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Updated July 2020 I regularly get asked whether Facebook ads or Google ads are better. Fortunately, the answer is very clear: it depends! The reason for why it depends is that there are many, many different circumstances, as well as many kinds of ads across the two platforms. With that said, let’s look at few…
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Hootsuite recently published an insightful post on the Facebook Algorithm in 2018. The post is worth a read, but the most important thing for me was that it got me thinking a bit more about the actual value of social media. Although Social Media can be an amazing tool for communications and engagement, I have…
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Inbound marketing and content marketing are hot topics right now. One tried and true method we’ve seen great client success with is creating an insightful industry report or white paper to drive folks to your website, build thought leadership and drive leads. To succeed with such an effort you need to put some thought into…
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Updated June 2018! Just getting started with Google Analytics? You’ve come to the right place! Google Analytics, the free analytics tool from Google, can be confusing when you first dive in. Fortunately, once you get familiar with the basic terms, it becomes easy to use and opens whole new worlds of insight regarding your web…
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As professional marketers, there are about a dozen tools that we regularly use to assess website performance for clients. One of the easiest tools to use that can give you great, immediate insights is GTmetrix. The Interface To use GTmetrix, simply go to the GTmetrix website and put your url in the “Enter URL to…
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Trying to get a handle on SEO and understand the different stages of SEO? How far you take it will depend on how important Search traffic is to you and how many other sites you are competing with, and how advanced those sites are. Read on and you’ll get a good sense of the different…
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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. The February links are curated by Nevin Thompson (@NevinYYJ), Rian Bowden and Rob Cooper (@robertecooper). And just a heads-up: this month we found the invaluable MOZ…
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Curious about what landing pages are and whether you should be using them for your business? You’ve come to the right place! Simply put, landing pages are pages are “conversion focused” pages that are separate from your home page, with the goal of getting a visitor to do one specific action like buying a specific…
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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), Rian Bowden and Rob Cooper (@robertecooper). The Best Moz Posts of 2016 Moz is one of the most highly-regarded and popular…
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As the new year kicks off let’s look at some quick tips, trends and areas of opportunity for 2017. Big Mobile Moves Mobile has definitely already become “real” with mobile searches now exceeding desktop searches and some of our clients now seeing more mobile than desktop traffic! Google announced in late 2016 they would start…