Social Media Content Strategy
Udate – 9-16-13. A lot has changed about content since I first wrote this article a couple of years ago. For one, content is no longer a step sister at the ball, it’s the Queen. On the other hand it is sometimes...
Tagged: Search engine optimization
7 Steps to Building Your New Brand Online
From late 2007 to 2010 I started and ran The Speaker Company, a new brand for the Denon & Marantz group of home audio products. The challenge was to build a brand as quickly as possible for this direct to consumer company,...
Choosing the Right Digital Marketing Mix
In a recent post I discussed the difficulty in picking a digital marketing strategy without having first looked at your analytics. But once you know the numbers, what do you do? Which Digital Marketing Channel Should You Lead With? It may be...
What is the First Thing You’ll Do?
This is the question I get on consulting and job interviews for digital marketing or ecommerce. “What is the first thing you’ll do” to fix my problems. In 90% of the cases, until you sign and NDA or they offer you the...
What is Your Site Optimized for?
Optimizing your site for users (SEO, or what I call UOC) should be one of your main goals because with a few exceptions, it offers one of the highest converting channels for many industries. For some ecommerce businesses a good email marketing will...
Getting the Most out of Comments
So you’ve got a blog or website that allows users to post reviews or comments for your posts or products, good for you. Engaging your site visitors is critical in creating increased visitor loyalty and trust. The additional content is also great...
Site of the Week – Giggle.com
I only do a site of the week when I see something I really like, or is a real disaster. This week it is a site that I really like. It does almost everything right. Giggle.com is a small national chain of...
SEO – It’s All Relative
In probably one of the best inforgraphics on Search Engine Optimizaiton, SearchEngineLand.com shows the importance of all the major factors at work to create a perfect storm, for a high page ranking site. The following chart shows all the major aspects of...
Finding a Good SEO Company
Even if you have a staff person that does SEO or a full blown SEO department, there may still come times when you may need some help. Even large companies fail in many of the basics of making their site easy for...
SEO Has No Place As Your Main Content Strategy
No company should be optimizing their website for search engines. Last time I checked, not a single search engine has every purchased a product or service from any business I’ve run. No search engine has given a personal endorsement to a friend...
