We still get requests for “some SEO” as if you could order it by the pound. Getting a handle on the concepts will help your website and keep it safe from unscrupulous “experts.”

Content marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) both have the opportunity to be intertwined with one another. SEO is when you optimize your web pages in a way that they become more visible to people who are searching for keywords associated with your business, products, or services on search engines. When we consider content marketing in terms of SEO, we are talking about utilizing your blog posts to make them most relevant to search engines and to your customers.

We started writing this post three weeks ago. Then Jim Davis’ recent article in The Daily Herald serendipitously dropped. It’s official news, folks! Everyone should measure their marketing!

Planning a not-for-profit event? Do you have a speaking engagement coming up? What about that store-wide sale you’re holding? To pull off any of these successfully, your audience needs to get the news. So stop making it so difficult for them!

Planning a new website? Committed to a weekly blog post or more active digital marketing? Whatever goals you have for your business in 2016, there is one key resolution every one of us should make – and keep.

Cash-strapped businesses have to make hard financial decisions, but going too cheap on your website may be ham-stringing your success. Whether you went with the lowest bidder or are using a do-it-yourself website builder, check those efforts against our list of best practices, so you can say "My website! It's just what I wanted!"

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to take a look ahead. What do we have to look forward to in 2016? What trends are on the way out and which are here to stay? Anything new on the horizon? Well, slow down, I’ll fill you in.

While the whole point of Twitter is supposed to be real-time communication, sometimes we have to put the smartphone down and get other work done. Scheduling tweets can help you stay top-of-mind with customers when you’re busy elsewhere.