Staying up to date on SEO practices is an important aspect of ensuring your site remains at the top of search engine results. There are a number of resources which provide helpful information that can be utilized to gain the knowledge necessary for maintaining the best SEO practices are used. Here’s a list of the…
Social Bookmarking Websites are an extremely important resource for boosting traffic to your website and building your business. As a Portland SEO Agency, we use a variety of sites for linking directly to your website. These sites allow for posts and links to your site to be seen by a large number of people on…
When writing content for a websites blog, it’s important to write knowledgeable, high quality content. A good way to ensure the quality of the content written is to apply the “Golden Rule”. Ask yourself, would you want that quality of content to represent your business? The way you answer this question is a good indicator…
Many people struggle with blogging, some of our clients included. We have shared this knowledge with many of our clients and now we are sharing it with you. The question, “How do I create a successful blog?”, seems to come up over and over again. Below are some very helpful tips on how to create…
Local SEO is the type of Search Engine Optimization that is targeted for a local market rather than the whole internet. The goal is to achieve rankings on locally searched keywords that often include the name of the town, city or state where your business is located. There are many elements to a good Local…
There are a number of important things to remember when designing a logo, or having a logo designed for you. These are the types of things we take into consideration whenever we design a logo for our clients. It has to work big or small: One of the biggest mistakes when designing a logo is…
There are many ways to make a big impact on your year end sales totals through online holiday blitz marketing tactics. Some require a bit more work, while others are actually quite simple. The bottom line is that you have a lot of competition during the holidays. All the big companies are going to saturate…
Through our many years of experience we have learned the intricate differences between a nationwide advertising campaign and a local advertising campaign. Many small businesses could greatly benefit from targeting their local market with some of the marketing tactics detailed below, but lack the knowledge in these marketing strategies to implement them successfully on their…
User Review Websites allow for your customers and clients to review your products & services online. This can be very good for your online reputation if you are doing a good job and taking care of your customers. There are many benefits to using these types of websites including benefits to SEO, Public Relations, and…
2012 saw some of the biggest changes to search engine algorithms (primarily Google) which shook up the SEO world a great deal. While many companies were not ready for these changes, we had been expecting a push in the right direction for some time so the services we had been providing for our clients (and…
