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Why an SEO-Friendly Site Structure is So Important (And How to Make it Happen)

We’ve all been to websites that are not user-friendly. Maybe they’re poorly laid out, the menu may be tough to understand (or missing), or when you access the site with your phone, it’s frustrating to navigate. We hear a lot about optimizing your website for search results, but you’re creating a better user experience when building your site

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11 Reasons you should do a Competitor Analysis for your business

When was the last time you reviewed your competitors? No matter what size your business – from solo entrepreneurs to large corporations – it’s important to understand your key competition. Before we delve into why it is so important to understand your competition, what is a competitor analysis? What is a competitor analysis? A competitor

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How Much Is Customer Acquisition Costing You? Here’s How to Add It Up

Marcia Layton Turner at LegalZoom writes: Calculating your customer acquisition costs allows you to better understand whether your marketing efforts are profitable. How to Calculate Customer Acquisition Cost: Start by picking a particular time frame, such as a month, a quarter, or a year. Then add up all of your marketing and sales costs for that time

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Breaking Down the 7 Stages of an E-Commerce Sales Funnel

If you operate an e-commerce store, you should familiarize yourself with the sales funnel. Also known as a conversion funnel, it represents the journey of a typical customer. Most customers probably won’t purchase a product immediately after discovering your e-commerce store – rather, they’ll take multiple steps leading up to a purchase. While sales funnels

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Why Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) Is the Best Metric for Online Advertising Campaigns

Whether you’re running a campaign on Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, or Facebook Ads, you can probably track multiple metrics. Tracking click-through rate (CTR) will reveal the percentage of users who clicked your ads after seeing them. Tracking conversion rate will reveal the percentage of users who performed a conversion action after clicking one of your

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8 Tips for Content Optimization for Every Social Media Platform

Clodagh O’Brien writes: It may be easy to promote and advertise on social networks whether it’s for social media shopping or to enhance a political campaign. But, are your posts and campaigns actually working? That’s the tricky thing with social media marketing. What may seem like a clever and interesting post to you, may not appeal to your audience.

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8 Effective Ways to Market Your Business Online Without Spending Money

It’s a fact: We’ve all got to market our business if we want to stay in business. The trouble with advertising in the daily paper, on radio, and television, is that they’re expensive – and your costly advertisement will be forgotten in no time. Marketing online may be a better option. You’re probably already be

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