Search Engine Optimization
What Is Google Webmaster Tools? Data Driven Daily Tip #220
WATCH LISTEN READ Don’t worry, you’re not alone. You’re clearly smart. You’re a successful small business owner OR an extremely intelligent marketer at an emerging brand or mid-size company, possibly the director of marketing, VP of Marketing or even VP of IT – but you don’t exactly know what Google Webmaster Tools is. It’s fine.…
Read MoreMarketers: Are Your Google Search Console And Google Analytics Linked Yet? Data Driven Daily Tip #212
WATCH LISTEN READ Between 40 and 52% of all website traffic comes from Organic Search. 95% of Organic Search traffic comes to all websites from Google. This, according to the 2018 Data Download. This makes it critical that all Marketers and Small Business Owners understand where they rank on Google, exactly, and for which search…
Read MoreExecutives & Small Business Owners: You Can Be Your Own Designer
WATCH READ Executives, CEOs, CMOs, VPs of Marketing and Small Business Owners, I’ve prepared this video for you to see how to create nice imagery to post on Instagram and Facebook. I know what you’re thinking (I don’t have time to do this). But, you agree that you need to be creating content every day,…
Read MoreExecutives & Small Business Owners: You Need To Blog Every Day. Here's How (Data Driven Daily Tip 203)
WATCH LISTEN READ Attention Executives and Small Business Owners: Blogging Every Day for Your Business should be like brushing your teeth. Seriously. When you were a kid, you were scared of brushing your teeth, and you hated it, and let’s be honest, that’s how most of you feel about creating and publishing business content every…
Read MoreWTF YouTube? How Can We Get A Custom URL For Our Channel? Data Driven Daily Tip #202
WATCH LISTEN READ I know a lot of people may read this blog and watch this video and think (pfewhat? it took him a year to get to 100 subscribers?) That’s NOTHING, and it took him a year? Yep. And I’m proud of it. Here’s why. 1. I put out an average of one video…
Read MoreHow Restaurants, Bars and Cafes Should Use Open Table For Marketing and Analytics
READ I remember I was walking past my father-in-law while he was searching online for a restaurant to make reservations at for his wedding anniversary, and each time he’d hit a search engine (Google) results page, he’d see an OpenTable result. OpenTable was dominating both the paid and organic results for just about every restaurant…
Read MoreSmall Business Marketing Tip: How To Make An Offer Post On Google My Business: Data Driven Daily Tip #200
WATCH LISTEN READ I’ve written a lot about the importance of Google My Business, how it’s the number one most important Small Business SEO strategy and even something all marketing directors and VPs of Marketing should pay attention to regardless of the size of their company. I’ve even gone in depth about why it’s important…
Read MoreDoes Your Digital Agency Know How To Get Your Business To The Top Of Google? Data Driven Daily Tip #199
WATCH LISTEN READ Make any Google Search now for a local company and you’ll see map results first. If you don’t, it’s likely because there’s some paid ads on top of them. Point being, Google has clearly decided that maps results will outweigh web page results for local business searches that don’t include the company’s…
Read MoreHey Google: WTF Is Mobile-First Indexing And What Does This Email Mean?
READ ATTN Small Business Owners and Marketers: Have You Seen This Email? Basically, it’s another “WTF, Google?” email. I mean if you received it, that’s good, because it means that your site is verified with Google Search Console / Webmaster Tools, perhaps the best SEO Tool available. And if you didn’t receive it, it doesn’t…
Read MoreDamn It Feels Good To Use Data: Stop Merely Glancing At Your Analytics & Dig In Deep!
READ It’s funny how when you truly believe in something, and love the process, and practice what you preach, and walk the talk, and are real about it, it’s easy to speak about it on a moment’s notice. Recently, I was approached by a great company out of Chicago and St. Louis, called PowerPost.Digital, about…
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