Author Archives: Ashley

Links! The Power Behind SEO

Although it sometimes may seem like it is, SEO really isn’t wand-waving and chance. Actually there is no magic involved at all. SEO is all about man-power. Effective SEO works two ways: Onsite and Offsite. The break down is about…

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Search Engine Reputation Management

It is suggested that if a company website has a negative result directly below it then up to 70% of surfers will click on the negative result first rather than the company website. Engagement is the most important element in…

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Introducing King Content, Your SEO Best Friend

Search engines are interested in whether people are talking about you and whether people are visiting you, but a search engine’s biggest concern is what you’re saying- what content you have on your site. So optimize accordingly! You need good,…

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What to Expect for the Future of Social Media

With a more rapid and chaotic evolution than apple products, social media is new; and it’s changing. We recognize the growing import of social media for everyone: lay people to corporations and celebrities to politicians. Since we see this, we…

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Remember Compromise

Like any marketing venture, internet marketing requires a healthy degree of trust. SEO specialists and clients often butt heads when communication and understanding are crucial. If there is a disconnect between the client’s expectations and the SEO specialists‘ intentions, generally,…

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Social Media as a Powerful Tool

Many business view social media sites as a nuisance, a time waster, and a distraction for teenagers in school. Not so. Blogs, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon, Angie’s List, and Yelp are among a sampling the many resources available to…

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Know Your Audience

All writing is persuasion. The ancient Greeks called it rhetoric. They would get into arguments and debates just for the sake of argument- to show off their rhetorical ability. Although your website probably isn’t facilitating some kind of verbal brawl,…

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People-Friendly Web Design

The internet is supposed to be people-friendly. Although crawlers do mean a lot to a site’s well-being, it’s the human viewers that web designers should cater to. People come to a site for information, for entertainment, and to buy or…

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How To Be Interesting: Blogging Part 2

Images. Make your blog aesthetically pleasing. Readable fonts (2 maximum), a couple or three complementary colors, a clean layout, and working links are major selling points for blog readers. Additionally, people like to know who’s talking to them. Take off…

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How To Be Interesting: Blogging Part 1

Blogs are a powerful medium. A blog gives you a presence, a voice in the online community. This presence could mean big things for your business. Having a good blog is essential if you are going to have one at…

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