For the last few months, my colleague RC Lations, myself, and some of our friends at Automattic have been preparing for WordCamp Maine’s second annual event at the Maine College of Art. After months of planning, the conference has come and gone leaving behind some good memories and lots of new knowledge about WordPress. In case you…
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Calculating the Value of a Keyword
Ever since Google decided to hide keyword data using secure searches, SEOs have been struggling to get the same insight that used to be so readily available in Google Analytics. While we’ll probably never have the level of insight we had with the exact keyword data straight from the source, we do have a few…
Use the Google URL Builder for Social Tracking and Attribution
In a previous blog post I discussed the importance of Campaign Tagging in Email Marketing. I covered the basics behind the practice and the various uses for the different UTM parameters. With the explosion of social media sharing options available, it’s more important than ever to include tags in order to attribute traffic to your site to the appropriate online source. Google’s…
Organically Grow Your Email Marketing List
While there are a number of ways to increase the number of subscribers to your email list, perhaps the most important and often overlooked is simply making the signup process as simple and painless as possible. Below are eight tips to help build your list by using your website and current newsletter as your tools. Index…