We have surely seen all the buzz surrounding inbound marketing, with many claiming it to be the most effective marketing strategy available. Yet, just because it’s effective, doesn’t mean we won’t need to execute it right, and in this guide, we will learn how. In this guide to inbound marketing strategy, we will divide our discussion into three big parts. By the end, you can develop a sound inbound marketing strategy and start implementing it. Let us begin with the first one. Targeting The Right Audience Knowing who to target and......
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Why Small Businesses Need Local SEO? To answer this question, first we will need to define the term “SEO” and “local SEO” respectively, understanding their similarities, differences, and different benefits. First, SEO—or Search Engine Optimization—, in a nutshell, is optimizing your site to rank higher on Google’s (and other search engines’) result page for specific keywords. For example, if your business is a pizza restaurant, if you can rank for the “best pizza” New York, it will bring several key benefits including but not limited to: You can attract those who are......
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SEO audit is the best, most effective way to assess the performance of your SEO strategy, and especially to figure out the reasons why you are not getting good SEO results. SEO audit should be performed before you attempt any SEO efforts, especially if you are an SEO agency handling a new client’s website. To achieve the best results, however, you should do SEO audit regularly. In this guide, we will share 9 important steps you should do when performing an SEO audit, covering the most important aspects of SEO activities. Before......
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Here is the deal, 46% of Google searches are made with local intent, where the searcher is looking for a business or service near him/her. Also, more than 30% of mobile searches were made before the searcher is visiting a store. Those are just two of the amazing statistics showing the importance of local SEO, in short, if you are a business targeting your local audience, optimizing for local searches is a necessity for success. But, the question is, how? In this guide, we will learn all the ins and outs of......
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Weebly, WordPress, WordPress alternatives and website builders make designing your own website look super simple. You just follow the instructions, add images, write content, and you are good to go. So, this means that there’s a great value to design own website, right? Not really. Taking the DIY route with website design vs. hiring a professional is an apples and oranges comparison. Think of it as the difference between cooking at home vs. dining out at a Michelin 3-star restaurant. There are some benefits to designing your own website, including the fact that it’s easier......
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Doing SEO correctly for mobile is one of the most important things to focus on in business this year and into the coming years. If you’ve paid attention to mobile SEO recently, perhaps you’ve missed one recent development: Accelerated Mobile Pages. Otherwise known as AMP, this is an open-source initiative made to improve performance of content marketing and ads viewed on mobile devices. It’s another digital gift backed by Google (and Twitter) to help people like you improve your website load times on smartphones and tablets. Statistics show AMP increases web page......
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Today the internet is the number one source of information. All around the world, people rely on the global network to get information of all kinds. This is done majorly through search engines. Search engines such as Google and Baidu are two of the most visited websites on the internet. Google holds the most significant share of the search engine market. It is followed by Baidu which is the first licensed search engine based in China. Baidu is responsible for about 12.85% of all desktop searches and 4.57% of mobile searches. Bing......
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Mobile devices; it’s probably two of the most used words. Smartphones have become almost an extensions of ourselves. Everything we do is already through mobile and forgetting this in your online marketing strategy can take you make you fail with your online presence. But why are they so important? The answer is simple. Almost half of the traffic your page receives comes from mobile devices. I say almost half because it depends on your sector and your target audience. Many sites have more 50% of the traffic that coming from mobile phones.......
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Does the thought of ‘doing SEO’ leave you cold? Not sure if it’s really relevant to your business? Well — how does having more customers sound like to you? A report into the importance of SEO found that the top site for a search had an average click-through rate (CTR) of 36.4%, with the second and third sites achieving a CTR of 12.5% and 9.5% respectively. While you might be skeptical about the importance of SEO to your ecommerce site, it’s unlikely you’ll be skeptical about the benefits of more customers clicking......
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As someone who’s finally delved into working with local SEO of late, how successful have you been at it? If going about it on your own, you’re perhaps missing a few steps that could still hurt your search results. No matter how much you think you know about local SEO, you’ll always find more to learn. It’s why you should always work with an expert when using local SEO. They’ll show you more of what’s possible so you don’t overlook anything. What you’ll discover is that there’s a lot more local in......
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