Digital Marketing
About Facebook’s New Business Page
In the past few months, Facebook has tested a number of different designs for their new business page. Different organizations reported various layouts. It now appears Facebook has begun to implement one particular design though. Of course, change is often not something we all take to very easily, especially if we have gotten used to…
Read More7 New Adwords Features You Should Be Using Today
Google Adwords is a must for anyone that is looking to make an impression in the digital advertising world. Adwords continues to improve upon their features, and are always introducing new features in order to keep up with the constantly evolving digital space. To get the most from your Adwords account, you should be using…
Read MoreThe 3 Best Ways to Keep Growing Your Business
While every for-profit business is unique, all have one thing in common. The goal of making profits of course! A survey of 1,000 small business owners who earn at least $250,000 or more per year showed that 72% of them consider growth a priority. They want to continue to grow and increase their bottom line.…
Read MoreFacebook’s Ranking Factors You Need to Know
Have you ever wondered what determines which updates you see in your newsfeed on Facebook? You may have had an experience where a friend sees an update from a particular person that you missed when you were both scrolling through your feeds at the same time. Or maybe you wonder how all of the updates…
Read MoreHow Do I keep My Blog Readers Engaged?
You’re about to start blogging? Awesome. Hubspot reports that 81% of companies consider their blogs “useful,” “important,” or “critical”. However, it’s important that you blog the right way in order to keep readers engaged. In doing so, you will bring in more customers and make those customers increasingly loyal to your brand. So the question…
Read More17 Ways To Think of Blog Topics
You may already be blogging for your business. Awesome. You may not yet. That’s okay too. Whether you’re just starting, or you’re already in the blogging game, it couldn’t hurt to get some guidance on how to think of blog topics. Let’s face it, even the most creative people get writer’s block. It happens. We’re…
Read More5 Steps to Choosing a Content Writer for Your Blog
As a content marketer you need to be able to handle multiple aspects of your job such as writing, content curation, social media activity, while at the same time developing your business. All of this can be a little too much at times, which is why you might benefit from finding a content writer to…
Read MoreTop 10 Ranking Factors For Link Building
Most experts will agree that backlinks have the greatest off-site impact on the ranking of a website in search engines. Do a quick search online and there are hundreds of off-site factors that will supposedly make your rankings climb. Google hasn’t officially stated all factors that affect rankings, or which are merely myths created by marketers. I…
Read MoreAd Blocking Browser May Affect Small Businesses
Small businesses are already affected by the AdBlock plugin. What if an ad blocking browser decides to step up the game? What Is Brave? Brave is a browser intended to be the solution to problem of many ad publishers online, with the advent of AdBlock. Their mission is to save the web with their innovative…
Read MoreWhy Understanding Your Audience Matters | SMX Advanced
When it comes to marketing, we’ve seen a pretty drastic shift in what customers like and respond to nowadays. Traditional marketing involves pushing yourself in front of customers. If you could do this enough, people would eventually turn to you and buy your services. Today, most people dislike and distrust ads or companies pushing themselves…
Read MoreTitle Tags: How to Win Visitors and Influence CTR
A title tag is a short description of a webpage, visible in a Google search. Title tags are an important—yet often neglected—aspect of search engine optimization. Making specific title tags for each page and following best practices can determine whether a user visits your website. This post describes why title tags matter and what practices…
Read MoreImprove the Way You Use 301 Redirects Between Domains
Let’s start with an obvious question: what is a 301 redirect? The 301 redirect permanently redirects both users and search engines to a desired webpage. It’s comparable to changing your address, where you still keep all the money or debt you may have. Likewise, a 301 redirect changes the address or URL shown to users…
Read MoreWhat Is Alt Image Text, and Why Should I Use It?
Alt image text is a short description associated with an image that conveys the contents of that image. It was originally created for the benefit of visually impaired users with screen readers or programs that attempt to audibly provide and describe the text/content of an online webpage. (I found out about screen readers when my…
Read MoreHas Google+ Lived Up to Its 2011 Hype?
It was the summer of 2011. After three unsuccessful projects—Google Buzz (2010–2011), Google Friend Connect (2008–2014), and Orkut (2004–2014)—Google attempted for the fourth time to start a social network. The hype surrounding the release of Google+ was real and really big. On Boostability’s own blog, we wrote: “It’s been just a few weeks since Google+…
Read MoreI Want To Blog: What Do I Write?
Constantly coming up with new and engaging blog topics is no easy task, especially when you’re running a full-time business. Blogging is a form of marketing and like any good marketing initiative, it be must created to reach an objective. In today’s article I’ll suggest themes you can blog about and which objectives these themes…
Read MoreHow Do I Keep People Reading My Blog?
This article was first published on Jul 5, 2016, and last updated in January 2020. Writing a blog post is just half the battle, getting the person to actually read the whole thing is another. With smartphone and tablet computers fighting for our attention, science says that humans now have shorter attention spans than goldfish.…
Read MoreCan an SEO Company Offer Guaranteed First Page Rankings?
Sure, a company could “guarantee” first page rankings, but should they? SEO is a multibillion-dollar industry. It is also a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and in some instances, expensive industry. Because of the competition and hard work involved with the SEO industry, it is not uncommon for companies to make egregious and inflated claims to gain a…
Read MoreThe State of SEO | SMX Advanced
Last week, I had a chance to attend SMX Advanced in Seattle, Washington. It was great getting to chat with and listen to amazing professionals in the search engine marketing space. Overall, the speakers put a huge emphasis on the factors that are still relevant and can impact SEO campaigns. Confirming these factors were industry…
Read MoreWhat People Expect Now From The Rising Digital World?
People, especially millennials today do not fear of sharing their personal information with the brands which provide them the services. They provide the data without caring because they expect a lot more from them. They feel comfortable in sharing their data because they get the automated experience. While giving away their personal information they expect…
Read MoreA History Lesson on PageRank
PageRank has made Google the largest and best search engine in the world. Many webmasters spent sleepless and stressful nights over it. While the original PageRank may no longer exist, the origins and ideas behind PageRank are alive and well. Read on to understand why PageRank mattered and what tools you can use today to…
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