Spring is a great time to clean and refresh your spaces. Cleaning and refreshing your website is no exception. Like cleaning your physical spaces, cleaning your website gives you a renewed sense of purpose and motivation with the added benefit of supporting customers and clients as they explore what your brand and business have to offer. Here are a few ways you can tidy up your website in 2023.

A strong online presence is a powerful marketing tool for any small business. Consumers often make quick decisions about whether or not to engage with your content and brand based solely on the design and functionality of your website. To ensure that your business has the best opportunity to engage with consumers, you need a professionally designed website. Many business owners attempt to create a website on their own, only to find themselves struggling to meet the needs of their target audience and ever-changing algorithms. A professional web design and development company can create a quality website that reflects the values of your brand. Here are five reasons why your business would benefit from hiring a professional web design company.

With the development of more sophisticated AI (Artificial Intelligence) writing tools, many business owners wonder whether AI content writing will improve their SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Adding authentic, valuable content to your business’s web presence, is a great way to ensure that your website ranks higher on search engine results pages. Is AI copywriting software the best way to achieve this goal? While AI writing tools have come a long way, they are far from perfect.

The new year offers a fresh start and an opportunity to commit to a worthy goal. Creating a business goal requires careful consideration. An attainable business goal can be broken up into small, actionable steps you can take toward the finish line. Whether your business aims to improve customer service, increase sales, expand into more markets, or hire new employees, you can begin with a single step. Your website!

For many small businesses, the holiday season brings increased customer traffic, more stock to manage, and the maintenance of omnichannel marketing and sales. While many depend on this rise in customer traffic and sales to help keep the business up and running, the holiday season can still be very overwhelming. One way to help reduce some of the added holiday stress is by adding a Frequently Asked Questions section to your website. Not only will it help customers learn about your business, but it will save you time, and improve your website’s SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

When business owners notice a sudden dip in traffic to their websites, it can be alarming. If this should happen to you, check your Google Penalties for a potential cause. Within the Google Search Console, you can find information to help you create a plan of actionable steps you can take to correct the issue, and avoid further loss of organic traffic and sales.

Learning about your target audience is a powerful way to boost your marketing strategies. Many businesses struggle when it comes to marketing to both younger and older audiences. A recent Forbes article entitled, “12 Marketing Moves Businesses Can Use to Reach Older and Younger Audiences," offers marketing advice from a 12-member expert panel at the Forbes Communications Council. We wanted to share some key takeaways that we think are especially valuable to any small business marketing strategy.

Ocala’s First Friday Art Walk returns this evening from 6-9 p.m. in Ocala’s Downtown Square. First Friday Art Walks take place on the first Friday of each month from September to May and showcase the talents of some amazing local artists. Tonight there will be art demonstrations and hands-on art activities for all ages. Ocala’s Art Army will have a free make-and-take art activity, and Ecliff will be performing live music. Many of the downtown shops and businesses will have extended business hours on the square, with plenty of opportunities for you to purchase art from local artists. Come out and support Ocala’s local art scene! We hope to see you there!

Creating video content is a powerful way to increase consumer engagement with your brand. Consumers prefer video content now more than ever! Once your content is ready to go live on your website, there are a few things you can do to ensure a successful return on investment. Here are some tips to help you optimize your video content before launch.

Online video content accounts for over 80% of consumer internet traffic. Creating authentic, entertaining, and educational video content for your potential customers and clients is a powerful marketing strategy with a guaranteed return on investment. If you are ready to start engaging customers, generating leads, and building your brand awareness, here are a few basic tips to help you get started.

Did you know that Google uses the acronym E-A-T to determine the quality of your web page? Google’s algorithm seeks to identify pages that provide viewers, customers, and clients with Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. The pages that provide this high-quality content are ranking higher in SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). Google is looking for websites that provide the greatest value to viewers, rather than sites that are solely focused on “making a sale.” One powerful way to increase the quality of your content is to create your own videos and include them on your website.

Organic marketing (also referred to as inbound marketing) works to gain valuable traffic by providing potential customers and clients with value. This mutually beneficial marketing method provides a powerful, long-term strategy to increase traffic, revenue, and profit for your business.

Your website receives a significant amount of its overall traffic from search engine results. In fact, this traffic is far more significant than traffic generated by costly display ads on search engines like Google. How can you ensure that your business reaches customers on that first page of search results, rather than going unnoticed on the following pages?

Supporting local artists is a wonderful way to connect and contribute to your community. Ocala has so many skilled artists, and the latest exhibition presented by the City of Ocala and the Magnolia Art Exchange sets out to celebrate the student and emerging artists in our community.

Where does your business rank in a Google search? Are you in the top 3? How about the first page? When potential clients and customers are looking for the products or services that your specific business provides, you want them to find you!

Adding a method of e-commerce to your web presence can expand your customer reach, grow brand awareness, and increase sales.

This Friday, April 1, will be the First Friday Art Walk in Ocala’s historic downtown square.

Spring is a great time to reassess the quality and function of your website.

On Friday, March 25 from 7-10 p.m. Tuscawilla Art Park will host an outdoor theater under the stars as part of their After Dark in the Park program.

Google continues to dominate the search engine market worldwide. While you might not be concerned with how your website ranks in search engines around the world, your local search engine rankings are key.