Author: Dave King

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How To Choose The Right Social Media Platform For Your Business

Social media is a great digital marketing tool for businesses. It’s free to use and can let you connect directly with current and future customers. The latest data shows that over 77% of UK population uses at least one social media platform. 

The real question for businesses is not “should we use social media” but instead “which social media should we use”. With several major social platforms, it would take a huge amount of time and effort to create content for each of them. Only the largest companies like Coca Cola can have a presence on every platform. For a small to medium sized business, it’s ideal to focus on one or two platforms which suit your brand’s message. 

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What Does An SEO Consultant Actually Do? Duties and Responsibilities

If you’ve been researching digital marketing options for your business, you will undoubtedly have been hearing a lot about SEO. SEO stands for search engine optimisation, and you’ve probably seen lots of claims about how effective SEO can help you increase your search rankings. 

But you might be wondering what professional search engine optimisation services actually entail. So, let’s take a look at what our SEO consultants at Carden Digital do for our clients. You might also find this article useful if your are wondering how to become an SEO consultant and want to know what sort of tasks you’ll need to do day-to-day in the role.

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The Importance Of Conversion Rate Optimisation 

In digital marketing, the conversion rate is the rate at which visitors to your site ‘convert’ into either paying customers or qualified leads. So, if your site had one hundred visitors, and six of them filled out the contact form requesting a call back, your site would have a conversion rate of 6%. 

Conversion rate optimisation refers to all the design changes you would make to your website to increase your conversion rate. Page headings, images and call to action buttons are all examples of things you might adjust to see the effect on your conversion rate. 

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What Are Google Penalties And How To Prevent Them

The importance of Google search rankings has never been higher. Winning and keeping a good search ranking can be the difference between your business’s success and failure. That’s why it is more important than ever to avoid your website being penalised by Google. A Google penalty that lowers your search ranks can significantly reduce your organic traffic and negatively impact your business for months or even years to come.