The 10 Commandments of Redirects

Emfluence relaunched an awesome Magento theme update for our client Instore Design Display last week, and this got me thinking about the do’s and don’t of redirects. I started to list a few how-to’s when I realized that this would be much more fun with a theme. Since redirecting and canonicalizing can ruin an otherwise successful site relaunch, what better theme than the 10 Commandments?

DIY SEO

DIY SEO

Search Engine Optimization…yes, it might sound daunting and intimidating, but did you know there are a few quick and easy ways you can improve your…

The Fight for SEO: How Google Changed Everything.

The Fight for SEO: How Google Changed Everything.

Not too long ago (a decade or so), being in SEO meant figuring out the best “link farms” to submit your site to as well…

Conversion Optimization for New Websites: What’s really going through your customer’s head?

Conversion Optimization for New Websites: What’s really going through your customer’s head?

Customer acquisition is only a small piece of your audience’s marketing journey. Oftentimes, marketing efforts are successful in bringing customers onto a website, but your…

Marketing Resources for Startup Companies

Marketing Resources for Startup Companies

With Techweek concluding recently, here is a run-down on some cool tools you can use for your business with helpful advice from Techweek speakers. So,…

SumoRank Provides New Facebook Page Insights

SumoRank Provides New Facebook Page Insights

Buzzsumo, a content research platform, recently released a new feature in their arsenal of content measurement called SumoRank. This new addition aims to fill a…

Google to Disallow App Install Pop-Ups November 1st

Google to Disallow App Install Pop-Ups November 1st

On September 1st, Google made an interesting statement regarding websites that showcase annoying lightboxes urging users to install the mobile app version of the site…

Digital Analytics Dashboards: 4 Awesome Examples for Any Organization

Digital Analytics Dashboards: 4 Awesome Examples for Any Organization

In this age of data, endless supplies of information can be accessed with just a click of a button. But most of us have no…

The Good, Bad & Ugly of Google Analytics

The Good, Bad & Ugly of Google Analytics

What is it? Google Analytics launched November of 2005 and yet, there are still so many misconceptions about what it is. Is it a giant…

5 Best Practices for Pinterest Paid Pins

5 Best Practices for Pinterest Paid Pins

Pinterest is upping their ROI game to attract more marketers (and money) to their platform. Brands have already been playing with Paid Pins and now,…

The Case For Social Video – Part III: Creating Video Ads That “Stick”

The Case For Social Video – Part III: Creating Video Ads That “Stick”

As with any PPC/Display advertising campaign, there are no magic bullets to guarantee success. The best ad-campaigns are crafted through strategic audience targeting, identifying KPIs…

The Case For Social Video – Part II: Why Video Needs to Be Part Of Your Social Mix

The Case For Social Video – Part II: Why Video Needs to Be Part Of Your Social Mix

In part of one of this three-part series about social video ads, I reviewed the social media industry’s shift towards promoted video ads. The focus…

10 SEO Tips for Your 2015 Content Marketing Strategy + One Bonus

10 SEO Tips for Your 2015 Content Marketing Strategy + One Bonus

As Google relies on a wider variety of link and social sources, content marketing has taken the cake. Yet another Google algorithm was released in…

5 Steps to Successful Conversion Rate Optimization

5 Steps to Successful Conversion Rate Optimization

Chances are that you’ve heard of Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), but what is it and why do you need it? Conversion rate optimization is the…

Link Building 101: What It Is And How You Use It

Link Building 101: What It Is And How You Use It

Link building: what is it? Link building: people know it’s important, but they don’t exactly know why. Link building can be thought of as a…

The Forgotten Importance of Meta Descriptions: 6 Steps to Make Better Descriptions

It’s no secret that meta descriptions don’t carry official weight when it comes to search engine algorithms, but that doesn’t mean you should stop caring…

4 Steps in Google AdWords to Know if Paid Search Will Work for Your Business

4 Steps in Google AdWords to Know if Paid Search Will Work for Your Business

Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising is a great way to target those searching for solutions and products like yours. In fact, at emfluence we often recommend PPC…

SEO Secrets: 5 Actionable Steps for Link Building

SEO Secrets: 5 Actionable Steps for Link Building

Jason White from DragonSearch.net provided a great synopsis of earning authority via link acquisition at SMX East 2014. Below is a collection of the actionable insights I took away from his presentation. They make a great basic checklist for getting into link building!

SMX East Recap: The Art of SEO in Google’s (Still) Rapidly Changing World

SMX East Recap: The Art of SEO in Google’s (Still) Rapidly Changing World

Taking the stage on the first day of SMX East is Marshall Simmonds, famed CEO of Define MG and longtime SEO professional. I am excited to be reporting from New York all of the excitement and adventure surrounding this years Search Marketing Expo! Blog posts will be coming rapidly and I frantically try to share all of the valuable information shared for the next four days.

BookDaily Taps into An Army of Self-Published Authors with PPC

BookDaily Taps into An Army of Self-Published Authors with PPC

Technology might have thrown the traditional publishing industry into turmoil, but BookDaily.com is thriving—and helping authors succeed—thanks to a digital marketing strategy, that emphasizes Pay-Per-Click…

Turn Up the Local SEO Heat  for Your Restaurant Marketing Summer Strategy

Turn Up the Local SEO Heat for Your Restaurant Marketing Summer Strategy

Things have finally warmed up in the Northern Hemisphere as summer arrives. It’s time for vacations, great food, and a surge in flip-flop sales. Just…

finding golden insights in Google Analytics demographics reports

finding golden insights in Google Analytics demographics reports

Last fall, Google announced that they would be phasing out keyword data in its Analytics toolbox, and replacing it with new features for search engine…

emfluence wins 11 KCDMA Ambit awards

emfluence wins 11 KCDMA Ambit awards

On Wednesday night, emfluence client work scored 11 KCDMA AMBIT Awards for excellence in targeted, measurable marketing, including a Gold in each category of email, search and social media marketing!

search engine optimization in 2014 – tips and trends

search engine optimization in 2014 – tips and trends

Search engines have made a variety of changes over the past year. The state of search is changing into the state of search + social + content. Check out these trends you should know for Search Engine Optimization 2014.

creating your restaurant marketing plan for 2014

creating your restaurant marketing plan for 2014

Restaurateurs don’t need to look any farther than the smartphone in their own pockets to glean insight into restaurant marketing plans for 2014. According to wireless carrier consultant Chetan Sharma, 27% of all internet traffic came from mobile devices last year, a 5% increase over 2012.

5 tips to improve your landing page conversions

5 tips to improve your landing page conversions

If your paid search ads are seeing great click through rates, but garnering few leads, chances are the problem isn’t with your ads, it’s with your landing page. Here are 5 tips for making your landing pages conversion-friendly

content marketing 101: finding opportunities through link building

content marketing 101: finding opportunities through link building

I’ve had the revelation that after all of that hard work becoming “grownups”, it turns out, just like our high school years, the Internet is a popularity contest. Practicing general SEO is kind of like enrolling and beginning high school classes; using link building techniques is like getting noticed by the “cool” kids.

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