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Let’s Encrypt Issues 1 Billion FREE SSL Certificates!

February 13, 2024March 2, 2020 by Scott Cannon

Want to make your website rank higher on Google for FREE?

Google ranks sites with SSL certificates higher than sites without them. Also, if you go to a website without one you’ll likely see a warning appear on your browser, this can be confusing and often scares people away from your website – even more reason to get one installed!

An SSL certificate encrypts the transmission of data from your website to the web browser that your viewer is using. It proves that no one has intercepted the content and messed with it. You don’t have to be an e-commerce website for this to be important. Trust is everything on the web.

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Improving Your Website’s ROI

February 13, 2024January 20, 2020 by Scott Cannon

You need to routinely evaluate how your website is performing. Don’t just throw money or hours of labor at the Internet and hope for the best.

How do people find you and how can you grow efficiently without wasting time or money?

To get your best return on investment (ROI) of time and/or money, just being found isn’t enough. You’ve got to be useful to your target audience.

If your target audience finds you useful they will happily promote you to other similar people. Just like a snowball rolling down hill. This is the most effective way to grow your business or organization today.

Walton Construction and Renovation

November 5, 2022July 16, 2019 by Scott Cannon

Nick Walton’s construction company with its main office in Lisbon, Iowa is growing and he wanted to upgrade his website to reflect that growth and attract more commercial and higher end residential work for his firm.

We sat down and hammered out that we wanted to focus on showing that Walton Construction is a thriving and experienced construction company, that it has several employees and is capable of doing high-end work for commerical or residential clients. The fit and finish of the website had to let the viewer instantly know that they were dealing with professionals.

Global Social Media Trends

February 13, 2024February 14, 2018 by Scott Cannon

Captain Obvious will happily declare that Facebook is still the reigning champion of social media worldwide with a commanding lead of 2167 million users.

Yet, what I find very interesting is that YouTube, with 1500 million users, is almost twice as popular as Instagram with 800 million users. Yet, YouTube is often misunderstood and ignored by many marketers and organizations who could otherwise leverage YouTube to improve their reach and engagement.

Tech Tuesday: Online Security

February 13, 2024December 19, 2017 by Scott Cannon

picture of a computer cursor hovering over a button entitled "Security"

Given the number of high profile data hacks that we hear about almost every day, using two factor authentication (2FA) is no longer just an “option”. Its a requirement if you are serious about your security online.

2FA is a way of adding additional security on your online account. The first “factor” is your usual “password”. The second factor in this scenario is an ever-changing random code that is retrieved from an external device. The most common devices today for generating these codes are smartphones…

Focus on Your Audience

February 13, 2024June 7, 2017 by Scott Cannon

Website Wednesday

Short & Simple Ideas to Improve Your Website’s ROI

A good website will connect with its audience. To do this you need to do your homework, know what your audience wants, and organize your content in ways that make it easy to navigate.

But wait, there’s more! With millions of websites fighting for the same viewers I think you have to do more…

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Adapt or Perish – Facebook Marketing Reality

February 13, 2024May 17, 2017 by Scott Cannon

a picture of a smartphone with a Facebook login and lying on the table nearby are some word tiles spelling out "Social Media"

When planning Facebook marketing it’s crucial to have realistic expectations given the current state of the “pay to play” environment.

There have been a lot of changes since 2007 when “Fan Pages” were first rolled. At the time it was amazing to think that any organization could reach out and directly engage with their audiences simply by posting on Facebook.

Currently there is chatter in the online marketing world saying that organic reach is now less than 4% of your audience.

At Market Street we don’t believe you have to hand over your checkbook to Facebook just to get the word out.

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