Anyone who has worked alongside or has otherwise interacted with a digital marketing expert or SEO specialist is almost certain to be familiar with the oft-repeated saying that follows: “Content is King.”

Although most have heard the phrase on more than one occasion, not everyone is familiar with its origin or its longevity.

Remember the last time you ran a marketing campaign? What did you do once it was over? If you’re like most people, you likely didn’t get as many leads or sales as you’d hoped, you sulked for a bit and then moved on to your next most important project.

One of the most common questions we get asked by clients is, "What's the most effective marketing technique that’ll get me leads?" Unfortunately, the question is impossible to answer. It assumes that there is one technique that will turn someone who has never heard of your business into a paying customer.

Win with blogging? Seriously? That’s so 2003.

I get it. You’re skeptical about blogging because you’ve been let down. Maybe there was a time you spent hours at your computer, typing your masterpiece. You hit publish with giddy anticipation, and.

You’re just one keyword away. Or maybe a slight tweak in your metadata, your site structure, or H1 tags. And once you discover Google’s secret combo, then it’s game over.

You win the SEO lottery.

And suddenly the floodgates open. Traffic explodes and millions of visitors flock to your site, profits skyrocket, and you’re off lounging on the sands of some exotic beach with a cocktail in hand and clear, blue waters as far as the eye can see.

So you’re ready to grow. You have a website, and you know you can do more to maximize its potential. But there’s one tiny problem. How will you drive traffic to your site?

You’re seriously considering Google Ads (formerly known as AdWords). After all, advertising has been an effective means of generating business for centuries.

Whatever the specifics of your marketing strategy, it probably includes “Grow my organic search traffic and leads through SEO.”

And why not? Organic traffic offers super high ROI, which is excellent for small business budgets.  But, how do you do it? Well first, let’s cover the two most easily identifiable ways you can boost traffic from organic search, and why on their own, they're not always enough.

Like “Mobilegeddon” in years past, the hype is real for this change. If you have long delayed a mobile-friendly website redesign or have an old mobile-only version of your site, you're at risk.

In spring, 2015, Google rolled out what search engine aficionados coined “Mobilegeddon.

Looking back at Part 3 of The Guide to Getting More Out of Pronto, I might have spent too much time discussing advertising. Personally, I’m not a big fan of AdWords, but I like the ideas behind retargeting and I love Facebook’s simplicity. In general, you don’t need a huge ad budget to have a successful Internet presence, and ideally, your ads should simply supplement the traffic you get naturally via inbound sources.

Previously, we talked about how our Business Listing Management program can have a big impact on the success of your local SEO efforts. It's a seriously great program, and it’s always the first place to turn to when a client is struggling with SEO or when someone just wants more traffic.

From time to time, we get questions like: “Things are going well, but what can we do to perform even better?” Or, “Do you have any suggestions on how we can beef up our marketing?” Or even just, “Now what?”

These are tough questions to answer because they require looking at larger marketing ideas.

Website evaluation is something people tend to overlook. Sorry to rock your boat, but even though you have a website that doesn’t mean it's a good one. Your website is one of the best mediums for getting your business out to the world. As such, you need to make it as easy as possible for your clients and future prospects to navigate through your site.