
How to effectively prioritize and amplify SEO content
Many SEOs these days are focused on content marketing. This involves building out high-quality content optimized for searcher intent,...

5 ways SEO and PR should be working together
With a newly integrated and and constantly evolving digital landscape, marketing and communication channels are working together more...

Global SEO: A huge opportunity + 5 tips for success
Did you know that only one-seventh of the world’s population speaks English? And only about 340 million speak it as their first language...

The 7 deadly sins of content marketers
Reasons why businesses fail in their content strategy. Content marketing has become a popular online marketing tactic over the last few...

Changing domain names in 2016: 10 easily overlooked steps that can save SEO
I help a lot of companies with the SEO aspects of their website redesigns and CMS migrations. As many webmasters know (or find out...

Brand bidding & PPC optimization: future of brand protection (part 8)
Welcome to the conclusion of my eight-part series on brand bidding. If you’ve stuck with me this far, you’ve seen why brand bidding...

5 super-common SEO mistakes content marketers make
Without a sufficient amount of link authority, Google isn’t going to give your site the time of day. If it seems that despite all your...

Performing a manual backlink audit, step by step
It might be every SEO’s least favorite job: the backlink audit. This is not because the work itself is horrible (though it can be tedious...

Branded query optimization for SEO
In SEO, our daily job is to spot opportunities and capture them. This is often achieved through technical improvements, page optimization...

60% of local SEOs are outsourcing more tasks in 2016 vs. 2015
SEO outsourcing is a common practice in digital marketing, as it enables us to accomplish cumbersome or repetitive tasks that we might...

Content and SEO: Optimization from creation to conversion
By 2019, it is predicted that content marketing will become a $300 billion industry. However, this content will have limited value unless...

The benefits of creating a purpose-driven SEO strategy
With more than 500 Google algorithm updates made on average each year, how can a site owner build an SEO strategy that stands the test of...

What Kobe Bryant can teach you about succeeding with AdWords
April 13, 2016, marked Kobe Bryant’s final game in the NBA. He went out in a blaze of glory, scoring an insane 61 points. Kobe’s career...

The power of “Anchor Influencers”
We all recognize that influencer relationships play a key role in any business or career plan. Finding and developing the right...

The #1 reason why position #1 doesn’t matter
That’s right — position #1, the elusive goal for so many SEOs, may not matter so much anymore. Crazy statement, right? Trust me… follow...

Why SEOs should not ignore Bing Webmaster Tools
Before I make my case about using Bing Webmaster Tools, I want to preface the conversation with a couple of statements: You should be...

Maximizing your mobile impact
d8nn / Shutterstock.com Whenever people talk about mobile search, one of the first things that always comes to mind is location,...

How to help your sales team close more paid search leads
For many companies, the goal of their paid search campaigns is to generate leads. As marketers, we work hard to get qualified leads to...

Google Shopping ads so hot right now: the meteoric rise of PLAs
Google Product Listing Ads have been around quite a while, having rolled out to all US advertisers in 2011. Since then, we’ve seen...
























