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Unveiling Success: My first few weeks at GitHub and the positive impact

By |2024-03-18T05:09:40+00:00March 18th, 2024|Recent, SEO|

Embark on my personal journey at GitHub, where a simple robots.txt edit, coupled with unwavering support from fellow Hubbers, led to a surge in users and signups. Uncover the transformative power of collaboration and innovation in our success story.

Beyond Keywords: The SEO Revolution with Natural Language Processing (NLP)

By |2024-03-06T22:13:58+00:00March 16th, 2024|SEO|

Explore the transformative world of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as Natural Language Processing (NLP) reshapes the digital landscape. Uncover how NLP unlocks the power of conversational search, revolutionizing user experience and propelling websites to the forefront of search rankings.

A Symphony of Customer Journey Mapping in Modern Commerce

By |2024-03-18T18:50:46+00:00March 6th, 2024|Digital Marketing|

I explore the pivotal role of customer journey mapping in modern commerce, intertwining narratives from technology corridors and horse training realms. I delve into the profound impact of understanding user experiences, fostering connections, and driving growth through empathetic navigation of digital landscapes.

Unveiling the Real Deal with SEO Conferences: Is the Investment Worth It?

By |2024-01-01T20:51:10+00:00January 23rd, 2024|SEO|

Exploring the true value of SEO conferences, this inquiry questions whether the investment aligns with professional growth, considering aspects like repetitive content, networking challenges, and the need for innovative alternatives in the evolving landscape of digital marketing events. Despite reservations about traditional conferences, noteworthy exceptions in 2024 present unique perspectives, emphasizing the importance of careful evaluation for SEO professionals seeking meaningful insights and opportunities.

Template: Business Case Enterprise SEO Tools – Executive Overview

By |2023-03-04T00:13:14+00:00November 27th, 2019|Enterprise SEO, Featured, SEO|

Having worked in-house managing large SEO Teams for enterprise level sites I often find myself in a position to review the existing agency (or agencies) as well as the toolset the team has and propose a new plan based on the needs state the team has moved into. The first in this process is to [...]

365 Digital Marketing Tips – SEO, SEM, Social Media, WordPress and Analytics

By |2023-03-04T00:13:14+00:00June 22nd, 2019|Digital Marketing|

365 Digital Marketing Tips - SEO, SEM, Social Media, WordPress and Analytics SEO is critically important. If your business success relies on people finding you through search, then SEO should be at the top of your marketing priorities list. You know the drill. It is impossible to generate new leads and business if no one [...]

Seattle SEO – Optimizing for Local Searches in Seattle

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00May 31st, 2019|SEO|

I have worked with some of the largest enterprise companies in the area focusing on their local SEO efforts as well as dealing with complexities that go into building large scale websites in addition to my years in experience helping small to medium sized businesses. What I have learned over the last 20+ years [...]

How to Use Apache to Set a Reverse Proxy

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00May 29th, 2019|Featured, SEO|

How to Use Apache to Set a Reverse Proxy We keep referencing the user experience because it is the underlying theme of everything Google does with respect to how its search engine functions. Google wants the information highway to be as uncluttered as possible. It wants users to find the products, information, and services they [...]

Google’s Rank Transition – Why You Should Wait 3 Months After Optimizing

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00May 27th, 2019|Featured, SEO|

Google is always on the lookout to provide the very best user experience for anyone looking for information, services, or products on the information highway. There are millions of business owners who understand the need to increase their knowledge of how to compete more effectively online. I wrote about this in my article on Search [...]

Google’s Neural Matching SEO Algorithm

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00May 27th, 2019|Featured, SEO|

Google’s algorithm feature, neural matching, aims to make Google even more versatile than it already is. Google is always coming up with new ways to deliver more informative and comprehensive search results. With numerous updates in 2018, it only stands to reason that more are on the way. SEO professionals are tasked with developing and [...]

Digital Marketing for Seattle Companies

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00May 26th, 2019|Digital Marketing, Recent|

How to Master the Art of Local SEO Marketing in Seattle If you are a local business owner in Seattle, you need to be on the web. The sooner you master the basics of digital marketing in Seattle, the sooner you will see a major increase in your profits. The time for you to get [...]

Platform Searches Benefit Search and Social Marketing

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00March 8th, 2018|Search and Social®|

The three most common social media websites today are Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. All of these websites offer some form of platform searching, which can provide vital insight into connecting with your current customers and grabbing the attention of potential future clients.

Utilize Twitter’s Advanced Search

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00December 23rd, 2017|Social Media|

Many people have not yet found out that there is an easier and cheaper way to reach out to customers in their moment of struggle and provide a solution. The Advanced Search Function on Twitter is able to capture a customer's attention and make sure that a designated company's applicable products and services are on the forefront of his or her mind.

Five Detailed Social Marketing Ideas and Tips

By |2023-03-04T00:13:15+00:00December 6th, 2017|Social Media|

Social media marketing is an effective way to keep in touch with your clients and gain exposure for your business or blog. Whether you're a total newbie at social media marketing or need ideas to spice up your current marketing strategies, discover social media marketing ideas from this guide that can help you with your campaigns.

Social Media Analytics with Google

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00June 3rd, 2017|Analytics, Social Media|

Social media analytics with Google involves the practice of gathering from blogs and social media websites. Most businesses will use social media analytics to support marketing and customer service activities. Here are the steps that you must understand to develop a great a social media analytics initiative. The Steps to [...]

