Blogs have become the life force behind a brand's online identity. Blog posts fuel social media efforts, give search engines content to crawl and index, provide companies the opportunity to showcase themselves as thought leaders in their industry, and much more. As such, diving into creating a blog should not be taken lightly, but you … Continue reading Building Your Blog [SlideShare Presentation]
We all know that content is king, and its empire is growing by the minute. This is more true now more than ever since Google's Hummingbird algorithm update. One of the best ways to add content to your website is to create and maintain a blog focused around topics relevant to your company's industry. A … Continue reading How to Create Your Own WordPress Blog: A Video Tutorial
What separates two brands in an industry, from one being successful and another not? Brand passion! The passion that company founders have for their brands is transferred to their customers, so customers not only purchase products but they become brand advocates because they are as passionate about the brand as the brand creator. There is … Continue reading 3 Lessons in Brand Passion from Winning Brand Builders
Go where your audience is This is a basic of marketing, digital or not. For example, If you are selling custom hunting bows, you wouldn't advertise in the Vogue magazine. Instead, you will analyze the reader demographics and psychographics of each magazine to determine which magazines will allow you to best reach your target audience. … Continue reading How to Choose the Most Effective Social Media Platform for Your Brand
With regular algorithm updates, search engine optimization is a game with ever changing rules. What helped websites achieve top position in search rankings last year (sometimes even last quarter) is frequently no longer a high priority or even relevant to current SEO strategies. To help digital marketers better understand the factors that determine which websites … Continue reading Search Ranking Factors: Rank Correlation for 2013 Infographic
If you are currently a digital marketer or a social media marketing professional, you have most likely heard someone say "well I use Facebook, I could 'Do' social media" or "How hard could it be, it's just social media." While offensive to those of us that have worked hard to become credible professional in the … Continue reading 11 Questions Every Social Media Manager Should Be Able to Answer
There has been a lot of buzz in the marketing world the last couple of days about an update to the rankings section of Google's Webmasters Tools. The update reads: In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by creating high-quality sites that users will want to use and share. Prior to this … Continue reading 5 Tips For Creating Traffic Driving Blog Posts
Many factors contribute to a website reaching and maintaining high positions in search results for target terms. These factors include user experience, site structure, alt tags on images, site maps, and more. Above all content is definitely still king. However, not all types of content can rule over the kingdom of SERPs. The following are … Continue reading SEO in 2013: 10 Tips for Writing Content that Ranks
Social media is 24/7. Someone is always tweeting, posting on Facebook, or uploading a new picture to instagram. However, for social media managers and businesses alike, this can be quite of a challenge. We obviously can't be online all day, even for those of us who are social media managers or strategist. But how do you know when … Continue reading Best Times to Post on Social Media [Infographic]
Ever wonder how much time you should devote to social media each week? While there is no set formula, this infographic breaks down the components of maintaining and measuring a social media strategy (based on a 40 hour work week). Maintaining a social media strategy is not only about scheduling tweets and replying to mentions. … Continue reading Social Media Workflow [Infographic]