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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

Amplify Local Business Visibility with Vertical Directories Starting Today
Local business listings and citations are a critical component of local presence management! Effective citation building isn’t about getting listed everywhere, but in authoritative sources

Organic Traffic Methods to Create Authority, Attract Local Consumers and Generate New Business
Are you looking for new ways to drive traffic to the local businesses you represent? No matter whether you are an agency, digital marketer, or

Unique Traffic Tactics to Expand the Digital Footprint of Local Businesses
Site traffic is at the core of every business, whether an online business or a local business that wants to drive customers to their brick-and-mortar

10 Backlink Building Techniques to Add to Your Arsenal Today
I’m sure you have read many blogs about why you should practice link building for SEO purposes, and some about why you shouldn’t. The simple

6 Important Facts about Facebook and Local Presence Management
OK, I’ll admit it – I am a 59-year-old Facebook junkie. Facebook’s success in the last decade has been nothing short of extraordinary, and I’ve been

Putting Multi-Location Businesses on the Map: The Guide Everyone Needs Today
Multi-location brands and businesses have their share of challenges that come with managing the online presence of multiple locations, from rogue social media accounts to

Why Multi-Location Brands and Businesses Need a Store Locator and Location Landing Pages on Their Website
Near me, Nearby, Closest…these words are becoming increasingly common across the billions of queries on Google every month. Thanks to mobile phones and iPads, we

Factors That Breed Bad Location Data and What Can Be Done About It
Managing the local presence of a business all starts with understanding citations and why they are important. Once you understand that, you can move on




