What is an Alt Tag?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can seem mythical at times, even for experienced professionals. I mean, it all started with a doctoral thesis on how to organize the world wide web, which has since evolved to include a penguin, a hummingbird, and a fancy AI called Rank Brain. Despite the technical jargon, SEO is can be […]

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What is Video SEO (VSEO) and How to Use It

By now, you’ve probably heard of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which is the practice of creating and maintaining a website that attracts customers to your business through search engines for “Free.” Recently, the world has become demanding that websites be entertaining and informational. This has driven the growth of mediums like video. According to Smart […]

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Performance Marketing Webinar with Toronto Starts

I’ve been a fan of helping entrepreneurs since I started my first business back in 2008. Since then, I’ve been a serial entrepreneur who has had a successful exit. As someone who loves to create value for others being involved with organizations that help start-up founders grow is essential. These companies help our economy prosper. […]

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The 5 Pillars of Performance Marketing

For me, performance marketing is more than paid advertising. Performance marketing is a mindset and process that data-driven marketers use to get the most out of every dollar spent. Being efficient with your marketing is important in any business environment but even more so when there’s a downturn in the economy (I’m writing this during […]

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4 Things to Look for in a Great SEO Professional (and, Learn If You’re an SEO Specialist)

Although since its birth it never went away, marketers have placed significant resources on SEO as a marketing technique in the last few years. In fact, according to analysts at Borrell Associates, SEO spending will reach $80 billion by 2020. But, SEO doesn’t just touch one team. Good search optimization impacts your social media team, […]

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How Using Data to Reach Customers Can Fail You

If you’ve been in business for any length of time, it’s no secret that data and data analysis is vital to success. On Amazon, searching for books about “Big Data” will get over 9,000 results. That’s a massive number of books and something I’ll need Watson to distill for me. Since I’m a marketer, let’s […]

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How to Survive Being Fired

Note: The original version of the post was published in February of 2018. After a very long search (8 months to be exact), countless applications and interviews, I’m heading back to work. But, that’s not the important part, I learned quite a few lessons during my time off! In that, I’d like to share six […]

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An Easy Trick to Building Your Network at the Office

According to HBR the key to building a great network is three things 1. A broad network 2. A connected network 3. A dynamic network. You might be like some people who find networking and meeting new people to be stressful. As a digital leader, the problem gets even worst because we hide behind our […]

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Digital Connections

You may be like me and often get invitations to connect on LinkedIn. I personally love these and welcome anyone into my network except the odd one or two that are obviously causing trouble. Doing this allows you to have a wide and diverse network. This is important as you never know what you might […]

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