Writing A Text Ad That Clicks and Boosts Sales

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 29th, 2016|Digital Marketing|

The success of any advertising campaign, whether it is the newspaper, television or the Internet depends upon attracting and keeping the attention of the potential customer. With a newspaper, this usually depended upon repetition. Run the ad repeatedly, with the hope that it will create a memory attached to the product. Finally, keep in mind [...]

Five WordPress Themes That Will Enhance Your Business Profile

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 15th, 2016|WordPress|

When using WordPress as your business mainstay for web development, it's important to have a theme that stands out but also doesn't appear to be too busy. A busy theme can often distract those viewing your page and conflict with the content of the page itself. Yet, having a boring layout will deter viewers and [...]

Getting Ready to Install WordPress

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 14th, 2016|WordPress|

Installing Wordpress is one of the best decisions you can make for a site. Whether you're running a blog or taking advantage of it as a simple structure for your website, Wordpress makes for a great interface that makes updating and maintaining your site easy. That said, there are a handful of things you need [...]

After WordPress Installation – Customizing Your New Site

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 12th, 2016|WordPress|

Installing your WordPress site is just the beginning of the process. We have all of these steps down to just a matter of minutes, so that now it only takes me 4-6 hours to completely set up a WordPress site to the point where it is customized and ready for content. At first this may take [...]

Setting Up a WordPress Site with WordPress.com

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 8th, 2016|WordPress|

Many businesses are using WordPress for their very own website design and management, but not too many of us know that WordPress.org can serve as your hosting needs. In terms of hosting, WordPress comes in two flavors. First is WordPress.com and second is WordPress.org. WordPress.com is both a company and website that run multiple WordPress blogs. [...]

Installing WordPress with Network Solutions

By |2023-03-04T00:13:16+00:00September 6th, 2016|WordPress|

Network Solutions one-click install set up make it easy and manageable whether you are a complete beginner or someone that knows just a bit more than a beginner but not quite enough to be editing your own Themes or creating Plugins. We have installed many Wordpress sites for clients that we have it down to [...]

Setting Up Hosting on Network Solutions

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00August 30th, 2016|WordPress|

You can set up hosting without your domain assigned to it, so don’t worry if you haven’t gotten the domain, or want to change your existing domain to point to your Wordpress site. You can always do that later. In fact, this way you can take the time and play with Wordpress to get it [...]

Setting Up a WordPress Database Using cPanel

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00August 17th, 2016|WordPress|

If your hosting provider supplies the cPanel hosting control panel you will need to follow these steps to create your WordPress username and database. Log in to your cPanel from your host Click the MySQL Database Wizard icon Create a Database  and enter the database name - click "Next Step" Create Database User(s) and enter [...]

Marketing Strategy Templates

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00July 27th, 2016|Digital Marketing|

Developing a marketing strategy can be far easier with a template. A Microsoft Office marketing strategy template can walk you through each step of the process, helping you outline the necessary steps along the way. You can start out with something as simple as the marketing objective and then go through the template to determine [...]

Be Vigilant: Monitor Your Social Media Activity To Maximize Your Strategy

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00July 11th, 2016|Social Media|

To make the most of social media, a strong strategy must be in place. Tweeting and posting to Facebook and Pinterest blindly can be fun, but it will never be as effective as a finely tuned strategy. An important part of any social media strategy must include monitoring. Social media can be a double edged [...]

Marketing Plan Example and Guidance

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00June 16th, 2016|Digital Marketing|

Are you looking to grow your business and attract new customers? The first thing you'll need is a marketing plan. A well-designed marketing plan can help you figure out how to reach your target customers and then retain them with this marketing plan example. You can download or purchase many marketing plan examples online to [...]

Writing a Social Media Marketing Plan

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00June 1st, 2016|Recent, Social Media|

The majority of marketers launched their social media programs because they believe that they need to and then scramble themselves in order to understand how it will be managed and how they will make it work. Unfortunately, many of them do this with no single marketing goal in mind or writing a social media marketing [...]

Quality Guidelines Are Changing

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00January 4th, 2016|SEO|

Knowing how to categorize a website in a hierarchy based on the search intentions of users can be a daunting process. Virtually every website that contains several pages of content uses some structure in its organization. The most common and simplest structure is pages being put into categories, typically with distinct subcategories. Usability testing, analytics, [...]

Penguin Update Delayed Until 2016

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00December 31st, 2015|SEO|

If you’re one of the many people who’s been eagerly waiting for Google’s long-anticipated update to Penguin, or dreading what it may bring, it appears that you’ll be waiting for a little while longer – in a statement, a Google spokesperson said that “it looks like the penguins won’t march until next year.” Google has [...]

SEO in 2016 – Are you Ready?

By |2023-03-04T00:13:17+00:00December 29th, 2015|SEO|

No company or online business can be successful without exposure. Having exposure ensures you will have consistent leads coming in. This fact may seem obvious, but many companies don't have a digital marketing plan. Having a plan for your marketing is vital. Without a plan, you will spend more money on advertising and see little [...]

Is your site ready for another Penguin Update?

By |2023-03-04T00:13:18+00:00November 26th, 2015|Recent, SEO|

The first Google Penguin algorithm update was unveiled in early 2012. The update represented Google's first attempt to filter out strategies to manipulate its search engine results. Today, Google continues to tweak and update the Penguin algorithm to better refine search engine results for it's users. The next Penguin algorithm is set to deploy before [...]