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A few weeks ago we wrote a post about Google Places and an issue that we were having with getting an accurate listing live again after our office location moved. What happened was that after trying to update our Place page, it was removed completely until we could verify the listing via the code on Read More

A recent BrightEdge social share report found that nearly 50% of the top 10,000 websites do not offer social sharing links. Social sharing links, also known as share buttons, are the little widgets at the top (usually, although sometimes the bottom) of a blog post or article that allow your reader Read More

I came across this great post the other day on searchengineguide.com. Written by Stoney deGeyter, it’s 30+ SEO analogies that struck me as funny and yet so very true at the same time. I believe in having a sense of humor about your work and this post was right up my alley. One of my favorite analog Read More

There are millions of websites out there, maybe even trillions, and yours is only one of them. Talk about competition. While it’s true that not everyone is interested in or looking for the same things, that’s still a lot of distraction. It’s necessary to have a business website in today’s day and a Read More

In a previous post about blog topic ideas, I explained how customers’ questions, product features/benefits and your website FAQ were all good places to start looking for blog topic ideas. If you’ve found yourself struggling one again to come up with good blog topic ideas to keep your content market Read More

Yes, we are suggesting that maybe not all blogs need a comments section. To most social media and online marketing strategists this concept may seem blasphemous. “A blog is supposed to be about sharing thoughts and ideas between author and reader!” “How are you supposed to know what your readers th Read More

Many businesses don’t have the internal resources to fully commit to content marketing, so they look to hire a freelance copywriter to shoulder most of the work. If you don’t have the writing skills or time to devote to content marketing, this is a great idea! A good professional copywriter has the Read More

Should an intern be handling your social media? The long and short answer is no. I’ve worked with plenty of interns in my 12+ years in the professional world. Some have been great and some were less than stellar. With interns, you can never be sure of what you’re going to get or how fast they are g Read More

Every business should have a blog. Unfortunately the number of successful business blogs is much less than the number of business blogs that have failed. Failure is typically the result of blog owners not dedicating enough time to the blog. They may start out with the best of intentions but once th Read More

There are a lot of blog posts out there about how to hire an SEO firm (I freely admit that I have written some tips myself!), but most of them deal with what a potential SEO client should be looking for in an SEO provider. I decided it was time to take a different approach and instead and am focusi Read More