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What’s in a Home Page: Facts & Myths
Web Design, SEO, Tips & Tricks October 18, 2022 | Tess Felton

What’s in a Home Page: Facts & Myths

The home page is one of the most misunderstood pages of modern websites. In some ways the most critical page, in other ways a skipped-over obligatory page, your homepage serves a few specific purposes - Read More

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What’s in a Home Page: Facts & Myths
Web Design, SEO, Tips & Tricks October 18, 2022 | Tess Felton

What’s in a Home Page: Facts & Myths

The home page is one of the most misunderstood pages of modern websites. In some ways the most critical page, in other ways a skipped-over obligatory page, your homepage serves a few specific purposes - Read More

How to Realistically Use Your Digital Marketing Budget
Marketing, Tips & Tricks August 18, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

How to Realistically Use Your Digital Marketing Budget

Whether it’s your first time jumping into digital marketing or you’re taking another crack at it now that you’re more prepared, there’s still a lot to be considered to ensure your initiatives are successful. Strategizing Read More

Why You Should Always Be Adding To Your Website Content
Content Marketing, Marketing, SEO, Tips & Tricks July 26, 2022 | Tess Felton

Why You Should Always Be Adding To Your Website Content

You just launched a new and improved website. Congratulations! Whether you did it yourself or worked with a partner, a new website is always a lot of work. It’s tempting to sit back and enjoy Read More

Stock Photos or Custom Photos - Which Is Right for Your Website? | Stock Photography | Custom Photography
Design, Tips & Tricks, Web Design June 09, 2022 | Tess Felton

Stock Photos or Custom Photos – Which Is Right for Your Website?

There is probably nothing more consistently mocked in the marketing world than stock photography. Whether it's Women Laughing Alone With Salad, Hands Pointing at Computer Screen, or Upward Trending Graph on Whiteboard, there’s no shortage Read More

Why You Should Consider Hiring an Internal Marketing Director to Work With Your Marketing Agency
Marketing, Random, Tips & Tricks April 13, 2022 | Tess Felton

Why You Should Consider Hiring an Internal Marketing Director to Work With Your Marketing Agency

In the grand scheme of marketing, most organizations are, or eventually become, aware that in order to have any success, you’ll need someone dedicated to doing it. Strategizing. Planning. Executing. Evaluating. Revising. Half-assed marketing efforts Read More

Why is Google My Business so important? Local SEO, Google Map Pack, Google Reviews
SEO, Marketing, Tips & Tricks March 22, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

Why is Google My Business So Important?

Google has a stranglehold on the online search market with 92% of search activity flowing through it. Throughout its history, Alphabet (the parent company) has used innovation and new features as a way to achieve Read More

Web Design, Marketing, SEO, Tips & Tricks March 14, 2022 | Tess Felton

Website Content Planning: The Key to Writing Better Copy for Websites

When it’s time to rebuild or update your website, everyone has a sense of the basics: we need someone to design it, someone to build it, and stuff to put on the pages. From there, it Read More

SEO, Marketing, Tips & Tricks February 21, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

How Does Local SEO Impact Search Rankings?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is complicated enough as it is, but when another layer of hidden metrics for locality is added into the algorithm, it leads people to unintentionally believe that their SEO efforts aren’t Read More

How to devvelop a content marketing strategy
Content Marketing, Tips & Tricks January 24, 2022 | Tess Felton

How to Develop a Content Writing Strategy

“Content is King.” We’ve all heard this phrase. It became the mantra of savvy marketers sometime in the neighborhood of 8 years ago, and though the phrase is now tired, the message still rings true. Read More

How To Make A Website One Of Your Best Marketing Tools
Web Design, Design, Marketing, Tips & Tricks January 17, 2022 | Tim Bouchard

How To Make A Website One Of Your Best Marketing Tools

It’s no secret that marketing has started to lean heavily into the digital advertising and engagement channels of search, social, and web publications. All of this has opened up the world of cost-effective, efficient, highly-targeted, Read More