July 2015

Local Search 2015

I wrote about an experiment we did in local search a while back. We had three team members in different parts of town search for a local bakery. With 9 trials, we found these results: Out of nine trials, Rick’s Bakery was #1 in eight. Bliss Cupcakes was #2 in five of nine trials —…

July 30, 2015
2016 Presidential Race in Social Media

It’ll be a while before we can actually vote for the next President of the United States, but the race is already being run in the media, including social media. How are the candidates doing? Here’s the Republican candidate order, according to a recent CNN poll: Trump Bush Walker Rubio Huckabee And the Democrats: Clinton…

July 29, 2015
10 Reasons to Attend WordCamp Fayetteville

Do you have your tickets for WordCamp Fayetteville 2015 yet? There are still tickets left — you can even buy a ticket on the day of the conference — and tickets are a mere $35.00 each. Buy a ticket. If you’re still debating whether or not to attend WordCamp Fayetteville, here are 10 good reasons…

July 28, 2015
WordPress.com’s 10 Anniversary

WordPress.com and Automattic, the company behind it, are celebrating their 10th anniversary. “Ten years, 2.5 billion posts, and 3 billion comments later,” Mark Armstrong writes, “Automattic is stronger than ever — with WordPress.com and a host of other services aimed at helping independent publishers, bloggers, and business owners.” Those services include WooCommerce, Jetpack, Akismet, VaultPress,…

July 27, 2015
You Still Don’t Have a Website?

There’s a new brewery that just opened up in town. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado, which is known for beer and also beer. Beer-related things make up nearly a third of TripAdvisor’s Top 30 Things to Do in Fort Collins. The new brewery is number 15 in a town of just over 150,000 people.…

July 24, 2015
PR, WOM, and SEO

I recently met an entrepreneur with a great product who was relying on public relations and word of mouth to drive demand for her product. She was hoping that having her product worn by celebrities at high-profile functions would be enough to increase buzz and get her target market clamoring for her brand at their…

July 23, 2015