A couple of months ago, GrowTraffic were doing a little bit of networking at our local Shout! Network Group and we were fortunately enough to hear a talk by Wendy Bell from Lancashire County Council (LCC) about the council’s Sustainable Travel Grants, which had recently become available to businesses in the East Lancashire Area. We thought ‘we could do with a bit of that’, so we applied and – guess what? We were granted a Sustainable Travel Grant! Fantastic. Read more
What Did I Learn From Building A Website?
About 6 months ago, I embarked upon my first project management of an SEO web build. As a Freelance SEO Copywriter, the building of websites is not usually my domain and that was a state of affairs that I was perfectly happy with, but the boss said project manage and so project manage I did. Well, I tried. Read more
A (Belated) Networking Update
Well I’ve been a very busy little bee over the past couple of weeks, so much so that I haven’t even found time to pen a little GrowTraffic blog post; my clients have had loads but the GT world has been woefully neglected. Fortunately, Simon Dalley’s been stepping in to fill the blogging void, so I think we’ll probably survive, however it’s about time I started to pull my blogging weight so here’s a quick little post to keep you going. Read more
Happy Easter from GrowTraffic
Happy Easter from everyone at GrowTraffic!
We’ve had a great start to 2015 and have been very busy helping our clients grow their businesses online, as well as making inroads into our local business community by doing a bit of networking (more on that shortly). All in all, we’ve had a rather hectic few months and are more than ready for this long weekend off; hopefully we can put our laptops down for a few days and spend some quality time with our families, as well as stuff our faces with chocolate! Read more
The Marketing Trap: Too Much Thought Can Be Limiting
Understanding, analysing, predicting and then analysing again is fundamental when you’re thinking about your marketing campaigns. However, too often as a marketer it’s easy to fall into what I refer to as The Marketing Trap. Read more
Why Google Dislikes Blog Networks?
This is the following SEO technique that Google appears to be going after (or has gone after big style in the last couple of months).
Read moreDoes ROI focused internet marketing spoil creativity in marketing?
Whenever I explain to people what I do and my methodology, I’m at pains to say that I’m a marketer who focuses on investment return.
What is search engine visibility?
Search Engine Visibility is a bit of a confusing thing in many ways. I often talk about visibility, and people nod along, and I’m not always sure they fully get what I’m talking about.
Career decisions and internet marketing
I’ve been working in marketing for the past 8 years, specialising in internet marketing for much of that time
Google Caffeine and The Implications for SEO
Google gets ready to launch Google Caffeine. Caffeine is now active in its first data centre, so it won’t be long until it’s rolled out full time.