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11 Ways to Increase Social Media Engagement
Struggling to see good engagement with your social media content? While a lack of organic engagement could be caused by social media algorithms and how your content is being shown to followers, it could also be pointing to an issue with your social media strategy. If...
How Social Media Marketing Helps Local Businesses
If your small business isn't on social media, then you're missing out on opportunities to connect with existing customers and attract new customers online. Most social media platforms are free to use and offer cost-effective advertising options that can help get you...
Do You Need Organic Social or Paid Social?
Trying to choose between an organic social media strategy or a paid social media strategy? Before deciding how to promote your brand online, it's important to understand the differences between organic social media and paid social media, as well as how they can both...
How Social Media Marketing Supports SEO
Although social media isn't a direct search engine ranking factor for Google, social media marketing can supplement a strong SEO strategy. Positive social signals can help to build brand awareness, increase visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs), and drive...
15 Common Google Indexing Issues & How to Fix Them
Trying to fix your website indexing problems? There are a number of issues that prevent search engines from indexing your site. After confirming with Google Search Console's Index Coverage Report that Google is not indexing your website, review this list of 15 common...
8 Ways to Help Google Crawl & Index Your Webpages
It can take anywhere from four days to multiple weeks for Google spiders to crawl and index new or updated webpages. While this timeframe varies, there are many SEO tactics and strategies you can use to help speed up Google's indexing process. Here are eight ways you...
How a Search Engine Works: Crawl, Index, & Rank
Understanding how search engines work allows you to tactically and strategically focus on search engine optimization (SEO) when building your website and creating webpage content. Below, we'll walk you through the basics of how search engines function and how you can...
Short-Form vs. Long-Form Content: What’s the Best Option for You?
You know you should be investing in content marketing to build brand awareness, educate your customers, and showcase your authenticity. But do you know what kind of content you should be creating? There are several differences between short-form and long-form content,...
What You Need to Know About Using QR Codes
QR codes made a significant comeback in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. And now that both businesses and customers have experienced their benefits, it's possible they're here to stay. What are QR codes and how can your business use them? Here's what you need to...