Keeping Pace Executing a content strategy can feel like an ever-increasing treadmill. Google demands fresh, relevant content for organic search rankings. Given this environment, is content marketing sustainability realistic? Especially for small to medium-sized businesses? An Artificial Demand? If a business wants to increase organic visibility there are really only two ways of doing it: quality content …
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Finding Creative Commons Images
Finding quality creative commons images can be a challenge. If you’re adding new content frequently, you need a steady stream of pictures and artwork to make your words stand out on a page. In this post I’ll explain the different licensing types, a couple of free reliable sources, as well as some advice when using creative commons images for your website and/or blog.
Can-Spam Act Compliance Considerations
Is Your Email Marketing Breaking the Law? Your business likely uses email blasts in your marketing campaigns. Many small businesses start out their email marketing campaigns by researching and studying what other marketing professionals have done. However, what you might not know is that there is a law that regulates your use of email marketing …
8 Tips For Spring Cleaning WordPress
So, it’s that time of year again. The sun’s starting to come out again, and you’re thinking about doing a bit of spring cleaning. Well, don’t just limit your clean up to closets and garages. Why not have a look at your website too? Spring cleaning WordPress is typically ignored until something goes wrong. So, take …
6 Ways To Make Your Content Headlines Stand Out
Writing a good headline can make or break your blog posts. Your headlines appear on the search engine results page as adverts for your writing, either pulling people in or putting them off. So the minimal characters you’re allowed need to be used wisely to sell your content to as many readers as possible.
Yelp Profile Tips
5 Things To Manage Your Reputation Regardless if you love it or hate it, a business’ Yelp profile is an integral piece of managing an online reputation. Yelp wields a lot of power (some say too much) that can make or break a business, especially if you offer retail/B2C services. In this post you learn tips on how to make …
Content Marketing Resources
Sources to Learn Tips & Trends Digital marketing is ever-changing. That’s what makes it fun and a bit frustrating. Since generating content is such an integral part of SEO, I thought I’d pull together some a best-of list for content marketing resources that we use to help us keep our content fresh. What Content Marketing Really …
What is Content Ideation?
With more emphasis on content marketing, new terms are emerging. Content ideation is getting more attention. In this post I’ll explain what it is, how it fits into content marketing activities and some best practices to organizing your ideas.
White Paper Best Practices
Tips To Tempt Your Audience White papers are an excellent way to add a call to action (CTA) on your website. Perhaps your prospect isn’t ready to call you or hit the “Buy Now” button. Yet, they may be willing to share their email information in exchange for educating them. Here are three tips …
How To Build the Perfect ‘What We Do’ Page
Writing the perfectWhat We Do page on your website is difficult. If your company is anything like ours, working out exactly what you do and defining it well enough to fit it onto a single page of your website is tough.