Mid-Year Checkup: Your 2019 SEO Efforts So Far
Remember back on New Year’s Eve, when you made all those promises to yourself about how you’d hyper-focus on growing your business? Well, since you’re sitting at the pool right now, waiting for the fireworks show to start, today is a good day to do a mid-year checkup of those goals. Let’s assume that one […]
Are You Mobile First? Is Your Website?
Who would have guessed that by 2019, approximately 60% of web searches would come from mobile devices? It even feels weird sitting in front of a laptop typing that statistic, instead of on a phone. But the reality is that our lives are in the palm of our hands. We are no longer tethered to […]
Image SEO is everything. And So Are Images.
You spent a lot of time thinking (and probably overthinking) which images to add to your website. But the work isn’t done once you load them. You need to add ‘alt text’ (shorthand for alternative text) to them so that search engines, such as Google, will know what the pictures are about. And you want […]
Bigger Isn’t Always Better (Sometimes Less is More)
The size of your website is not a direct indicator of where you land in search rankings. Bigger is not always better in a world of algorithms. Search engines, such as Google and Bing, don’t give extra credit for sites with more web copy. The copywriting itself must be robust and relevant in order to […]
To Pop or Not to Pop: Pop-up Ads and Conversion Rates
You’ve probably never heard anyone exclaim how much they love it when their screen is overtaken by pop-up ads. And everyone has their pop-up blocker enabled on their browser. So why do pop-up ads still exist? Because they actually do work. Well-placed and well-timed pop ups can translate into higher click-through rates and conversions. You […]
How Website Security Affects Your Search Rankings
The Google Chrome browser warns users if a website is not SSL-enabled by displaying a “not secure†message next to the URL. This, along with the proliferation of data hacking, should be reasons enough to have your site certified as secure (HTTP versus HTTPS). SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is security technology for establishing an encrypted […]
SEO Strategies: What Works, What Doesn’t
Nothing moves faster than the internet. Except maybe for the countless ways to advertise on the internet. As if keeping up with constantly shifting consumer interests wasn’t tricky enough, companies also need to stay informed of changing laws, updated search engine algorithms, and improved electronic information sharing. Marketing professionals need a steady hand to hit […]
Socially Acceptable: How Online Behavior Drives Profits
Although human behavior has been analyzed as long as there have been humans around to observe other humans, the term ‘social proof’ is the latest concept that our own behavior is impacted by the actions, attitudes, and beliefs of other people. It’s human nature to believe that, if a lot of other people feel a specific […]
Email Marketing Can Boost SEO Results
The online world is not entirely comprised of websites. It is also the means by which you communicate with your prospects. Yes, email has been around longer than Facebook Messenger or Twitter, and that’s because it is effective at reaching your audience. A well-managed email address book affords you a great deal of control, or […]
What does SEM mean to you?
If you are involved with your firm’s marketing efforts, specifically driving traffic to your website, then your whole world is SEM: search engine marketing. The term itself was originally a generic phrase for both SEO (search engine optimization) – which is commonly referred to as ‘organic traffic’ – and paid online search activities. The latter […]