As an online marketing agency, SEO is a common topic of discussion around the BizzyWeb office. This recent blog post published on Webbiquity.com by guest author Jack Dawson is an informative and easy-to-understand explanation of old versus new SEO. * * * by Jack Dawson Everyone implementing SEO usually has the same question – how long before I rank
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Create the Perfect Offer: 4 Questions You Need to Ask First
by Constant Contact Special offers have played an important role in how small businesses attract new customers and bring in repeat business since long before the term “online marketing” ever existed. Before email or Facebook, Twitter or Google, there were coupons in the local paper, annual sales at the local retail store, and news of special
Extra! Extra! Dave Meyer Featured in New Business Minnesota
Projecting a great image to your customers is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to grow your business. If you use the right tools, you will present your company as a trusted resource and professional solution provider. It can seem daunting to create a professional-looking website, get your social media set up and generating leads, and
Seven Tips for Effective Local SEO
This week we're sharing an informative article on local SEO published by Marketing Prof's Arundhati Sriraman. * * * SEO can be time-consuming. Why? Because if you're ranking well in searches, your competitors won't take it lying down; and if you're not ranking well, you shouldn't take it lying down... Moreover, SEO is ever-changing, and keeping up
BizzyWeb Achieves Master Certification with Constant Contact
Jen Meyer, Vice President of Marketing at BizzyWeb, has become Master Certified by Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than 600,000 small organizations worldwide. To achieve this Master Certification, the highest level of Constant Contact’s Solution Provider partner education, Meyer has completed a rigorous curriculum
Local Family Gets “Crashed” With Help From The Chuba Company
Be sure to tune in tonight for a special Major League Baseball edition of DIY Network's Bath Crashers! See how one local family gets the Target Field-inspired bathroom of their dreams with the help of the talented craftsmen at The Chuba Company. Watch a preview of the show here, or get more information on the episode and show times here.
New Research Pinpoints The Best Days and Times to Post Content [Infographic]
Deciding when to post new content to social media channels can be a bit of a guessing game. "Never post on a Friday or Monday," say some. "Post content first thing Monday morning so people see it right away when they get to work," say others. It seems everyone has an opinion on the optimal day and time for best results. We were excited to
BizzAlert: Website Back-up Scam
One of our customers was contacted yesterday with an invoice for Website Back-Ups. The invoice they received is from a company they don't work with (as they host with BizzyWeb). This is clearly a scam, someone who would like to get money for services they aren't providing. The invoice below was sent to them via email: Please note, of you're hosted
Email Marketing: Finding the Click-Through Sweet Spot
Email marketing continues to be one of the most effective online marketing tools for businesses of all sizes. But what makes a small business customer click on a link when reading an email? Constant Contact® reports that its "latest research reveals the ideal number of images and lines of texts small businesses should include in email marketing
Big Changes in Mobile Search Coming April 21 – Is Your Website Ready?
Google recently announced that on April 21 it's making mobile-friendliness a ranking signal for searches performed on mobile devices. Mobile-friendly sites use responsive design, an approach to web design aimed at creating an optimal viewing experience (easy to read with minimal resizing or scrolling) across a wide range of devices (from desktop
6 Ways to Promote Your Next Event
by Erik Mintz, Constant Contact With any event, whether it’s a class, seminar, open house, fundraiser or something in between, the ultimate goal is to get as many people as possible to attend. There’s no point in planning a free or fee-based event if no one shows up. To get the most out of your efforts, here are six ways to maximize registration,
Now Hiring! Buzz Development (Sales) positions
If you have sales experience, enjoy connecting with business owners and are comfortable with web technology and social media, we have a fantastic opportunity for you in our Buzz Development (Sales) position! BizzyWeb is a fast-growing, results-oriented, dynamic company that believes in the power of online marketing to help grow our client’s
5 Questions to Simplify Your Marketing and Help You Reach Your Goals
by Ryan Pinkham, Constant Contact Let’s face it — marketing isn’t always as simple as we’d like. While you probably know all about the different tools that are out there, and have likely experimented with different strategies for reaching new customers — it can still be difficult to come up with a plan that works for you. Some days you may
SEO Strategies to Boost Your Business
With continuous updates to mysterious and complicated algorithms, SEO has changed significantly over the years. It's no longer enough to load up a page with a bunch of keywords and wait for your page rank to climb. That just doesn't work anymore. Check out this handy infographic created by digital marketing guru Neil Patel for a quick breakdown of
BizzyWeb Expands with Acquisition of Tech Nick Creative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHAMPLIN, MN, February 11, 2015 – BizzyWeb, a leading web design and digital marketing strategy agency, announced today the acquisition of Tech Nick Creative’s web hosting and design business. The growth-focused acquisition bolsters BizzyWeb’s position as a leading web design and digital marketing agency in the Minneapolis-St.
Hurry! FREE Storage Offer From Google!
Today is Safer Internet Day, and in recognition Google is giving away 2GB of additional (and permanent) Google Drive storage space to users who do a quick security settings checkup on their account. It's easy - just complete the checkup by February 17, and Google will give you a permanent 2 gigabyte bump in your Google Drive storage plan. Google
What Are Your Email Marketing Goals for 2015?
The new year is all about goal setting, fresh starts and big plans, and email will continue to be an extremely effective marketing tool in 2015. So what goals have you set to use email to its fullest potential? Setting goals makes it easier to measure the results of your different marketing activities, and also provides the focus and motivation you
How to Optimize the 4 Most Important Pages on Your Website
It should be fairly obvious that some of the pages on your website are more important than others. What’s surprising is how few people actually apply this knowledge to their websites to improve conversions. Implementing a few critical changes has the potential to improve your site dramatically. Every website is different, but generally speaking the
Will 2015 Be the Year of Hashtag Marketing?
