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Keywords: The Complex Building Blocks Of SEO
The world of search engine optimization – more commonly known by the acronym SEO – is one which is deceptively complex. SEO entails peppering your articles and product descriptions with keywords, thereby making your site more palatable to Google and other search engines. Despite the seeming simplicity of this idea, there is a delicate balance…
Content Creators Shouldn’t Fear Google Penguin
Mention the words, Google Penguin, in a room full of online entrepreneurs and it’s likely you’ll see expressions of sheer horror pass across at least half the faces. Those will be the individuals who found themselves heavily penalized when Google first introduced the new program. Many have yet to restore their websites to the ratings…
How To Find A Good Production Company
If you are a small business owner you might want to consider making a marketing video or a promotional video to build up your brand. There are a lot of affordable options out there but you need to take some time to select the right production company for your needs. Here are some top tips…
Keep Your Client Base Expanded With a Professionally Designed Logo
Did you know that an estimated five out of 10 consumers in the U.S. say that they’re more likely to purchase from a company if that company has a good reputation on the web? With a powerful brand crafted by logo design pros, you can harness this brand loyalty for your own company. In the…
Pro Tips for Launching an E-Commerce Site
Running your own e-commerce site sounds like a dream come true, but beware: 90 percent of all online businesses will fail, according to Venture Street. This is the same failure rate as brick-and-mortar marketplaces, demonstrating that even though the barrier to entry is much lower, there are still many challenges. Here are just a few…
Staying Up-To-Date With SEO Evolution
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is an intrinsic piece in gaining more web-procured business. By staying up-to-date with the changes in SEO, you can keep you site visible in users’ Google, Facebook or LinkedIn searches, and avoid any negative effects of SEO by ditching the outdated technology and practices that have been deemed problematic by…
What Not to Do With Your Google+ Profile
People have been flocking to Google+, which is quickly becoming a favorite social media platform. Google+ is an incredible way of meeting new people, connecting with prospective customers, and building more ties with your consumers. Many businesses don’t quite get it yet being a huge site with regular updates and all, but Google+ is a…
Using You Tube to Drive Traffic: 500 Million People Can’t be Wrong!
500 million people can’t be wrong! That’s the number recently estimated that visit You Tube looking for videos on a given month! That means, if that many people are on You Tube, as a business owner, you need to be too! It’s very simple to join, create your own channel, and set up a constant…
5 Reasons Your Business Needs To Be Using Google+ For Content Marketing
Whether you work in SEO, Social or Online Marketing in general, it’s highly likely that you’ll have come across the phrase ‘content marketing’ at least once or twice in the last year. Thanks to Google’s latest algorithm updates, creating great, high quality, shareable content is now more important and essential than ever before for any…
Paradux Media Group Launches DIY WordPress SEO Webinar Series for Small Businesses
Paradux Media Group has introduced a new Do-It-Yourself WordPress SEO Webinar Series, designed to help small business owners better understand search engine optimization and increase the visibility of their websites. The series was created in response to a growing need for practical, easy-to-understand SEO education explicitly tailored to small businesses. Search engine optimization continues to play…
Tips for Using Evernote in Marketing
You know how it goes, you find a great article online that has a great fact or tidbit in it. Later that week (or month) you are talking about just that article with a colleague and you want to send them the article…but here’s the rub. You have to find that article again. With so…
Making the Most of Social Media
Many significant aspects comprise digital marketing. From search engine optimization to web design, various components establish the foundation for success. Important as it may be to integrate all the different strategies, forecasts show that one channel will play a key role in shaping your online presence this year and for the rest to come: social…
3 New YouTube Changes And What They Mean For Businesses
Google has always been evolving and so is YouTube, Google’s video sharing website. Recently in December 2012, Google has made few major changes in YouTube’s layout. There are some technical changes that will help YouTube power users as well. As an internet marketer, you will be able to use YouTube better than ever with these…
Beyond the Pond Blog Named One of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search & SEO
Paradux Media Group announced that Beyond the Pond, the blog authored by co-owner Mike Frey, was named one of 25 Excellent Blogs on Local Search and SEO by UpCity Daily Tips. The recognition highlighted the blog’s contribution to helping businesses better understand the evolving role of local search marketing. UpCity’s list focused on blogs that…
Best On-Page SEO Advice for Beginners
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of adding targeted keywords to web text to ensure it receives a high search ranking via search engines such as Google. Indeed, SEO has been around about as long as search engines have been around. Those online marketers who don’t yet have a stake in SEO are losing…
Local Search – On Line Reviews – Google Places For Business
It is quite obvious that Google is beginning to put more importance on the use of reviews. It’s about trying to bridge the gap between the social, web, e-commerce and brick and mortar, where sales themselves are becoming more and more social in themselves. Given the high search priority to review communities like Google, Yelp,…
Four Time Management Tips for Bloggers
Whether you work at home full time or you are just a part time blogger, you have probably experienced times where you have become overwhelmed by everything that needs to get done. It’s easy to sit down in front of the computer and get sucked right in, realizing a couple hours later that you have…
A Look Back at 2012 — And Looking Ahead from the Pond
Happy New Year! As we look back on 2012, we want to start by thanking everyone who joined us here on “the Pond.” Through blog posts, guest contributions, and shared client work, our goal has always been to offer real-world marketing insight that business owners can actually use. We hope this space has served as…
