What Someone Else’s Influence Means to You

Young woman using a tablet PC and stylus at a cafeWhat do you care about someone else’s page rank? Maybe quite a bit.

By Becky Livingston

Knowing an influencer or website’s page ranks helps you determine a few things:

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  1. How well your own site is ranking on a search engine
  2. How well your competition’s site is ranking on a search engine
  3. If the influencer or the influencer’s site you are trying to gain access to has a well-established search engine results page (SERP) ranking

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What a ‘Community Manager’ Does

Young businessman typing on laptopPlus 9 steps for outreach to social media influencers.

By Becky Livingston

The role of a community manager is to help create, nurture and activate online communities by building transparent and meaningful relationships with their members.

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Community manager vs. social media manager – there’s a difference.
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How Social Media Affects SEO

Blue pushpin in word "SEO" at center of a targetPlus 3 best practices for custom content.

By Becky Livingston

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from clients is, “Does my firm’s social media effort help my search engine ranking?”

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The short answer is, “Yes!” Here’s why:
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Get People to Your Landing Page

3 metal funnelsDriving traffic depends in part on where in the funnel your customer is.

By Becky Livingston

There are three ways to drive traffic toward your offer, including:

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  • Paid advertising: Google, Bing, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest or Facebook advertising

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How to Build a Strong Landing Page for an Accounting Firm

Young businesswoman using a tabletDeliver on your promise to get the permission you need.

By Becky Livingston

What are landing pages?

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The challenge with the website home page is that there’s often a disconnect with the messaging. If you send out an email about the best tax practices for small business owners, sending visitors to your firm’s home page isn’t giving them the content that was promised.
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How to Become a Social Business

Young people holding social media logosIt’s not a side venture. Get ready to transform your firm to the core.

By Jody Padar

Now it’s time to understand the social media business approach, how Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn can help your business.

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First of all, stop calling it social media! Using “social” to gen­erate new customers is a new way of doing business in today’s digital world. Most firm owners don’t understand that when you combine social media with cloud, the effects become multiplied. We’re talking Internet 3.0. Are you ready to get there?
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Content Categories and How to Leverage Them

Chart of social media content categoriesMatch leads to streams.

By Becky Livingston

To start in social media, you’ll only need four or five categories – start small, or you’ll get overwhelmed.

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In this example, I have stripped down some client specifications to the bare minimum, just to show the categories of content they decided to use.
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