Why Maintaining Your Website is a Must

As a business owner, you’ve got to wear many hats in the course of a day. You might be a salesperson one minute and a human resources manager the next. It’s a lot to do. And, when it comes to add items to your to-do list, you might do everything you can to minimize what

The Foolproof Way to Get Around Facebook’s Page Algorithm

In February of 2018, Facebook announced plans to prioritize personal content and de-prioritize content from pages. That means that if you’ve got a Facebook page for your local business, your content is only being seen by a very small percentage of your followers unless you pay to promote it. Nothing to be done, right? It’s

Protecting Your Website Against Hackers – What you need to know!

If you’re paying attention, you know that cybercrime is no joke. In 2015, cybercrime cost $3 trillion annually, and projections indicate that number will double by 2021. Yikes. The real question is, what are you doing to protect yourself? A lot of local business owners do the bare minimum and tell themselves it’s enough. I’ll

How to Turn Your Website Into a 24/7 Sales Machine!

Having a great-looking website that represents your company is enough to keep your business healthy and growing – right? If only it were that simple. The sad truth is that most local businesses aren’t doing everything they can to generate leads online. And, it all starts with their websites, which – let’s face it –

What Content Marketing Can Do for Your Business?

Promoting your business online in today’s short attention span theater isn’t easy. Even those companies that currently rank well on search engines or have a thriving social media presence still face stiff competition. But simply ranking fairly well and engaging with your audience on social media is going to cut it. If you want to

Is Instagram Right your Businesses?

It’s easy to share images of entrées you serve in your restaurant. And who is really going to complain about your new fall fashion line for your boutique clothing store? And if your business sells items like handmade crafts, you have definitely got an “in” on Instagram. But, does this mean that every business should

How to Define Your Brand Message

When it comes to establishing a strong foothold within your industry, it is absolutely necessary to build a unique and recognized brand that aligns with a clear and direct brand message. Your brand message should clearly and concisely convey to potential customers what you have to offer, and how committed you are to providing quality

Boost Your Facebook Engagement in 5 Steps!

Facebook continues to be one of the most popular and influential social media platforms in the world with more than one billion active users. As a business, you can no longer continue to leave Facebook out of your online marketing strategy. If you want to grow your business, you have to have a presence on

Is Your Website Optimization Getting the Job Done?

Your Google ranking is undeniably important. In fact, research shows that more than half of Google’s traffic goes to the top three ranked websites, and approximately three-quarters of the traffic goes to sites listed on the first page of search results. How do they get on that first page? Here’s the secret: Their sites are

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