Have you spent hours crafting the perfect post, embedding different media from the likes of Youtube, Facebook and Instagram, as well as included proper schema mark-up for Google and other search engines to use, only to switch over to the WordPress visual editor and lose it all? I have. Most people use the visual editor… Continue reading How to Stop Your Embeds, Schema & Other HTML Being Lost in WordPress
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25 Photos Shot with Perfect Timing
Photography is a skill that many learn and few master – seriously, do you know offhand what all the settings do on a DSLR? Photography isn’t difficult if you’ve got some practice and whatever you are trying to capture isn’t moving. However, when events are in motion, usually shots will be smudged messes – or,… Continue reading 25 Photos Shot with Perfect Timing
20 Photos Taken at Exactly the Right Angle
No, we don’t mean 90° – getting the right angle for your photo changes from situation to situation, and much like timing is a cornerstone of great photography. When you are capturing a scene of the 3D world around us on a medium with a 2D output, it is very easy to have a lot… Continue reading 20 Photos Taken at Exactly the Right Angle
The Easiest SEO Win – Keywords in Titles
SEO SEO stands for search engine optimization. It basically means the process of trying to get Google to rank your website as high as possible in its search results for the specific terms you want. For example, if you are a car dealer in Los Angeles, you might want to rank highly for “used cars… Continue reading The Easiest SEO Win – Keywords in Titles
Controlling Featured Snippets, Seeing Your “Real” Rank and FAQ Schema Pain
If you’re still recovering from Google’s shock switch yesterday, when it was revealed that featured snippet URLs were being removed from the main results, I have a few more updates and also some tips for you. Control Your Snippets If, for some reason, you’d rather have your “old” position in the main results (ie #1… Continue reading Controlling Featured Snippets, Seeing Your “Real” Rank and FAQ Schema Pain
Ways to Spice Up Your Content Marketing
Content marketing continues to be a major focus for marketers. In fact, the Content Marketing Institute has found 93% of marketers are now using content marketing. If you’re looking to become more efficient at content marketing, then consider using these 10 tactics to spice up your content marketing campaign. Google Fonts Thanks to Google Fonts, you… Continue reading Ways to Spice Up Your Content Marketing
What Does Hosting have to do with SEO?
As the owner or manager of a website, should you focus on search engine optimization (SEO) first or finding the right web host? Both are equally important, but what many people don’t realize is that SEO and web hosting go hand in hand. The best practices for SEO are constantly evolving, and there are many… Continue reading What Does Hosting have to do with SEO?
Mistakes That Are Costing You On Your Landing Pages
There are many things that go into creating landing pages, implementing search engine optimization, and running pay-per-click campaigns. One of the biggest problems that I see with ecommerce sites is the relevant company not executing on their landing pages like they should. Sometimes, the hardest thing about running an online business is being able to… Continue reading Mistakes That Are Costing You On Your Landing Pages
How To Have Great Customer Interaction/Service Through Social Media
If you want to really dig deep when it comes to online business owners and what the best of the best do, one of the most important factors for an online business is how you interact with customers and visitors on social media. We happen to be in a world when an average gym enthusiast… Continue reading How To Have Great Customer Interaction/Service Through Social Media
Top Reasons Visitors Don’t Trust Your Site
You might not realize it, but many of your visitors don’t fully trust you when they first visit your site and read whatever information you’ve posted, or purchase your products and services. This is with good reason, and if you’re not well-known (ahem, you’re not an Amazon or a Google), then you might need to… Continue reading Top Reasons Visitors Don’t Trust Your Site