Why Every Business Should Perform a User Experience Audit

Why Every Business Should Perform a User Experience Audit. Image of people looking at a white board with mobile website designs drawn on it.

If you run a business that sells products online, chances are you’ve experienced a customer abandoning their shopping cart. Or perhaps you see that people are frequently visiting your website but taking little to no further action. Ever wonder why that is? With so many components of a website, it can be challenging to get…

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Google’s People Friendly Change

Google’s People Friendly Change. Image of a group of people looking at the presentation of a website.

Google Changing the Way We Search On average, Google handles over 40,000 search queries every second and 3.5 billion searches per day. That is jaw-dropping! If your response was anything like ours, then you are probably asking yourself how Google sifts through all the information on the web to generate the best answers for your…

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Website Traffic: The Best Tools to Track Your Online Metrics

It’s no secret that if you want to attract customers, you need to be seen online. Whether you run a brick-and-mortar storefront, a remote service, or any business model in between, your website can help you improve your marketing and stand out from the competition. Website traffic is a treasure trove of information, and the…

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Preparing Your Content Marketing Strategy for 2022

What organization or business has content that you enjoy? Not just like but REALLY enjoy. Maybe a specific podcast, newsletter, or blog comes to mind? Something that really resonates with you. That business went through a process of creating and evaluating to get that juicy goodness to you. That is what content marketing is all about – educating, connecting, and inspiring your followers.  The goal of the content marketing process, first and foremost, is to provide your followers with the information they’ll truly…

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Does Your Landing Page Do This?

Does your landing page work?

Recently, I was on scrolling on Facebook and saw this amazing ad for a ski resort in Big Sky, Montana. It was a contest to win an all-inclusive vacation to their resort. I was immediately hooked! Who wouldn’t want a free vacation? After completing their form, I received an email from them. Before you get…

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Measuring Your Social Media Marketing: Reach and Impressions Explained

How to measure your social media

Reach and impression are two marketing terms that are tossed around frequently, but often leave DIY marketers confused. To measure the success of your marketing efforts, you’ll need to understand their meaning. We’ll explain differences between the two so you can thoughtfully analyze your data and tweak your marketing efforts based on your results. Before…

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Repurpose Your Marketing Content and Reach a Larger Audience

Repurpose your Marketing Content

Have you ever labored over content for your marketing pieces, only to post once and forget about it? Let’s face it, creating content is time consuming and, well, wouldn’t you rather be doing something fun? Wouldn’t it be great if you could reuse your content? Well, you can! And, there are many benefits other than saving…

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Keyword Tools for the Small Business Owner

Using the Keyword Tool for small business owners

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is important to the connected business owner. When your website is well optimized for search engines, it essentially speaks the same language as its visitor base using keywords. Keywords help connect searchers to your site and are one of the main elements of SEO. Using keywords will help your website rank…

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Mobile First

Mobile First

Up until recently your mobile website was considered an alternate or secondary site. That no longer rings true. Google – you know the big company that owns the world’s largest search engine – is now indexing your mobile website before your main website. This effectively makes your mobile site your main site now. Have I…

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Creating SEO Rich Blogs

SEO Rich blogs

In the world of online blogging, SEO rich blog posts are important in getting your content seen by your readers. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is how search engines prioritize their findings. To create SEO rich blogs, there are a few things you need to know. Consider the following steps below to help…

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