Web Marketing

Coronavirus and Groundhog's Day: 2 Examples of Current Event Content Hooks

Coronavirus and Groundhog’s Day: 2 Examples of Current Event Content Hooks

How to Create Content When Your Small Business Isn’t Outlandishly Exciting For some small businesses, marketing content efforts are easy. When you sell something customers dream about, like clothing or food, creating content around your products and services is naturally…

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Only 28% of Marketers Use Pinterest. Is This Social Platform a Hidden Gem?

Only 28% of Marketers Use Pinterest. Is This Social Platform a Hidden Gem?

If Your Small Business Sells to Women, Parents, Millennials or International Citizens, Pinterest May Be a Marketing Win Pinterest doesn’t get a lot of attention from marketing experts these days. This low-competition environment could be a solid small business marketing…

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WordPress is Great-- Except When it's Hacked

WordPress is Great– Except When it’s Hacked

Small Business Websites Powered by WordPress are a Hacker’s Biggest Target WordPress is a hugely popular platform for small business websites– it’s flexible, customizable and easy to learn. WordPress claims to “power 35% of the Internet.” The platform is also…

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3 Reasons You Need a Modern Website (No Matter What 'Modern' Means)

3 Reasons You Need a Modern Website (No Matter What ‘Modern’ Means)

Web Design Fashions Change for Better or Worse, but Small Business Websites Need to Change with Them It’s critically important to have an easy-to-use website that visitors find intuitive. But it’s just as important that visitors feel your website is…

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Why Paid Search is a Good Marketing Investment Right Now

Why Paid Search is a Good Marketing Investment Right Now

Salesforce Research Reveals Social Advertising has High Competition, While Google Pay-Per-Click Lags in Popularity “Buy low and sell high” is the age-old investment advice. The same can sometimes be said for marketing investments. When your competitors are spending much of…

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You Can Stop Marketing on Twitter Now - Unless Your Industry is Crypto

You Can Stop Marketing on Twitter Now – Unless Your Industry is Crypto

Twitter Drives Only 0.66% of all Website Visits New research into 3.25 billion website visits by GrowthBadger’s Kyle Byers shows that 6.44% of all web traffic comes from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Facebook dominates as a…

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New Research Shows Facebook is Still the Most Important Social Platform for Driving Website Traffic

New Research Shows Facebook is Still the Most Important Social Platform for Driving Website Traffic

Facebook Drives 65.36% of All Social Media-Sourced Website Traffic, but Google Still Outpaces All Social In a survey of 3.25 billion website visits, GrowthBadger’s Kyle Byers discovered that Facebook is far and away the most effective social media platform for…

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Where Does Your Website Traffic Come From? (Hint: It's Not Instagram)

Where Does Your Website Traffic Come From? (Hint: It’s Not Instagram)

Google Drives 8 Times More Traffic than All Social Media Combined In a study of 3.25 billion website visits, Kyle Byers of GrowthBadger uncovered some striking results. Overall, Google search drives 60.68% of website traffic. When you break down the…

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3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Have a Blog, Even in a Social Media Era

3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Have a Blog, Even in a Social Media Era

Some businesses seem to be giving up on creating and publishing new content to their websites. Website Magazine predicted in 2015 that websites will become obsolete by 2020. But I still view a small business’s website as a critical part of…

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