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  1. 9 Tips to Improve Your Internet Marketing Strategy in 2018

    If you are new to the world of internet marketing, or perhaps just want to up your game, then there are a variety of actions you can take to improve your success. Some of these steps can be implemented quickly while others will take a bit more persistence. However, building and implementing an online marketing strategy is a great way to get your company noticed in 2018 – and beyond.

    Internet marketing is not a new tactic in the world business promotion, but it is often one that is viewed as mysterious or perhaps best left only to the pros. But it doesn’t have to difficult. The key is to invest time in developing a strategy and implementing it.

  2. 7 Tips for Crafting the Perfect Blog Post in 2018

    Did your company’s New Year’s Resolution list include creating more website content? If so, then chances are, you decided to start writing a blog. After all, having a company blog is great – so long as you can continue to come up with topics, have time for writing or the funds to have someone do the writing for you.

    That can seem like a tall order – especially if you are new to writing or don’t know where you are going to find time to accomplish another item on the “To Do” list. Thankfully, crafting a blog post doesn’t have to be an insurmountable task.

  3. Social Meda Experts Raleigh

    6-Step Successful Social Media for 2018

    When it comes to building awareness of your business or product, there are many different approaches you can take such as email marketing, SEO, Pay-per-click ads or press releases. Many people neglect to develop a plan for successful social media marketing, however.

    When social media was first introduced, many people failed to see how it could help their business. But as time went by, enterprising marketers began using the various social media platforms to showcase their products/services, translating into more sales and better customers.  Here’s some tips to make sure you are on the right track.

  4. 12 Types of Web Content to Boost Your Website Traffic in 2018

    2017 has nearly closed and 2018 is looming. If you have looked at the numbers for your website traffic and find yourself deciding  your 2018 New Year’s Resolution list will include “Boost website traffic,” then you are not alone. However, wanting to increase your web traffic, and knowing where to start are two entirely different things. Fortunately, boosting your website traffic is not as intimidating as it might sound – though it will take a bit of time and effort (or you can talk to a Page Progressive team member about helping out!)

  5. Have You Heard the News? MailChimp Has a Plugin for WooCommerce!

    If you have an ecommerce site running WooCommerce and you also use MailChimp for your email marketing, you may be excited to know that you can now link the two together to make your online sales even more powerful! For a number of years, MailChimp has been making it easy for companies to keep people informed through easy-to-craft newsletters. But now, they have integrated with WooCommerce so that you can automatically sync actions between them.

  6. Fast Loading Websites Raleigh

    How Important is a Fast Loading Website in 2017 and Beyond?

    Did you know……

    • Research from DoubleClick (owned by Google) revealed that sites 53% of mobile sites are abandoned if the page took more than 3 seconds to load.
    • A presentation by AliExpress claimed they reduced load time for their pages by 36% and recorded a 10.5% increase in orders and a 27% increase in conversion rates for new customers.
    • Ancestory.com recorded a 7% positive rise in conversions after improving the render time of web pages by 68%, reducing page bloat by 46% and reducing load time by 64%.

    As consumers, we like things fast. Fast money, fast cars, fast results, and fast food are but a few examples of the value we place on fast services or results we deem important. Consequently, it no surprise that we also expect our internet to be fast and websites we visit to be loaded quickly. In fact, this need for speed on the Web has resulted in Google determining earlier this year to include Site Speed as a ranking factor in search results.

  7. Link Building Raleigh NC

    11 Tips for Link Building in 2017

    If you are looking for ways to build your company’s online presence and search result ranking, then one of the best approaches is with link building. Regardless of your industry, the size of your company or even how big a budget you have, link building is a viable and powerful part of getting your website to show in search results in 2017.

    There are many approaches to link building, and there is no good “one size fits all” approach. Rather, you will find there are many unique ways to build links. Whether you are new to link building or merely need some new ideas to spice things up, here are some tried and true white hat techniques for boosting your site’s web presence and garnering more natural/organic links (Often referred to as Offsite SEO).

  8. 7 Reasons Why a Business Website is Well Worth the Investment

    While the large majority of businesses have adapted to many new ways of doing business as technology evolves, there are still a surprising number of them that have not yet set up accounts on social media or even have a website. In fact, a survey by Small Business group found that nearly one third of small businesses don’t have a website. However, 92% of the businesses without a website plan to have one by the end of 2018.

    So the question stands “Does Your Business Really Need a Website?” The answer for that is of course, up to each business to decide, but if you are hesitant to make the investment in a company website, then here are 7 reasons why a business website is well worth the investment: