Part 1: Planning and preparation There are so many ways to grow a business organically through marketing and promotion – it can be overwhelming to parse through all the options and decide which way to go for your business. For this reason, in our last few posts we have been looking at popular internet marketing options and comparing them to each other. In this post I’d like to dive into the strategy of lead generation…
“How do I grow my business?” This (or a close variant) might be one of the most common questions I get asked by clients and those looking for help. I wish that I had an easy answer to that, but as you know, growing a business is an undertaking that depends wholly on your business model and your industry, amongst a myriad of other factors. With that said however, there are generally two options at…
Remember when your mother told you to mind your manners? Etiquette isn’t just for little kids, fancy occasions, or your in-laws. It’s just as important to follow the rules of etiquette online, and when it comes to the text-format of social media, you need to adapt so that you’re communicating your message effectively from screen to screen. Net-iquette Click to See Full Graphic Internet etiquette isn’t rocket science, but you do have to account for…
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) involves a variety of different tactics and strategies to gain search engine visibility, namely Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay-per-Click (PPC) advertising. SEO encompasses everything that happens on your site to communicate with and give indicators to the search engines, from proper tagging, to quality content, to optimal site structure. Taking it a step further, SEO also encompasses all things that happen off-site such as linking, content, social media interaction, and…
In the Oscar-nominated film ‘Moneyball’, Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the real-life General Manager of the Oakland A’s. Facing severe budget constraints, Brad’s character looks to develop a niche strategy to compete against his deep-pocketed peers (I’m looking at you, New York Yankees). This is the same situation facing many small-to-medium sized tech companies trying to grow with online advertising. It’d be great to run the full gambit of online tactics, with broad paid search…
Internet marketing services agency will exhibit for the ninth year in a row and join an expert panel on growth in the hosting industry. Vancouver, BC, June 11, 2014 – eBridge Marketing Solutions, an agency specializing in B2B internet marketing and SEO services, announces its participation at HostingCon 2014. eBridge President Hartland Ross will be joining a panel of experts around the topic of building versus buying a web hosting business as a growth strategy….
2013 has been a big year for changes to Google’s search algorithm with repercussions far and wide for SEO experts and businesses. There are no longer shortcuts or loopholes that get your site ranked quickly and easily. Onsite SEO is a different game, and this also applies to offsite efforts. In fact, many popular offsite SEM tactics either need shifting, or need to be abandoned altogether. Let’s take a closer look… Anchor texts Using keyword rich anchor…
Many business owners don’t realize that a press release is not just about announcing your latest news – it can also play a part in your search marketing strategy. There is quite a bit of debate in regards to press releases and search with all the recent updates to Google’s algorithm, but in short, a well written, quality release can help your business gain media exposure and hopefully receive mentions from credible outlets while sending out…
Gone are the days when you used to be able to jam a bunch of keywords into your copy, publish subpar content and see your site rank in search engines. Long, long gone in fact. If anything, things have taken such a dramatic shift in search marketing that some are starting to think that SEO is dead. How so? Well, with the tweaks to Google’s algorithm over the past couple of years, most recently with…
We discussed in our previous posts how your B2B technology business can leverage partnerships to access a partner’s existing customer base and how much easier it is to connect your company and your solution to your target market thanks to the preexisting relationships your partners already have with their clients. This gives the end customer what they want – more solutions from the companies they already like and trust. (see The Value of Partnerships Part 1:…