Google Ads can be very confusing for small business owners. They know that. That's why they call you all the time to try to tell you what to do and why they try to take over your decision-making with Smart Campaigns, etc. They are trying to make it a bit easier, but also trying to [...]
This is an update of 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. The most obvious long tail is the [...]
If you want to save some time and get right to the point, make sure you are writing quality, unique content that helps your users get what they are looking for. This concept comes up so often in my blog posts and talks with clients. It seems overly simplified, but if you are running a [...]
Content is King in the world of SEO and sometimes it helps to get your content out there early and get positioning before your competitors in the small business world. One of the questions I hear most often is "what do I write about?". It seems simple, but once you start to focus I find [...]
UPDATE: Because Google Trends shows week data ending on weekends, I will update in the beginning of the week for the prior week. Last night the NBA season was postponed due to the virus. This is likely only one of the beginning signs of a major disruption to everyone's lives in the US over the [...]
This is an updated post from 2015. On this day before Thanksgiving I just wanted to reach out and wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving and have a little non-scientific fun looking at what we search for related to Thanksgiving. I used the Google keyword tool to inform my data here and started my research [...]
In the past year or so I have taken on more e-commerce clients to help in what are often very tough markets. Usually, in the e-commerce space, you are taking on not only Amazon but other brand behemoths that will always have stronger domains than your small business site. There is an answer to getting [...]
With the rise of semantic search in recent years, which is basically Google's AI getting better at figuring out what good content is, rather than just searching for how often a specific keyword or phrase shows up on a page, the world of keyword research has changed significantly. We no longer focus on a keyword [...]
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 [...]
If you manage Google Ads for your company or for many companies, you will sometimes notice pesky city or state names coming up in your search terms that are irrelevant to you. This happens a lot if you are targeting a large geographic area, but are only trying to get people focused on your location. [...]
