Demystifying Google Analytics in 2020
Demystifying Google Analytics in 2020 The very word ‘analytics’ sounds intimidating, especially to a small business owner who barely has the time to peruse Google, let alone use it to grow their own business. The benefit of having data at your fingertips is to help you decide if your ROI (return on investment) is paying […]
Three Easy Ways to Research Keywords for Amazon
When most people think about search engine optimization or SEO, they immediately think of the most popular search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. However, if you’re in the e-commerce industry, you know there’s more out there than just Google. THINK AMAZON! It’s one of the largest search engines in the world for products. Most […]
Think like your customer (and all of those other clichés are true)
Sounds easy enough. Just figure out what your customer is thinking, and lay the bait. The click bait. (That was a terrible pun, so let’s focus on this week’s topic instead.) Every mantra you’ve heard about getting into the mind of your customers is true: You need to think like them. You need to get […]
Search Local, Buy Local: Why local SEO (search engine optimization) Efforts are Important
Business owners usually consider their web presence to be global in nature. However, a strong local SEO effort is paramount to small business owners. Local customers are instrumental in helping you build a name in the market, whether that market encompasses a single zip code, an entire state, or the whole continent. According to Google, […]
7 Lessons Every SEO Practitioner Needs To Learn
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a fairly forgiving online marketing discipline. It’s a long-term strategy, so if you make one mistake, you’ll usually have plenty of time to correct it. On top of that, your search rankings are the sum total of hundreds of variables, so you might be able to safely miss one or two […]
The Best Alternative Keyword Research Tools
Keyword research is an integral part of any search engine optimization strategy – and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Keyword research takes up a significant chunk of time, and this is the case for many marketers, website owners and content creators. But it is something that has been expanding outward toward small and medium […]
How to align SEO and sales teams so everyone benefitsÂ
If your sales and SEO team need a refresher on how to work together, Columnist Casie Gillette has the answer with five communication tips that will get them talking in no time. It’s no secret that marketing and sales don’t always see eye to eye. The sales team gets mad at the marketing team for […]
5 Tips for Alternative Search Engine Marketing
You know there are more platforms besides Google to exercise your marketing prowess, right? Yes, the Silicon Valley-based juggernaut still remains the bread and butter for digital marketers by a mile, but this doesn’t mean alternative or niche search engines should be left in the dark. As you map out your strategies and campaigns for […]
8 of the Worst SEO Mistakes Even the Experts Make
Digital marketing is like playing the drums; everyone thinks they can do it. Inevitably, the layman writes content stuffed to the brim with a target keyword and cannibalizes his/her own webpages by using the same five keywords across all of their webpages. As infallible as we sometimes think we are, even the best of our […]
Why Google Shopping is dominating retail search marketingÂ
As Google has scaled up its Shopping products in recent years, there has been a growing consensus in the retail search marketing space that Shopping ads are one of the most effective ways to win valuable consumer clicks. This is especially true of the non-branded, broader search terms that are typical of the early stages […]