We recently learned about Google Authorship and how it can improve your search engine results with Google. We wanted to spread the word about this helpful SEO trick so it can help your business as well! Anything that can improve your search engine rankings is worth looking into, especially when it’s something you can do on your own. The process can seem a bit tricky, but we have some tips on getting…
A blog can do wonders for your business: it’s a great way to have shareable content for social media, have more searchable content for search engines, and provide a way for potential clients to get to know you and your craft. We’ve sung the praises for starting a company blog before. Today, we’ve gathered together some our greatest tips on what you should and shouldn’t do when running a blog for your…
Anyone that has ever managed a website knows that regular traffic is valuable and necessary for building a community and getting the word out there. It isn’t always the easiest thing to do though, and people often ask us for tips and advice on this. A regularly updated blog is really the best way to keep people coming back for more and is helpful in so many ways. If your users can…
WordPress is our favorite solution for setting up clients with a user-friendly content management system that allows them to manage their own site. One of the biggest reasons we like WordPress, is that WordPress continually offers updates and upgrades that make it easier to use, more powerful, and most importantly, more secure. In order to take advantage of all that WordPress has to offer with these updates, you need to stay on…
Blogging is an excellent idea for businesses for so many reasons. It’s a great way to have more searchable content online for search engines, users can read more about you and your services, it shows your professional knowledge of the industry you’re in, and so much more. But if you don’t have visitors to your blog, your great content can go to waste. Social media provides the perfect opportunity to promote your…
Starting a blog can be intimidating, although it doesn’t have to be scary or overwhelming. We’ve been blogging for a few years now and have some great tips for people that are getting started. Blogging can be an invaluable tool for any business and it’s important to start on the right foot and continue in a positive direction so your blog doesn’t cause more harm than good. The biggest question we’ve seen…
Wednesday Call Solutions is a webinar group, run by Pamela Bir and I, for business owners and professionals that are looking to learn more about social media, blogging, productivity, Microsoft Office, and more. The group holds two webinars per month on different topics that are relevant in today’s business world. The second Wednesday of the month covers a social media related topic and the fourth Wednesday of the month covers a more…
The newest social sharing idea has come from Google, the +1 button. It’s a new way of showing your appreciation of a webpage, and sharing it with your friends. Google has also implemented the +1’s into their page rank algorithm, further changing the SEO game, and adding an additional thing to consider in your online marketing efforts. This is a great new tool for businesses to integrate into their websites and blog…
We like using WordPress as our primary content management tool for allowing our clients to gain easy access to their site’s content. We use it because it’s user-friendly, flexible, customizable and scaleable for different projects, and you don’t have to know html and css to use it. Although it’s great for all these reasons, and the perfect choice for many users, it can be a little daunting if you haven’t used it…
Subscribing to a blog is easy to do these days, and it’s a handy way to get content that you may be interested in delivered right to you. Most blogs make it easy by including a subscribe by rss feature in a prominent place on their site. I visit a site, I’ve read through a few articles and I am interested in reading more, but I don’t want to have to remember…