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The Power of Yelp’s Questions & Answers Feature for Businesses
Have you checked out Yelp’s new Questions & Answers feature yet? This feature enables the Yelp community to ask and answer specific questions about a business. Each
What a Local Citation Is and Why It Matters
When it comes to marketing a local business online, local citations play an important role in improving SEO and boosting visibility in local search results. This
Can Local Businesses Really Rank with RankBrain?
RankBrain has been around for awhile now. Has it helped or hurt your clients’ rankings? This machine-learning algorithm known as RankBrain was developed by Google to
Mobile Stats Reveal Precisely Where Business Can Meet Consumer Needs
Businesses that want to capitalize on mobile marketing should think about when their customers are most likely to be online, how mobile impacts purchasing decisions, and how
The Top Emerging Mobile Design Trends for 2017
In our mobile-driven economy, the importance of maintaining a consistent, up-to-date mobile presence cannot be overstated. After all, 82% of consumers use their smartphones to access
Measurable, Mobile Micro-Moments Reveal Path To Success
Mobile shoppers make up an enormous percentage of all consumers today, first outpacing desktop users in 2014 according to Comscore. Today this continues to grow at an
Google Shakes Things Up: Testing Product Ads in Mobile Search Results
It seems Google is testing a new layout for mobile search results again. This time placing product ads for local inventory at the top of
How to Future-Proof an SEO Strategy Against Google Algorithm Updates
Search engines like Google have one main job: to serve up relevant search results. In order to keep up with the latest technology (like smartphones)
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
