Google Ads search advertising can be one of the best investments for your business for 2 very good reasons: Highly targeted - Your ad only appears when people are searching for your product or service in Google. So you get in front of your ideal customer at the exact time she's looking to buy. Low risk - [...]
As we start the New Year, it's important to take inventory of where you are right now with your online marketing so you can set aggressive, yet attainable goals for the coming year. To help you in this process, I put together 21 questions that need to be answered honestly and accurately. The questions go [...]
''People only see what they are prepared to see." Ralph Waldo Emerson was not talking about Google Ads when he penned that quote, but it fits perfectly with the topic of this article. When managing Google Ads campaigns, you will miss critical information unless you are prepared to see it. Not Everything Is As It [...]
I recently reviewed a survey we conducted, where we asked small business owners this question: "What's your #1 question about online marketing?" As I combed through the questions, I realized there was a common theme. A lot of the questions focused on the one thing to do, or the one tactic to use to get [...]
I'm sure you've heard the saying, "throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks." It's a common way to describe the process of testing many different tactics at the same time in order to identify what works (sticks) and what doesn't work (falls to the floor). It's a nice analogy to visualize the process [...]
With digital marketing, there is certainly no shortage of hype about all the different tactics to drive traffic to your website. There's SEO, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, email marketing... Sorry, my hand cramped up trying to type up all the options. :) My point is, there's a lot to evaluate and [...]
During one of my recent SEO webinars, there was one question that kept popping up: "How do you track phone calls from your SEO campaign?" Since this is such an important topic I'm going to answer this question in this article. Even if you're already tracking your phone calls, I urge you to read this [...]
Did you know Google Analytics data can actually lead you and your team to make poor marketing decisions? That probably comes as a surprise considering how I recommend this tool to every business, but it's true! If you're not careful reading your Google Analytics reports, then you could end up drawing the wrong conclusions about what's [...]
Looking for a complete guide to Google Analytics that will show you step-by-step how to use Google Analytics to make smarter marketing decisions? Look no further... You’re minutes away from learning how to track and measure the return on investment (ROI) from all of your digital marketing using Google Analytics. No more guessing that [...]
Are you curious how to track SEO keyword rankings, traffic, and conversions using Google Analytics? You've come to the right place... If you want to see how your SEO campaign is performing, where is the most obvious place to look? Google.com right? Just search for some of your target keyword phrases to see how high [...]
