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When it comes to search engine marketing there's no reason a business shouldn't engage in both SEO and PPC tactics for affordable Internet marketing. 

Internet marketing experts will often disagree as to which search-based tactic, or approach to use for boosting traffic to your site.

Topics: inbound marketing, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, affordable internet marketing, pay-per-click, search enging marketing, PPC

Recently BroadVision Marketing Founder and CMO, Jaco Grobbelaar, participated in a webcast with Don Seckler from Peak Inbound Marketing, Julbert Abraham from AGM, Chris Vaglic from Rocket Growth, and Justin McAleece from BLARE Media.

Topics: Media Marketing Strategy, online marketing strategy

I have been stumbling over the words “internal”, "inbound" and “outbound” for the last few weeks and it seemed that no one could explain why. I have finally figured this mystery out.

There are “internal, inbound and outbound links" and “inbound and outbound marketing”. Links and marketing are entirely different things with the some of the same words just made to trip people up.

Here are the tricks: Links refer to sites that are not on the current blog post. Marketing is about how we send out the message that we have a product or service for sale.

 

 

Digital Marketing for Everyone - The New Normal

 

• "Internal links" are links that go from one of your website pages to another of your own website pages. This week I learned that each blog post is a website page and you are more than welcome to link your current blog post to previous ones that are written along the same lines. You can also link to pages that tell about your website, your services, your contact information, in fact anything at all having to do with your website.

• An "internal link" is different from an "inbound link" which Wikipedia says refers to what we have been calling backlinks—links where someone links to your page, or where you link to someone else’s website. According to Wikipedia,  “Google's description of their PageRank system, for instance, notes that Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. So an inbound link is a vote for your page, whether from another of your pages or from someone else.

• "Outbound links" within your blog are websites that you quote from that are not a part of your website. Yes, this sounds like just what I said for an inbound link that comes from an outside source to you, but in this case you are giving credit within your blog to an outside site, just like I did with Wikepedia. They did not vote for me by leaving a backlink. I used them to give credit from the outside to what I have written to improve the credibility of my blog.

Confused yet?

Topics: outbound marketing, San Francisco Inbound Marketing Agency, outbound links, Online Communities, inbound backlinks, complimentary Marketing Strategy Session, Internet Marketing Strategy, Social Media, inbound, Content Marketing Strategy, content distribution, distribution channels, trust building, blogging strategy, short form video

 

Topics: Online Communities, Social Media, Content Marketing Strategy, content distribution, distribution channels, trust building, blogging strategy, short form video

There are probably as many different approaches to marketing a small business as there are small business owners. Which is why marketing trends matter.

At BroadVision Marketing, we ascribe to an approach known as Inbound Marketing.

However, at the end of the day, marketing is simply whatever it is you do to get and keep your business in the thoughts and mind of your customers - and prospective customers.

Topics: Small business, inbound marketing, digital marketing, marketing trends, marketing predictions

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

It's a new year and odds are you're considering a complete website redesign. This could be a great idea especially if you are looking to generate more leads from your website. An effective website is critical to a good inbound marketing plan. And, according to the experts, it's a good idea to start with your homepage. 

Topics: website traffic, inbound marketing, Marketing Plan, infographic, homepage

[This article was originally posted in September of 2018. Two years have passed, marketing has evolved, and the world has also gone through a unique period of pandemic and all the fallout from that. So, it is a fair question to ask once again, does blogging still matter for content marketing? With that in mind, we have updated and expanded this post.]

With all the changes in search engine optimization and the vast range of social media platforms available, does blogging still matter for content marketing?

Topics: website traffic, Business Blogging, SEO, Blogging, Content Marketing Strategy

 

Made you look. I am stepping into the age-old debate on press releases where everyone wants to add his 2 cents. Last April 2012 in an article called 4 Ways to Rethink the Press Release,  Jonathan Rick said, “Every year, for the last ten years, someone has proclaimed that the press release is dying. While the rumors of its demise are exaggerated, they are not totally unfounded.”

Topics: business blogs, content marketing, Corporate blog, Business Blogging, inbound marketing, SEO, business blog, SERP, blogging strategy

 

It is a bit ironic that a physical virus can affect the digital realm, but the impact of COVID-19 on marketing - and inbound marketing in particular - is real.

With the massive social and economic disruption brought about by the coronavirus and the various government responses to it, marketing strategies and emphasis have shifted. And this includes inbound marketing.

Topics: inbound marketing strategy, online marketing strategy, marketing strategies, inbound marketing local, local seo marketing, COVID-19