When I Have Time, I Blog
Tips + Tricks I Think All Business Owners Should Read
Why You Need Google My Business
Think of it this way, if you could market your business or services for free with the most popular search engine, why wouldn't you. I would argue that if you are going to only spend your marketing budget in one place (i.e., paying someone else to do the digital...
Setting Business Goals in 2021 that You’ll Actually Achieve
Guest Post by Kevin Foreman, Black Sheep Business Consulting, Business Plans + Strategic Plans in Vancouver, BC Setting business goals - hard or easy? There have been various studies conducted to see what percentage of our goals are achieved. According to the...
MOZ Guide to SEO
Was just helping a client whose site audit revealed that their meta titles were too long, and found this great summary resource. Their site also had 200 pages where no meta descriptions were present. A big site, lots of blog work over the years, and I suggested a way...
Good SEO in 2020 – You Must Do These!
For small local businesses who want to get found on Google, there’s a lot you can do. We could refer to this as best SEO in 2020. And like most things, it’s not that hard once you know how. You may, however, run out of time to tackle some of the digital-busy-work...
Best Tools for Instagram – Maximum Growth & Engagement – Guest Post
Thanks to Eduard Klein, for this guest post content. I often get requests for posts on my website, but Eduard's struck me as a good idea because he had great content, and his English showed he was doing this for all right reasons. Enjoy, and do consider adding...
Advertising on your Blog
Had a recent opportunity to help a customer to put advertising on her blog! We didn't know how much to advise that she charge, so we looked this up: For a site with 5,000 visitors a month, charge $50 a month. Read more here>> Thanks to Yaro Starak and his great...
Why You Need SSL/HTTPS for your Website
Since 2018 (well, probably earlier) you could set up SSL (resulting in your site showing https: not just http. Google now shows a "lock" icon for "secure" as does Firefox. All sites should have SSL - and here's why:...
Getting More Traffic to your Site + LinkedIn + FB
This post is so good... it's about driving traffic to your LinkedIn page (business or individual) but the same principles/effort are correct and important to apply to your Business FB, your Instagram, and your website! Saw the original content on LinkedIn>> Make sure...
Is your web page mobile friendly?
You really should know if your web page is mobile friendly. If your page or site isn't mobile-friendly, then your users on mobile will be frustrated. And Google will put a little "this site isn't mobile friendly" in the search results. And will rank you lower. To find...
How a Business Blog will Boost Traffic to your Website
A great piece to read - http://valuewriters.com/blog/7-reasons-why-you-should-start-business-blogging-today/ - written by a company that's trying to get you to hire them to write. The beginning is a bit awkward (could be written by someone not North American and I...