The SMA Marketing Blog

Goodbye Structure Data Testing Tool - How to Use the Rich Results Test

What are Inbound Marketing Channels? 10 Ways to Attract Buyers

How to Track Rich Features with Google Search Console

75 Creative Online Marketing Strategies for Businesses on a Tight Budget

The Top 10 Facebook Marketing Statistics Every Business Should Know

Digital Marketing KPIs: What They Are Why They Matter

Top 5 SEO Optimization Strategies for Your Website

What is the Difference Between Behavior Flow and User Flow?

Facebook Ads for Only A Dollar A Day

Internal links, External Links & Backlinks: What They Are and Why They Matter

Leading a Virtual Marketing Team? Collaboration Tools for Digital Agencies

An Introduction to Structured Data: How Markup Helps Search Engines Understand Context

Overlooked Digital Marketing Strategies that Add Value

Google Reveals New Ranking Factors: Everything You Need To Know!

How to Recover from a Google Penalty

Traffic You Own vs Traffic You Don't: How to Take Control of Your Marketing

How Paid Ads Are Performing During The Pandemic

3 Reasons Why Brand Storytelling is Essential to Digital Marketing

Building Community Online without Social Media Platforms

Google Algorithm Update? How to Easily See if Your Site Has Been Impacted

6 Steps to Create a Social Media Calendar

What is Referral Traffic?

SEO 101: What is Structured Data?

Finding Intent Based Terms For Your Search Marketing Funnel

Thoughts On Pay-Per-Click During An Economic Downturn

Choosing the Right LocalBusiness Schema Type

7 Ways to Use Instagram for Your Small Business (Without Spending Money)

5 Attributes of a Quality Link

The #1 Demand Generation Rule You’re Breaking

How to Close the Keyword Gap with SEMrush

10 Search Behavior Statistics You Need to Know!

The Best Keyword Research Tools You May Not Be Using

6 Digital Branding Trends You Should Not Follow in 2020

Empathy & SEO: The Power of Search Intent

Can I Add Multiple Schema Types to One Page?

5 Link Building Strategies That Actually Work

Silicone Rings: A Marketing Competition

How to Use HubSpot to Generate Leads and Send Automated Emails for FREE

Pinterest SEO: Best Practices in 2020

Finding Your Why: The Power of Purpose in Business

Positioning as a Service: How to Move Your Audience and Create a Following

How Targeted Marketing Maximizes Your Marketing Budget

How to Create a Measurement Plan for Your Business

How a Hacked Website Can Impact Your Business

One SEO Browser Extension I Can't Live Without

6 Ways to Expand the Reach of Your Infographics

How to Use Behavior Flow in Google Analytics

Ultimate Guide to Optimizing Your Google My Business Listing

What is Multi-Channel Attribution?

Is Email Outreach Still an Effective Link Building Tactic?

7 Copywriting Elements That Drive Sales (Even if You’re Not a Great Writer)

Where To Put Schema Markup On Your Website

What Marketing Channel Has The Best ROI?

Films and Shows Every Marketer Should Watch on Netflix

50 Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes to Get You in Hustle Mode

Is it Time for a Website Redesign?

Attract New Customers to Your Direct Sales Business Using the Power of Inbound Marketing

The What, Why and How of UTMs

A PPC Tutorial (with a Slice of Mardi Gras King Cake)

Why SMART Goals are Important to Your Long-Term Success

An SMA PPC Success Story

10 Easy Tips to Building a Better LinkedIn B2B Marketing Strategy

Why Featured Snippets Are Still Important

8 of the Best Digital Marketing Tools to Leverage in 2020

Which Social Media Platforms Are Worth Your Time?

What is Direct Traffic?

Think Mobile First When Designing Your Website

30 Visual Content Tools to Increase Engagement in 2020

Voice Search for B2B: 3 SEO Tips to Get You Ahead of the Competition

How to Leverage Facebook to Build Your Email List (Video)

An Inbound Marketing Guide for Busy Business Owners

7 SEO Trends to Watch Out for in 2020

How and When to Use a Canonical Tag?

Where to Find Free Online Digital Marketing Training

How Reviews Impact SEO and Your Brand's Reputation Online

HubSpot Free vs Paid: A Guide to Choosing the Right Package

Social Media in 2020: Where are We Now?

Creating Content for People First: Why Keywords are Only Part of the Story

Local SEO Explained

Position Zero and Other SERP Features

What is Visual Hierarchy in Web Design?

Hubspot or Not? A Guide to Choosing the Right Automation Software

How Needs Shape Search Intent and Why It Matters to Your Marketing Efforts

What To Do With Your PPC Keyword Leftovers This Thanksgiving

The Most Important Questions to Ask Before Marketing Your Products and Services

On-Page SEO: A Simplified Guide to Getting it Right

How to Use Google and YouTube to Find Content Ideas Fast!

