Spectrum Communications & Consulting Inc. Blog: Bing
So here’s what happened at a gourmet grocery store about 15 years ago: Researchers from Stanford and Columbia University set up a display of high-quality jams for customers to sample. Customers were also incentivized to buy a jar with a $1-off coupon. Half the customers were shown a display with 24...
Your company depends on a steady flow of quality leads to be profitable. Not a dribble; a flow – that’s why you've invested all that energy and moola to create a captivating website with great content, anchor text, and just the right amount of keywords. All that wo...
Your company website isn't the only place potential customers will go to interact with your brand online. Social media platforms as well as local search and business accreditation websites can also serve as resources for people who may want to do business with you. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, Yelp...
Powerful advertising platforms such as Google AdWords and Microsoft adCenter have made online marketing for small- and medium-sized businesses convenient and effective. As the Internet continues to burrow deeper into the lives of American consumers, business owners continue to capitalize -- taking m...
Today's business owners must take an active role in their online reputation. Developing a comprehensive plan to maintain and grow your online reviews, whether you do it on your own or with the help of an expert firm, is vital to your success. If you haven't considered your online reputation, try not...
An extremely effective way to raise your organic search engine rankings and build a great online reputation is through anchor text, which is a visible, hyperlinked word or phrase (exactly like the one in this sentence) that takes you to another web page when clicked. Google, Bing and other search en...
Pay-per-click ads, as most of you well-know, appear on the side and at the top of Google, Bing and Yahoo! SERPs. They're used to direct customer traffic to websites, funneling millions of people to the optimized landing pages of companies from virtually every industry. Pay-per-click, or PPC, is a tr...
Is your company’s website as effective at generating sales/leads as it could be? Which aspects of the website have the biggest opportunities for improvement? Pay-per-click advertising is an easy and cost-effective way to collect reliable performance information to answer these questions and generall...
Little-known fact: free listings are the key to successfully promoting your local business online. The Internet, without question, is the primary method of individuals and businesses alike to research local companies. More and more businesses are reaching these prospects through the use of free loca...
Search engines, like the stock market, are constantly changing because their algorithms are directly influenced by the people who use them. And as long as The Times Keep On A-Changin’, so will the Internet search game. For example, Google handles approximately 100 billion searches every month. Those...
