Artisan Food Websites – Foodie Start Ups – Marketing Strategies
Artisan food is flourishing in the U.S and here in Southern Oregon is no exception. One trip to the Medford or Ashland Co-op, or any Foodie (Photo credit: Sybren A. Stüvel) of the farmers markets in Medford, Ashland or...
What’s SEO Again? The Facts You Better Know for Better Marketing
The online market is huge -- so huge that if you don't learn how to market your company properly for online audiences, your business will be chewed up and spit out into the back corners of the internet sooner than...
How To Solve Your Biggest Marketing Problem
Let's face it, we all have marketing problems. But what if you could solve your biggest problem with little effort and little cost? Would you be interested? Of course you would. That's just good business sense. Now, what if I...
The Jaw-Dropping Way Clients Self-Sabotage Their Copywriting
You’re killing me. Ok, not really me, I’m fine. I love my job as a copywriter and, quite frankly, I never want to do anything else with my life – but this isn’t about me, it’s about YOU. And I...
How Lawyers Can Use Social Media
Most people are under the impression that lawyers will not do well with creating profiles for their firms on social media. However, this idea is very, very wrong. Law firms can actually benefit from creating social media profiles and could...
Is Web Design 95% Typography? Three Common Misconceptions
You might have heard the phrase "web design is 95% typography." This comes from a famous article written back in 1996 by Oliver Reichenstein. His premise was simple: because 95% of all web content is the written word, typography is...
Off-Page vs. On-Page SEO: Do You Need a Copywriter? Part 3
I’m funny. I’m charming. I’m creative, with a dash of witty … and humble. I’m very humble. I mean, who wouldn’t want a copywriter like me on their team? Joking aside, unless I’m going to make you money, it doesn’t...
Why More Pages Doesn’t Always Equal Improved Rankings
In the early days of digital marketing, the prevailing wisdom was that more was always better. Many businesses fell into the trap of believing that by sheer volume alone, they could dominate the search engine results pages. However, as the...
How Observant Are You When You Look at a Logo? part 2
Well, you all are having so much fun looking at the previous posts hidden messages in logos, I thought I would share a few more with you. There are some beautiful and tricky logos out there that are truly art...
Off-Page vs. On-Page SEO: How Do You Develop a Strategy? Part 2
In part one of this blog, we explained the difference between on-page and off-page SEO. We established that off-page SEO is often completed by a website designer or coder behind the scenes, while on-page SEO is up to you. The...
How To Create A Social Media Strategy For Your Law Firm
Many law firms have been pretty weary about social media in the past and a lot still are. Big law firms often instill policies that strictly say what their associates may and may not post on social media channels. Obviously...
Three of the Most Important Web Site Design Factors
One of the most effective Internet marketing strategies is also one of the most basic: custom website design. Think about it. The number one way that customers and potential customers find goods and services are through the internet, which means...
Off-Page vs. On-Page SEO: What the Heck Is It, Anyway? Part 1
Brace yourselves. The topic of this blog that I’m about to delve into, head first, is somewhat obscure. In fact, if you’ve ever had an in-depth discussion with someone in marketing, you know exactly what I mean: What do you...
6 Overnight Successes That Took Years
By all accounts Jason Sadler could be called an overnight success. The guy came out of NOWHERE and turned an everyday guy dilemma into a social media money-making empire. Jason took the agonizing pain of choosing a shirt to wear...
Four Web Trends to Watch Out for in 2014
We're only a month in, and the web marketing industry in 2014 is already shaping up to be quite different than it was in 2013. But that's just the nature of a business where change is everything. As such, the...
Questions To Ask When Considering Public Relations
The decision to work with a PR firm, or start managing public relations in-house is always going to be a step forward for any business, as it means an expansion in visibility and improvement in company reputation. Having decided that...
How Observant Are You When You Look at a Logo?
A friend of mine recently sent me an email that's been making the rounds lately titled "How Observant Are You?" and in it are some great logos you've seen - but may not have really looked at (Thanks David!). I'll...
What To Expect From Google Hummingbird In 2014
Hummingbird seems to be increasingly drilling upwards to the fore of the SEO community and is becoming even more and more of a talking point than it was when it arrived as we see the full fallout of the update....
A Marketing Professional’s Guide to Kickstarter
Marketers looking to jump start their businesses have a fiscally sound new tactic. Kickstarter.com is leading the surge in crowdfunding, which enables everyday people to support projects big and small in exchange for a predetermined incentive. If you have a...
What Is Inbound Marketing and Why Should You Care?
What is Inbound Marketing? Inbound Marketing is a phrase that has been on the periphery of every business since the boom of the online marketplace. With 80% of Australians now with internet access, by implementing cost effective online marketing strategies,...
