Calendar August 14, 2019 09:00

Here’s What You Need to Know About Meta Description Length

When it comes to meta descriptions, there are a few misconceptions — and outdated tactics — out there. But what is a meta description, what should it look like and how can you leverage your descriptions for better rankings? Below, we’ll dive into the current best practices as well as current standards for meta description... Read More »

Calendar August 12, 2019 09:00

What is Breadcrumbs SEO and Why Google Loves It

Should you leverage breadcrumbs SEO with your website? Absolutely! Why? User Experience Potential SEO Benefits Good user experience equals big benefits for your business. People will stay longer, dig deeper and it boosts the chances they will become customers, repeat customers, referring customers … oh, you get the picture. As Google and other search engines... Read More »

Calendar August 8, 2019 09:05

10 Reasons Why a WordPress Website is Best for Your Business

For many business owners, starting a website is a daunting — and often confusing — necessity. Your passion and expertise are in your work, not in trying to cobble together a web presence. But what if we told you there was an easy way to create a quality website without having to know the ins... Read More »

Calendar August 5, 2019 09:00

How to Conduct a CRO Audit in 10 Easy Steps

What’s a good conversion rate for your website? That’s a loaded question, but a solid answer is — a rate that is better than the last time you checked. Continually striving to boost those conversion rates is important for so many reasons. Do you know how your site is doing compared to this time last... Read More »

Calendar August 2, 2019 09:00

Meet the Thrivers: Emily Schreiber

Name/title: Emily Schreiber/CRO Manager Home office: Minneapolis, Minn. Family and pets: Do houseplants count? Start date at Thrive: August 2018 How did you get started with Conversion Rate Optimization? I started working in marketing right after college (not a clue what I was doing – I was an English major!) and really fell in love... Read More »

Calendar July 31, 2019 09:04

How to Choose the Right Web Design Company

With 87% of buyers beginning their journey online, there is no arguing the importance of a website for a modern-day business. Once you decide on creating a new website for your business, one of your foremost concerns would be hiring a web designer who is up to the task. Research shows that 48% of consumers... Read More »

Calendar July 29, 2019 09:05

How an eCommerce SEO Company Will Increase Your Website Traffic

Working with an eCommerce SEO company can help your business get found by your target audience. Not only can you get more traffic, you can also get more high-quality traffic that’s targeted and leveraged. Ecommerce SEO services can encompass a variety of areas, including website development and search engine marketing to help you truly optimize... Read More »

Calendar July 26, 2019 09:00

How to Use Guest Blogging for Natural Link Building

Guest blogging for the purpose of natural link building remains an important SEO strategy. Guest blogging, if implemented correctly, can significantly boost your rankings, online visibility, brand awareness and authority and drive increased traffic and conversion. Successful natural link building through guest blogs takes time but those efforts pay off. Guest blogging refers to posting... Read More »

Calendar July 22, 2019 09:00

How to Conduct a PPC Audit in 10 Easy Steps

More than 64% of people click on Google Ads when they are searching for a product or service online. This offers up a ton of potential for attracting new customers.  If you’re using pay-per-click ads, are you getting the most out of them? No, really. When was the last time you took a close look... Read More »

Calendar July 19, 2019 09:00

Meet the Thrivers: Cesar Zambrano

Name/title: Cesar Zambrano/SEO Strategist Home office: Palm Coast, Fla. Family and pets: Wife, Amanda, and three beautiful daughters, Sophia, Emma and Camila. We also have a rescued Lab/Bulldog mix, Mia. Start date at Thrive: September 18, 2018 How did you get started with SEO? My first “real” job out of college was as a link... Read More »

Calendar July 17, 2019 09:05

Thrive Named 2019 Top Web Design Company by GoodFirms

The honors continue to pour in for Thrive Internet Marketing Agency in what has already been a historic year in the company’s history. Thrive was recently named a 2019 Top Web Design Company by GoodFirms, according to studies done by the review and research platform. GoodFirms, through its research that considers quality, reliability and ability,... Read More »

Calendar July 15, 2019 09:05

10 Keyword Research Tips to Improve SEO Rankings

Keyword research should come first in your digital marketing strategy. Increasing web traffic remains the most important criteria for measuring marketing success and all search begins with keywords. According to Hubspot, more than 60% of marketers identify increasing their organic search presence as their top digital marketing priority. Though SEO continues to evolve, keyword research... Read More »

Calendar July 10, 2019 09:02

How to Optimize Your Website for Voice Search

How important is it to optimize your website for voice search? Voice search SEO is essential in the current climate. And it’ll only get more important with the continuing trend of voice-assistant technology tools such as Siri, Cortana, Alexa and more. For the vast majority of businesses, your customers are using voice search to help... Read More »

Calendar July 8, 2019 09:08

Thrive Honored as Top SEO Company by Clutch

At Thrive Internet Marketing Agency, we pride ourselves on two simple things: relationships and results. Relationships are important in business and we build professional, collaborative relationships with our clients in order to ensure the results from our projects go above and beyond expectations for our clients. After being reviewed by Clutch as one of the... Read More »

Calendar July 3, 2019 09:00

Meet the Thrivers: Kim Rondon

Name/title: Kim Rondon/Web support specialist Home office: Orange County, Calif. Family and pets: Two sons and an English Bulldog (Turbo) and an orange tabby cat (Pavel) Start date at Thrive: June 2018 How did you get started with web support? I was a small business owner and I couldn’t get our web developer to do... Read More »

Calendar July 1, 2019 09:03

Give ‘Mommy Airplane’ and my wife credit: Life lessons on how to c...

Sometimes your core values are tested at inconvenient times. But they wouldn’t be called “core” values if you didn’t take them seriously. One of those inopportune times popped up recently for me right in the middle of a very important client meeting. On the verge of landing a large client at Thrive Internet Marketing Agency,... Read More »

Calendar June 26, 2019 09:05

10 Real Estate SEO Tips That Sell Houses

Today’s home buyers are turning to the internet. According to the National Association of Realtors, 95% of buyers go online to look for homes. Mobile has replaced yard signs as the third-most utilized source of information about homes on the market, behind only search engines and agents. Though half of home buyers now find their... Read More »

Calendar June 24, 2019 09:07

7 Crucial Steps for One-Location Small Businesses to Get More Leads

Starting a small business takes a lot of work and sometimes it takes years before the investment really pays off. In the beginning, many small businesses rely on a small staff to handle all aspects of business. In fact, you might have one person handling sales, marketing, accounting and much more. Perhaps the greatest challenge... Read More »

Calendar June 20, 2019 09:08

Ready to start your website? Be sure to include these must-have pages

If you’ve spent time on the internet, you’ve probably noticed that many websites have pretty similar structures. However, their navigation may not be entirely clear. When users and bots expect web pages at certain URLs, your site layout and navigation may not accommodate them. By monitoring URLs accessed across many of our websites, Thrive Internet... Read More »

Calendar June 18, 2019 09:05

5 brilliant headline tips guaranteed to improve click-through rates

Headlines are the first thing people see when they perform a Google search or visit a website. That’s why it’s so important to get them right. If you want people to hang around for awhile on your site, make sure your headlines pull them in and entice them to stay. What kind of difference can... Read More »