From Our Northern Cousins Canada officially rolled out new Anti Spam Legislation, effective on July 1st. This is noteworthy for those businesses who have clients or prospects located in Canada. It will affect how you electronically promote your services especially via email marketing, social media or instant messaging. In this post we’ll recap the Canada’s new anti …
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Blog Style Guide Tips
To Avoid Content Chaos A blog style guide, sometimes referred to as content marketing guidelines or editorial policy, is a set of writing standards designed to keep all communication consistent within a specific document, multiple documents, or an entire organization. In this post, we’ll explain why you need a blog style guide and how to create …
Negative Online Review Tips
For An Appropriate and Proactive Response If it hasn’t happened to your business yet, it will: You or one of your employees comes across a negative online review. Customers leave them on sites such as Yelp, Angie’s List, and Google as well as niche specialty sites and the Better Business Bureau’s site. Businesses can’t afford …
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 …
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 …
Tips to Using Blog Writing Services
To Fill Your Content Marketing Needs Outsourcing portions of content marketing can be a smart business decision if internal resources are stretched thin. the good news is there are dozens of blog writing services available. The key is to match your copywriting needs to the right freelancer(s). Services such as TextBroker, Writer Access, and The Content …
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 …
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 …
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 …