November 2012 - Return On Now

Website vs. Web Presence: Are You Doing Everything You Can to Reach Customers Online?

The following slide deck was my supporting material for a presentation to the Austin Online Marketing Club on November 27, 2012. It addresses the question of whether you should be managing a website, or a more comprehensive web presence. In the document, you will find a couple of case studies, a review of how the […]

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Maximizing Benefits From SEO: Why You Should Focus On More Than Just SEO

Today we offer you a guest post from Mike McVey of Search Marketing Services company Wisdek. He reviews some non-SEO items we all need to keep in mind when benchmarking web marketing success. When you own a website, you may be thinking of doing search engine optimization in order to make it more popular and

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Social Media Networking: Focus on Relationships

Rather often, we find that anything labeled as “social” is lumped into one big bucket. No matter what type of social tool is being used or analyzed, a large majority of people out there use social media, social networking, and similar terms interchangeably. It is very important to understand the nuances between each individual type

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3 Reasons Why PPC Leads Do Not Convert Into Customers

The following guest post comes to you courtesy of Jessica Donnovan. In this post, Jessica reviews three important factors in your PPC / SEM effort that might be limiting your ability to convert leads into sales. If you ask any entrepreneur or business owner in this generation about their marketing strategies, there’s a big chance

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Thanksgiving Moment of Zen

When I first started Return on Now a few years ago, I took a very different approach to generating blog topics. Although I considered potential SEO and Social Media benefits of different topics, and how it would be distributed, that was a minor check point in the content creation process. Now, I take a more

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Google SEO Guide: Self-Help Resources Online

SEOs come in all shapes and forms. Some of us are full-time professionals focused on every single facet of SEO. Of course, with Google leading the pack by a mile in North America, it’s the most important search engine to optimize for. Not to discount Bing or Yahoo, but they account for less than 20% of

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Multilingual Tweeting to Further Your Global Brand

Today’s guest post provided by Shara Clark, who markets and writes about global language school Glovico. In this post, she analyzes how to approach tweeting in multiple languages – why, how, and even a little bit about when. An estimated 13% of the global population speaks English. As a global marketer, that leaves you with

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3 Tips for Building a Strong Online Presence

The following guest post has been contributed courtesy of freelance writer Becky Wilcox. She covers some basic items to keep in mind when working to build out your overall presence online. Take one look at practically any sector of business these days, and it becomes increasingly clear just how important the Internet has become in

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Managing Web Forms For Conversion and Lead Quality

Marketing Sherpa recently released another solid chart of the week, this one focused on form fields for lead generation. The chart summarizes the list of fields that marketers designated as the most important for lead generation forms. But before we get to the chart, let’s frame the topic to understand why this data is of great

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