Is the future of social media going to be ‘pay-to-play’? Well, at least for Facebook that’s going to be the case. The Times reported “The Free-Marketing Gravy Train Is Over on Facebook.” What does that mean for people who rely on Facebook for marketing purposes? The...

Before asking what brands are for, you need to understand what a brand is. If you search the Internet for “What is a Brand?” you‘ll get a pile of definitions like: At its core, a brand is a promise to consumers Visual + Verbal + Experiential = Brand Perception Brands...

Google Authorship was created by Google as a way to connect content to an author by use of an author signature. The author’s signature was used to score the author based on trust and authority signals pointing at the author’s content, and that score was then used to...

In a recent article in Forbes, written by Steve Olenski, called 7 Reasons Why Your Business Should Invest In SEO, he points out some really interesting facts. Read full article here. He says,” Google the term “Is SEO dead?” and what comes back in return is over 44...

The fact that Google is used by millions to search the web every day comes as no big surprise, but these ten cool things that you can do with Google might just leave your mouth wide open. Here’s the scoop on ten of Google’s little-known functions. 1. Do you want to...

According to the website, businessdictionary.com, the definition of creative marketing is, “The outline prepared by the creative team of an advertising agency for the launching of an advertising campaign or message. A creative strategy is generally the result of a...

Getting on Google’s bad side doesn’t just happen to small companies, even the big guys get their hands slapped if they misbehave and the cost can be big. Earlier this year, eBay was hit with a search penalty by Google. eBay’s estimate of a loss of $200 million in...

cli·ché klēˈSHā kli-,kli-,ˈklēˌSHā/ noun a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. "the old cliché “one man's meat is another man's poison." synonyms: platitude, hackneyed phrase, commonplace, banality, old saying, maxim, truism,...

English poet and author, Rudyard Kipling, suggested the use of six questions – as a model for better thinking. Here is Kipling’s witty poem called, Six Honest Men: I have six honest serving men They taught me all I knew Their names are What, and Where and When; and...

Things are changing in the SEO and SEM world in 2015. The days of small, no-name companies ranking on top through the use of keyword optimization, link building and page optimization is no longer achievable. Today, small businesses need to spend more time building...

When most businesses think of starting a PPC campaign the first thing that comes to mind is Google AdWords.  That’s because with owning 67% of the market share for PPC campaigns, Google Adwords is the leading choice for most businesses. It also boasts significantly...

For many companies, they ignore the important step of establishing a budget for their PPC strategy.  Some companies think that as long as they're making money, all is good, so we’ll just spend, spend, spend. But budgeting is the real key to a successful PPC campaign....

Finally! Mobile assistants Siri and Cortana got some well-deserved time off last Friday when Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp search engines were brought to a standstill after Microsoft released an update with a snippet of bad code that caused servers to crash.   Although...

If you want to improve exposure to your target audience and drive more traffic to your website you should seriously consider a Pay per click (PPC) advertising campaign. PPC is an effective way to reach the top positions in Google without spending a lot of time and...

We hope we put a smile on your face.  2014 has been a wonderful year of growth for us.  We’ve added new members to our team and have redesigned our website with a new, fresh face.  We hope you like it as much as we do. As we approach the holiday season and the...

Before you can begin to build your social media strategy your website should be filled with interesting and compelling content (blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and whitepapers).  Why is that important?  When used properly social media can extend the reach of...

People seem to think just because they have a keyword or key phrase on the first page of Google that it automatically means people will buy their product/service. That isn't the case. Generic keywords, also called short keywords, are words or phrases with a relatively...