New business? Marketing doesn't have to be a big expense if you use these cost-saving tips.
According to Startup Genome, the value of the global startup economy is nearly a whopping 3 trillion dollars. Startups have been booming in recent years, making the field more competitive — and making it increasingly important that marketing strategies for startups are more innovative, defined, and cost-effective. The right marketing strategies for startups can help… Read more »
Do you have a geographic footprint you're looking to expand? A local approach can fuel growth.
Local marketing is increasingly becoming a superb way to connect with customers in your local area while promoting your business. It helps small businesses attract new customers and effectively impact business sales. Local marketing strategies might be a little different from the techniques and methods of general marketing, but the results are very effective when… Read more »
Intercepting search isn't enough. Make sure you deliver content that meets the user's need.
Although the oft-quoted statistic that 67 percent of the B2B buyer’s journey is conducted digitally is up for debate, there’s no doubt that potential customers are out there, using the Internet to conduct self-directed searches for products and services like yours. The most challenging aspect of selling your products is finding a buyer before they… Read more »
Do your organic and paid search efforts complement one another? They should. Here's how.
Much like the larger world around us, the industrial information ecosystem has become very fragmented. People consume information in all sorts of ways through all sorts of channels. But everyone uses search engines, which represent an opportunity to connect fragmented audiences around a common marketing message. Why Search Engines Matter So Much Right Now Why… Read more »
Search engines have a few rules they expect you to play by if you want to appear in their results.
Why do some sites suffer a Google penalty, or a fall in search rankings? Well, Google’s primary goal is to provide the most useful, relevant content to its users. Since 2000, Google has been tweaking its algorithm to streamline the ranking process to get users the best answer to their queries. It does this by mixing… Read more »
Google has said it will ding your site for poor mobile performance. Does yours meet its criteria?
Google is notorious for its reticence about how it determines search quality. They prefer not to reveal too much about how exactly they display results in their search index. Even after leaks of their Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines, they still didn’t let their customers (us) in on their closely guarded secrets. That is, until now…. Read more »
Been a while site you redid your website? Here are some great reasons to take the plunge.
In 1995, Clifford Stoll wrote an article in Newsweek where he stated that all the hype about the Internet was essentially a fad. Talk about a swing and miss. Granted, the Internet was still in its infancy. But twenty years later, the Internet is a crucial part of our lives and our reliance on it… Read more »
List products online? It's time to eliminate all that accidentally self-generated duplicate content.
In an earlier post, we explored how e-commerce and online catalog search engine rankings are affected by offsite duplicate content, which is content that is taken from one source and repeated on other domains. This article, in turn, focuses on correcting a content challenge you have more control over — onsite e-commerce duplicate content. Onsite duplicate content… Read more »
