This is a guest post from Shanna Mallon, a contributing writer for Straight North. Whether your industry is retail clothing or parts manufacturing, when you want to increase website traffic, there's no question you have to think about Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Why? The fact is, search engines provide incredible traffic potential for businesses. Think about [...]
This past month has been a busy one in the digital marketing world. Summer is in full swing and Google has been making some big changes to their suite of products and of course, their search engine. From an AdWords rebranding to Twitter cracking down on fake accounts, read on below for the rundown of [...]
Have you ever had a salesperson try to sell you something you don't need or want? Maybe it was the pushy DirecTV guy trying to sell you a package when you already have a cable television provider. You say, no thanks, but he keeps going. Finally, you just walk away. Usually, the reason you don't [...]
SEO has always been a moving target. Search engines are constantly updating the methodology by which they determine rank as they respond to behavioral and technical shifts online. For example, the rise of mobile devices completely changed the way Google weighted factors like site load speed and mobile responsive design. Sites with light and easy [...]
Summer is here, and things are heating up online in more ways than one. Some people are heated over the wrong dates associated with their content in Google's search results, and others are upset over lost rankings due to a Yoast bug. It's not all bad, though. There are also some exciting updates this month [...]
For many local businesses, deciding which marketing or advertising channels to invest in is difficult. The decline of local publishing has fractured local audiences, rendering traditional methods much less effective. Subsequently, search engines are now the way most people seek and discover local businesses. Google and other search engines have done a good job of [...]
Content marketing is extremely important for any small business. But, unfortunately, people waste a lot of time and money on content marketing. Does this mean you shouldn't invest in content creation and marketing? No. It's quite the opposite. And that's the point of this blog post. Content isn't meant to be written, published, and forgotten [...]
High-quality content is crucial for a successful website. We’ve all heard the phrase coined by Google “content is king,” which is true to a certain degree, but what defines quality? And, how can you ensure you’re creating pages that provide value to your audience as well as getting the green light from search engine giants? In [...]
Success with social media marketing hinges on your decision about which network(s) to focus on. Choose the wrong network and you could end up wasting your valuable time and resources with little to no gain. Choose too many networks and you'll spread yourself and your team too thin to be effective. The solution is simple [...]
The digital marketing world is always changing, and it can be hard to keep up with all of the newsworthy updates that happen. That's why, we're starting a news series where each month we'll be rounding up the most important digital marketing news items and curating them for you in one place. May has been [...]
