First off, a clarification. In January 2014, Google’s head of webspam, Matt Cutts – the voice of SEO – sent panic through the digital marketing communities when he announced that guest-blogging was ‘done’. ‘Stick a fork in it’, Cutts said. Google had long derided guest-blogging, but this was the first definitive statement on the practice. … [Read more…]
Many small business owners simultaneously know about–and are confused about–social media. They know that having a strong and current presence on social media platforms is good for business: That social media can drive sales, win customers, spark repeat business and fuel other things owners need to rev up and keep running. But which social media … [Read more…]
Marketing Behaviors to Avoid in 2014 Whether you are an affiliate trying to sell Amazon products, or you make your own informational products, or you have a content site monetized with Adsense, in the end you are a marketer. You need to market your products, your website and even yourself if you want to be … [Read more…]
For some people, SEO implies manipulating websites in an attempt to get a low quality site to rank well with the search engines. If that is the definition being used, than most people will agree that it is dying a slow (and far too prolonged) death, and that is something we can all be thankful … [Read more…]