Hreflang tags are one of the many region-specific SEO tools you have at your disposal. If you have different versions of your website for users in different regions and languages, the hreflang tag is a very useful piece of code that tells Google which version to serve to visitors with IP addresses in different countries […]
Meg Monk is a freelance writer and content strategist based in Salt Lake City. When she's not writing about marketing strategy, she's camping in Utah's mountains in her 1976 Airstream or planning her next international trip - 29 countries and counting! You can find more of her work at megmonk.com.
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AMP Pages: Why They are Crucial to your SEO campaign
If you’re designing your marketing strategy to maximize your user experience (and you should be!), you’ve no doubt heard of AMP pages. Google Accelerated Mobile Pages, or AMP, is an open-source Google-run project that allows users to create super-fast mobile content pages. This is good news for you as a business owner, because AMP pages […]
How to Create User Intent-Focused Content
Successfully determining user intent, or search intent is the foundation of a successful Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and conversion optimization strategy. It is impossible to succeed at optimizing your digital conversion without first addressing customer intent because if you haven’t, you really have no idea what your customers are looking for when they end up […]
How to Use a FAQ Page to Address Customer Pain Points
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is one of the most powerful but underutilized website tools at your disposal. Aside from its obvious function, a place where your customers can go to learn more about your products and company, your FAQ section has the potential to be so much more – a low-effort way to […]
What is the Difference between Goals and Events in Google Analytics
Even if you’re just dipping your toes into the water when it comes to digital marketing, you’ve likely heard of Google Analytics. Google Analytics (GA) is an uber-powerful, free analytics tool offered by the search engine to help you analyze your website traffic, measure your marketing return on investment (ROI), and meet your conversion goals. […]
How to Find Your Target Audience
Defining your target audience is one of the most critical pieces in your content marketing strategy. Before you even start the content creation process, you have to know who you’re making the content for. Are you writing this blog post for the business owner down the street? For the guy who walks your dog? For […]
How to Create a Content Calendar
A content calendar is a centralized tool used by marketing teams to plan all of their future content marketing assets. It is also the place where the content manager, or the person in charge of scheduling your content, sets publication dates. Why you need a content calendar As a general rule, the further out you […]
Why Optimizing Anchor Text is Critical to Your SEO Game
Link building, or the process of earning backlinks to your site from other reputable sites, is a critical piece of the SEO puzzle. The more links from high-quality trusted sites that point back to you, the more trustworthy your site appears to the search engine, which boosts your page rankings and brings more visitors to […]
How to Use Google My Business Attributes to Improve Your Reputation and Local Searchability
If you’re a small business owner or startup, it’s very likely that the majority of your business comes from members of your local community. Your loyal customers are already telling all their friends about you, but what’s the best way to expand your customer base after you’ve maxed out all your referrals? Improving your local […]
What is Black Hat SEO? How to avoid bad site practices
“Black Hat SEO” is a term used to describe unethical SEO practices intended to increase a website’s search engine ranking. These shady strategies generally provide no additional benefit to the user, are a violation of the search engines’ terms of service, and are purely intended to “beat the system.” The term “Black Hat” refers to […]