Search engine optimization (SEO) is an important tool in a marketer’s digital toolbox. If done correctly, with best practices at the forefront of a good strategy, it can help boost the online visibility of your website and deliver an increased number of qualified prospects. If done incorrectly, however, SEO can lead to website penalties, obscurity, […]
15 SEO Best Practices for Website Migration Success – Get the eBook!
The words “site migration” get tossed around a lot for a number of different website upgrades. There’s the completely new site and there’s the refresh or site improvement, which might consist of a new look-and-feel, the addition (and subtraction) of some pages, and so on. Regardless of the site migration you are planning, it can […]
What You Need to Know About Meta Descriptions for SEO Success
Way back in 2009, Google announced that they no longer use Meta keywords and description tags as ranking factors, but that doesn’t mean that they should be ignored. We still use the keywords tag as a means of organizing and mapping our keywords to the pages they focus on. And, I could argue (and will) […]
6 Elements of a Readable and Shareable Blog Post
It’s one thing to write a blog post and another to make it readable and shareable. As everyone who has ever written a good blog post can attest… it’s not easy. There’s a lot that goes into a decent post in terms of content alone, but it goes beyond that. Attention spans are short and […]
The Digital C4 Guide to Business Blogging – A Must for your Marketing Toolbox
When we started Digital C4 back in early 2010 we just offered search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search marketing – mainly Google Ads. Writing blog posts and developing content for clients was on our radar, but it wasn’t something we really considered as a service offering. Fast forward to 2020 and today blog management […]
18 Questions Marketing Needs to Ask Sales
It seems that for as long as I’ve been in marketing there has been this divide that exists with the sales, or business development team. That said I started my career in business development and, now that I’m in marketing, I realize we never even thought of the great folks over in the marketing department […]
Your Best SEO Strategy? Don’t Rely Solely on SEO
Search engine optimization (SEO) should most certainly be part of your digital marketing toolbox heading into 2020. Competition for search engine rankings and organic traffic continues to grow requiring a website and content to be properly optimized for search. That said if your digital marketing toolbox relies solely on SEO to build website traffic, you […]
SEO 101: Building a Keyword List for Website Success
There’s a lot that can go into creating a manageable keyword list for your website but seeing as though this is an SEO 101 post, I’m going to keep things high-level. Why do you need a keyword list? Many companies I speak with about SEO don’t have an established, well thought out, list of keywords […]
Increasing PPC Conversion Rates With Mobile Landing Pages
Mobile users are shopping and searching for information on their phones more than ever. In fact, according to eMarketer, the average US adult will spend 3 hours and 43 minutes each day on mobile devices. While not all of this time is spent online, 49 percent of consumers use their smartphone for shopping, and in […]
Managing a Blog Can be Difficult. Here’s Why it Might be Time to Hire an Agency
I speak with prospective clients nearly every day about SEO, paid search, and certainly content. In fact, the importance of content creation for marketing departments cannot be overstated and often dominates these conversations. Content is critical for our clients as it most-assuredly strengthens all our SEO efforts and plays a role in PPC and paid […]