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The Strategic Marketing Method to Building Your Brand on Youtube
In true Search Influence fashion, I am going to start this blog post the same way we typically start our weekly company meetings, with a quote: “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself.” – Galileo Though Galileo provided us with this insightful …
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7 Best Social Media Platforms for Your Digital Marketing Strategy in 2019
Social media is an essential element of a holistic and integrated marketing plan. Different social media platforms allow you to create and share content, reach specific audiences, and accomplish your marketing and business goals. Before you begin expanding your current social media marketing, make a plan. Here are some questions …
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The Small(er) Screen: How Smart Businesses Attract Customers on YouTube
Remember those cheesy local ads that used to be on TV all the time? Here’s a New Orleans classic. It’s memorable and fun to watch, but TV ads have their shortcomings, specifically cost and targeting. TV is also starting to lose its biggest advantage: the ability to reach a wide …
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How to Spiel Like Spielberg: Using Videos to Showcase Your Business
YouTube changed history when it was created in 2005, allowing businesses and individuals to upload personal videos that had the potential to impact the world. Today, video dominates with four times as many customers preferring to watch a video about a business than reading content about it. If video has …
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Happy Working Parents Day: 10 Influencers On Lessons From Their Working Parents
As someone who grew up with working parents, I learned a lot through my parents’ experiences. My dad was the “troubleshooter” at the automated and environmental control systems company he worked for. So, his ability to solve problems at work and around the house was something I learned. He always …
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Local SEO: How to Clean up Citations for Better SERP Visibility
Google, Bing, and other major search engines are constantly changing and developing their search engine results pages (SERPs). Major components of these pages include organic, paid, and local results. With the ever-increasing use of mobile, these local results are growing in importance in overall SEO strategy. So how does one …
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Don’t Leave Your Website Buffering: How to Make Big SEO Gains with Video Content
Everyone likes watching videos on the Internet—funny videos, cute animal videos, cute kid videos, and cute videos with kids AND animals. And while there will always be a place for these videos in our hearts and on the web (what would YouTube be without them?), video content has recently found …
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A Tale of Two Google+ Updates: Shutting Down G+ Pages & Disconnecting YouTube From G+
In the past week, two new Google Plus updates have come to light. First, we found out that as of July 28, Google has plans to shut down inactive and unverified Google My Business (aka Google Plus) listings. On Monday, July 27, Google’s Bradley Horowitz posted on Google’s official blog …
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Return Of The YT Channel: Moving YouTube Channels Between G+ Pages In 2015
In the early ages of YouTube and Google Plus connections, disconnecting and reconnecting channels to the correct G+ page was not an easy feat. I once wrote a blog about this lengthy workaround for LocalU. Not long after that blog post, Google released a support form that allowed you to …
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Five for Friday: Go Natural, Rock Your SEO, Navigate Apple Maps, and More
1. How Your Band Can Rock SEO – Moz Most people don’t discover new music by Googling “indie rock bands.” Folks are more likely to discover a band through other means and then turn to the Internet to search for tour dates, song lyrics, etc. If you’re a musician, this …
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