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5 SEO Reasons Your Small Business Should Blog
Millennials are ruining everything. At least, that’s what the media likes to tell us. Just look at this story about all the industries Millennials are ruining, which includes cars, golf, and napkins.

Three Pro Tips To Speed Up Your Website
by Ryan Rudolph
The only thing that hates a slow website more than Google are the slow website’s visitors. The more baggage and software your website has to run, the slower it will be. Make sure you or your web company is taking the proper precautions when maintaining a website.

Do You Even #Hashtag?
by Paige Triola
If you're not familiar with them, you might at first mistake them for typos in a hasty Tweet or Facebook update. What else could explain the random number signs thrown in willy nilly? Either the producer of this content was all thumbs, or they clearly didn't believe in proofreading before posting. These seemingly accidental pound signs, otherwise known as “hashtags,” are actually intentional and can be quite helpful in making social media updates visible to a larger audience. Before you jump on the hashtag bandwagon, however, there are a couple of things you should know about how and where to use these keyword tags most effectively.

Talk to Me: Your Role in Social Media Success
by Paige Triola
The effectiveness of your online presence hinges on a variety of factors: the budget you put toward advertising, the appearance of the page, and the quality of writing, to name a few. But even a page that seemingly has everything going for it can fail to acquire a large, active following if the content itself is lacking!


The ABCs of On-Page Facebook Ads
by Kerry Sherk
Listen up, small businesses! There’s something you should know about Facebook, especially if you’re new to it.