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Citations are a key component of the ranking factors for local SEO. Typically, businesses with more citations tend to rank higher than those with fewer citations. But what are they?

Your business should strive to build a broad base of citations. These not only increase the visibility of your business, but it will also boost the "trust" factor for search engines when calculating the validity of your business's existence. According to Moz, "High-quality, authoritative citations are also viewed by experts as the #1 ranking factor in competitive local search markets."

Topics: backlinks, Search Engine Optimization, organic keyword search, local SEO, directories, citations

A marketing strategy requires a plan. But with so many options how do you decide? A sample marketing plan can help.

Editors note: This article was originally published on July 08, 2015 and has been updated for relevance.

Topics: inbound marketing strategy, Marketing Plan, Marketing strategy, Content Marketing Strategy, sample marketing plan

Anyone with a website wants visitors to their site. Businesses are especially motivated to increase website traffic since visitors can become customers. But how can you do that?

 

Topics: website traffic, inbound marketing tips, Web content, marketing strategies, marketing site traffic, traffic

Content marketing is the staple tactic of inbound marketing. But the question still arises, "Does it work?" The numbers say, "Yes, and in a big way!"

There are some conflicting definitions of both content marketing and inbound marketing out there. We see content creation and publishing as an integral component of the larger strategy of inbound marketing. And the overall trend across the board for businesses is an marked increase in the use of content marketing.

Topics: content marketing, inbound marketing, inbound marketing strategies, marketing strategies, content creation, digital marketing

Most business owners focus on the home page of their website and understandably so. But there is another page that is the next most visited on your site.

For some websites, such as e-commerce sites, there may not be a perceived need to have an "About Us" page, but even these businesses can benefit from these ubiquitous yet overlooked pages. In fact, according to Neil Patel in a post he published at HubSpot, 

Topics: Optimization, Landing pages, web marketing tips, website, company page, about page

Your business deserves the best marketing strategy you can afford. We say inbound marketing is the best approach for your money. Here’s why.

Outbound strategies, often in the form of paid advertising, still has influence. Whether it is television or radio ads, direct mail, or print ads, the medium is still alive and doing… okay.  But, according to the Harvard Business Review, it works less than ten percent of the time.

Topics: outbound marketing, inbound marketing strategy, Landing pages, SEO, Blogging, content creation

If you have a good website and publish posts on your company blog, you should see increasing web traffic, right? That depends.

 

One of the tenets of inbound marketing is the central focus of the website and the power of a good business blog. But is that still true for 2017?

Topics: content marketing, website traffic, blog posting, inbound marketing, content creation, business blog, local SEO

Everyone agrees that the primary purpose of your website is to attract, inform and engage visitors. But everyone does not agree on the best ways to make that happen.

 

Topics: website traffic, Landing page optimization, Landing pages, inbound marketing local, local SEO, SEO strategy

There are hundreds of factors that determine how well your website ranks in search results. But there are five factors that matter most for local SEO.

All SEO is not created equal. What works just fine for national or international brands does not always apply to a local brick-and-mortar business. And what worked with SEO in, say, 2010, doesn't necessarily apply in 2017. Consequently, the challenge for small business owners or their marketing managers is in keeping up with what matters in local SEO today.

Topics: Google Search, backlinks, inbound marketing, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, local SEO

Business blogs are essential for providing the content that search engines crave. But great blogging requires effort and a regular stream of ideas and topics. Here's some tips to help you with that.

[This post was adapted from an earlier post published on April 8, 2015]

Topics: business blog post ideas, Business Blogging, inbound marketing, blog post ideas, content creation, b2b