SEO constantly changes, which is both a gift and a curse. It’s a gift to marketers who take the time to make sure their content and web presence is always optimized for the latest updates. It especially helps the companies who simply try their best to provide their audience with relevant, timely content, since that’s what search behemoths such as …
You’ve probably heard, more than once, by now that content is the undisputed king of the World Wide Web. If you have a website, the content on your site is what sets you apart from the nearly two billion (yes with a B) other websites clamoring for audiences across the Internet. While conventional wisdom tells us that more content is …
If you haven’t yet made it a priority to make your website a mobile-friendly location on the World Wide Web, now is the time to take the leap. In fact, waiting could prove disastrous for your business. Here’s why. According to Business Insider, the number of m-commerce purchases (those made using mobile devices) accounted for 11.6 percent of total U.S. …
At the beginning of August, many companies and marketing professionals started to notice a change in Google’s organic website traffic. The changes were formally announced but the details were not given, so we are left to examine the changes ourselves and try to follow the trail of breadcrumbs. However, there are some observations we can safely make about exactly what …
There was a time not so long ago that SEO was at the very heart of every company’s digital marketing strategy. Things have changed dramatically. A recent survey found that SEO is the least popular digital marketing strategy among medium-sized businesses. In fact, only 44% of businesses surveyed claimed to dedicate any time or resources to SEO. It’s not clear why so …
Crawling. Indexing. Ranking. Are you ready to rewrite your entire website (including blog posts!) every time Google decides to change their search algorithm? This probably doesn’t “rank” high on your to-do list, and for good reason! You know in your heart of hearts how important it is for your website to rank high on specific keywords. You probably have your …
The days of building website content for search engine bots is truly over. Today, your content should be optimized for readability by humans, not by some type of keyword-munching creature that boosts your rankings for truly terrible content. If the content on your website was created several years ago and is following some of these older standards, it could easily …
A digital marketer’s job is never boring. Whether you’re looking for the next great way to hack your PPC results or finding a writer whose content is driving insane traffic on social, something is always shifting and you have to adjust. There’s been a lot of discussion about the need for finding fresh new content, but only a few years …
Brands have evolved from simply companies that produce goods and service you can rely on to something much more than that. Driven largely by social media, a brand today needs to be exciting and something that people are proud to associate with. Consumers want to share their favorite brands with the family and friends, engage with them on social media, …
Marketing is one of the most important tasks a business faces, no matter how big or how small it is. Without a successful marketing strategy, you’ll never be able to find enough new customers to sustain growth. For small businesses, this is especially important. Whether you’re new and trying to dig out a niche in your industry, or well-established and …