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Responsive Web Design: 7 Tips for Launching a New Website
Designing a new website? Maybe you’re a brand-new startup creating a platform for your business for the very first time. No matter what you do, you need to make sure your design is responsive and adaptable to the many mobile devices modern visitors use when they land on your website. It’s just a part of…
‘Tis the Season to Optimize Your PPC Campaigns for the Holidays
To optimize PPC campaigns for the holidays, use holiday-specific keywords and create festive ad copy. Tailoring landing pages to holiday themes can improve conversion rates. Adjusting bids for high-competition periods and targeting holiday-specific shopping behaviors are crucial. Utilizing remarketing strategies and promoting holiday deals or exclusive offers can also maximize campaign effectiveness. The holiday season…
SEO and Healthcare: What You Need to Know
It doesn’t matter if you work in a small doctor’s office or lab or for a large hospital chain; all healthcare professionals need to have an online presence. Healthcare and medical providers face a growing set of unique challenges in the SEO world because of the intense need for privacy and sensitivity they face. HIPAA…
8 Tips for Interactive Infographics
Last July I wrote a post dedicated to the various types of interactive content. Interactive infographics got a brief mention in that post. I decided to come back and add a bit more detail about how you can be successful in creating your own interactive infographics. It’s a type of content that’s not as widely…
Best Practices for Requesting Reviews from Customers
Customer reviews matter. Okay, that’s kind of the understatement of the century, but we think it bears repeating because reviews can be such powerful social proof. Sure, bad reviews are an important form of feedback…they (hopefully) teach us where we’re going wrong so we can improve. But ultimately, everyone wants positive feedback because it usually…
Step-by-Step Guide to Troubleshooting Technical SEO Trouble
Technical SEO is, well, technical. Okay, sure, that’s a bit obvious, right? What isn’t always obvious, especially to laypersons, is how to address technical SEO concerns and how to fix problems when they occur. If your site is struggling, but you aren’t exactly a virtuoso in the industry, hiring an expert to help you correct…
Interactive Content Marketing: What It Is and Why You Need It
Content is king, right? Yes, it is…but no two pieces of content are every quite the same, and few are created equally. The web is evolving and the best type of content for today’s modern marketing world is interactive. We know. We know. We’ve been telling you about creating great content for ages and now…
GDPR Compliance for WordPress Users
Getting flooded with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) emails from every service you’ve ever signed up with? There’s a good reason you’re receiving all those notifications. Businesses all over the world had until May 25, 2018, to put GDPR relatulations into place for European Union (EU) customers and visitors. If you’re just hearing about this…
7 Emergency Measures to Resuscitate a Dead Content Strategy
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: content is king. A strong content marketing strategy is paramount to your online success. The New Year is only a couple of months away, which means it is time to take a cold, hard look at whether or not what you’ve been doing so far is…
Taking Risks with Your SEO: What to Do and What to Avoid
When it comes to business, sometimes you have to take risks in order to grow. In SEO and web marketing, taking risks is, well, risky business. Sometimes, it’s worth it for the sake of testing, experimentation, and growth – but you really need to know what you’re doing before you make the jump. Otherwise, your…
Google’s Featured Snippets: How to Draw Attention to Your Content
We’ve all searched something on Google and instantly found our eyes drawn toward the featured ads at the top of the page. Depending on what platform you’re on, what you may not have noticed is the new featured snippets. They’re the boxes at the top of the search results that preview a little bit of…
Using Power Editor for Facebook Ads
Power Editor is a Facebook advertising tool designed specifically for large advertisers who need to create, edit, and publish several ads at once, while still maintaining precision control over each of their campaign. Though a Power Editor account is a bit more complex than the standard Facebook Ads Manager, the main advantage is that new…
7 Quick Fixes for Long-Form Content That Fails to Engage
We have plenty of proof that Google loves long-form content. When content creators get it right, it can significantly influence both engagement and SEO. It’s also much more appropriate when addressing in-depth, complicated topics, and surprisingly, one of the fastest-growing forms of media consumption on mobile devices. But content creators don’t always get long-form…
Don’t Sign with a SEO Company Without Doing Your Homework
We all love to study and learn – that’s why so many of us got into marketing and the quickly-changing SEO market in the first place. It would be great if you could handle every aspect of your business in-house, but the reality is that SEO efforts take a lot of planning and consistent effort….
7 WordPress Plugins You Should Consider for Better SEO
WordPress’s “fill in the blanks” style approach levels the playing field for people who don’t necessarily want to dabble in web design, but still want to take control, right out of the box. It’s insanely easy to create, roll out, track, and optimize content on the back end, all without ever needing even to touch…
What is an On-Demand Content Strategy?
In today’s fast-paced world, we consume content much differently than we did just 10 years ago. Thanks to the advent of DVR, it became easier to watch our favorite shows on our own terms, rather than at their scheduled air time. And as more people cut the cord in favor of streaming services like Netflix…
Leveraging Video Marketing: Why You Shouldn’t Ignore YouTube
There’s no doubt about it – video marketing is huge. No matter what social site or website you land on, you’re bound to see at least a few videos, ranging from vlogs to LIVE sessions to carefully constructed advertisements. Video gives marketers the opportunity to grab the attention of their audiences with short, creative bursts…
Critical Reasons Your SEO Efforts Aren’t Paying Off (And How to Fix It)
SEO isn’t always an exact science. Sometimes, finding the right approach demands a significant amount of trial and error, making calculating Return on Investment (ROI) feel a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Add in the complexity of constant changes from Google and it’s easy to see why some webmasters and…
How (and Why) Interactive Content Beats Text and Images Alone
Content marketing is an ever-changing game. Just when you think you have it all figured out, audiences change their minds, Google changes its algorithms, and you have to re-format everything to suit new needs. Sure, it can be frustrating, but when you get it right, the results are downright exhilarating. We know that classic online…






























