If you’ve decided to give your website a new look and have opted for a redesign for improved navigation and traffic, you need to do it right. Done right, a website redesign can boost sales and SEO. But if you get it wrong, then there’s a real possibility of your existing SEO suffering. Your SERP […]
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YouTube Expands Advertiser Access to 15-Second Non-Skippable Ads
Advertisers on Google Ads have historically had a few main video format options when launching auction-based YouTube campaigns: Skippable TrueView in-stream ads: These appear before, during, or after YouTube videos. The advertiser pays if the user interacts with the video, watches 30 seconds of it, or watches the entire video ad (if it’s shorter than 30 seconds). TrueView […]
SEO After a Website Redesign
If you’ve decided to give your website a new look and have opted for a redesign for improved navigation and traffic, you need to do it right. Done right, a website redesign can boost sales and SEO. But if you get it wrong, then there’s a real possibility of your existing SEO suffering. Your SERP […]
Google’s web.dev Scoring Tool and Your Local Business
Google’s web.dev tool is great news for small businesses that seek to improve their business websites and compete more effectively online. Web.dev, Google’s laudable initiative, has two components, Tests and Learning. You can test your website for performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices. Performing the audit is simple and free. Enter the URL of the website […]
6 Top Reasons to Outsource Digital Marketing
When running any business, whether small or large, time is valuable and marketing your brand can take up so much of your time. If your time is limited, outsourcing your digital marketing to an agency could be the best solution. Let’s look at the top 6 reasons why outsourcing digital marketing might be good for […]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Getting Started with Pinterest Advertising
In September 2018, Pinterest reported that 250 million people used the social platform every month, which is 25% more than the number of people who used Pinterest in September 2017. This year-over-year growth is astounding since Pinterest is a lot younger than other social platforms (launched in 2010). Pinterest has become another vital channel to reach prospects […]
SEO Spam and Local Search Ranking
Is Your Business a Victim of SEO Spam? SEO spam is an example of negative SEO that blackhat SEO practitioners can deploy successfully against competitors and sometimes, even for their clients. When discovered by the search engines, the activity invites penalties. These could range from plummeting rankings to a sitewide ban. You can face a […]
7 Free Digital Marketing Resources to Improve Your Small Business
When you are a small company competing with a large company, it comes down to who has the most resources to find new customers. Sadly, the outcome is predictable. The larger company has more resources to spare and can spend more money on advertising than a small company can afford. This is why more than […]
Local SEO Tasks That Are Ongoing Processes
We’ve been in the Search Engine Optimization business for several years now. Occasionally, we get a call from a SEO client we helped several years ago. The call goes something like “Our rank on the search page has dropped. Can you do a couple things to get it back up?” Well, yes, we could but […]
How to Build Social Media Influencer Engagement
In days gone by, the only form of “word-of-mouth” marketing took place between people in everyday conversation. Emails and phone calls definitely changed the way we communication, but the biggest game changer has undoubtedly been social media. While starting out as places friends could share about their lives, social media has become a crucial marketing […]
