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Lisa shares some quotes, along with her thoughts, feelings and in some cases advice!August 14, 2016
What Is SEM? Search Engine Marketing (SEM) refers to the general process of improving a website’s visibility and ranking on the search engines. Most of the time, it is referred to as simply “search marketing”. SEM combines organic marketing with paid advertising to achieve optimum result. SEM combines these two marketing strategies: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – This is a web marketing strategy that generally tailors a website in such a way that it gains […]
August 13, 2016
What Is SEO? What is SEO? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a web marketing technique that helps websites rank high on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). This will result to higher traffic rate from the search engines. The World Wide Web is a vast world composed of millions of websites. In a single industry, there can be thousands of websites. It will be very hard for online users to find the website that will […]
August 6, 2016
Google is NOT the Enemy – Why Your Rankings Crashed on Google Submitted by: Lisa Parziale August 5, 2012 – Portside Marketing Did your rankings drop recently due to either the Google Panda or Penguin updates? At this point, we would bet you are quickly trying to pinpoint the reasons, clean it up and get your rankings back. When your rankings disappear, so do your sales! So it is imperative that you only employ white hat SEO […]
August 5, 2016
Google is giving away free, highly optimizable web pages and yours is waiting. You heard me right. A free marketing tool already created and being searched by millions of people. Over 80% of all businesses have NOT CLAIMED their Google listings. Don’t be one of them, because this is one of the first steps you should take to enter into the new era of WEB MARKETING. The web and internet as a whole is changing […]
Quote of the Day
Lisa shares some quotes, along with her thoughts, feelings and in some cases advice! Here are just a few.January 6, 2016
Time is precious but truth is more precious than time. What a great quote and frankly, so very true. When you think about today, ask yourself what you can do today that would make it a successful day in terms of time well spent. Whether it is for work or for fun, using each moment we have to do what it is that makes life worth living is so very important. So how do we […]
March 3, 2017
If the goal for your website is to boost its Google ranking in 2017, then it is important to know what factors matter most. Some factors that mattered just a few short years ago no longer carry the same weight. Now, you must focus your attention on the experience you can provide your visitors over everything else. Here are the most important factors when it comes to giving your website the best ranking possible. Mobile […]
March 10, 2017
When you are coming up with an SEO strategy, you need to include optimizing for mobile website effectiveness in that strategy. Your mobile website is the portal half of your visitors will visit you with. You need to make sure that you are optimizing for mobile success if you want those visitors to enjoy their experience. The best way to get the most out of a mobile experience is to set up your responsive website […]
March 17, 2017
The social signals that you can get from your social media accounts can be a bit confusing if you don’t know what to look for. Very few people actually fully understand how much power these social signals really hold. However, those cues can say a lot about what type of search rankings that you get for your website. The more engaged your audience is, the better your ranking has the potential to be. The problem […]
May 10, 2017
The Near Me Search Strategy is quickly becoming the new, hot strategy for helping customers find local businesses. Google has recently announced a new qualifier that has been added to search queries. Users can now add “near me” to their search to help locate local businesses or other places. Portside Marketing can help you use this new feature to maximize customer reach among these users. We are dedicated to helping our clients grow their business […]