6 common international SEO fails and how to avoid them

If you already run an international website or have international expansion on your road map, there are several common SEO issues which can hold back your success. In this article we’ll look at six international SEO mistakes that you could be making without realizing it.

30 ways to market your online business for free

For many people and businesses, the word ‘marketing’ conjures up visions of pricey marketing strategies and excessive expenditure. However, it doesn’t have to be expensive: there are plenty of free ways to market a business. In this post, we share 30 things you can do right now to market your online business for free.

Six steps to improving your local search strategy

With local search proven to be one of the hottest SEO trends of 2017, it is projected to maintain its standing among make-or-break optimization factors in 2018. The competition between online and brick-and-mortar stores is heating up, and local search optimization can become a decisive factor in how a site ranks locally and, consequently, in how much traffic and clients it drives from local, on-the-go searches.

How to find the perfect domain strategy for international SEO

As you look to expand the reach of your business to customers in different countries, your website setup and the content you have in place will need to change and evolve. Before you even begin thinking about content localization and local keywords for each market, the technical setup of your website needs to be considered. The first step of this process is domain strategy.

4 digital marketing challenges faced by franchises (and how to overcome them)

One of the biggest challenges facing a franchisee’s growth is their ability to execute a winning digital marketing strategy that is unfettered by a franchiser. From poorly managed PPC campaigns to duplicate content between franchises, let’s take a closer look at how you can overcome many of the most common franchise marketing challenges.

How to make sure your local search marketing is up to scratch

For local businesses, having a strong presence in the local search results is fundamental to those all-important conversions. And when users are searching for a local term, they are far more likely to be looking for a service or product. Hence why the conversions on local search tend to be higher, and why you need to ensure that your local search engine marketing is up to scratch.

How to make sure your dealer locator tools are optimized for local SEO

Brands with many distributor locations across the country use dealer locator tools to provide consumers information on how to find their products at local stores. But more often than not, they are missing the necessary local SEO optimizations to make them appear prominently on the SERPs. Here are a few simple ways to optimize your dealer locator for local search.

How to optimize featured snippets for voice search

When it comes to voice search, featured snippets are key. If a searcher is using voice search and expecting a verbal reply, they will not be presented with a choice of results – and where a featured snippet is present, this will be the result read out. So how can you optimize your featured snippets for voice search?

Google’s constantly evolving search experience – and how it changes the game for local SEO

The importance of local SEO cannot be understated when you consider the dominance of mobile and the sky-high user expectations of being shown the most relevant results – and Google clearly recognizes this. Here’s how recent Google innovations like Jobs by Google, Allo and Google Reserve are changing local search.

International SEO: 5 ways to scale performance

The Internet offers brands an unprecedented way to reach their customers across borders, but reaching different populations requires an understanding of what people want and then producing content to meet these needs. As you get started with your international SEO strategy, here are five ways you can scale your practices to maximize your potential.