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 [...]
I have had a few talks recently with clients and prospects about how to know what is even working with SEO and Google Ads or PPC. I have even sat with prospects recently that spent thousands of dollars a month with a company and didn't even know what they were doing for them. They provided [...]
There are many, many SEO tools out there to help you move your site up the rankings. Some promise instant results or "automated SEO" that will take care of everything and let you focus on your business. In actuality, like with any tool, they don't have much value unless you understand how to apply their [...]
This is an old post that mostly holds true today, so I updated a few spots and deliver it again for you. One of the most common problems I find when working with smaller businesses diving into Adwords or SEO for the first time is basic conversion rate optimization (CRO) concepts. Why aren't people calling [...]
This year it worked out that Tuesday of my SMX Advanced experienced was very SEO focused, while Wednesday saw a deep dive in to pay per click, conversion rate optimization, and better use of analytics. Though less has changed on the PPC horizon than had last year, there was a lot to confirm that I [...]
One of the first discussions I have with a business owner when they ask for my help is to find out what they want potential customers, clients, or patients to do when they visit their site or find them online in some manner. Do they want a phone call, a registration, an email or form [...]
So Google will tell you that User Experience, or UX, is the #1 SEO factor. In a sense that may be true, but it is vague and confusing to many who seek actionable advice on how to move up the rankings. So I wanted to break down UX to help people understand what all of [...]
Business owners are in a constant struggle to find that right formula to bring in new customers and clients. As technology advances and different forms of media go in and out of popularity, it can be very confusing which method to use and which to let go. We have been fully immersed in helping business [...]
Landing Page Optimization (LPO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) often go hand in hand. LPO is more specifically dealing with the effectiveness of the page visitors visit on your site and how that can help convert them to buyers. CRO is more about the entire user experience from initially becoming aware of you via search [...]
