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Avoid Customers Crying In Your Parking Lot: A Cautionary Tale
If you’ve ever done a Google search for a business, you’ve likely seen this kind of result. And I’m sure at least once, you’ve seen this result, driven to the location, and found it to be closed. In that crushing moment, did you hear your heart beating in your ears? …
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Sweep Away The Competition By Spring Cleaning Your Backlinks
So you want to do link building the white-hat way, but it seems these days most link building practices are pretty sketchy. One Google-friendly way to do link building is through identifying and fixing broken backlinks to redirect to pages on your site. Spring backlink cleaning, here we come! While …
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The Spring Influence: Our Team Continues To Blossom!
Search Influence continues to grow! We are very excited to announce that three new Influencers have joined our Content Team. Jesse Laier – Junior Internet Marketing Associate Jesse defines himself as a bit of an eccentric. Originally from Miami, he spent most of the past decade going to school in Tallahassee and …
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Five for Friday: The Analytics Glitch, Google’s Beginnings, Mardi Gras Madness, & More!
1. Google Analytics Data Drops Off On Monday, February 9th – SEO Roundtable Did you notice that all of your customers suddenly decided to boycott your website this past Monday? You’re not the only one. Luckily, this is not an issue with your website or your business; it’s actually a brief …
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Behind the Scenes: How Social Media Is Being Used in the Local Film Industry
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past ten years or so (and not just any rock, but one without TV or Netflix), chances are you have watched a movie that was filmed here in New Orleans. The city – and the state as a whole – …
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Big Results Can Come in Small (SEO) Packages
Many small businesses fear that because they don’t have millions of marketing dollars at their disposal to build their SEO campaign, they simply won’t be able to compete with large corporations. However, there are many SEO tactics small businesses can employ to level the playing field and compete against large …
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Don’t Be Afraid To Stop & Ask For Directions: Making Google My Maps for SABs
As promised in my last blog about the new Google My Maps, I’m here today to teach you how to how to create My Maps for service area businesses (often referred to as SABs) that have highlighted boundaries of what counties or parishes they service. Before we delve into this …
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Those Who Do Not Learn From The Past Are Doomed To Have Poor Search Value
If you’re reading this blog you’re probably already aware that Google has been busy updating their algorithms. If you work in the Internet marketing industry you may be on edge, cowering at the very mention of any animal whose name begins with the letter P. Ever since the first Panda …
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On Social Entrepreneurship and Social Media – Interview with Alexandra Ernst of Project Pangia
A year and a half ago, Project Pangia was born from the mind of Alexandra Ernst. After graduating from Loyola University New Orleans and working with The Walt Disney Company, she set out to create a business of her own. Having a passion for travel, meeting people, and social change, …
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New York Hotel Fines $500 For Negative Online Reviews. How Can They Fix It?
A Hudson, NY hotel has a perplexing way of dealing with bad reviews. According to Page Six, instead of using bad reviews as constructive criticism, the hotel charges wedding couples $500 for each bad review their guests post online. “Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and …
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