Jeremy

About Jeremy Skillings

Jeremy Skillings has been helping small and mid-sized businesses with search engine marketing since 2006 through his company, The SEO Helpdesk and You Can Be Found. Jeremy has worked with businesses of all types from eCommerce to professional, medical, and service businesses. Jeremy is a published author, a member of the board of directors for the Better Business Bureau of New Jersey, and a regular attendee and former speaker at SMX Advanced, one of the premier search marketing conferences. He regularly attends the leading conferences in the industry to stay on the cutting edge of the latest tactics and trends to help his clients. He has also spoken for the New York City Department of small business Services and more locally for the MODC and SCORE. His company is an A+ BBB and averages over 4.9 stars in Google reviews.  Jeremy Skillings grew up in Wyalusing, PA, and then went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for a business degree. After several years of seasoning in the corporate world including developing a global reporting system for the leading HR consulting firm in the world, he went on to start his own business with the intent of helping small businesses compete. Jeremy specializes in SEO, Google Ads, local search, and all other aspects of digital marketing, including Google Analytics and display advertising. He has a passion for helping the little guy compete with the larger corporations by competing with more intelligence and flexibility.

Search Basics: The Top 5 Local Search Ranking Factors from the 2023 Study

Sometimes we get too far down our own silo in our industries to remember to address some of the basics. I will have a discussion with a client or prospect that will ask a question that reminds me once again that they don't dig into the weeds of this stuff every day.  Whitespark just came [...]

What are SEO and PPC with a little help from Bard

I recently was given early access to Bard and wanted to play around a bit. I had just had a prospect ask me this question yesterday morning, so I thought I would see what Bard had to say about it, and then tweak a bit with my own thoughts.  Sometimes this type of thing can [...]

Important for Small Businesses to Read the Right Data, Especially with Recent Google Changes

With some of the changes that have happened from Google in recent months, I want to help make sure we all keep our eyes on the right prize. I've written many times about measuring the right things to make the right decisions. With recent Google algorithm updates, small and locally focused businesses may see shocking [...]

It Isn’t Funny When AI Gets Health Content Wrong

The world has been buzzing about AI and ChatGPT in recent months. I have written quite a bit about the dangers involved from an SEO standpoint.  I work with a number of clients in the world of health, and it can be even more dangerous in those scenarios.  I attended Pubcon in Austin a few [...]

Long-Tail Keywords Still Key in 2023 for Small Business SEO Success

This is an update on a popular post from 2020.  Though the studies referenced have aged a bit, the overlying theme is still the same, if not stronger. The best route into competitiveness for a small business is to focus on these long-tail keywords with more specificity. Too often people dive into SEO expecting to [...]

You Can Be Found Anywhere: Panama Canal

Our latest episode of You Can Be Found Anywhere is from the Panama Canal. This is a true wonder of engineering that drastically changed global commerce by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for ships, to avoid the long and dangerous trip around the tip of South America. The Canal is truly a remarkable experience [...]

Small Business Conversion and UX Basics

With small businesses, we have to be careful to use each dollar of our budget wisely.  This is why it is critically important not to make basic mistakes with your website that cost you money.  I regularly run into business owners who have invested in a new website but have mistakenly forgotten to address some [...]

A Wellness Center (Chiropractic, PT, and more) Story of SEO Success

The bottom line is what really matters. In the confusing world of SEO I see all sorts of claims that inflate reality. Sure, brand new sites can triple their traffic, etc.  The difference between tripling 1000 visitors per month and tripling 2 visitors per month is quite significant.  Many of these inflated claims, if true [...]

Small Business Digital Marketing Made Easy – SEO, PPC, Local Search

You work hard at what you do.  You are successful because you have a passion and love for what you offer. The hard part is all of the other stuff that comes with running your business. The accounting, the HR, and the other stuff. And of course the marketing. How do you decide what works [...]

Make It Easy For Your Visitor: CRO and UX Small Business Basics

One of the most common problems I find when working with smaller businesses diving into Google Ads or SEO for the first time is basic conversion rate optimization (CRO) concepts. Why aren't people calling or buying my product when I first turn on a Google Ads campaign or get started? In recent years, it has [...]

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