What is an SEO Consultant and What Do They Do?

Do you need a little help improving your rankings? Then you could use the services of an SEO consultant. Chances are you already know the basics of SEO, but are maybe struggling to get the results you want, especially with all the other work you have on your plate. An SEO consultant could be the […] …

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Weekend Favs September 10

Weekend Favs September 10 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but I encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I…

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What Are Canonical Tags?

Itching to learn about canonical tags? First, let me explain why they’re relevant to your website ranking. There’s been a longstanding belief that Google penalizes duplicate content. In case you haven’t already heard, that’s not strictly true. As Google search advocate John Muller explains: “…it’s not so much that there’s a negative score associated with […] …

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The 10 Best B2B Sales Strategies to Land More Clients

425,698. That’s the number of new businesses registered in the United States in July alone. With more options for consumers to pick from, converting leads is becoming more difficult, especially for B2B sales teams. To make matters worse, sales reps keep repeating the same B2B sales mistakes without even knowing them. To help you nurture more leads and close more deals, here are nine simple but powerful B2B sales strategies that you can (and should)…

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Local SEO Keyword Research (Step-by-Step Guide)

Have you heard the line ‘ if you build it, they will come’? In case you don’t know, it’s from the late 80s Kevin Costner movie ‘Field of Dreams.’ It’s an inspiring quote, but when local business owners set up their websites, it doesn’t really hold true. They believe once they’re set up online, prospects […] …

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What Is Search Intent?

Have you been racking your brain trying to gain better visibility on Google? Chances are you’ve probably heard the term ‘search intent’ or keyword intent, or user intent, as some call it, while figuring out your basic SEO strategy. Whatever your preferred term, it all comes down to the same thing: when a person conducts […] …

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Building An Effective Board For Your Startup

Building An Effective Board For Your Startup written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Brad Feld In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Brad Feld. Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and is also a co-founder of Techstars. He’s also an author of a number of books including — Startup Boards: A…

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