SEO

Illustration and title: How to Create Effective Landing Pages for SEM and SEO
How to Create Effective Landing Pages for SEM and SEO
How to Create Effective Landing Pages for SEM and SEO 1024 593 Adam Koontz

Does your organization create separate landing pages for Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns and organic search? Managing separate landing pages for virtually the same content simply to track PPC traffic vs. SEO traffic can be cumbersome and ineffective. Additionally, it just makes good marketing sense that if you have a high-performing page of content, you should be…

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An Informational Intent SEO Strategy: Start With Video
An Informational Intent SEO Strategy: Start With Video 1024 593 Adam Koontz

One crucial aspect of any online strategy is search engine optimization (SEO). As search engines have grown more sophisticated, their ability to interpret the user’s intent has become an increasingly important factor in presenting the user with the right content at the right time. Search engines like Google are looking at your past searches and…

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Web Accessibility and SEO – It’s Time to Act
Web Accessibility and SEO – It’s Time to Act 1024 593 Julee Klein

It’s time to take action on web accessibility if you have not done so already. Up until recently, web accessibility is something that most organizations have understood is a component of their user experience that they should address to better comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Still,…

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how to create and add images to websites for seo headline and graphic icons
Image SEO Best Practices for 2023: How to Create and Add Images to Websites
Image SEO Best Practices for 2023: How to Create and Add Images to Websites 1024 593 Adam Koontz

Image optimization is a significant component of contemporary websites. Why? 13 milliseconds. According to neuroscientists at MIT, that’s all the time the brain needs to identify a concept in an image. That’s 60,000 times faster than text. Given that finding, it may come as no surprise that the majority of the general population, 65 percent,…

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How to Develop a Search Intent SEO Content Plan
How to Develop a Search Intent SEO Content Plan 1024 512 Adam Koontz

Broadly speaking, a person using a search engine to mine the web for information is looking to go somewhere, know something, do something, or buy something. These are all examples of search intent or keyword intent. Your customers and potential leads will likely have different search intentions and goals at various stages of your sales…

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SMX Advanced 2019. Day 1 in Seattle.
SMX Advanced 2019 Recap for B2B Marketers
SMX Advanced 2019 Recap for B2B Marketers 1024 768 Adam Koontz

There was a lot of good information at SMX this year, but like many search marketing conferences I’ve attended, the focus on B2B was largely underserved. SMX Advanced has both SEM and SEO tracks, but I decided to focus on the SEO track this time. I took it upon myself to view the presentations through…

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2018 Awards Envelope Reveals "And the winner is..."
SEMbyotic’s 2018 Summed Up, Oscar-Style
SEMbyotic’s 2018 Summed Up, Oscar-Style 1024 593 Carla Fisher

Unless you’re a film buff, you might not be aware that it’s awards season. Or maybe you are, but in the midst of the holiday hoopla, you never got to look that far ahead. That’s OK, because ’tis the season to look back, and at SEMbyotic, we enjoy contemplating the best performances of 2018. In fact,…

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Is Bad Data Influencing Your Digital Marketing Budget?
Is Bad Data Influencing Your Digital Marketing Budget? 1024 512 Adam Koontz

At some point, you’ve probably heard this B2B marketing truth: “It takes X marketing touches before a prospect will engage”. There are a bunch of different numbers out there depending on which study you read, but I’ve never read one that says: “Prospects will engage the first time they encounter your brand.” To most experienced B2B…

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Traditional PR vs SEO
Traditional PR vs SEO for B2B Companies
Traditional PR vs SEO for B2B Companies 1024 593 Adam Koontz

The title of this article is somewhat misleading. If you’re considering either SEO or traditional PR, chances are that your fundamental goal is to gain exposure for your business. In today’s digital world, the two really work together. Traditional PR done right can have a profound impact on your site’s SEO, and SEO can influence…

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Getting New Value From Old Blog Content [INFOGRAPHIC]
Getting New Value From Old Blog Content [INFOGRAPHIC] 1024 593 Julee Klein

Unless you run a news organization or a current-event-themed blog, you probably have great blog content from a few months or years ago that is still relevant to your communities, but has an aging publication date. Maybe it’s still relevant as-is, or maybe a few key points need a review and an update based on…

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