Members of the Pole Position Marketing pit crew answer your web marketing questions from their unique perspectives, with a “bonus lap” by a guest industry pro. See previous questions or […]
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How to Optimize PDFs for Search Engine Rankings
If you want your PDFs to be indexed by the search engines–and have any hope of ranking–you have to implement some optimization strategies. But since you can’t edit the code […]
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Do You Have Clear Goals For Your CRM Strategy?
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a core factor in business success, but too many companies approach the topic without understanding their own goals. Yes, every company wants to have a […]
User Experience Trumps SEO…Most of the Time
I recently had the opportunity to share my thoughts on SEO and user experience in a Facebook Live session on Search Engine Journal‘s Facebook page. The Facebook Live session was […]
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The 10 Commandments of Visual Content
The need for visual content in your marketing campaign is undeniable as it continues to dominate the online media landscape. The digital revolution will stay visually-powered because humans are visually-wired. […]
Make Thank You Pages the Beginning (Not the End) of Customer Relationships
Are your thank you pages creating long-term customers for you? Probably not…but they can! The key is to stop thinking of the thank you page as the end of a transaction […]
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How to Optimize PDFs in Adobe Acrobat
If you’ve been following this series on optimizing PDFs, you found that most of the optimization steps are done before you create the PDF. This final step in optimizing PDFs […]
How to Optimize Ecommerce Product Pages
Searchers who land directly on your product pages are the holy grail of website visitors. Why? Because, in general, these searchers landed on your page because they entered your specific product into […]
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Really?!? You’re STILL Not Using This Amazingly Simple and Effective Blog Idea?
Back in the day when I was just a newbie digital marketer, one of the first influencers I became aware of and started following was Marcus Sheridan. His style was […]
Why Content Should Stop Hiding Your Negatives and Flaunt Them Instead
Content is critical to the sales process, but good sales content does more than hit on all the advantages of what you offer. It makes sure that the reader isn’t […]
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How Process Street Turned Its 10 Most Popular Blog Posts Into List Building Machines
Traffic to posts does not always equal conversions, or even subscriptions. Sure, high traffic can indicate a large amount of interest in the given area, or that you’ve stumbled upon a winning headline […]
How to Reduce The Size of Your PDFs (When Saving From Microsoft Word)
Saving word documents as PDFs is pretty straight forward, however it doesn’t always produce the most size- and speed-efficient PDF. There is a short process to follow when saving your […]
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5 Simple Steps to Achieve Better Conversions
Every website needs a process for moving visitors from the entrance page to the conversion point. A website should work like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. When a visitor lands on any […]
3 Real-World Tests Every Website Navigation Should be Measured Against
The purpose of your website’s navigation is to help every visitor find what they need quickly. To do that, you have performed keyword research to know what terminology makes sense to your […]
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3 Quick Website Speed Improvements (See What I Did There?)
Ever since Google made site speed a ranking signal in their algorithm, having a slow-loading site hinders your ability to bring in traffic. Regardless of where a search is performed […]