Visibility is Everything Whether you’re in the travel business or in real estate sales, being discovered and getting your message heard is paramount. And I’m reminded of what SparkToro’s well-known CEO and co-Founder, Rand Fishkin said recently — that discovery is the next big marketing objective, ahead of clicks. Because as he puts it, being…
🍕 How do ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and DeepSeek LLM’s Segment User Intent? Search engines, those deliverers of eager shoppers in vast amounts are all in on AI. AI algorithms govern the pieces and the whole of a shopper’s topic search on Google or ChatGPT. Just this week, Google announced its improved Google AI Mode Search…
🚀 Travel SEO: Capturing Motivated Travel Consumers Search engine optimization, when done really well can drive significant brand awareness and booking success. The image of SEO has fallen dramatically over 25 years. It once captivated marketing and business audiences then suffered when IT shops, web designers, and others tried to leverage its value to win…
Website Traffic is Your Company’s Lifeblood Traffic is everything. Without visitors to your website, there is no impact, no content consumption, no brand building, no convincing sales pitch, no customer or sales revenue. In fact, when your site is never visited, it means your current customers are being wooed away by highly visible competitors. A…
Get your Next Campaign Focused! As profitable as they might be, marketing campaigns create some discomfort for Realtors, travel agency owners, property management companies or small manufacturing companies. It’s a challenge even for seasoned marketers to visualize the theme and communications strategy of a winning digital marketing campaign and how it will be built and…
How to De-Optimize Your Web Content Oh the dread of rewriting hundreds of content pages! But sometimes we need to hunker down and declutter, de-optimize, re-optimize, and freshen up our content pages. If your content was hit by the last Google ranking update, it’s likely Google doesn’t like your content or your SEO strategy. As…
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness Have you wondered how a small travel company could ever compete with the big travel portals and brand names online? It is a challenge for sure, but still doable. I’ve been competing against Goliath companies for 26 years now and even today, there’s a chance to win. Google’s ranking algorithm…
SEO & Content Strategy Can Deliver Great Results Travel agencies, Tour Companies and travel management software firms can easily double/triple bookings and build a solid loyal customer base. However, if their website traffic is weak and poor quality, it will be tough to squeeze revenue out of that small funnel. Sometimes, you need a wide…
21 SEO Mistakes You Should Avoid Everyone wants to think positive about their digital marketing strategy. Yet even advanced SEO strategists can’t be perfect in all SEO tasks. Finding SEO errors or performance destroyers can be the source of great joy, and a turnaround in your search engine optimization strategy. Rankings will rise, traffic will…
The Number One Problem with Google The number one problem with Google happens to be their latest secret weapon against small business. And it’s the top threat to marketers as well. If you’ve been in business online a while, you’ve likely suffered a reduction of clicks to your website from Google. In fact, it’s likely…
The SEO / Content Strategy Book 1.0 is Out! It’s not available at Amazon, Google Shopping, or Barnes & Noble yet, but you can learn about the latest development in Search Engine Optimization and Content Strategy, all in one book. The SEO / Content Strategy Guide 1.0 epitomizes the new approach to marketing where products…