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A strong online presence is crucial for resorts to attract guests and increase bookings. However, with so many competitors vying for visitors’ attention, resort websites can get buried on page three (or worse) of visitors’ search results — unless the resort’s website has a solid Google Adwords strategy and is search engine optimized according to…
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Curious whether you’re better off investing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or Sponsored Search Ads in Google? Here’s a typical search result (broken out side by side for visibility): The Search ads (1) appear at the top of the page, followed by the Google Local “3 Pack” (2) with the remaining SEO listings (3) showing…
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This is part of a regular series of PlusROI posts that provide a collection of links to useful marketing resources and actionable strategies to help you grow your business. The May links are curated by Nevin Thompson (@NevinYYJ), Rian Bowden and Rob Cooper (@robertecooper). 5 Tips for Improving New Business Visibility with Google Maps Why do…
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PlusROI regularly posts links to useful marketing resources and actionable strategies to help you grow your business. The April links are curated by Nevin Thompson (@NevinYYJ), Rian Bowden and Rob Cooper (@robertecooper). The Single-Best SEO Tip to Increase Your Web Traffic While we have all heard that “content is king,” according to one seasoned SEO hand,…
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This is part of a regular series of PlusROI posts that provide a collection of links to useful marketing resources and actionable strategies to help you grow your business. Curated by Nevin Thompson (@NevinYYJ) and Rob Cooper (@robertecooper). Featured image licensed under CC BY 2.0. What It Takes To Rank In Mobile Search Results While…
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Challenge: EasyJobQuote.com is a contracting and home services intermediary. They were in a typical startup position: needing traffic to their website but not having a significant advertising budget. Solution: Recognizing the power of having a larger site, we helped them develop an SEO strategy to get them ranking in Google for all their different…
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Happy New Year from JumpStartWeb! 2012 is the Year of the Dragon – a year featuring vitality, leadership and action – and we like to think there are many, many Victoria online marketing opportunities to be found in the coming year. So, as always, here are a collection of useful online marketing links that can help…
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10 mobile site best practices As smart phone adoption skyrockets, so do the amount of searches from mobile devices for “local” businesses. So, it’s becoming increasingly important to make sure your business has a website optimized specifically for mobile browsers. Direct from Google itself, here are the top 10 mobile site best practices. 7 Tips for…
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Why do keywords matter? And how do you choose them? Doing SEO in Victoria BC, we get asked this question a lot. So… Keywords are basically search terms that people type into a search engine like Google to find out information, such as a local business or service. So, it’s important that your business’ website…
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12 tips for using press releases in local online marketing Is your small business taking advantage of one of the most basic marketing tools – the press release? While there are online services that specialize in broadcasting your press release far and wide, and even help get your business on the front page of Google’s…
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10 things you didn’t know about SEO SEO, or “search engine optimization” is an essential part of making sure customers can find your businesses, but “best practices” can change so fast in this area of online marketing that it can be hard to keep up. Bonus link: an SEO checklist for new websites. Yet another bonus…