How to Build Highly Effective User Personas in 5 Simple Steps

Did you know that a prospect is 48% more likely to choose your product or service over a competitor’s if your marketing is targeted towards their specific need? Or that 90% of internet marketing expert Mark Schaefer’s sales were a result of his user personas? If your online business was a ship, your user personas […]

Juice Up Your Content: How to Promote Content with Broken Link Building

You have an epic piece of content. It’s keyword-optimized. Well-written and very useful for your readers. Now what? Once you hit publish on a new blog post your work has only just begun. The adage, “build it and they will come” couldn’t be more false, especially when it comes to writing content for the web. […]

Google Displaying Review Snippets (again) in Snack Pack & Highlighting Search Terms

I noticed Google displaying review snippets (again) for certain businesses in the snack pack and expanded local results, which appears to be a test. Review snippets containing part of the keyword are getting highlighted as well, in some cases. Currently, I’m only able to produce these on desktop, although one search on mobile highlighted that […]

Video Marketing Services

Promote Your Videos to Get More Traffic Our video optimization services get you seen and drive you to the top. If you’re not leveraging this strategy, your missing easy search traffic and qualified leads. Plain and simple. With YouTube as the #2 search engine in the world, videos are no longer an optional component for […]

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12 Techniques of Persuasion Psychology That Will Lift Your Conversion Rate

Why do some landing pages convert like crazy and others languish with very few click-throughs? If you’re spending money on PPC or content marketing to drive traffic to your site and not seeing great results, this question is probably on your mind a lot. Split testing only takes you so far if you’ve run out […]

Material Design for Dummies

Why material design isn’t flat design: the differences, the specificities, and some examples of proper implementation. According to Google’s official Introduction to Material Design, the goal they had in mind for the concept was to: “Create a visual language that synthesizes classic principles of good design with the innovation and possibility of technology and science.” […]

WordPress Optimization Guide

Basic WordPress 101 Adding a Basic Post Installing a Custom Theme Via FTP Add a Gif to a Post or Page Add an XML Sitemap Install WordPress Automatically with Cpanel and Fantastico Optimizing the WordPress Admin Area Change the Default Media Upload Location Automatically Ping Search Engines Set WordPress to Auto Ping Posts Change the […]

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Why I’m Going to Ungagged 2017

I’ve been to droves of SEO and digital marketing conferences over the years and while larger events like PubCon and Traffic & Conversion Summit certainly have their place, Ungagged has continually proven itself to provide the best ROI for my time. Running an agency, we get to play in a lot of strange verticals and […]

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Enhancing User Experience: 5 Unfailing Facets of Flat Design

Image Credit: Takeitapp.co Mobile UIs have radically altered the way in which users are engaging with digital interfaces. Gestural controls are slowly replacing mouse clicks, a premium is placed on screen real estate, and skeuomorphism has all but gone the way of the caribou. In place of former 3D realism stands the Flat design revolution […]

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Google Continues To Improve Search AI

To keep on top of SEO it’s important to keep a close eye on what Google is planning. Last month, Google’s senior vice-president of search, John Giannandrea, spoke to Leslie D’Monte from Live Mint about the increasing role or artificial intelligence in search. From the exclusive and in-depth interview we have gained some vital insights […]