Backlinks: The Best (and Worst) Thing for Your SEO Strategy

by on December 7, 2018 · Email MarketingLink BuildingLink Development StrategiesSearch Engine OptimizationUncategorized

In SEO we talk a lot about ranking factors, ranking signals, and ranking in general. For a long time, we’ve known that there are three ranking factors that Google uses ... » Continue

Link-Building in 2015: The Tactics You Don’t Need to ‘Try to Avoid’

by on February 18, 2015 · Link Building and BaitingLink Development StrategiesSEO

Last Friday, Google’s John Mueller said link-building can do more bad than good and should generally be avoided. And then the internet overreacted. In response to the question “Is link-building in ... » Continue

YouTube Optimization Best Practices

by on July 31, 2014 · content marketingLink Development StrategiesSearch Engine MarketingSearch Engine OptimizationSocial MediaSocial Media Marketing OptimizationStrategic Internet Marketing

I recently attended MozCon, and picked up some awesome insights about YouTube from SEO celeb speaker Phil Nottingham. I decided to couple his notes with my own best practices to develop ... » Continue

Repurposing Content On Slim Budget

by on December 6, 2013 · B2B Internet Marketingb2cCheat SheetsEmarketingFacebookIntegrated MarketingLink Building and Baitinglink developmentLink Development StrategiesOnline Brand Managementonline reputationOnline Reputation ManagementSearch Engine OptimizationSocial MediaSocial Media Marketing

Creating content is hard. It takes a lot of time, and just when you think you’re done, it’s time to start all over again. According to a B2B Content Marketing ... » Continue

The Week in Search & Social for August 10…and oops, August 3

by on August 11, 2011 · Adwordsanalyticsb2bB2B Internet Marketingb2cconversion optimizationFacebookgoogleLink Building and Baitinglink developmentLink Development StrategiesLocal SearchLocal Searchlocal seoMobilePay-Per-Click (PPC)Pay-Per-Click (PPC)post-click marketingppcSEOSocial MediaTwitterweb designWebsite AnalyticsWebsite Design

Yours truly was sooooo busy working on your campaigns last week that he forgot to blog about our Big Picture meeting last week, so this week enjoy a double dose ... » Continue

From NonProfit To Agency: 3 Search Engine Marketing Tips I Wish I Had Known

by on June 2, 2011 · Link Development StrategiesSocial Media Marketing

Before joining Anvil Media, I worked for almost three years at a local nonprofit here in Portland, Oregon.  Coming in fresh out of college meant that I was the youngest person ... » Continue

The Big Picture for March 23

by on March 24, 2011 · B2B Internet MarketingLink Development StrategiesLocal SearchMobilePay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine MarketingSearch Engine OptimizationSocial Media MarketingUncategorizedWebsite AnalyticsWebsite Design

Here’s your handy guide to what we here at Anvil Media have had our eyes on in Search & Social over the past week… PPC Google AdWords to Add Tablet Device Targeting ... » Continue

The Big Picture for March 16

by on March 17, 2011 · B2B Internet MarketingLink Development StrategiesLocal SearchMobilePay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine MarketingSearch Engine OptimizationSocial Media MarketingUncategorizedWebsite AnalyticsWebsite Design

Here’s your weekly run-down of the big developments in search and social that we here at Anvil Media have had our eye on… PPC Quality Score Coming to Microsoft adCenter – Last ... » Continue

The Big Picture for March 9th (er, 11th)

by on March 10, 2011 · Link Development StrategiesLocal SearchMobileOnline Brand ManagementPay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine MarketingSearch Engine OptimizationSocial Media MarketingUncategorizedWebsite Design

PPC: Nothing earth-shattering in the PPC world this week, but a couple good reads: Is It Time for Facebook to Launch a PPC Syndication Network? – There’s a number of good ... » Continue

Google Strikes Again, on Overstock.com

by on February 24, 2011 · Link Development StrategiesSearch Engine Optimization

News has surfaced today that Google took a closer look at Overstock.com’s linking strategy and decided it was appropriate to devalue links which had previously helped the site gain great ... » Continue