Small Business Internet Blog

If you run a small to medium-sized business, you may not be concerned with dominating global search results (yet). Instead, the local community you serve is probably the lifeblood of your business, and showing up at the top of local listings is pivotal to bringing in new customers. Read More

So you have just written the best blog post ever. The content is helpful, engaging, and sure to be eagerly consumed by your intended audience. Read More

In a recent post, we talked about the changing nature of search and how to organize website content to adapt to those changes. But what happens when a potential customer lands on your website? Are they doing what you want them to? Read More

If you have a blog, chances are you already understand the importance of business blogging. But do you know how to optimize your blog posts to make them more search engine friendly? Read More

Many small business owners find themselves with a beautiful website chock full of valuable information and lots of visitors, yet very few of those visitors take that next step to subscribe to a newsletter, get a free quote, make a purchase, or move through the sales funnel. Read More

With well over 1.3 billion active daily users, Facebook might seem like a treasure trove of potential paying customers. (Source: Facebook 2/10/2017) With all those users, it makes sense that some of them would be interested in your products or services, right? Kind of. Read More

For many business owners, writing website content is a sticking point in the website project. Sometimes a beautiful new responsive website will sit dormant for months (or more) waiting for content so it can be launched for potential customers to see. Read More

If you have been searching for businesses over the course of the last couple of months, you may have noticed some additional features within Google business listings that weren't there before. Google posts - posts that appear within the Google business listing (which appears to the right of search results) - are now an option for most business owners. Read More

More than ever, mobile and desktop users are doing local searches using the “near me" qualifier.  And even if they don’t, search engines are kind enough to auto-suggest it. The "near me" phenomenon is growing, and local businesses are scrambling to optimize their website content to accommodate these types of searches.  Read More

Although inbound marketing has made great strides over the past decade, search is still a dominant force when it comes to reaching potential customers online. In fact, Google alone boasts over 3.5 billion searches per day--roughly 40,000 queries per second.  Read More