SEO

Search Engine Marketing encompasses both Organic SEO and Paid Search. Read the blogs below to learn Search Marketing strategies and tips to improve your results and get results as quickly and efficiently as possible.

2 Critical Factors to Avoid an #SEOStrategyFail

Your Approach to Search Starts Based on These 2 Things It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you’re not getting the SEO traffic you think you should be getting, that most likely something is “wrong” with your website. You know, like your web designer accidentally forgot to flip the SEO switch. Or mistakenly blocked…

Why Isn’t Your SEO and Inbound Traffic Converting?

Inbound marketing is the rage these days. And for good reason. Social, search, and content have proven to be very effective in digital marketing awareness. So you create a few awareness campaigns, and your organic SEO keywords and hits are starting to roll in. You’re getting more traffic to the site, your content is getting more…

Digital Marketing Case Study: Battling the Status Quo of Auto-Pilot

It is an incredibly exciting time for marketing right now. The sheer amount – and easy accessibility – of information, data, tools, and collaborative programs make our profession more fun than ever. We should be rocking out our jobs all day long. But there’s one pesky fly in the pudding: our customers are harder to…

Why SEO Won’t Be Replaced by PR or Content Marketing

Nothing fires me up more than hearing “SEO is dead.” And if you’ve been a follower of mine for long, then you know my counter-response. “TRADITIONAL SEO is dead.” You know, “traditional” as in the old school way of quick and dirty tactics. But as long as your target market turns to a search engine to…

Has the Courage of SEOs Finally Failed?

I’ve felt compelled to write lately about the state of Modern search engine optimization (SEO), and the future of SEO. To sum up why this has been on my mind: I spoke on a panel a few months ago, aptly titled, “The Future of SEO.” I put in a lot of research around it and…

7 Components of a Modern SEO Approach

In the past, SEO used to be a very technical checklist you would run through, and by doing a few things you could get results very quickly. That is not the way of Modern SEO today. SEO is many things, and touches many disciplines that impact the visitor, prospect, customer, and influencer experience. This is…

The Future of SEO – You Can No Longer Ignore What’s Coming

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu Times they are a-changin’. Listen, I’m not one to jump on top of trends. I’m just now embracing the usage of hashtags for fun in my social posts. #BTWmyhusbandhatesthewordhashtag #hashtagcantstopwontstop But recently, I was given the incredible gift…

SEO Marketing Guarantees – A Personal Story

Something sucky happened last month. I had a client experience that – without trying to get overly melodramatic on you – hurt my heart. I was nearing the end of a 3 ½-hour working session consultation that was designed to leave this client with guidance, training, and a blueprint to follow for the next 6…

SEO Survey Results: 2 Takeaways from Your Most Pressing Problems

Got SEO woes? Well, I’m picking up what you’re putting down. I recently ran a 2-question SEO survey, asking: What’s your #1 single biggest SEO challenge right now? What info do you like hearing from me, and what would you like to hear more of? The majority of the responses centered around challenges with: content…

“I Want My SEO Results Back!” 7 Important SEO Redesign Tips

2022 note: In addition to the tips below, check out these 5 basic SEO Redesign tips in this updated article here. “I want my SEO results back!” It’s the year of redesigns. Thanks to Mobilegeddon, and businesses wanting to freshen up their outdated sites to more of the 2015 “look and feel,” if you haven’t…