6 Digital Marketing Strategies You Need To Adopt In 2020  

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If you haven’t already! Doing business today means finding a way to market your company by harnessing the power of the internet. Still today there are companies that forgo the use of the internet thinking it is too complicated or that they will be fine without it. This kind of thinking is troubling since implementing […]

How To Determine The Right PPC Advertising Budget

One of the top questions I hear from clients and prospects is, “How much should our budget be for pay-per-click advertising?” The answer to identifying the appropriate PPC advertising budget depends on projections, assumptions and math. In this article, I’ll dive into a few of the formulas we use to help companies determine how much to […]

Everything you need to know about visual search (so far) 

Visual search is one of the most complex and fiercely competed sectors of our industry. Earlier this month, Bing announced their new visual search mode, hot on the heels of similar developments from Pinterest and Google. Ours is a culture mediated by images, so it stands to reason that visual search has assumed such importance for the world’s […]

What we learned from SEO: The Movie 

Have you ever wished for a nostalgic retrospective on the heyday of SEO, featuring some of the biggest names in the world of search, all condensed into a 40-minute video with an admittedly cheesy title? If so, you’re in luck, because there’s a documentary just for you: it’s called SEO: The Movie. The trailer for SEO: […]

This script automates adding any AdWords data to a Google spreadsheet

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If you’ve ever been frustrated at the amount of time you spend creating PPC reports, you’re not alone. Today, I’ll do my best to help you with a new AdWords script I just finished. The severity of the reporting problem became very clear to me at a conference I recently attended. Attendees were asked to leave sticky notes describing the most timing-consuming […]

SEO case study: Zero to 100,000 visitors in 12 months

You need more traffic. More visitors on your site means more impressions, more signups, more purchases, and more revenue. But how do you capture more search traffic in results that get more crowded, more diverse, and constantly evolve in how they are delivered? Through a strong SEO strategy. Today I want to share a process […]

What To Look Out For To Avoid A Google Penalty

Shutterstock You may be the best in your business or practice but, without search engine optimization, you’re either average or a nobody in your field. As digital marketing consultant Alex Chris writes, “Search engine optimization or SEO is a set of rules for website (or blog) owners to follow for the proper optimization of their websites […]

Why Do Small Businesses Shirk SEO?

Plenty of small business marketers have embraced social media, but many are neglecting SEO, or search engine optimization. It’s a challenge to stay afloat as a small business today. Budgets are stretched and competition is stiff. Customers expect more and more. So why not embrace one of the most effective ways to grow your business? […]

3 Tips for Successful Content Marketing in the Age of Google RankBrain 

In 2017, one of the smartest things you can do for both your content marketing and overall digital marketing strategy is to pay attention to Google RankBrain and how it influences search results and rankings. Like it or not, if you’re a marketer, you spend a lot of time thinking about Google. You have to […]

How to Use Semantic SEO for Higher Rankings

How to Use Semantic SEO for Higher Rankings Every year SEO gets more difficult. More content is fighting for valuable real estate in the organic search results. How can your search listing stand out? By focusing on semantic SEO. What is Semantic SEO? Semantic SEO is the process of building more meaning into the words you use […]