As a marketer, you’re well aware that creating memorable content designed to set you apart from your competitors is a major challenge.. And, things have gotten only more complicated with viral content. After all, how do you expect to compete with dancing babies or a dog doing back-flips when its owner comes home? That’s why you should consider getting a little out there with your … [Read more...]
WordPress 101: How to Optimize Your WordPress Site for Search
Being with so many knowledgeable people whose sole goal is to help others use WordPress to earn a living, broadcast their message, or fulfill their passions, and it’s difficult not to learn of all the things that make WordPress such a powerful content management system. Because WordPress is open source, there are plenty of plugins you can use to help make your website more search engine … [Read more...]
How to Advertise Your Small Business Online
Social media strategists are often separated from the SEO and web teams. This is unfortunate because they seek the same goals -- awareness of the website and engagement with the audience. SEO has evolved as a sophisticated but largely separate discipline from social media and community development. As a result the social media strategist is often left out of the loop when it comes to … [Read more...]
16 Free Local Marketing Ideas You Need to Try
A proper marketing strategy is very important for a small business. This is especially true when it comes to local marketing ideas. However, what if you have very little money to spend on local business marketing strategies? Let’s take a look at some free local marketing ideas you need to try. There are so many different types of marketing strategies for businesses these days that … [Read more...]
10 Effective Strategies in Repurposing Your Content
As a marketer, you definitely have a lot of work to do (and not enough time to get it done). You might also feel occasionally struck by writer's block when it comes to creating fresh, unique content. Given these challenges, you're always searching for ways to make your job easier while continuing to produce high-quality content on a regular schedule. Fortunately, content repurposing is … [Read more...]
All You Need to Know About Location Pages & How They Help Local SEO
If you are a multi-location business, location pages can help you increase your online presence, appear higher in local search results, and find more customers online. Here is a breakdown of what location pages are and how they can help you dominate local search. What Are Location Pages? How to Create Strong Location Pages What Are Location Pages? Location pages are … [Read more...]
6 Essential Tips to Rank In All Languages
The day has finally come – you have decided it is time to take your business international. Prospects and potential customers are searching all over the world for your products and services, but because your website only caters to one region of the world, you’re missing out on the opportunity. You need to figure out a way to get your content in front of all those eyeballs and in the … [Read more...]
19 Tools for Creating Engaging Images and Infographics
It wasn’t long ago that Twitter added inline image previews to its official apps, including the web view. Now, Twitter is including more image focus in the latest redesign. On the left-hand side of Twitter’s new web view, your profile and header images are now visible. We’ve done tests on our own Twitter account previously that showed images make a huge difference to … [Read more...]
How to Get More Views on YouTube With These 11 Tips
There’s no better time than now to figure out how to promote your YouTube channel. Why “now,” though? For starters, YouTube is the second most-visited site on the web, and when we’re spending up to six hours per day consuming video, the writing is on the wall. If you want to stand out on YouTube, you need to take advantage of as many promotional tactics as possible. We’ll go into detail on each of … [Read more...]
11 Ways to Optimize Your Local Landing Pages
Word-of-mouth and local advertisements may be a great way to attract customers from your area. But online search can be equally impactful, if not more. In fact, Social Media Today reports that 97% of search engine users have searched online to find a local business. And 46% of all Google searches were seeking local information. So if a business doesn’t rank in local search results, it … [Read more...]