How to Rank First on Siri Searches
I personally don’t like Siri. There. I said it. She can’t understand my Pittsburgh accent and she always thinks I’m looking for adult video marts even though (most of the time) I’m not. But first, in...
View ArticleA Look at the Websites of the P&B Exceptional 53
Every year, for the past five years, some of Maryland's top companies apply for a spot on the The Gazette of Politics & Business P&B Exceptional 53 (aka. the P&B 53). To be eligible, a...
View ArticleGuest Blogging for Links in a Post-Penguin World
They say behind every great man, there’s great woman. Well, behind every great SEO plan, there is a great natural link building campaign that finds ways to build links. Link building is the process of...
View ArticleIs Your Relationship with Your SEO Company Healthy?
Have you ever had the misfortune of working with a client or customer that you just flippin’ hated? The kind of person who questioned your every move, wouldn’t let you do your job and just made life...
View Article8 Reasons Why I Love Working at Blue Corona
Last year, I was only about a month into my new job as a copywriter at Blue Corona when we were celebrating making it on to the Inc. 500 list (#174, thank you very much). Because I was still so new, I...
View Article2013: A Year in Review for Blue Corona
While everyone else has been working on their annual reviews and creating holiday shopping guides…we’ve been doing that too.ImageImage: read more
View ArticleA Day in the Life of an SEO Nerd
At Blue Corona, we like to think of ourselves as so much more than an SEO company. Our goal is to be our clients' one-stop-shop for all things online marketing—from Web design to pay per click to ad...
View ArticleShould Links Open in a New Window for SEO?
At this point, we all know that non-spammy links are good for SEO—both internal and external links. But when using external links, is it better for SEO to have them open in the same window or in a new...
View ArticleCaller ID for Your Website
Do you remember the days when you had a house phone to answer—yes, a house phone! You know, the one connected to the wall, by a cord! *gasp* I assume if you’re interested in reading this bog post,...
View ArticleHow to Use Data To Write Better Content
Ah, content. That pesky thing your marketing person is always harassing you about, saying you need more of it. What exactly is content? Content is everything you see on a web page. All the letters,...
View Article10 SEO Tools for Visual Learners
In high school, I got a D in algebra. This was astonishing considering I aced geometry. Chemistry? Barely passed. Physics? You better believe I was the star student. Moral of the story: I am a visual...
View ArticleWriting Blog Posts That Sell
Gone are the days of Mad Men and traditional marketing and advertising. No more liquor cabinets in the break rooms, no more cigar-fueled celebrations in the office. The age of content marketing has...
View ArticleThe Top 100 Small Business Online Marketing Blog Posts in 2014
How did I arrive at this list? There's so much great online marketing information out there. Unfortunately, not all of it is so great for small business owners. So my goal with this list was to offer...
View Article10 SEO Resolutions You Need To Make for 2015
2015 is upon us and other than fitting back into non-stretchy pants my resolutions have stacked up quite nicely. There’s one about picking my socks up off the floor, another to donate more money to...
View ArticleShould My Internet Marketing Company Be Local?
Getting older has really done a number on my sleep schedule. Even on weekends, I’m rarely up past midnight and rarely still in bed past 8 a.m. But this new sleep schedule has also opened up a whole new...
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