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How a Business Dominated Portland Google Maps Rankings in One Year
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
The question that most of our local business clients ask is "Will we show up in the top ...
Why Cheap Websites Cost More in the Long Run
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
I get why cheap websites are tempting. You’re running a real business. You have payroll, rent, insurance, and ...
How to Increase Your Brand’s Visibility in AI Search (What Works, What Doesn’t, and What You Can’t Control)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
On a very practical level, AI is changing how everyday people interact with search engines which in turn ...
The Human Experience in Web Development Matters
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
The Minimization of Effort Recently I saw an ad offering to build me a professional website in 20 ...
Recommended Content SEO Strategy for Boosting Domain Authority – Pillar and Cluster
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
The businesses websites that have a effective content strategy perform better in search rankings. It's not a one ...
The Crucial Role of Mobile Optimization for Your Small Business SEO
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
In October 2023 Google announced that they had finished the switch to mobile first indexing. The bottomline is ...
What’s Next for SEO in 2024? (Is this the Year SEO Dies?)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
A lot happened in 2023 in the SEO world. Google instigated a massive change in how we track ...
Real Examples – Website Care Plan Tasks
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Great businesses are dynamic and consistently have new opportunities arise to take advantage of. Your business website needs ...
Top 10 Monthly SEO Tasks for Small Business Owners
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
When it comes to SEO for your Small Business, consistency is one of the most important pieces of ...
6 Ways Canva Is a Useful Marketing Tool For Small Business Owners
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
As a small business owner, looking to strengthen your digital marketing and social media presence may seem daunting. ...
7 Ideas for Generating Small Business Leads (How to Overcome the Attract Bottleneck)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Learning how to attract leads for your small business is huge part of small business marketing and key ...
The 5 Most Important Google Ranking Factors for Small Businesses in 2022
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Thinking holistically about SEO is critical when charting a path forward for your small business website. Many SEO ...
How to improve SEO for your small business?
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Leveraging the internet for increasing website visibility is the name of the game for most small business owners. ...
Thinking about Facebook Ads or Google Ads? Discover which is right for your small business
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Facebook Ads and Google Ads can be helpful tools for businesses whose desire to reach a new audience ...
What do I need to build a website? (10 things to speed up the process)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Here's what you'll need to have on hand for a speedy website project completion. We know you're a ...
How to plan for SEO friendly website content. (hint: customer journey)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Creating SEO friendly content and increasing online visibility can feel a bit like throwing spaghetti against the wall ...
A Facebook Advertising Framework for Small Businesses
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Facebook advertising for small businesses can be an incredible return on your investment. It can also can drive ...
Why a WordPress Website Needs Regular Maintenance (and Why That’s a Good Thing!)
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
You've invested money and your precious energy to build a new WordPress website that you're proud of. Now ...
What is E-A-T? How to add website content that grows your small business visibility?
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
A long time ago someone asked me what makes a testimonial hold up in the court of law? ...
4 SEO Pillars and 6 most Common SEO Mistakes
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Listed below are the four pillars of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that we recommend focusing on to increase ...
Why Do We Focus on Small Business Digital Marketing?
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
At the core of our business is the deep belief that small businesses are critical in helping create ...
How to get Google Reviews and why it matters
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
It's no secret that we think a robust Google Business profile is beneficial for local business growth. Learning ...
3 Google My Business Tips for Local Marketing
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Every local business dreams of engaging with more and more of a local audience. Whatever the product or ...
It’s coming May 2021: New Google Page Experience Algorithm Update will Effect Your Website SEO
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Google recently announced, that in 2021, it will introduce the page experience signals into its efforts to provide ...
It’s 2021 and Your Customers want Answers
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Every customer who visits your website expects answers. If you can meet those expectations it will grow your ...
Announcement: New Content SEO Service
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
It's a crazy world out there in 2020 and more than ever people are searching for goods and ...
How to set up a Google My Business Profile – 2020 Update
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Claiming and verifying your Google My Business (GMB) listing is the very first step we recommend for every ...
The Future is Bright if Your Company can Adopt these 3 Strategies During the Covid-19 Shut-down
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
I'm writing this from my home office where I'm on Day 21 of social distancing and stay-at-home orders ...
Five Digital Marketing Milestones for Small Businesses
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Most small business owners want more business leads but don't know the digital marketing milestones they need to ...
The Components of a Website: A Guide for Busy Small Business Owners
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
We're here to remove the mystery of the components of a small business website and the terms you'll ...
Website SEO Framework and Checklist
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
This post is written for all the leaders out there wondering if they should invest their time in ...
7 Ways to Get More Customers for Your Small-Business
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Your small-business is doing well, maybe even thriving, but you want to push your success further. Let’s talk ...
Why Your Website Needs Updates Every 2 Years and How to Plan for It
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
When Building Your Website, Plan for Two Year Increments When building your small-business website, it is important to ...
Why You Need an About Page and How to Write One
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Sharing Your Small Business Story Your small-business emerged from a small but brilliant idea. Perhaps you’ve known where ...
Should I Use a WordPress Theme for My Small Business Website? Yes!
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
What are WordPress Themes? Simply explained, WordPress themes are website designs that are either ready-to-use templates, or bare-bones ...
Leveraging Facebook For Your Small Business
By Matt - Co-Founder @ Center Street Digital |
Is Facebook For Business Worth Your Time? As a small-business owner you have plenty of tasks on your ...