 January 10, 2014 More Ways to Stay Updated: Welcome to part two of our review of great articles from 2013. Enjoy!
 5 Steps to Organic Ranking Successby Stoney deGeyterIf you're looking for some new, profound or revolutionary "trick" to getting #1 rankings, you can just stop reading this post right now, because you won't find it. In fact, there is really nothing new here. Then again, there is really nothing new to good SEO. Sure, you might learn about some new avenues or a particular strategy, but not here. Not today. This post is for those looking for some good, solid, foundational SEO...  Understanding and Celebrating the Little SEO Winsby Nick StamoulisOf course every site owner is looking for the big jump in organic traffic as a way to justify their SEO investment. If 1,500 organic visitors in January jumps to 3,500 organic visitors by June there is no denying that SEO is doing its job. But when the jump isn't that big does that automatically mean your SEO program has failed? Not necessarily. Sometimes, in order to gauge the real impact of your SEO program, you have to look at the little SEO wins and how they feed into your success overall.... Start Your Content Marketing Campaign With a Questionby Nick StamoulisThere is no denying the short and long-term impact of content marketing on your site's organic presence. Both the search engines and social networks thrive on fresh content and the more great content you put out the more visitors, social shares, and links you can earn over time. And with Google's recent changes to the link schemes page in the Webmaster Guidelines the link earning potential of your content is more important than ever....  Local SEO - "Why is it important?"by Chris Warden"What is Local SEO? Why is it important? What can it do for my business?" This series will provide you with steps and knowledge you can use to improve the visibility of your business with local traffic. Get yourself started in this fast-growing field and make yourself more recognizable than your competitors.... Using Social Media to Promote Your Local Businessby Nick StamoulisToo often local businesses set up social media accounts and then leave them empty. I'd almost rather a business owner not even have a Facebook page than create one and walk away from it. Social media marketing is a fantastic way to promote your local business, connect with current and potential customers, and drive foot traffic through your doors but you only get out what you put in! Social media is not a set it and forget it platform, so be sure you are actively inviting and encouraging your customers to get involved. Ask questions, post pictures, promote specials--give them...  How Can Our Products Be Remarkable?by Mike MoranSeth Godin is fond of saying that we must make our products and our companies remarkable, but it's easier to say than to do (as Seth well knows). And I fear that some people just blow off Seth's advice, because they hear "remarkable" as just another fatuous superlative, such as "great" or "fantastic" that is bereft of its original, more specific meaning. Remarkable means something that would cause someone to remark about it. So, how do we become remarkable?... Backlinks Aren't Dead - The Way You're Building Them Isby Chris WardenChris Warden, of Spread Effect, is back to discuss your SEO and link bulding strategy. The death of the backlink has been greatly exaggerated. It often feels like SEOs from all over the world are running around with tinfoil hats while proclaiming that their backlinking efforts not only aren't working, but they're getting themselves, and their clients penalized.... How Much Longer Will Your "Easy" Link Building Tactics Really Work?by Nick StamoulisI know that it's very easy to get tempted to invest in some of those "easy" link building tactics because, after all, if it worked for that guy and he's getting away with it why can't I, right? But in my experience those sites that "get away with it" tend to be the exceptions, not the rule. In my opinion it's not a question of will those guys get caught; it's really only a matter of when....  How to Build an Online Community Around Your Businessby Jayson DeMersStrong relationships and customer loyalty are essential for laying down a solid foundation for any business. One of the most effective ways to develop relationships and gain loyalty is to build an online community. Here are some of the primary advantages of this strategy and the steps to take to build an online community around your business. ... The Definitive Guide to Twitter Etiquetteby Jayson DeMersHere are the Twitter etiquette guidelines that should be followed when marketing using Twitter. Following these guidelines will help attract more followers, build better rapport with your target audience and increase exposure and brand awareness. ... What are you optimizing your pages for?by Mike MoranSEO, as you know, stands for Search Engine Optimization, and you might rightly expect that SEO is about optimizing pages to appeal to search engines. And you'd be right. Increasingly, however, I am finding that clients believe so fervently in SEO that they aren't actually optimizing their pages for sales. If you are falling into the trap, you'll likely regret looking so narrowly at SEO....  2,000 Words of Insight from Only 2 PPC Competitive Metricsby Mike FlemingWhen managing PPC campaigns (or any marketing campaigns for that matter), analyzing, testing and adjusting given information about your competitors can be extremely helpful and necessary. Knowing what they may be doing better and/or what you may be doing better, when they're spending their money, what's working and not working for them, etc. can give you strategic advantages that can help you make profitable adjustments.Here are two metrics trended over the last 6 months for the top 5 advertisers (for Impression Share) on a keyword. These were found in the Auction Insights report in an AdWords account. Following these charts,...
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