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Our digital marketing blog breaks down countless marketing concepts, talks about industry news, and explores material that otherwise remains surface-level. A large part of the fun of our work is the education process, sharing ideas and concepts with clients and readers while bettering Rizzo Young in the process.

LGBTQIA Marketing: Building Trust and Inclusion Beyond Pride

LGBTQIA Marketing: Building Trust and Inclusion Beyond Pride

In today's diverse society, it is essential for businesses to embrace LGBTQIA inclusion in their marketing strategies. As companies strive to build stronger connections with the LGBTQIA community, it is crucial to understand the significance of trust, representation, and authenticity.

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Prioritize Customer Retention Over Acquisition for an Improved Sales Strategy

Prioritize Customer Retention Over Acquisition for an Improved Sales Strategy

Heading into 2023, businesses shifted their sales strategy to prioritize customer retention. In fact, acquiring new customers is 5x as expensive as simply retaining an existing customer.

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‘Mutually Beneficial’ Outbound Links
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‘Mutually Beneficial’ Outbound Links

As a digital marketing practice, mutually beneficial outbound links can benefit everyone involved.

In SEO, it is important to make sure your information and content have a foundation of inaccurate information. One way to do this is to link your sources as ‘outbound’ links in your text. Not only is this a good way to show Google you are using quality information, but it is also a great way to build a linking network and find people who will promote your work for you.

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SEO Horror Stories
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SEO Horror Stories

Halloween has come and gone, but these SEO horror stories are nonetheless scary.

If you are familiar with the world of SEO, then you know that things do not always go to plan, and when they go wrong… it can be disastrous. The thing is, there are plenty of resources online on how to correctly approach SEO, and what you should do, which is great! But there are not all that many resources showing the dark side of SEO, and how it can go wrong.

The sad thing is that most of the time, these SEO malpractices are not purposeful. Rather, they are often the result of people optimizing their websites poorly without actually realizing they are making a mistake (or doing something they can get penalized for). Here are some textbook examples of how not to approach SEO.

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SEO for Google’s Algorithm
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SEO for Google’s Algorithm

For those who post content online, it may seem like there’s cause for concern every time Google releases a new algorithm update. Oftentimes, new updates make us wonder whether or not our content will still be relevant and perform optimally in search engine result pages.

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