Why the telephone can be one of THE most powerful components to your SEO plan.

With smartphone texting, online messaging, social media, and email, many of us find ourselves using the phone less and less to communicate. This is true many times, unless you own a business. The phone, for most of businesses is the primary pipeline for inquiries and new sales. Statistically, 40% to 50% of highly qualified leads …

4 reasons why content marketing is vital to growing your business

We’ve all heard the phrase “Cash is King”. In the online marketing world, Content isn’t far behind… Last year, as many of you know, there were many updates to Google’s algorithm with strange names assigned to these updates such as “Penguin” and “Panda”. For those of you who are not familiar with this, the short …

“If you’re not first, you’re last” – Ricky Bobby (from the movie Talladega Nights)

I love Will Ferrell. I remember the first time I saw him on Saturday Night Live (I think it was the Spartan Cheerleader Skit). I laughed for 10 minutes straight. I knew that he was a special talent. I’m an SNL buff all the way back into 1980’s when I was in high school (showing …

How to use landing sites and pages to grow your business.

Some of you might have heard of landing pages. They are sometimes referred to as a “Splash Pages” or “Lead Capture Pages” or “Landing Sites”. Traditionally, these are used very specifically in marketing (search engine, email, direct mail, etc) as a way to direct a prospect or customer response to a very specific web page …

How high is the fence around your “herd” of customers?

What is the most valuable asset that your business owns? Your building? Your equipment? Your inventory? Your intellectual property? ALL WRONG. Not even the operating capital that you have in the bank is as valuable as this one asset that most business owners overlook…. It is your CUSTOMERS. Once you’ve sold a product or service …