentially.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
Threads has reached 500 million users. The question isnโ€™t whether itโ€™s growing. Itโ€™s whether your audience is paying attention there.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜.
Adoption is rising. Trust is falling. A perfectly reasonable response to technology that occasionally sounds very confident while being completely wrong.

Platforms keep asking for more trust while quietly taking more control.

I break down the digital shifts worth actually paying attention to every week ๐Ÿ‘‡

Read the full update here:
https://www.belmoredigital.com/tvfmw/jbs-digital-update/jbs-digital-update-22nd-june-2026-20260622

17/06/2026

JB's DIGITAL UPDATES WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS WEEK ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ”น Small improvements still count

Google Analytics reporting controls got a bit more useful. Not glamorous. Genuinely helpful if you've ever spent half an hour explaining why three traffic sources are actually the same thing.

๐Ÿ”น The future has been delayed

Google's AI Max migration is postponed. Breathing room for advertisers. Worth noting the direction of travel hasn't changed though.

๐Ÿ”น Attribution is getting fuzzier

Different platforms are reporting different versions of the same conversion. Certainty was always an illusion in measurement. Now it's just harder to pretend otherwise.

๐Ÿ”น Christmas arrives earlier every year

It's June. Meta wants you planning for December. Slightly absurd. Also not wrong.

๐Ÿ”น Google's new favourite hobby

Local Services Ads keep expanding. Google spent years teaching businesses to earn visibility in search. Now it's starting to look like a landlord charging rent on real estate it used to give away free.

Half the year gone. Know which of this week's changes actually affect your customers. The rest is noise with a press release attached.

A full-time Chief Marketing Officer in Australia costs upward of $200,000 a year โ€” before superannuation, benefits, or r...
11/06/2026

A full-time Chief Marketing Officer in Australia costs upward of $200,000 a year โ€” before superannuation, benefits, or recruitment.

For most businesses that are growing but not yet at enterprise scale, that is not the right investment. What they actually need is senior marketing leadership โ€” someone who has built and run strategies at a high level, who can see the whole picture, set direction, and hold the team accountable.

Just not every day. And not as a permanent hire.

That is exactly what a Virtual CMO provides. The strategic seniority without the full-time cost, with the ability to scale the engagement up or down as the business needs it.

If your business is growing but your marketing is not keeping pace, this is worth understanding. Link in bio.

10/06/2026

๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž - ๐Ÿด๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น
Google is testing Search Profiles inside Discover. The people behind the content may start to matter more than the brand names above it.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜
Large language models still get things wrong with impressive confidence. Replacing judgement is harder than replacing repetitive tasks.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ
Google says AI Overviews aren't hurting traffic. Publishers are looking at their analytics and drawing different conclusions.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
TikTok is moving into real-world events, wanting to own the customer journey from discovery through to attendance.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜
Meta is expanding AI messaging for businesses. Convenient right up until something goes wrong.

Platforms are steadily inserting themselves into more of your customer relationships. Discovery, communication, content distribution โ€” all of it. The question worth asking is who actually owns the customer relationship now.

I break down the digital shifts worth actually paying attention to every week ๐Ÿ‘‡

There are five numbers that should be sitting in front of every business owner who invests in digital marketing. Not qua...
09/06/2026

There are five numbers that should be sitting in front of every business owner who invests in digital marketing. Not quarterly. Monthly.

Most businesses we talk to know their marketing spend. Almost none of them know their cost per lead, their website conversion rate, or their return on ad spend. Without those numbers, every budget decision is a guess.

Knowing the numbers does not mean being a data analyst. It means having a clear enough picture to ask the right questions โ€” and to know when something is off before it becomes expensive.

Swipe through to see which five numbers matter most and what each one is actually telling you about your digital performance.

02/06/2026

๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ”น ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€
Preferred Sources is expanding into AI search, making trust and recognition more important than ever.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€
Google is testing more prominent site names and favicons. Small tweak. Big signal.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†
ChatGPT ads appear to be coming. Nobody should be surprised when attention turns into advertising.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
Most marketing problems aren't prompt problems. They're decision problems.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
Content discovery is becoming intent-based. Search engines and recommendation engines are starting to look very similar.

Platforms are becoming more active participants in what people discover, trust and act on. That makes authority, recognition and good judgement increasingly valuable.

I break down the digital shifts worth actually paying attention to every week ๐Ÿ‘‡

Read the full update here:
https://www.belmoredigital.com/tvfmw/jbs-digital-update/jbs-digital-update-1st-june-2026-20260601

26/05/2026

๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต
People increasingly trust Reddit discussions more than polished marketing copy. Which says quite a lot about what the internet has turned into lately.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น โ€œ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—นโ€
Ads are quietly being folded into conversational AI experiences so they look more like recommendations. The line between answers and advertising keeps getting thinner.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
Nearly half the web may now involve AI-generated content in some form. Which explains why so much of the internet now reads like it was written by a very polite photocopier.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€
Companies keep automating customer journeys while customers keep trying to find a real person to talk to. Funny little tension there.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธโ€ฆ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต
AI summaries, Reddit discussions, sponsored recommendations, conversational answers. The old โ€œten blue linksโ€ model is fading fast.

Less hype. More trust issues. Probably worth paying attention to.

I break down the digital shifts worth actually paying attention to every week ๐Ÿ‘‡

Read the full update here:
https://www.belmoredigital.com/tvfmw/jbs-digital-update/jbs-digital-update-25th-may-2026-20260525

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