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A woman approached me as I was preparing for my lessons for the day. I was in Kairi, a rural village in Kenya, teaching some basic business skills classes to members of a microfinance group. She introduced herself as Alice. In our class the day before, I taught a...
4 Fundamentals of a Successful Blog Layout
Blogging is just writing some stuff, right? Wrong. Blogging is the foundation of a great content strategy. And with it being THAT (yes, THAT) important, getting the blog layout right is crucial. The layout can be the deciding factor for a reader to take your B2C...
The Most Epic SEO Guide For Competitive Small Business Owners
You own a small business and you have a million things on your plate. Read on to learn everything you need to know about SEO in our ultimate SEO kickstart guide. When Scott Paxton entered a competition to see who could get their new website to the front of Google...
How To Become a Social Media Influencer [10 Simple Tips]
How much time do you spend on social media every day? How many social media accounts do you have? I guess both answers will be something like “too much”. And it’s really never enough for us. Do you think social media are a kind of addictive? I can’t prove that for...
What Local SEO Investments Can Do For Your Offline and Online Sales
The line between offline and online sales has become very blurred. There’s showrooming and Research Online, Pay Offline (ROPO), point of sale (POS) e-commerce systems, click and collect options— and then there’s local action-focused search to factor in. With...
Small Business Website Fundamentals: Behind the Scenes in a SEO Audit
Getting the SEO rockin' for your small business website can be tricky (and frustrating). Especially, if you're trying to do it on your own. The good news is that there are a number of common issues you can easily resolve, with a little direction. Focus on these...
Cybersecurity and Your Website (Our Responsibilities, and Yours)
With a greater reliance on using technology to manage our personal information, there is a greater emphasis on cybersecurity for protecting that information. It seems like reports of large-scale breaches come out every few news cycles. Some of the big ones, just...