Your new website is live … now what? Launching a new website is a huge achievement that can do wonders for your business—it can establish an engaging brand identity, improve credibility, create a positive perception of your business, and slingshot you ahead of your competition. But while a new website is a significant milestone, it’s not the end of your marketing journey.
As of January 2019 there were 1.94 billion websites on the internet, and every day Google receives more than 3.5 billion searches from people looking to find just the right content from among all those sites.
You have a new website and you’re eagerly waiting for it to start delivering the traffic, leads, and sales you anticipated. You're waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting. At some point it's time to admit that your new website looks great but … it's not working.
More than 5.5 billion Google searches are done every day, and increasingly searchers are looking for images rather than words.
Hopefully you’ve already optimized your website for search, but have you optimized it for search intent?
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Google already offers several great ways for small businesses to market themselves, including Google My Business, Google Posts, Google Analytics, and Featured Snippets. Over the last few months Google has added several more features to help small businesses tell their stories, attract new customers, promote their products and services, and increase engagement.
Your know what your website is about, but how do you quickly and accurately communicate that information to search engines and internet users? Reading the entire page should answer that question, but there’s a quicker way to get the information across: meta tags.
No matter how great your website is, it won’t do anything for your business unless people visit it. According to HubSpot’s 2018 State of Inbound report, 61% of marketers say generating website traffic is their top challenge. If your website traffic is lagging, or you just want to increase the number of potential customers who come to your site, try these 12 methods for giving your website traffic a boost.
It’s always good to know what your competitors are up to. Do they have a new product you should consider adding to your inventory? Are they offering a special deal or discount you should match or beat? Are they using a sales or marketing tactic you should be trying? Have they made a PR misstep that your company can capitalize on?
These free tools can help you keep an eye on what your competitors are doing, and use what you learn to drive your business.