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Four things to do BEFORE starting SEO on your website

The #1 thing I get asked about is SEO or Search Engine Optimization. "How do I get to the top of the search engine results?" If I had the surefire...
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A Guide to Your Political Campaign Website

Tis the season when election websites start popping up, and as you may expect, I have a lot of opinions about what makes a good political campaign website. Since the...
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Google Analytics showing a ton of visits from Poland?

If you have taken a look at your Google analytics in the last month, you might have a surprise in there. A huge uptick in traffic from... Poland? Here's a...
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Web Design Flaws Sabotaging Your Ads ROI

Don't let your clicks go to waste! You've meticulously crafted compelling ad copy, targeted the right audience, and even snagged a decent click-through rate. But something's not quite right. Conversions...
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Top Questions Business Owners have about Websites

Your website can make or break whether someone decides to hire you or buy from you. It says a lot about you and your business. And you have a lot...
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Measuring Website Success: Key Metrics for Business Owners

A well-designed and effectively managed website is a vital tool for businesses of all sizes. Whether you're running a small online store or managing a large corporate website, understanding how...
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GA4 vs UA: Analytics is Changing. Here’s what you need to know.

If you use Google Analytics, you've probably received an email about the sunsetting of Universal Analytics (UA), and the move to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and you may be wondering...
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The Trouble with Automated Data Reporting

Longtime followers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of automation and a big fan of data, so you'd think that a automated data reporting would...
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UTM tags: What are they, how and why to use them

You may or may not heard of a UTM tag, but here's the short definition. A UTM tag is a snippet of text you can attach to a URL to...
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When Less Traffic Isn’t a Bad Thing

It can be startling to login to your analytics or stats program and see a decrease in traffic. The first thought might OH NO, what happened? Why is everyone leaving?...
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Track your conversions with Google Analytics

We install the Google Analytics script on every site we create, because it's important to know what kind of traffic is coming to your site no matter how big or...
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Setting Measurable Goals for your Website

Is your website successful? Yes? No? How do you know? Have you considered that question at all? When we start talking to a potential client about their new website, I...
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Want to be #1 in Google? So does everyone else.

But the truth is, most people aren't willing to put in the work required to attain that status. At least once a week I get an inquiry from someone that...
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You can use Google analytics to improve your website

If you have a website, and you care about what people are doing when they land on it, then you need Google Analytics. The data you get from having it...
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Adding video to your site can increase conversions

If you've been following this blog for a while, you know that on March 1st, we launched our redesigned site and added on a brand new video. It was something...
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Got a high bounce rate? Here are some tips for keeping your visitors on your site.

First, what's a bounce rate? If you have Google Analytics, you'll see the actual bounce rate, which is the percentage of people  who leave your site after only visiting one page....
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SEO Myth Debunked

Have you heard this joke? "Where's the best place to hide something? On page 2 of Google." Ha! We all laugh. And there's no denying that ranking on the first page...
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Referrer Spam in Google Analytics

What is referrer spam? When you are looking at your Google Analytics and you see a bunch of referrals from places like "buttons-for-your-website.com" and "success-seo.com" or my new favorite "copyrightclaims.org",...
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In Google Analytics, what does ‘bounce rate’ mean?

Your bounce rate is the percentage of visitors to your site that land on one page, then leave without looking at any other pages. So they "bounce" off the page,...
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Understanding your Analytics

On Monday, I wrote about how to get more traffic to your site. There are many ways to do this, but once you get traffic, how do you know what...
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How to add Google Analytics tracking code to your WordPress site

Hello! So, you have a Wordpress website? Awesome! We love Wordpress. And now, you want to track your traffic and gain valuable insights by using Google Analytics. That's awesome too!...