The other day I was contacted by a therapist that was struggling to get new patients via their website. Referrals had helped them survive for years, but – according to all the therapists I’ve spoken with – new clients are down in 2023 from layoff and recession fears, and so this counselor was noting that
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At Great Leap Studios, we are thrilled to announce that we are launching our managed website services for insurance agents and insurance agencies. We have multiple, high quality websites with engaging content for only $75 per month, each one semi-customizable with your logo, specific insurance services, and more. You will also get one free email
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Every business, every freelancer, every product, and every service benefits from having their own website they can use to attract new customers. But website design can be expensive. Some businesses charge $5,000 or more for a small, custom WordPress website. Hosting fees, updates, and troubleshooting require someone on hand who knows how to handle these
Every business needs a website. No matter how small or large – no matter how you generate business – you need to have a high quality website that will speak to your customers, generate calls, and help you grow. That’s true of tech companies, home services, doctors, and more. It’s also true of dog trainers,
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There are no more tricks to SEO. SEO is not about a specific keyword density, or the exact placement of a specific keyword as it compares to other websites. SEO, in the year 2022, is mostly about the creation of content. Back in the early 2010s, SEO companies were tasked with creating content with a
Every therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, and mental health coach I’ve worked with over the years has built their practice the same way: through referrals, word of mouth, and the slow accumulation of a reputation in their community. That model works, and it keeps a lot of practices busy. What it rarely does is grow a practice
Great Leap Studios works with small to medium size businesses in a variety of fields. But many of our clients work in pest control, because we have years of experience helping pest control businesses succeed. We offer full service marketing for pest control, including content, website design, SEO, and related services. But one area that
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Great Leap Studios was contacted by a non-profit organization that had a problem. They had been trying to get a new website since 2020. After a year, they had design of the website drafted, but the company they were working with still had not turned the design into a working, functional website. Everything was taking
Long-form content has some significant benefits over other types of content or even shorter posts. At anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 words or more, it provides in-depth content for search engines to parse, other websites to link back to, and your potential customers to get answers to all their questions. Adding long-form content to your
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We often talk about how quality and quantity are equally important when it comes to content on your website. Generally, we also say that there is no “right” word count for your content as long as you are regularly adding new content to your site. For the most part, this is true. Shorter posts and
Search engine optimization, or SEO, is divided into two categories – on-page and technical. On-page SEO is what is included on each page of your website, such as the content, schemas, and links. For small businesses, on-page SEO is where you want to focus, since it requires little technical knowledge and is relatively easy to
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When COVID started in 2020, you likely got onto your small business website and dutifully added information about your COVID-19 practices and how you are keeping your customers safe. Now, almost two years later, the changing recommendations and realities for handling COVID as a small business mean that first information you provided is likely out
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In recent Google searches, you may have noticed new information popping up underneath different websites. A list of events, customer reviews, FAQs, and other items now show on the search results page. These features are possible with schema markup, a type of website content that lets businesses customize what shows in their listing on a
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As a small business owner, you probably hear all the time that you have to market your business online. But when do you have the time to do that? You already have a dozen different responsibilities each day. Learning the ins and outs of digital marketing and spending the time to do it effectively may
The majority of people today turn to the internet when they have a question. If your website has a small business, you want to provide all the answers your customers might need about your services or products in an easy to find place on your site. The best location for that is an FAQ. An
There’s a pest control company in Virginia that contacted us about a problem they were having with conversions. They were receiving over 1000 hits a month (a lot for a local pest control company) and not receiving nearly enough calls. Looking into the data, the problem wasn’t conversions. The problem was the hits themselves. All
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This is the first in our series about using social media platforms to boost your online marketing. We’re discussing the pros and cons of the most popular social media sites to help you determine which are the best fit for your business. Facebook is the site many think of when it comes to social media.
