For every website, there are only 3 forms of web traffic: Paid, Social and SEO. This article is about SEO traffic hacks – but let me get into a few basics first. Paid traffic is the easiest to get, but often the least desirable, especially when you are starting out as a blogger. It’s easy because all it takes is opening…
Whether you are a blogger looking to monetize, a small business looking to grow or a big corporation looking to expand – chances are you need a modern sales funnel. A modern sales funnel doesn’t just present a product to a potential client. A modern sales funnel consists of three basic elements: Getting a subscriber (getting the attention of a…
Striving for online success is like striving for fitness – you won’t get fit without training regularly, and you won’t succeed if you don’t develop habits. Here is what you really need. Many “marketing influencers” will tell you what you need for online success: Books that will teach you how to market anything online (ranging from as low as $5…
The following infographic and information is provided by Tom Hopkins and One Productions. Tom is the Managing Director of One Productions a video production agency, with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Tom is a Film and Video Director as well as an Art Director. He has 22 years’ experience working in the media and communications sector. Snapchat and Instagram are both juggernauts…
Once there was an online marketer, who, by today’s standards, should be seen as a genius: He could sell massive amounts of products and make an enormous amount of money, simply by sending web traffic to a landing page. This landing page would do nothing special: It would simply present the product in question to the web visitor. And he…
Whenever I explain the combination of social media, content marketing, and lead generation to someone, there is a point in the conversation when my conversation partner realizes: Ok, this may take a while before I get leads from this. That is true for the most part, these strategies are not quick win strategies, they are there for people who play…
I believe that online marketing consulting is broken – and that you, the clients are the ones that pay the price. The following is why, but let’s start with a short story: “Wait a second. You hired us to help you optimize your online marketing activities, but you are not collecting data… at all? You are flying blind.” That was…
The page speed your page loads at after a user has clicked on a link to your site or entered a URL in his/her browser is of vital importance to your SEO results and the user experience your site provides to your visitors. Why is that? It’s really simple: The better Google ranks the user experience on your site, the…
Let’s start with a warning: Reading this may cause your hat to roll off. Your black hat, gray hat or white hat, I mean. Somehow, there is still a lot of talk about social media marketing that is done the proper way, and social media marketing that is done the wrong way. And terms like “black hat” or “white hat”…
So, you decided you want to start your blogging journey – but it all looks complicated to you? Don’t know where to start? You feel dazed and confused by all the different tools and options available to you? Or did you have a look at all-in-one hosters like Bluehost offering hosting for $4.99 (or less) per month only to find…