7 Ways to Attract A-List Guest Authors to Your Site
If you don’t have one of the more authoritative websites in your niche (yet), it can seem difficult to grab the attention of the great...
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13 Beautiful and Responsive WordPress Themes
Appearance is just one factor in developing a blog that entices readers to return over and over again – after all, the display often up sells your...
Quick Tips: Make These Other Types of Content Your Marketing Bread and Butter
There is life outside of your company blog. Traditional content is great, but you must embrace content in many different forms to be successful. While not every...
Understanding How to Use the Google Tag Manager
Just recently someone told me they stumbled upon the Google Tag Manager and had no idea how it worked or why it mattered. Believe it...
E-Commerce 101: How to Get Started with SEO For Your Products on Amazon
It’s clear that Google and YouTube rankings are some of the most sought after rankings, but if you’re an e-commerce site or looking to sell...
Marketing 101: How to Create a Successful Influencer #Marketing Plan
These days it seems like we’re in need of some unique marketing tactics, and although influencer marketing has been around for quite some time, it’s...
Four Quick Tips to Creating Content that Isn’t a Blog Post
There is always lots of advice out there about writing and marketing your blog now that blogs have become a necessity for every small business....
The Time Has Come: How to Actually Create a Video Rich Snippet
There has been a bit of buzz around rich snippets over the last few years, and for good reason. Rich snippets are an excellent way...
Things We Online Marketers Could All Improve Upon in 2014
It’s that time of year, so you’ve surely seen lots of articles about what’s going to change in 2014, predictions, wishes, what’s going to be...
Are Google+ Ripples a Worthwhile Feature?
In the beginning, people just didn’t know about Google+ Ripples, and so their popularity was naturally slow to grow. However, Ripples have now been an...
You Don’t Work in Marketing: What’s The Bare Minimum You Should Know About SEO?
It’s pretty rare that someone would suggest you only need the bare minimum about a topic, but sometimes priorities take over. But in the case...
Accepting SEO Guest Articles On Your Blog: Don’t Lose Your Blog’s Vision
You always want to make sure that you are in complete control of your business, and this includes your blog. There is no denying that...
Brief Your Bloggers: How to Prepare for 2014
Each year bloggers have to change little things about their job to keep up with Google changes, but this upcoming year bloggers are going to...
Local Carousel Rankings Are Out: The Verdict
The local carousel design has been in effect since June of this year, so it’s about that time when experts try to measure its success...
Flashy vs. Simple Websites: Does One Lead to Better SEO?
It’s easy to get carried away when creating your website because A). Creating a website is fun, and B). There are tons of different options...
Popularity is Great, but How Do You Make Your Content Profitable?
If you are paying attention to all advice on the internet, you have noticed a focus on making content engaging and social. While this is...
Google Gives Advanced Tips on Authorship: What This Means to Your Business
Authorship has been a big topic in the SEO world for quite a while (and rightfully so). Authorship not only helps your entry jump off...
Formal SEO Higher Education Options
For many of us, something just won’t get done the way we want it done unless we do it ourselves. SEO, unfortunately, can easily fall...
Who Needs SEO When You Have No Competition?
It’s no secret that SEO is not easy (and it’s not cheap). It takes a ton of effort to earn that top spot on a...
Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Time Sensitive Pages
When it comes to content, you always have to worry about something being time sensitive. Writing evergreen content, or content that will remain significant throughout...
SEO Agency vs. Content Marketing Agency: The Differences and Why They Matter
When a company first begins to grow, it makes sense to hire an outside agency. You need help, quickly, and you don’t have time to...
7 SEO Tasks to Complete Before Even Thinking about Hiring an Agency
There are many small business owners that try to find a balance between hiring an SEO agency and trying to do a few things on...
An Online Resource You Don’t Want to Miss: The Matt Cutts Short Cutts
It’s hard to believe that this topic has never been discussed on Search Engine Journal, but it looks as though one of my favorite resources,...
Can Social Media be Your Primary Marketing Strategy?
It is no secret that social media is turning into quite the process. It’s becoming more and more important, so many different tools and advice...
SEO Failure? Where to Point the Fingers
Many companies as well as clients have a difficult time accepting that they may have been the reason for an SEO failure. In most situations,...
Offering Guest Posts for Your Clients: Why You Should Get Your Writers Involved
More and more companies are beginning to realize the importance of content and guest posting when it comes to ranking well on a Google...
How to Manage a Content Team For Your Different Clients
It is no secret that guest posting is something that every company wants. Contributing guest articles to other websites is a great way to improve...
Own a Franchise? Top 5 Things that Make Your SEO Different (and How to Adapt)
Many people are aware that owning a franchise is different than owning your own businesses; however what many do not realize is that there are...
Facebook’s Graph Search and Google+ for Social: Does One Have to Prevail?
Facebook and Google have been seen as separate online necessities for quite some time, but it seems as though both companies are beginning to close...
A Deeper Look at Google Signals Map and Social Data Hub
If you’re anything like me, you stumbled across a Google Signals Map and had no idea it even existed. However, Google Signals has actually been...