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With all the talk about content marketing these days, guest blogging has become a key driver for link building. If you are new to guest blogging, you are likely struggling to find recipients for your guest posts. We use a very specific process for engaging with potential takers on our guest post requests. Although no process is perfect for every imaginable situation,… read more →

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Google+ has come a very long way since its inception. Overall, they simply added features and functionality to Google Plus during the earlier months of its existence. However, today they converted me over to their new interface. I must say, I like the changes! The entire User Experience has taken a major leap forward. It is easier to use and… read more →

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Today, Matt Cutts, the head of Web Spam for Google, released a new video to the company’s GoogleWebmasterHelp stream on YouTube. In it, he talks about upcoming plans for algorithm updates and penalties. Below is our summary of the video contents. Give it a read and then watch the original Google Penalty video for yourself (embedded at the end of… read more →

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Please enjoy this week’s guest post, courtesy of Robert Reeve of Bright Local.  In this piece, he analyzes the potential impact of the introduction of the Facebook Graph Search on Search as a whole. The views of contributors are their own, and not necessarily those of Return On Now. The start of 2013 has been a great time to be… read more →

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We service clients of all sizes, from large enterprise down to small startups. For the bigger outfits, budget is rarely an issue. After all, when your marketing budget is set at 7-10% of an 8-figure revenue stream, it’s not a matter of whether to invest in search marketing, but with whom. On the other end of the spectrum, smaller clients… read more →

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Last week, I was speaking to a potential client who had a very negative view of Small Business SEO. Her concern was that it required too much money and effort, and that she could never compete with the “big dogs,” as she called them. She is unwilling to take a leap of faith that won’t pay off for several months.… read more →

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WordPress is our CMS of choice for most small- to mid-sized businesses. There are a slew of benefits, from putting web content management in the hands of non-technical staff to providing a platform to launch a site in a short timeframe. It does come with some downside, though. When a platform is built and maintained via the community (a.k.a. open… read more →

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SEO providers run the gamut, providing widely ranging value, foresight, and ethics. Top SEO companies stand out from the crowd in a number of ways. If you are planning to hire an outside SEO service to manage your SEO strategy, help with a website launch, or build links, it pays to know what you are getting yourself into. Anyone can… read more →

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All too often in conversations with clients and colleagues, I hear the terms “Lead Generation” and “Demand Generation” used interchangeably. Of course, once you start asking more questions, it becomes rather easy to delineate between which of the two they are really talking about. But the issue remains that too few of us understand the differences between the two terms. So… read more →

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Today we have a guest post from Eric Taylor, who is a freelance writer from Qwaya. In this post, Eric analyzes the differences between managing your Facebook presence in pursuit of “Likes” (i.e. Facebook Likes) and generating quality content to engage the audience. As huge proponents of content marketing, we agree with his assessment. See what you think. For savvy… read more →

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