All About Asking The Right Questions While we’re huge fans of digging into Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools for visitor behavior, sometimes the best way to get answers about your website is through a survey. A website survey can provide insight on content that visitors read and value. In this post I’ll share our best …
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Yelp Reputation Management Issues
Charged with Pandering & Extortion Managing online reviews and press coverage is all a part of reputation management. But what if the biggest review repository has its own PR “black eye?” Yelp is experiencing (yet again) reputation management issues. Most of our clients fall into one of two categories: Lovers or Haters of this popular …
Creating a Successful Blog: 5 Tips
One Marketer’s Musings What are the secrets of creating a successful blog? This is a question I pondered earlier this week as our website achieved a major content marketing milestone: 300 published blog posts. As an online marketing agency, we need to walk our talk. And I think our blog does just that. Here are …
Boring Website Blog: The Telltale Signs
Is Your Audience Engaging or Exiting? So how do you know if your website blog is getting stale? The answer to that question lies in Analytics and in your blogging motivation. In this post we’ll explore the statistics and softer-side of a website blog to determine if your content marketing strategy is a trick or …
How Do You Increase Web Traffic?
One sign of a healthy online presence is a steady increase of web traffic. If your website is relatively new or your pageview stats have stalled, then this post is for you. We’ll answer the perplexing question: “How do you increase web traffic” with evergreen (read: White Hat SEO) techniques. Consistency, Baby Search engine bots and …
SEO Copywriting Outsourcing Tips
Outsourcing SEO copywriting is a big decision. You’re delegating an integral piece of your online marketing. It reflects your business brand and messaging. You know that content is SEO fuel. Therefore, to build rankings you need to publish fresh webpages or blog posts. If you’re finding that internal resources can’t keep up a regular SEO copywriting schedule, …
Online Client Testimonial Basics
A client testimonial is incredibly powerful, especially if it tells a compelling story. Telling that story online, however, can be problematic. Why? Because the rules of online marketing can make it cumbersome to share the same story across multiple platforms. I’ll share some client testimonial basics so you can get the most of your success …
Infographic: Content Marketing Visuals
Visual Content to Educate & Persuade Infographics and content marketing involve the use of special techniques to market an idea. These include content writing for websites and blogs, WordPress projects, and graphic design. Each is effective in its own way when used skillfully. Infographics is another way to communicate a strong idea in a visually …
SEO Copywriting Tip: Mind Mapping
A Powerful Tool That Sparks Creativity SEO copywriting is invariably on my daily to-do list. I’m either writing for our blog (229 posts published and counting) or I’m whipping something up for a client. Sometimes I get stuck – not quite writer’s block – but I get to the point where I’m struggling to write …
How To Blog & Tips on First Impressions
Blogging Practices That Impress & Get Attention Content marketing is such a buzz word nowadays. But what if you don’t know how to blog? If this online writing practice isn’t second nature, don’t worry. You aren’t alone. Even so, it’s a skill we highly recommend developing. Why? Because fresh content is the fuel that feeds …