Meta tags are like search engine optimization voodoo. Meta tags aren’t the sure all fix to move to the top of the search engine results page (SERP) but definitely are a piece of the pie to get there. It basically helps tell the search engines what your page is about. Meta tags are code that lay within the header of the… View Post
A friend of mine posed a question on Facebook yesterday about loyalty. She asked her friends if they thought it was dead or if there were truly loyal people out there. She went on to say that for her, she is loyal to a business, organization and person if they have spent time with her, helped her or the like… View Post
Many people have heard about search engine optimization or SEO and heard how it works but there are three things that you should keep in your mind at all times – content, relevancy and competition. Content is King in SEO We know you know this and have heard of this. Basically you need to have content (those are written words (paragraphs)… View Post
Reminds me of a movie, a great movie I might add… “Field of Dreams” and well that would be great if it were that “easy”. Just build a baseball field (or website, for example) and be done, but it just isn’t the case “in the real world”. (Yes, I love quotes, okay!) Okay, let’s back up and get more specific…. View Post
What? A blog can help with your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts for your website? Who would have thunk?! 🙂 Yes, a blog is very beneficial! Blogging ON your website helps keep your content fresh. And I mean on, not a different site that you link to either. Get with your web developer to see if you can house your… View Post
I can’t think why advertising wouldn’t be advantageous; however, it would ultimately depend on your product or service as well as your target market. But the basics are that, if you want traffic to your website, then yes, it could be beneficial regardless of what you sell. Make sense thus far? Good! So now, what type of advertising would work?… View Post
Being new to the area (more like the state) let alone starting a new business is tough, but doing both is even tougher. Trust me! So, how do you grow a business when you are new to the area and don’t know anyone? Well, the same way everyone else does when they start a business – get out there and… View Post
You have a great website – YAY! You may also be doing some pay per click advertising as well – double YAY. But the question is… are you everywhere your target market is? If not, a great place to be is on social media. I don’t mean you need to be on every one. I work in social media and… View Post
Time is money, pretty simple, right? Why am I telling you something that you already know? It’s because we all need a reminder. We as small business owners, entrepreneurs and quite frankly most individuals, still try to do IT ALL! We don’t have the “luxuries” of having a department to handle our payroll or miscellaneous paperwork, our appointment scheduling, taxes or… View Post