Cold calling and direct mail were some of the earliest marketing techniques developed and they’re still alive today under the banner of ‘cold emails’ or spam emails. Most businesses will receive some form of spam email and it’s normally pretty easy to work out what’s legitimate and what isn’t. However, in the last few months we’ve seen some more sophisticated spam emails come through that we thought we could share.
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No Soliciting – Yelp Says You Shouldn’t Ask For Reviews
Review websites are important to all types of business. Having a good score on Yelp or Google My Business is a major contributing factor behind if you get a click on your site or not. As part of that asking for reviews has been something that we have recommended in the past when trying to improve your online presence. However, according to recent communication from Yelp, this is now seen as soliciting and if you’re caught asking for reviews your account could be penalized.
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Fake Reviews
Having any kind of online presence can be a risk. By publicly putting your information and reputation on the internet you are opening yourself up to scrutiny and comments from people who may not know you and may not like you. Because of this, it is important to take care where and how you share your information to ensure that you are actively managing your online reputation. This is never truer than when working with online review websites.
What is Semantic HTML5?
Using HTML5 will help search engines understand what your blog and site are about. Find out which HTML tags you need to get your site ranked.
Why Build WordPress Websites?
Building From Solid Foundations The Spectrum Group works almost exclusively with WordPress websites, allowing for a high degree of specialization in this stable and uniquely customizable platform. For those unfamiliar with WordPress, here are some of the basics. First, WordPress is the fastest route to a fully functioning website. Rather than hiring a designer, waiting …
Online Reputation Management: Must Dos Part 1
Don’t Read Your Reviews Before Going on Stage! Recently I had a discussion with a prospective client who was looking for online reputation management services. They were dismayed to hear that you couldn’t simply delete erroneous and unflattering online reviews. Their misconception was fueled by a seedy online reputation management company who, for a mere $499 a month, promised …
Company Style Guide Tips
Building a style guide is an important part of content marketing. You need both a company style guide as well as a more tactical, blog style guide. This post provides several tips of what to include when creating a brand manual to ensure consistency both online and offline across multiple platforms. Why do you need a …
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.
Email Marketing Checklist
Emailing your customers is one of the primary ways we interact, but because of that it’s easy to slip into autopilot and stop thinking about what you’re doing. So from time to time we like to check that the emails we’re sending are appealing enough to open, read and respond to. Take a look at our email marketing checklist.
Thin Content & SEO Impact
Quality & Originality Is Your Trump Card Thin content has a serious impact on SEO. And not in a good way. We are often asked if there is an easy way to generate SEO rankings. The simple answer is no. Unless you love to generate lots of high quality, original content. A couple of weeks …