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Social media became a marketing tool a little over a decade ago, and isn’t about to go away. Used correctly, it offers many advantages to both large companies and small local businesses. Much of it is free to use with the exception of paid ads, giving your company a place to establish a profile and
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We work with a lot of pest control companies here at Great Leap Studios. Some are brand new, looking to us to create their website and design their content strategy. Others are established, hoping to leverage the work that has been completed in the past to try to target new areas and keywords. The other
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The majority of all web searches happen on a phone. This figure goes up when people are searching for a local service. Conversely, almost all web development happens on a desktop or laptop computer with a large screen. This leads to a disconnect. What looks good on a monitor can become jumbled and unaligned when
As a local contractor, you have dozens of ways to connect with your customers online. Websites like Facebook, Nextdoor, Houzz, Angie’s List, and others give you the option to create a free profile where customers can see your services, information, and reviews. It is worth having a profile on each of these directories – they’re
If someone enters your business name into a Google (or another popular search engine), what comes up? Ideally, the answer is your website, your existing social media profiles, and review sites, hopefully with a majority of positive reviews. But if you’ve recently received some negative publicity – maybe a news article or a website giving
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Reputation management might sound like a service celebrities pay for, or something corporations do after a scandal. But in today’s internet driven world, every company, even – if not especially – small, local businesses benefit from reputation management. Reputation management involves monitoring what people are saying about your business online – in reviews, on social
As you get involved with marketing your business online through your website, you are going to come across many terms. You are likely to come across the terms SEO and content marketing. Some marketers will use them interchangeably while others say one is more important than the other. This confusion might make you wonder where
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It’s one thing to get site visitors. We all want millions of people visiting our websites. But site visits are, in many ways, not the right way to judge whether or not a site is successful. If visitors click on your site, view your content, and leave, then those visitors did not matter. Every website
When you own a landscaping business, you likely advertise to clients in multiple ways. Maybe you place ads, brand your vehicles, and encourage satisfied customers to recommend you to others. But the best form of marketing is online marketing, and the best way to make sure that your website gets noticed is using content writing
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Having a website is a must in 2021. But a website alone is not enough to be found. When a customer has a plumbing emergency or even needs a less urgent fix, they are likely to perform an internet search for a plumber near them, and choose one of the first few plumbers they see.
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Property owners typically don’t think about their roofs until they have a problem. When that problem arises, they need to find an experienced and knowledgeable roofing contractor fast, making the internet a popular place to begin their search since it provides immediate results. A quick search will turn up some top results for contractors in
If you’ve been focusing on your website’s SEO for any length of time, you have probably come across the term “backlinking.” In fact, for a long time, SEO companies used backlinking as their sole marketing method before the search engine algorithms began prioritizing other techniques, like content. The term “Backlinking” refers to links on other
Unless you work in an especially small town, you’re probably not the only handyman offering services where you live. This means that when people search for a handyman service for their home – and the majority of them will start this search on the internet – your name needs to be one of the first
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An effective job posting is a form of marketing. You are essentially marketing your business, where the customer is the applicant you’re hoping will apply. You need to give an accurate representation of the job, build interest, and get your posting in front of your target demographic. Like any marketing, however, there are challenges and
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Most cities and towns have dozens of dentists, giving those seeking a new doctor many options. Your role as a dentist is to compete with all of them if you want your practice to grow. One of the challenges you face, however, is that most people do not know the difference between any two dentists.
With 2021 only a few weeks away, and after what was a rough year for economic growth, many businesses are laying out their annual plan, and trying to determine the best way to improve their revenue growth in the upcoming year. Marketing is going to be especially important. The challenges of 2020 mean that you’re
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SEO and Digital Marketing for Chiropractors with Great Leap Studios When a patient sets out to find a chiropractor, many will rely on a quick web search to find who is serving their local area. Most of the time they’re in pain, which means that the first one they trust is the one they’ll likely
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For many people, finding a personal trainer is as important as finding a doctor or a therapist. They want someone who is knowledgeable, trustworthy, and can get them the results they need, but often have to choose from dozens of local trainers, all of whom are difficult to tell apart by their services alone. By
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With the spread of Coronavirus worldwide, most businesses have changed the way they operate to keep themselves and customers safe. Local ordinances and recommendations by health agencies have completely altered the way businesses are run. Masks, gloves, sanitizer, and social distancing are now expected by customers, and in some cases they are required by law.
Sometimes, after working in marketing for so long, we forget that there are some things that are “common knowledge” for us, but not necessarily as well known for others. We realize that we should probably provide some more background on some of the tools that we see and use every day. On the backend of
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In my travels, I meet a lot of small business owners that invest very little into marketing. It’s not that they’re against marketing necessarily – it’s that the core of their business uses some other approach, such as word-of-mouth. Recently I had this conversation with a mortgage broker. His business is growing, and he’s been
I believe in honesty. One thing I noticed about the online marketing and SEO world is that a lot of companies that offer similar services use their own marketing language to market themselves. They guarantee things they cannot guarantee. They claim things they can’t reasonably claim. They pretend that some of the work they do
It is the goal of every online marketing company to get your business to the top of Google search. Studies have consistently shown that users are more likely to click on the first, then second, then third website before the click through rate drops off dramatically. So the top of search engines is valuable real
