by Michael Fine | Feb 13, 2015 | Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
Winning cures all. The statement holds true in some respects, but none more certain than with social media. Whether it’s sports or SEO, if your brand is on the up, people will want to watch. Even though this is not a sports blog, we still feel other industries...
by Jacob Bohall | Feb 10, 2015 | Online marketing, SEO
In handling the majority of sales and customer service for Hive Digital since 2007, I’ve had the joy of listening to thousands of stories about other SEO agencies, link building services, paid search optimizers, rank-quick-rich schemes… you name it. Almost...
by Nicole Betterbid | Feb 6, 2015 | Online marketing, Social Media
The Game Changer It’s no secret, social media has changed the landscape of marketing in a way that surpassed even industry expert’s predictions. Between DVR and our society’s obsession with mobile devices, businesses and brands soon came to the realization that there...
by Tripp Hamilton | Feb 4, 2015 | Online marketing, Reconsideration, SEO
The onset of manually-applied Google penalties had many internet marketers scrambling to remove once-valuable links that were now threatening to devalue their clients’ and their own websites. Fortunately for these webmasters, Google released the disavow tool in...
by Kyle Whigham | Feb 2, 2015 | Content Marketing, Google, Link Removal, Online marketing, SEO
Two great passions in my life are baseball and SEO. Having played baseball throughout college and now leading link development at Hive Digital, there are countless similarities when it comes to preparation and execution of strategy. So naturally, I was immediately...
by Tripp Hamilton | Jan 30, 2015 | Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Negative SEO, you may know someone who has been a victim of this underhanded, easily-replicated technique to hurt webmasters and their websites. In an effort to prevent negative SEO, I have come up with a short list of rules to abide as to avoid any SEO from amoral...
by Michael Fine | Jan 28, 2015 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, Social Media, YouTube & Video
Once used as just a way to build traction through your Twitter, Instagram, or other social media accounts, hashtags have now grown to the point where major corporations are integrating them into marketing campaigns. Let’s pump the brakes first because simply...
by Michael Fine | Jan 21, 2015 | Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SEO
Every time I create a “top” list, I start to hear Casey Kasem’s voice somewhere saying “now let’s get back to the countdown.” Creating this list is important because whether you’re an SEO expert or a beginner, these accounts below will help you gain a firm grasp in...
by Russ Jones | Jan 19, 2015 | Apps, Free SEO Tools, SEO
Every now and then, I find myself in the awkward situation of having to prove to a client that their organic traffic is really “worth it”. There are lots of ways to go about this, normally through conversions and analytic goals, but it is especially...
by Michael Fine | Jan 14, 2015 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
I have had a number of clients come to me asking how do I grow my brand while simultaneously building sales through LinkedIn. Have no fear because this is all very possible to do. LinkedIn has over 330 million users and reaches 200 countries and territories. This...
by Michael Fine | Jan 8, 2015 | Facebook, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
When a company grows from one million to over 200 million users in about four years, it’s worth a conversation. Instagram has created a new medium for companies to market their brand. Users are annoyed by sponsorship clutter on their Facebook and Twitter feeds, but a...
by Tripp Hamilton | Jan 6, 2015 | Google, News, Online marketing
In late September, Yahoo reported that it would be shutting down one of the most well-known and respected directories on the web, the Yahoo business directory. A few days before the end of 2014, on December 26th, Yahoo did as it said and shut it down, or so many...
by Michael Fine | Jan 5, 2015 | Content Marketing, Facebook, Free SEO Tools, Google+, SEO, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
Christine Moorman is the T. Austin Finch Professor, Sr. of Business Administration at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. I have followed Professor’s Moorman’s work on her site, www.CMOSurvey.org, and have found her studies to be very...
by Michael Fine | Dec 30, 2014 | Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, Social Media
My mom’s thoughts on social media. To ring in the New Year, I bring you just a little bit of laughter at the expense of my own mother. See, my mom is what we like to call “behind the times” when it comes to anything technology related. This is a woman who originally...
