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How to Gain Trust by Google As a New Website

mysiteauditor — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:24:53 +0000

After you publish a new website, you will think of ways to drive more traffic towards it. This is where you should focus on gaining trust by Google. It will help you with improving your organic ranking and driving more traffic. To do that, you need to understand what signals that you can use to […]

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We Overhauled our Audit Engine – Website Audits are Lightning Fast!

Andre Harris — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:56:07 +0000

Since 2013, MySiteAuditor has been on a mission to help small digital marketing, web design and SEO agencies grow and become more successful by providing them with affordable sales and lead generation tools. Behind each of our tools is our proprietary “audit engine” — the system that takes a landing page and URL, performs a […]

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The Most Important Words Every New Web Design Client Must Hear

Andre Harris — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:23:45 +0000

Managing your new web design client’s expectations starts from the very moment they land on your website. It continues on with the initial phone call. From there it should be carried over into sales meetings, and then of course passed on to your account managers. Everyone on your team must be on the same page; […]

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Employee Happiness Questionnaire for Digital Marketing Agencies

Andre Harris — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:06:37 +0000

If you run a digital marketing agency, especially a boutique digital marketing agency like I did, then you could be in serious turnover hell if your employees aren’t happy. The good news about the digital marketing industry is the endless amount of business, but the bad news is that good employees are in extreme high demand. Small […]

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10 Super IMPORTANT Image Optimization SEO Tips

Andre Harris — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:10:22 +0000

Search engines can’t see images, so it’s up to you to help them better understand your images. This will help them better connect you with your target audience. You also need to optimize your images for people, because people are impatient; and the longer it takes your site to open, the more likely your visitors will […]

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A Blueprint of The Perfect Contact Form #Infographic

Andre Harris — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:19:30 +0000

According to a study by Formstack in 2015, contact forms only have about a 1% conversion rate when the form has 4 fields. In other words, if you have 1,000 people visit your contact page, only 10 of those visitors, on average, will complete your contact form. So, how can you increase that conversion rate? How can […]

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10 Horrible Home Page Mistakes

Andre Harris — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:34:31 +0000

Let’s say you’re in the market to buy a brand new car. So, on Saturday morning you decide to head down to local dealership to start test driving a few new models. As you walk onto the dealership’s lot you’re instantly greeted by an overly zealous salesman who shows you the newest and hottest vehicle on the lot. […]

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Free Download: The Website Design Kickoff Meeting Agenda

Andre Harris — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:58:56 +0000

One of my biggest pet peeves, when I was CEO of The Ocean Agency, was not bringing an agenda to web design kickoff meetings. Agendas are really just simple checklists that are ridiculously easy to create and imperative to have in order to run an efficient meeting. Once you create an agenda, they’re very easy to maintain. You […]

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Free Download: New Web Design Client Questionnaire

Jessica Kandler — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:27:28 +0000

If you’re not asking the right questions at the start of every new client relationship, you’re setting the partnership up for failure before it even begins. Luckily, we’ve made it easy for you! With this six page questionnaire, you’ll be able to easily cover all the necessary ground with your new web design client. Download the […]

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23 Creative WordPress Themes for Web Design Agencies

Jessica Kandler — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:11:50 +0000

Your agency’s website is often the first interaction you’ll have with a potential customer, and first impressions are everything. It’s especially difficult to stand apart from the competition for creative agencies that sell similar services, so you should leverage your website and online presence as much as possible by focusing on what counts – a […]

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The Beginner’s Guide to Mobile SEO

Jessica Kandler — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:15:30 +0000

It’s pretty clear that every year mobile devices become more and more critical to people’s lives. But, many websites still aren’t optimized for mobile, and businesses are wasting marketing efforts and losing sales by not focusing on their mobile users. This comprehensive guide covers the basics of what mobile SEO is, and how to ensure […]

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8 Ways to Stop Big Agencies from Poaching Your Employees

Andre Harris — Tue, 12 May 2015 16:48:00 +0000

Before being acquired, one of the biggest challenges I faced while running my boutique digital marketing agency was watching my employees get poached by bigger agencies who offered more money and more benefits. Being a boutique, I hired a lot of entry and junior level people. I prided myself on being able to spot potential and […]

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20 Crazy Questions from 20 Crazy Clients

Andre Harris — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:46:31 +0000

I love my web design and SEO clients, even the crazy ones. You know who you are. I’m not trying to bite the hand that feeds me. I know if it weren’t for you I’d be out of a job, but some of you ask the craziest questions. I’m sure my clients also get crazy questions […]

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7 Ways Your Website Breaks The Law of Proximity

Andre Harris — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:11:27 +0000

Humans have an innate desire to want to group objects we see in the world together. This makes the information far easier to process and understand. Therefore, when website content is visually grouped for us, it becomes much easier to process and understand. The Law of Proximity (one of Gestalt Laws of Grouping) states that […]

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The Most Important Website Trend in 2014 is…

Andre Harris — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 20:23:39 +0000

The most important website trend in 2014 is transparency. If you have a website today transparency can really make or break your success. Transparency affects traffic, conversions, and sales. I’ve run The Ocean Agency for the last 10 years, and the one thing I find myself encouraging our clients to do more and more often […]

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17 Major Main Menu Mistakes

Andre Harris — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:27:49 +0000

Did you know that your main menu is a part of your marketing? It’s true. What your menu says gives your visitors a small indication of what your website is about and whether or not they are in the right place. Main menu mistakes can lead to high bounce rate, low length of time on […]

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Free WordPress Theme – Happy Small Business Saturday!

Andre Harris — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:52:53 +0000

Happy Small Business Saturday! In light of this special occasion we’re giving away one of our favorite website WordPress themes. This theme is totally free and one of my favorite themes for small businesses. It’s clean and simple, which I love and I’m sure your visitors will love too. In addition to being a gorgeous […]

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8 Amazingly Free Web Design Tools!

Andre Harris — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:33:57 +0000

Why buy expensive web design software when you don’t have to? In this post I’m going to show your how to design, develop, and manage a new website project using nothing but free tools. Don’t you love the internet? These tools are totally free, totally legit, and totally amazing. Once you get your web design […]

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Google Authorship: The EASIEST Setup Guide for WordPress Bloggers

Andre Harris — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:40:58 +0000

This post is by far the easiest tutorial on how to setup and test Google Authorship. This guide is perfect for WordPress bloggers or guest bloggers. Whether you’re advanced or a beginner, setting up Google Authorship will be super simple if you follow this guide. The reason I am writing this is that even I […]

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8 Ways to Make Your Blog Post More Visual

Andre Harris — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 00:53:16 +0000

There’s nothing worse than seeing a long blog post with paragraphs and paragraphs of text. Who wants to read that? Most readers aren’t readers, they’re skimmers, looking for bits and pieces of information. Don’t make skimmers read through long boring paragraphs just to find one tiny piece of information. A skimmer will take one look […]

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5 Reasons Your Visitors Don’t Fill Out Your Contact Form

Andre Harris — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:53:47 +0000

Ask yourself this question: How many potential customers leave your website without filling out your contact form? The answer is usually “lots” or “way too many”. This is a common problem with websites. Your SEO company does a great job driving traffic to your website, and your visitors start showing interest in your services by […]

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20 Signs Your Web Designer is Terrible

Andre Harris — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:11 +0000

It’s been 10+ years since I built a website for my first client and I’m not ashamed to say that back then I was a terrible web designer. I was terrible for many years and for many different reasons. In fact, everything you’ll see below, I was guilty of. However, I eventually learned how to […]

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