As we’ve been perusing all the 2015 prediction articles, it’s become apparent that industry leaders believe hashtag marketing will surge this year. While hashtags started as a means to categorize and search for content, they have evolved and are less about search and more about context. Hashtags have become a marketing mainstay, taking over Twitter
A Simple Social Media Strategy: Attract, Engage, Convert & Monitor
The growth of social media marketing over the past few years has been astounding; the latest estimates show that in five short years, social media use by businesses has grown from 10% to 84%! Using social media to promote your business, products and services has proven itself an effective marketing tactic, but where to start? For best results on
New Tool from Google Helps Define the Customer Journey to Online Purchase
These days, the customer journey has grown more complex. A report published this week by Google analyzed millions of consumer interactions through Google Analytics and distilled how different marketing channels affect online purchase decisions. The tool sets benchmarks to help you understand the roles these channels play, so you can better plan
The ABCs of Landing Pages that Work
Landing pages are a great way to highlight your products, services or promotions, but how they are constructed is key to getting good results. This infographic lays out what needs to be in place for landing pages to work well for you. There are 3 top takeaways from these ABC's of Landing Pages: G: Have just one goal in mind - this will
Authorize.Net Disables Use of SSLv3 Accounts
Authorize.Net sent out an email to all of its users entitled "Important POODLE Information for Your Authorize.Net Account," in reference to disabling SSLv3 Accounts. The email read: "...Authorize.Net itself is not vulnerable to POODLE, but we are making changes to our systems to assure that we are providing our merchants and their customers with
Millennials Fuel Demand for Mobile Responsive Websites
Millennials use their smartphones all the time. In a recent eMarketer article, a June 2014 Mitek study shows that nearly 87% of Millennials said their phones never leave their side, and 80% admit they instantly reach for them when they wake up. The same study shows that 27% of millennials surveyed attempt to access a mobile site of a business
5 Ideas for a Profitable Holiday Season
You're right, we haven't even hit Halloween yet, but it really is time to start planning your holiday promotions! We have about 2 months left in the year, and we all want to go out with a bang. Constant Contact published a blog article this month with ideas to make this your best holiday season ever. Here is how to set your holiday promotion
Shellshock Bash Bug – What You Need to Know
BizzyWeb works hard to ensure that all of our customers' websites that we host are protected from malware and security hardened. With the recent Shellshock Bash Bug that affects Max OS X and Linux operating systems, BizzyWeb's awesome development team made the necessary patches and updates to our servers so that our hosted websites won't be
How Secure Are You? New Links to Find Out
With all of the data breaches that have been in the news recently, how do you know if you are secure? Here are two sites that can help to give you some confidence: Have I Been Pwned? Troy Hunt, software architect and Microsoft MVP, created "Have I been pwned?" as a free resource for anyone to quickly assess if they may have been put at risk due to
3 Social Media Online Tools Use Can Use To Educate Your Prospects
Are you wondering what the best strategy is to be seen as an expert in your field? The days of the pushy used car salesmen are over. Many small business owners have had a lot of success in educating their clients to prove their expertise. This blog covers 3 online tools you can use to consistently educate your clients and
Twitter Users – Real or Not?
If you have a Twitter account, you probably know most of the people following you but there may also be a few on your list who you've never heard of or met. Twitter is infested with bots: automated, fake accounts that flood the social media network by re-posting content from websites. These bots feed people links and information in an effort to
Hot off the Presses! Dave Meyer Featured in New Business MN
This just in - Dave Meyer writes about how to Land More Sales in the August edition of New Business Minnesota! Dave talks about how marketing smarter online helps you to get the customers you want. The key is... Well, you should really read the article! To read the full article, just click on the image of the cover!
The Day the Internet Outgrew it’s Network
After all the chips fell here is what we can best decipher happened to the internet yesterday. Long and short - It outgrew design expectations and broke in certain areas. The details are this: major ISP's routers ran out of space for the routes they needed to keep track of. The limits on some routers was 512K routes. Today internet traffic exceeded
Update on BizzyWeb Hosting Outages
We thank you for your patience today during the hosting outages. We have found out that an unreasonably large volume of overall internet traffic today took down the "Eastern Corridor" where our hosting provider is located. Our hosting service provider has identified the issues and is finalizing the fixes. If your site isn't viewable currently, it
BizzyWeb Customers Experiencing Outages
We are currently experiencing issues affecting our customers across the Web today due to an outage through several ISPs. Some of our customers have experienced ongoing connectivity issues and we are trying to get more information on a timeframe of when this will be fixed. Generally we would re-route traffic, but this is hindered with the amount of
Crafting a Great Call to Action – BizzyWebinar 8/13
Bummer. You missed this week's live broadcast. Fortunately, you can still watch the archive video above. Join us next week live on the webinar, or in person at our headquarters for the next BizzyWebinar workshop! Websites are interesting things. You need to grab people’s attention and make your site searchable by Google. You need to properly engage
Visit BizzyWeb at our Open House July 31
BizzyWeb is excited to announce our North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and Open House on July 31, 2014! The day's events will be held at the following timeframes: 2:30 pm: NHACC Ribbon Cutting 3 - 7 pm: Open House sponsored by FINNEGANS Everything will be held at BizzyWeb's new Hive at 11190 Commerce Drive N, Champlin MN
BizzyWeekend – Design Your Website in 2 Days!
Do you have a website that needs a refresh? Do you just need a website period? Is the thought of creating a website daunting, and you know you don’t have the time for it? It doesn’t need to take a ton of time or cash to build an amazing website. If you work with the professionals at BizzyWeb you could be done in as little as two days! Check out