• Why Small Businesses Are Getting Their SEO Wrong

        Oh God, not SEO again! Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before – get a bunch of keywords, stick them in your site, people will find you… Err, no – if that’s what you think you’re in trouble. And no, SEO isn’t particularly time consuming, ridiculously complicated or impossibly hard. If you get […]

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  • Looking at SEO From Google’s Perspective

      For a number of years, Searchmetrics has been compiling reports about Google’s ranking factors to help developers and SEOers get to grips with what the search giant is looking for. Their latest report focuses on user experience, content, social signals, backlinks and technical aspects. Here’s a quick round up to give you an insight […]

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  • 2015 Ranking Factors Survey

    Ranking well in the search results would be easy if you had a crystal ball, but I’m guessing you don’t. That’s why mere mortals like you and me have to rely on the opinions of experts. That’s why I wanted to bring you these infographics from Moz. Every couple of years, Moz asks the brightest […]

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  • Rand Fishkin Reveals Why Your Links Aren’t Boosting Your Rankings

    As a copywriter I’m not an SEO expert, but have a rough working knowledge of how to go about it to help my site rank well. The world of search engine optimisation is constantly changing and keeping pace with it can be a real challenge for people like me. That’s why I regularly trawl the […]

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  • The Power of Joined Up Marketing

    Why you need content, social media and SEO in your marketing strategy Do you see content marketing, social media and SEO as three separate entities? If you do, you’re probably not seeing the results you want from your marketing activities. Content marketing is a must because. Social media widens your reach. SEO (search engine optimisation) […]

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  • Content Marketing Will Be The Death of SEO

    This is an unusually short post because I feel a rant coming on. Content marketing is killing search engine optimisation – some would like you to believe that, but I’m not falling for it. You have a limited marketing budget. On the one hand you have the content marketing camp telling you the smart money […]

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  • What’s the Future of SEO?

    Google has been throwing all manner of birds and animals at us recently in an attempt to improve user search experience. Plus, unless you change your Google settings, many of you are seeing local search results rather than county-wide ones. Some may say that’s a good thing, but what about for all those small businesses […]

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  • Why Bradley Wiggins Would Make a Good SEO

    Short and sweet one today. I love cycling. Not only is it a great form of exercise, it’s sociable and a great way to clear your head. Us Brits are pretty good at it too – Wiggins, Cavendish, Froome, Hoy, Trott… But what does SEO have to do with cycling? Quite a lot. Last August […]

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  • Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring an SEO Agency

    This post originally appeared on our sister blog, Freelance Copywriter’s Blog, but we also wanted to share it with you here. You already know that search engine optimisation is one of the best and most effective long-term marketing strategies for any business that markets itself online. But you also know that one wrong move and […]

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  • The Simple Answer to Search Engine Optimisation

    SEO and SEO copywriting is a vital part of any business’s marketing, but it can also be one of the biggest pains. Not because it can be a bit complex, take a lot of time and investment, but because of the unsolicited emails that most companies are bombarded with each day. Every company claims to […]

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