In 2000, Google made a game changer. It launched Google Adwords, providing the advertiser the tools necessary to launch and use paid search campaigns. While Adwords is in the hands of some small businesses, many accounts are maintained at the digital agency level using Google’s MCC (my client center, or manager account). If you’re unfamiliar […]
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Facebook marketing should only be one part of your digital strategy. There are several things you can do to improve your marketing and boost brand awareness and sales. Here are the five most important tools you can use for a successful digital marketing plan: 1. An Engaging Website Investing in a well-built and mobile-friendly, secure website is the most crucial part of any digital strategy. So what exactly is the purpose of a website? It’s your salesperson. Your brochure. Your business card. Just as you wouldn’t send an unkempt or underprepared employee to represent your company, you shouldn’t send out […]
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Savy Agency recently passed its 10th year as a digital agency. During that time, we’ve seen big agencies dissolve and new ones appear. During our time in the market, we’ve wrangled with the challenges all digital agencies share. We’ve also seen many of the big changes—the launch of Facebook and Twitter, the rise of WordPress,
You may have already heard the buzz. Google has recently launched Google Posts for businesses. Google entered into the post arena by initially allowing high profile entities to post directly on search to drive site traffic, and at the end of June, opened it up to the business world. Where do Google Posts go? Businesses can use Google Posts to post events, products and services that can be found in both search and in maps. What does this mean for your business? How your business wants to use Google Posts is entirely up to you. From a creative perspective, the […]
Every now and again, an algorithm update comes along to shake up our reports. On March 8th, Google quietly rolled out the loosely-confirmed Fred algorithm update. According to industry reports, sites affected by Fred saw drops in traffic of 90% (yes, ninety percent) and upwards. While this happened, agency teams, writers, and SEOs went to
So, what is SEO anyway? Let’s think about what is SEO, really. SEO can be the difference between your website’s success and it sitting in a lonely corner of the internet. SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization” and essentially refers to getting your website to show up when people make relevant searches online – on
Imagine a world where websites load instantly on your mobile phone. Typically, when you’re searching on your phone, you need information immediately and you don’t have time to wait for even the most beautiful sites to load their large images and content. Fortunately, the dream of instantly loading pages is becoming a reality, thanks to
It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve written a blog. I used to write them in my sleep. But now, almost 10 years after Savy’s launch, our content team manages most of the new content creation. This week we received a question from a client about lead generation software vs Google. It kickstarted a conversation around privacy on the web and
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For many Internet marketers and search engine optimizers, Google PageRank has been one of the most important factors in evaluating website quality. For many businesses, individuals and SEO and marketing professionals, if their optimization efforts resulted in a PageRank increase of one or two, then a celebration was in order. Now, it appears as if Google has decided to level the playing field, or make it more difficult for people to collect high ranking domains to be sold for profit. At Savy, we first noticed the disappearance of Google PageRank when doing some research for a new client. With each […]
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To report on all of the 2016 Google algorithm updates would be nearly impossible. Because, naturally, the search giant makes 500-600 changes a year. We can take a look back at the 2016 Google algorithm updates that had the biggest impact this year and look onward to upcoming changes that have already been announced. Many
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