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Your “Evergreen Content” Desperately Needs Routine Watering, Fertilization, and Pruning

You have likely heard the phrase “evergreen content” used by digital marketers or discovered how-to guides on creating evergreen content as you were researching and developing your own content strategy. Evergreen content is commonly defined as content that remains relevant for...

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Who Can Write a Google Review on a Google Business Profile

Many of our clients ask us who is technically allowed to write a Google review on their Google Business Profile (GBP). Usually, this question arises when either the company wants to encourage reviews on their Google business listing, or if they...

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How Google Business Profile Reviews Are Filtered for Spam

Have any of your customers told you they submitted reviews on your Google Business Profile (GBP), but you can't see them? There's a possibility that Google filtered out reviews from your profile, believing those reviews were spam. Due to the uptick...

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How to Add Photos to Your Google Business Profile (GBP) Listing

You likely already know the significant SEO benefit and, more importantly, the improved user experience you create by routinely adding relevant photos to your Google Business Profile (GBP). Adding relevant photos of your location, products, and services can help you increase...

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How to Fix Google Business Profile (GBP) Verification Video Upload Not Working – Upload Failed

We’ve both seen firsthand and heard hundreds of complaints about Google’s video verification process for new business locations or locations requiring a re-verification. From our experience, there are two types of issues commonly encountered: 1) the video fails to upload or...

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How to Get Verified on LinkedIn – Verification Badge

You have likely seen the fancy little badge on certain individuals’ LinkedIn Profiles. These are powered by LinkedIn’s verification service, which they outsource to third-party identity verification companies. Note that you do not need a premium LinkedIn account for this feature,...

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Why You Should Fix Your Google Business Profile’s Map Marker (Pin)

Most marketing professionals have a base knowledge that having a well-optimized and complete Google Business Profile (GBP) is critical for SEO and online visibility. Search engine optimizers will often go to excruciating detail ensuring the data on your GBP is accurate...

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How to Update or Fix your Google Business Profile (GBP) Cover Photo

If your business has a Google Business Profile (GBP) listing (formerly Google My Business – GMB), you’ve likely encountered the dreadful issue where your cover photo seems to have a mind of its own. Perhaps, you’ve even used the GBP settings...

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Types of Photos You Should Add to Your Google Business Profile (GBP)

You likely have already setup a Google Business Profile (GBP) for your small business. As a result, you are eligible to show within Google’s “Local Pack” and within Google Maps. However, an additional optimization step is to add high quality photos...

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NAS (Network Attached Storage) vs. Server for Small Businesses

For any small business, it is important to have an effective way to store data and share it among employees. Thus, any network with more than two or three users who need to access the same data should be implementing...

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4 Key Features and Benefits of NAS (Network Attached Storage) Devices for Small Businesses

As a small business, you often need to work twice as hard to promote your company and successfully grow your business. At the same time, you need your technology to operate both reliably and streamlined on a day-to-day basis. Small businesses...

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How to Add Your Restaurant’s Menu to Your Google Business Profile (GBP)

In today’ digital age, having a robust online presence is a crucial ingredient for every restaurant’s success. One effective way to boost your restaurant's attractiveness and online visibility is by adding your menu to your Google Business Profile (GBP). As a...

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Commonly Asked Questions About SEO Companies

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) can seem a bit mysterious at first. This is partially because the SEO industry is in constant flux, and no one truly knows the full “secret sauce” of what all goes into search engine’s algorithms and how...

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What is Google Search Console (GSC) and How is it Different than Google Analytics (GA)?

As a small business owner or a multi-discipline marketer, ensuring your website is fully optimized for search engines is critical for your success. While search engine optimization (SEO) can be a challenging concept to keep up with, fortunately there are numerous...

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How to Respond to Negative Google Reviews

So, you’ve received a dreaded 1-star review on your Google Business Profile. You love your company and the services and products you offer, so it feels like quite a punch in the gut. However, getting negative Google reviews is an issue...

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How to Pick Your Next Business Location: A Digital Marketer’s Perspective

Expanding your business to a second or third location is an exciting milestone, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. As an SEO and marketing expert who has worked with clients in over 24 states, I’ve seen firsthand...

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What Is Apple Business Connect and How Can It Benefit Your Small Business

Technology continues to evolve, and new tools emerge daily with the increased use of mobile devices and applications. Apple is one company that continues to develop tools to help its users access products and services they require from different businesses in...

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Hard Bounce Vs. Soft Bounce in Email Marketing Explained

When you send emails to clients from an email marketing platform (e.g. MailChimp, Constant Contact, Zoho Campaigns, etc.), the email marketing platform will record whether or not the emails were delivered successfully to your intended recipients. If the emails did not...

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Best SEO Newsletters and Blogs to Follow

In the ever-evolving world of SEO, staying up-to-date is absolutely crucial. I’ve been asked hundreds of times how our team stays updated on SEO topics outside of our own firsthand knowledge and experiments that we run. Thankfully, the search engine optimization...

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Google Business Profile Call History and Chat Features Shutting Down – Best Alternatives

If you have a Google Business Profile (GBP) for your company, you likely received an alarming email regarding your profile’s call history and chat feature. Google recently reached out to business profile owners announcing that they will be shutting down both...

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What Is Google’s AI Overview (Formerly Search Generative Experience) and How Will It Impact Businesses?

Google’s AI Overview is a modified search experience within Google which leverages cutting-edge, generative AI to dynamically respond to users’ queries. Essentially, Google Search will use its AI, powered by large language models (LLMs) to first, truly understand, and second, respond...

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