How to Get Better Local Search Rankings
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This week we are focused on local SEO – businesses that want to show up in a specific geographic area or for a “near me” search. Here are a few…
Ranking a New Website in Google
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Marketing on Amazon 101
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Mobile First Search Rankings
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Why Is Content King? Content for Mobile, SEO, and Advertising
Content is everywhere. We, as companies, are told that content is crucial in website SEO, Mobile, Advertising and overall digital marketing success. But, what about it makes writing so important?…
Google’s Got the Need for Speed… Mobile Speed That Is
When users are performing searches, whether, on a desktop, tablet, or mobile device, they want to find the best answers to their questions as fast as possible. In fact, a…
Boomtown Internet Group Listed Among Top Digital Strategy Firms in Clutch
“Creating a digital strategy is a chance to bring some order to the chaos most organizations approach to digital” Paul Boag“ According to research from MIT Sloan & Capgemini, over…
How Will Ad Blockers Change Online Advertising
Imagine walking through Time Square in NYC, and there’s not a single flashy bright billboard, flipping through the September edition of Vogue, and there’s no high fashion glossy ads or…
How Privacy will Change Internet Advertising in 2018-19
The web is basically funded by ads and we are very used to having cookies from sites follow us everywhere we go on the web. To keep the internet “free…
What Are Native Ads? The R-Evolution.
Long ago, in decades past, there were only three types of media: print, tv, and radio. If advertisers wanted to have a product look like it was a part of…
Battle to Win Local Search Heats Up
The digital revolution has completely transformed the way in which consumers find, engage and make purchases with local businesses. Through websites, social media, search engines, mobile apps and review sites,…
Google’s Rich Snippet Testing
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What is Google Attribution & How it Work?
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Protect yourself from website hacking
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Get The Skinny On Facebook Advertising
Social Media is a great touch point for potential customers and loyal users. Having said that, I need to stress one thing before you read any further. Not all industries…
Magento Marketing Automation Software Evaluation
The customer journey to purchase is increasingly convoluted. Potential customers view product information on many channels and even devices before they actually become a customer. The traditional “sale campaign” email,…
Marketing Automation and How it Benefits B2B Sales Cycles
An Introduction to Marketing Automation The term “marketing automation” means many things. According to Marketo, one of the big marketing automation software companies, it “is a category of software that…
Recovering from Google’s Fred Update: Was Your Site Affected?
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Boomtown’s Top Picks For You: Best Social Media Automation Tools
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Increase E-Commerce Conversions with Email Automation
When a user is interacting with your site’s content or browsing your products, you would consider that user a hot prospect. The last thing you would want to happen is…
One-Size Does NOT Fit All: Social Media for Business
When people think digital marketing, they think two things: google and social media. Within social media, most question, is the amount of work involved with social media for business worth…
How to Copyright Your Pictures
In today’s digital culture, it’s super easy to save or copy images from the internet using sites like Google Images, Flicker, and Pinterest for example. When people are on these…
Organic vs. Paid Social Media: How to Use Social Media in 2017
Social media marketing is no longer about promoting your brand’s content and connecting with your consumers; it has matured into an established marketing channel for remarketing, customer acquisition and retention.…
Monitor Your Brand Online – It May be Trickier than you think!
Think of a large, iconic brand, like Pepsi. When you do a Google search on “Pepsi” you see how they own their brand in search results, on social media, and…