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Critical info about Google My Business service areas
If you got an email from Google My Business about your “New service areas” DO NOT IGNORE IT! Let me say that again… Do Not Ignore the email from Google My Business. It looks like this: This is related to a huge change at GMB for local businesses. If you used a “miles from” radius on your listing, it needs to be addressed. Using a radius was a common method for local businesses to designate a service area, especially when the business solely sees clients at their location. Google is guessing what cities you serve (and I’m not sure what…
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Social Media Cheat Sheet for 2017
Not my work product, but absolutely worth sharing! Louise Myers, over at Visual Social Media, has created a post, with the details about the image below, for the latest, greatest image sizes for all the big boys in social media: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram & YouTube. Facebook alone has more than half a dozen sizes (the most popular are on the cheat sheet below). I’m personally working on a template for a few, because they don’t always scale well to different devices and I’m tired of text and headlines getting cut off when viewing on mobile devices. Makes…
Don’t Be Fooled By The Latest Gmail Phishing Attempt
I first read about this bit of nastiness a couple weeks ago and shared it on Facebook. They’ve taken it further, now giving people the option to log into any email account. Yikes! I’ve made a video so you can see what to look for. Scary stuff. I’m experienced, had read about it and *still* almost fell for it. Here’s the link to the original article written by the folks at WordFence: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/
Business (and domain) Names are HARD
A rose by any other name… blah blah blah. Welcome to the new millennium. Names count, and they are HARD! It’s not only hard to be clever or original, it’s downright impossible when coming up with a Business/Domain name that is actually available.
Learning WordPress
I love it when I learn new things, and granted what I learned was only a single tip (out of 10), but that one tidbit of information was “worth the price of admission” (the time it took to read the article).
YouTube SEO Cheat Sheet
Using video as part of your marketing plan is a smart move these days. Even smarter is getting the most out of your efforts by applying basic SEO to your YouTube videos. Like photos on your website, YouTube & Google have limited ability to understand what your video is about unless you tell them. You don’t want to be spammy about it, but you do want to be consistent. Follows is a simple infographic with the basics of YouTube SEO. PDF version of the YouTube Cheat Sheet
Security Alert – Don’t Get Scammed by (yet another) Internet Thief
This is a newer scam, the first I’ve seen of it, though I found blog posts dating back a few months in a quick google search. If you get an ‘invoice’ like this DO NOT PAY IT. I can’t believe companies like this are not immediately shut down. Fraud and misrepresentation happening all over the place here: from the appearance (it sure looks like an invoice!) to listing a non-existent account number. What happens if you pay it? First, the company is going to submit an order to transfer your domain under their registration services. Then you’ll get an email…
30 minutes to a better web presence for local businesses
Where are the best places to list your business online? There are thousands of choices, but for the beginner, these will get you started.
Reporter vs Expert – Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting
There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report).