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Listen: Do You Want to Know the Secret to Creating a Great Content Strategy
“Listen. Do you want to know a secret?” asked Paul McCartney. I love listening to music and I love the Beatles. What does that have

Show Me Your Face: What Google’s Author Rank Means For Internet Marketers
If you follow my blogs you know I am a big advocate of Google’s Authorship and Google Publisher Markups. One of the other most important

She Wrote an Article About These SEO Tips and You Won’t Believe What #MattCutts Did Next. Especially After He Saw Tip #5
Did you click on a link to this article based on the title? Good. My link bait worked. Isn’t that the point? To get you

9 Fresh and Effective Ideas for Your Social Media and Content Marketing Campaigns
Audiences are just drowning in horrible content, even after Google and its Hummingbird changes. Worse yet, people (and companies) are still using methods that are

Great Memes Act Alike – How To Use Them In Content Marketing
The other day my daughter had some friends over. Like every other group of teenagers, they were sitting on the couch texting each other. The

Social Media for Content Marketers: Reach vs. Depth
So you think you have created first rate content. Social Media for Content Marketers: Reach vs. Depth It’s fresh, useful and well written. Now you

The Death Of Guest Blogging Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
No matter what you are hearing today, guest blogging, when done right, is very powerful. Guest Blogging is Great! I’m pretty sure I don’t need

Where Have All the SEO People Gone?
Recently, I was thinking about the musician Pete Seeger, who died in January at the age of 94 after a long life of activism. Where

Building Trustworthiness in an Online World
If you have been following our journey over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking quite a bit about Google’s E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness).

Why Is Listing Management Important for Businesses?
We previously discussed Google pursuing verticalization through a growing list of Google My Business (GMB) attributes. Now, we’re going to look into just why listing

Our Google My Business Tool Lets You Add Questions & Answers
Managing a Google My Business (GMB) listing is no joke. It takes effort, a plan, and when possible, a tool. This is exactly why we

Adding Google My Business Attributes to Small Business Listings
An optimized Google My Business listing on Google is essential, and we all know it. It’s important that every element within a Google My Business

How Local Businesses Can Demonstrate Expertise Online
So, I know you’ve heard about Google’s E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness), but most likely you consider them as a whole. They do in fact

Using Google My Business Attributes to Create Non-Traditional Verticals
This week we’re focusing on Google’s growing push for verticalization, why you need to pay attention to Google My Business (GMB) attributes – and just

Consumers’ Trust of Business Listings – And How They Are Used
We’ve talked a lot about Google My Business lately and just last week we tackled Apple Maps, their decision to prioritize the user experience –

How to Add Markup Voice Assistants Love to a Local Business Website
Recently we have talked quite a bit about voice search and creating conversational voice apps. There is a big reason for this. Voice search isn’t




