Social Media Sharing Pays Better Than Posting

Social media sharing on websites may have greater value these days than postings on social media accounts.

Website publishers with social media accounts have to take time to create regular postings. In the old days, the social media sites would freely share the postings with anyone who followed the account. (more…)

Social Media Strategy Protects Business From Risk

A social media strategy that builds a portfolio of social media accounts will help online publishers focus on top performers and pull back from poor ones.

It’s not unlike a stock portfolio. Smart investors put more money into growing stocks and bonds while pulling money out of weak ones. (more…)

KDP Select Offers More Money for Exclusivity

Amazon’s KDP Select program offers more money to book publishers if they publish exclusively with Amazon. But is the exclusivity worthwhile? (more…)

Return Visits Show How Much Audiences Value a Site

Return visits is an important metric in website analytics because it reveals the value of a site to its visitors.

Visitor who come back to the site are indicating it has given them more than one reason to engage with it. With return visits, they bring the potential for more ecommerce and advertising sales, more email newsletter subscriptions and a stronger brand presence. (more…)

Targeted Email Marketing Works Great with 48% Open Rate

Targeted email marketing means hitting not only the right audience but also proving that it’s hitting the right audience by looking at the open rate.

Two clients had open rates of nearly 50 percent and click rates of more than 20 percent. (more…)

Optimized YouTube Description Has Major Impact on Views

A well-written YouTube description has a major impact on how many site visitors find and view a video.

The Google search engine has evolved into a maze of algorithms that have made traditional search engine optimization much harder to implement. Fortunately, YouTube search optimization is not nearly as complex. It also seems to defer more heavily to a few standard SEO rules. (more…)

AdWords Broad Match Can Boost Results

Broad match keywords in an online advertising account can increase the number of clicks to a site, but they also can bring undesirable visits as well.

A broad match keyword means a search engine visitor can enter that exact keyword or a variety of synonyms. In response, the search engine will display an ad that is tied to the parent keyword. (more…)