Keeping track of your intellectual property is important! Let’s say you’re browsing online to check out what’s new in your favorite subject area. Maybe you have a brand new website design with awesome SEO and an internet marketing plan, and you’re actually making an active search for duplicate content. However you get there, you are horrified to discover […]
In case you missed it, Google officially announced that the long awaited Google Caffeine is now here. And rather than calling it an update to their search algorithm, they are calling it their ‘new web indexing system.’ Caffeine had been live on a few data centers since the beginning of the year, but now it […]
So you captured this awesome photo with your mobile device (iPhone, Droid, etc)… and you want to post it to your Facebook page for all your fans to see. How do you get it from your iPhone to Facebook? There is a quick and easy way to do this! Did you know your Facebook Page’s […]
If your website has videos on it, you’ll want to continue reading (if your website doesn’t have videos on it yet, what are you waiting for?)… So, why is it so important to continue reading this blog if you have videos? Because you’ll want to see how you can take advantage of your videos to […]
Social networking has changed the way we search for and receive information forever. Using free and powerful tools like Google Trends Hot Topics to beef up your social media optimization and get ahead of your competition in real time is the name of the game! As fast as the news can be shared, it becomes fodder for […]
Last week Mannix Marketing held a seminar to help local businesses learn how to use Facebook and Twitter to help market online. It was a tremendous event with an outpouring of interest from both large and small businesses from the local area. We were pleased to see the amount of interest exemplified by the audience. […]
Are people more willing to “Like” a business than “Become a Fan” of it? Time will tell. Facebook is at it again, folks! Yesterday, Facebook introduced the LIKE button for business fan pages. Don’t worry — the “like” button works exactly the same way as the “become a fan” button.
Late last week Google announced that they were including an additional signal in their search ranking algorithm. That new signal has been identified as Site Speed. Site speed reflects how quickly a website responds to web requests. The faster, the better. We live in an age of instant gratification so it really is not a […]
We all know that market research isn’t the most glamorous aspect of running a business. It takes time, money, statistics, comparison data and more. But figuring out the wants and needs of your customers and target market is vitally important to almost any business. So is there an easier way to get some quick feedback? […]
Splash pages on a website, also known as flash intros, can be original, artsy, and cut a fine figure indeed in terms of, well…splash! They lend themselves to some pretty cool artwork and design. But are a good idea for your internet marketing toolbox…are they user-friendly, and SEO compatible? There is much to be considered when […]
If you’ve done any sort of geo-related search in Google over the past few years, you’ve probably seen them. The red icons next to business names that appear right on Google Maps:
For a month or two, there has been a new addition to the search engine results pages (SERP’s). This addition is the inclusion of breadcrumbs. Let’s start with an explanation of what breadcrumbs are. Breadcrumbs are a form of navigation that shows the users path that got them to their current location. It allows for […]
Sure it’s only February, but now is the best time to start thinking about your Internet marketing plan for the 2010 holiday season. Why so early? Here are just a few good reasons:
Today I’d like to talk to you about managing multiple Twitter accounts. Do you own a small business that you want to promote in the social media Twittersphere, but also have your own personal Twitter account where you talk about your aside-from-work hobbies, news stories, etc? Many of us run into this issue where we […]
We all know what the end of a year means … New Year’s Resolutions! I recall my personal resolution last year was to drink more water. I succeeded in my quest and am now a happy water drinker. A happy, happy water drinker. But my challenge to you this year is to not only make […]