Why Pillar Pages are a B2B Tech Marketer’s Best Asset (if Done Right)

Google Search Quality Guidelines 2019: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know

How to Help Your Startup Avoid 3 Common Marketing Mistakes

The Difference Between Good Backlinks and Bad Backlinks

Leveraging Short Form Blogging

How to Write Better Headlines and Engage your Audience

Life After The Google Ads Average Position Sunset

3 Ways to Use Digital Marketing for Brick and Mortar Locations

Introducing BERT: Google's New AI Algorithm

Tips to Optimize your Website to Rank in Mobile Search

How To Make Data-Driven Decisions Using Google Analytics

3 Reasons Your Content Marketing Is Not Working And What You Can Do About It

80 SEO & SEM Statistics That Prove the Power of Search [2020 Update]

How To Do a Competitor Backlink Analysis (Using FREE Tools)

Seven Steps to Build a Better Content Marketing Strategy

What Hubspot Never Told Me About Their Inbound Marketing Platform

How To Increase CTR and Rank Using Search Console

Inbound Marketing on a Budget: 12 Tools You Should Be Using

What is the Purpose of a Blog and Do I Need One?

How Many MarTech Tools Do You Really Need?

5 Excellent YouTube Channels to Follow to Learn SEO

How to Easily Create Videos from Old Blog Content

Seven Content Promotion Ideas for Every Business

Best Practices for Using Mentions and Hashtags on Twitter

Automation Isn’t Enough for Social Marketing Anymore

How to Use Google Tag Manager to Set Up Event Goals in Google Analytics

The Essentials of Inbound Marketing for Startups

What to Look for in an SEO Agency

Use Rich Results and Structured Data to Set Your Site Apart in Search

How to Improve Your Business’ Email Security

Leveraging the Marketing Mix in a Digital Economy

NAP, Citations and Local SEO

Marketing Analytics vs Web Analytics: 3 Features that Set Marketing Analytics Apart

Our Data-Driven Content Marketing Process [Video]

Are Infographics Still Effective?

8 Backlink Types to Avoid

10 Local SEO Practices Your Small Business Should Follow

The History of Website Design: 28 Years of Building the Web [2019 Update]

What Is Happening In SEO This Summer (2019)

How to Work Effectively with Your Overseas Web Developer

What Does HubSpot Do NOW? 2019 Update

5 SEO Optimizations You Can't Afford to Ignore

4 Digital Marketing Metrics That Help Determine ROI

Networking and Local SEO

Optimize Your Blog for Search With These 6 Simple Steps

Is Your Website Providing an Excellent User Experience?

How To Use SEO Metrics: MOZ DA, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Alexa and More Explained

PPC: When Conversions Are Not Everything

Aligning Sales and Marketing in One Platform

A Simple Link Building Strategy

Understanding a Searcher's Intent: Why Keywords Are Just the Beginning

Content Marketing Strategies That Work for all Industries

Understanding the Factors in Semantic Search

The Importance of Social Listening

What is the Value Chain and Why It Matters to Your Business

Why is Link Building So Important to Your SEO Strategy?

How To Reverse Engineer a Marketing Funnel

Are Your Landing Pages Built For PPC?

How to Use the SOAP Email Sequence

How to Create Marketing Content That Attracts Buyers

Link Penalties 101: What They Look Like and When to Address Them

7 Reasons Content Marketing is Overwhelming

5 KPI Best Practices: Learn to Measure What Matters

6 Proven Methods To Improve Your Customer Experience Strategy

How to Create and Install Structured Data for Local SEO

The Best SEO Courses for Beginners

6 Keys to Planning an Inbound Marketing Strategy

Google Ads: A Look at the Basics

What A SEO Consultant Should Deliver

How Does Content Marketing Work?

What Data Should You Focus On?

Learn to Write Like a Spy or Die Trying: What the CIA Can Teach Us About Content Marketing

Optimizing Your Site Structure for SEO

Is Instagram Worth Your Time?

How to Leverage the Growth Hacking Mindset

SEO 101: An Introduction to Search

The Best Traits of Content Marketers in 2019

Why Website Speed Matters

Building Relationships Through Email Marketing

How to Optimize Your Images for Google Image Search

The Role Content Marketing Plays Across all Channels

A Simple Approach for Creating Website Content

Throw Me Something Mister: Comparing PPC and Mardi Gras

How Clickbait Can Hurt Your Brand

The Difference Between White Hat SEO and Black Hat SEO

Local SEO Best Practices - 2019 Edition

Why SEO Should be a Focus of any Content Strategy

5 Reasons to Invest In LinkedIn this Year

The Definition of Content Marketing has Evolved. Has your Strategy?

How to Use Content to Align Sales and Marketing

Content Marketing: What, Why, When

3 Phases to SEO Success

PPC and Me: My Eye-Opening Pay Per Click Experience

Small Business Social Media Do's and Don'ts

How to Create a Measurement Plan for Your Business

Top 5 SEO Mistakes Made by Bloggers

How Social Media Impacts Search

Kick These 10 Social Media Bad Habits in the New Year

Why High-Quality Content Writing is Worth the Price

8 of the Best Digital Marketing Tools to Leverage in 2019

Google+ Is Dead: RIP?

20 Video Marketing Statistics That Demand Your Attention

The Importance of a Buyer Persona

On-Page SEO Myths Debunked

15 Marketing Metrics You Should Measure & Why

How to Add Structured Data to Your Website

A Simple Inbound Marketing Strategy

Why Isn’t My Website Ranking?

4 Free Digital Marketing Courses You Should Take Today

Updating Outdated Blog Content without Harming SEO

Why You Should Pass on the Keyword Stuffing this Thanksgiving

9 SERP Features You Should Be Leveraging

4 Ways to Leverage Customer Success Stories in Inbound Marketing