Coming up in the search results is one thing. Getting people to click over to your website is another. Here’s where the title and meta tags come in. Search engine optimization’s (SEO) job is to get your website to show in the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) when a human searcher is looking for what […]
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In this climate of deeply divided political and cultural issues, it’s very easy to offend someone just by replying, retweeting, or even posting on the wrong social media account. Now, if you happen to work in news media, politics, or a religious organization, this article isn’t for you. I would expect to see those types
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Endeavoring to market local brick-and-mortar businesses organically (non-paid) is actually fairly simple when you take advantage of these free tools: Instagram, Google Business Profile, and Facebook. Case Study: How one local business managed to increase Facebook reach when others were losing theirs… Due to the many algorithm changes that social networks constantly make, it is
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Google’s Core Web Vitals are still vitally important to a website’s performance! Have you tested your site recently? A lot of factors could affect it. Learn what you can to improve your score and SEO. Before I started this business in 2011, I remember Google’s major “Panda” and “Penguin” updates. That changed how websites ranked
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Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. We all know the definition of insanity. Then why are you doing social media marketing without checking your analytics and insights? During the first week of each month, you should review the previous month’s analytics on your website, as well as the insights
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Success means different things to different people. Successful social media and digital marketing means increased sales, exposure, and repeat customers. What do you want to accomplish with your Social Media Marketing? Got you thinking, right? Well, successful social media marketing starts with setting goals and metrics. Moreover, they have to be SMART goals. I see
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It’s extremely frustrating when you have what you think is a great website, yet you’re not getting conversions. That is, visitors aren’t staying, they aren’t clicking on your offer, and worse yet, they aren’t buying. Whatever you’re doing to attract and drive visitors to your website is working, but they’re not doing anything once they
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Many marketers make the mistake of jumping into blogging, posting, and/or advertising on social media without considering who their target market is and what they want or need. Obviously, you must think about the customer and not about what you want to sell or what you like. When a potential customer lands on your website,
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When you think of an “evergreen”, you think of pine trees. They are called evergreens because they are green all year long. They don’t lose their leaves in the fall. I grew up in Upstate New York, and my mom loved them. What is Evergreen Content? Evergreen content is blog articles or videos that are
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Blog is short for “web log”. Many people have them. They can be personal, casual blogs, and then there are business blogs. A personal blog can be by anyone about what interests them: food, hobbies, politics, travel, religion, pets, etc. It’s a way to get your “voice” heard. For Business, however, a blog is… “A
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