Blog: Kevin McKenzie
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Breaking news! Google Search Results are now displaying paid-search advertisements in a radically different way. You may not have noticed this morning, but the traditional 3-placements with trailing ads off to the right side are no more. Instead, Google Ad Placements now display placements above the...
Reading through the industry forums for construction and the remodeling industry, I frequently see business owners asking how long they should expect to wait before their organic strategy starts generating leads. The responses are typically vague if given by an SEO provider, pointing to differences...
Last month, a prominent trade magazine announced this year’s award winning remodelers. The list is a who’s who of innovative remodeling companies that are at the cutting edge of production and marketing. Here at Spectrum, we are the experts on marketing for remodelers, so we dug into the statis...
The largest growth opportunity for small and medium sized businesses is the explosion of mobile technology in the last two years. Have any doubts? Between 2014 and 2015, mobile searches for keywords related to exterior remodeling have risen by 65%. This comes from Google’s own search data. That mean...
Here is a useful thought experiment for home services business owners: Google your business name. For me, that’s “Spectrum Communications Schaumburg.” See what your customers see when they find you online. If you’re investing in your website’s architecture and SEO, your homepage is hopefully showing...
No one knows the value of mobile users better than Google. Last month, Google announced the results of their recent data analysis on mobile users and found that these searchers were 51% more likely to make a purchase than their desktop counterparts. While 51% is a huge number, what’s surprisi...
We’ve seen this situation a hundred times: you’re looking at your Yelp listing one day, and everything is going great. Happy customers are sharing their experiences with your company, broadcasting your flawless reputation to the world. The next time you check, your positive reviews are gone and even...
You may have noticed – Google search results look drastically different! Instead of ads on the top with many placements down the side of the page, Google advertisements are inserted directly above and below the organic content. Advertisers (and some business owners) have been nervous about the chang...
