5 Reasons To Outsource Your Website Design

Whether you are a small business owner with a single website or an agency owner that oversees hundreds of sites, outsourcing website design and development can make your life less stressful and enable you to focus more on scaling your brand and building your business. Here are the top 5 reasons you should offload your…

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Working Remotely: Do You Trust Your Employees To Do So?

Working remotely… it’s all a matter of trust. Allowing employees to work at home is becoming a more popular workplace option these days. There are many ways to make a remote workplace office work. Managers must first maintain to employees working remotely is a privilege. Managers can (and should) test the efficiency of their remote…

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How to Spot a Social Media ‘Guru’ [COMIC]

This comic strip pokes fun at those who consider themselves above the cut when it comes to social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. Some people spend some much time on social media websites that they think they are above everybody else on these websites.  They then try to dispense advice to others and…

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77% Of Mobile Searches Happen At Home Or Work

A recent study conducted by Google and Nielsen conducted a study which surveyed 426 consumers via a smartphone app.  This app was used to track their web search activity over a two week period. One statistic included in the study was the locations where searches were made and how search activity was affected by the…

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10 Rules Of Mobile Etiquette For Small Businesses

Judi Hembrough from the Plantronics Corporation has created a list of “10 Rules of Mobile Etiquette for Small Businesses”.  These are very important practices for all business owners to implement. Do you follow her first three rules? 1.  Move 10 feet away if you must take a call. 2.  Avoid checking that smart phone in…

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10 Reasons Your Business Still Doesn’t Use Pinterest

Pinterest has become a very popular website for social media, yet for some reason small businesses have not been using Pinterest as much as they have been using other websites, such as Facebook and Twitter. Ten comical reasons are explored in this article about why more small businesses are not adopting Pinterest.  If “Monetization Just…

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Going Shoeless At Work? You Might Have A Great Job!

According to smallbiztrends.com, small businesses find it difficult to hire talented employees due to their tight budgets. These companies can’t offer expensive benefits packages, but they can create a great work environment for their employees. Some innovative benefits small businesses have implemented include: Flexible work schedules A relaxation room Free yoga classes A free onsite…

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Samsung Was the Top Brand on Twitter During CES 2013

Now that CES has come and gone, who do you think was the most tweeted about company of CES? Samsung!  Yes Samsung, i’m really not surprised, after all they have been all over TV with their Galaxy cell phone commercials and plastered everywhere on every Apple related website that exists due to all the law…

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Picking a Hosting Company

How do you go about choosing the right web host? There are several things that you should consider: Cost Amount of Web Space Reliability Speed/Bandwidth Tech support Nowadays you want to make sure that your host provides you with some type of control panel (Cpanel being the most common). The control panel is where you…

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Another Bad SEO Person

I came Across this website while I was searching around for some SEO stuff. Now the title of this particular post is “Bad, Misleading SEO Info Spreading Like Wildfire”. After reading  just the first couple of paragraphs I said to myself  “I sure hope no one is paying this person to SEO their site”! Why…

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7 Step Website Detox for After the Holidays

Seven website to dues after the holidays. Here are seven things you should consider doing to your website to start the year off correct.  Turn off seasonal PPC campaigns and strike holiday offers, messaging and design from your site.  Review your site for outdated information.  301 redirect broken internal links.  Audit the sites back links.…

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What’s My Brand Identity and How Do I Communicate It?

What’s My Brand Identity and How Do I Communicate It? Your brand is the identity of your company! It’s basically how your customers see your company and associate the items that you sell to your company. Your brand is almost a representation of your business actions. Below is a link to a great article on…

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#1 SEO Tip for 2013

#1 SEO Tip for 2013 If you own a website and your trying to SEO that site, then this is a must read for you.  Right off the bat you get a subtle warning that Google is not playing around with black and grey hat SEO tactics anymore.  And with that out of the way…

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Matt Cutts Facepalm

Matt Cutts answers a question on how to create unique content for thousands of pages on an E-Commerce website. It’s something all of us in E-Commerce struggle with. Check his reaction and great answer here:

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Hijacking Google Search Results With Duplicate Content

You’ve been Hijacked! Here is a somewhat comical article where a guy by the name of Dan Petrovic was able to “hijack” a couple pages in Google. For example, he was able to confuse Google into thinking a page on MarketBizz should really show on dejanseo.com.au instead of on marketbizz.nl. Once he could verify his…

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To Link Build or Not To Link Build

Link Building its working, wait now its not working and now Google says it is working, but now its not working.  So is it or is it not the way to go?  Check out this video to learn more.

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How Color Affects Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We know that the design of a website can make a huge impact on its Search Engine Optimization results. In column written by Shari Thurow she is asked and explains “How Does Color Usage Affect SEO & Conversions?”. Here’s a link to her column. http://searchengineland.com/how-color-affects-search-engine-optimization-seo-138393

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Can Blogging Be Your Secret Weapon For Local SEO?

New rule: If you own a website and you want to pull in local business from it, they you should be blogging! Thats right, blogging has become huge for website optimization.  Its especially getting high rankings in “Local SEO”.  If you don’t have a blog currently installed on your site you should seriously consider it. …

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The Most Frequently Asked Questions In Search Retargeting

Here is a great yet complex article for search engine optimization. This is going to show you how search engine optimization has changed in the customer’s perception. For most customers search engine optimization is a new and scary world for them. And like most when you get into something new, you have a lot of…

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