To be successful with search engine optimization (SEO), you must use the right tools. It's simply impossible to conduct keyword research, analyze competitors, track rankings, track traffic and conversion trends, identify technical problems, and implement effective content marketing without the proper tools. Yet with so many tools on the market, how do you know which to [...]
If you've researched SEO at all, then you know it's complicated, there are a lot of moving parts, and things change very rapidly. Ultimately, all of that leads to frustration because it's nearly impossible to know where to focus your energy to improve your SEO results. Should you be blogging? Do you need to edit your webpages? Do you need [...]
I recently had an interesting conversation with a business owner who wanted to start working on search engine optimization (SEO), but her husband (the other owner) didn't agree. This was one of those classic sales problems that I'm sure you're well aware of. The husband didn't see the value in SEO because currently all of [...]
Undertaking local SEO is a foundational step to building a solid local online presence. Data shows that 75% of local searches result in an in-store visit. For any business owner, this statistic alone gives a good reason for undertaking local search optimization. The entire consumer industry has undertaken a big shift in this digital age: [...]
What is local SEO and how is it different from regular website SEO? That's one of four frequently asked questions that I'm going to answer in this article to help you determine whether local SEO is a good fit for your business and get you moving in the right direction to improve your rankings But [...]
SEO is like a slow burning fire. Once you get it started, you need to add more wood to it to keep it going. Think of your website as the fire, and SEO tasks as the wood. Each piece of wood you add, the longer it will burn (work for you). Below, I'm providing you [...]
You're on vacation, walking around and exploring the sites and suddenly get the urge for an ice-cream cone. What do you do? You take out your phone. Google "ice cream near me" and are met with a list of locations for the closest ice-cream shops in the area. You choose one and order your favorite flavor on [...]
I have a distinct memory in high school when one of my friends held up a wrapper that had the company's website printed on it and we all thought it was so funny for a company to have a website. I mean, what was the point? Who was going to visit a company's website? Granted, [...]
For many small business owners, designing and managing a website can be challenging. You may have designed your site when you first started your business and are now feeling a bit behind the curve when it comes to having an attractive site that's both user and SEO friendly. With the wide variety of website options [...]
With SEO, the devil is in the detail. And if you're familiar with SEO, then you know there are unfortunately a lot of details! That's why you must use a checklist to pinpoint problems preventing your website from ranking high in Google. It's simply impossible to remember every little detail if you try to wing [...]
