By Quick Sprout Editorial SiteGround has one of the top reputations in the web hosting industry. Over 2 million domains are hosted on the platform. That’s one of the many reasons why SiteGround made my list of the top web hosting services on the market today. For those of you who are new to hosting…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Artificial intelligence has been trending upward for years now. In fact, according to Google Trends, the search term piqued back in January 2018. AI is being used for all different types of applications and technology. In the past, I’ve covered the marketing skills you need to survive in the age of…
By Quick Sprout Editorial All websites need to prioritize security. However, I still see so many sites out there that aren’t using HTTPS. For those of you who aren’t currently using HTTPS, that needs to change immediately. If you don’t think it’s necessary or that important, you’re mistaken. The truth is, security impacts the performance…
By Quick Sprout Editorial FAQ pages represent a crucial component of the customer conversion funnel. Anyone who lands on this page has already identified the need for whatever you’re selling and is now entering the consideration phase of the purchase process. Your FAQ page can provide them with the information required to finalize their buying…
By Quick Sprout Editorial The ecommerce industry is booming. People are buying products online more than ever before. Nearly anything you can imagine can be purchased on the Internet and delivered to your doorstep. It’s a great time to be a consumer. But as an entrepreneur, you can leverage this craze by creating your own…
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you currently have a website or plan to build a website, CSS is definitely a term that you’ve come across. But for those of you who don’t know how to code and don’t have any development experience, it can be a little confusing. Let me start with the basics. CSS…
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you’re starting to build your first website, WordPress is inevitably a name that you’ve come across. I’d recommend it to nearly anyone who has any type of website. But before I get into the reasons why WordPress is so great, I want to clear up any misconceptions about the platform….
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you’re new to building and managing websites, you need to get yourself familiar with widgets as soon as possible. What’s a widget? Simply put, it’s website component that adds features or functionality to your site. Widgets are embedded directly onto your site, but you don’t have to develop or code…
By Quick Sprout Editorial As an ecommerce store, driving traffic to your website is only half of the battle. That in itself is a tall task, but so much more needs to be done in order for you to actually generate sales. Take a moment to put yourself into the minds of the consumers. Clearly,…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Unlike some of the other web hosting providers on the market, iPage isn’t as well-known. But the company has been around for more than 20 years and hosts over one million websites with its two data centers. If you stumbled upon iPage for web hosting, it’s probably because you were looking…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Unlike some of the other web hosting providers on the market, iPage isn’t as well-known. But the company has been around for more than 20 years and hosts over one million websites with its two data centers. If you stumbled upon iPage for web hosting, it’s probably because you were looking…
By Quick Sprout Editorial More than 500 websites are being built on WordPress every day. This platform powers 14.7% of the top 100 websites across the globe. On average, 17 new posts get published on WordPress every second. In a month, WordPress is searched on Google more than 37 million times. WordPress is a powerful…
By Quick Sprout Editorial More than 500 websites are being built on WordPress every day. This platform powers 14.7% of the top 100 websites across the globe. On average, 17 new posts get published on WordPress every second. In a month, WordPress is searched on Google more than 37 million times. WordPress is a powerful…
By Quick Sprout Editorial DreamHost has been around for nearly two decades. More than 1.5 million websites are hosted by this provider. They have over 400,000 customers, and more than 750,000 WordPress installations throughout 100+ countries worldwide. These figures alone show that DreamHost is definitely a top player in the web hosting industry. But how…
By Quick Sprout Editorial DreamHost has been around for nearly two decades. More than 1.5 million websites are hosted by this provider. They have over 400,000 customers, and more than 750,000 WordPress installations throughout 100+ countries worldwide. These figures alone show that DreamHost is definitely a top player in the web hosting industry. But how…
By Quick Sprout Editorial The ecommerce industry is booming. It seems like everyone is coming up with different ways to get into this space. But when we think of ecommerce our minds typically don’t jump to food. Most entrepreneurs seem to focus their efforts on inventing or modifying a new product that can solve problems…
By Quick Sprout Editorial The ecommerce industry is booming. It seems like everyone is coming up with different ways to get into this space. But when we think of ecommerce our minds typically don’t jump to food. Most entrepreneurs seem to focus their efforts on inventing or modifying a new product that can solve problems…
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you’re in the market for a new web hosting service, HostGator is certainly an option that will come on your radar. It’s a reputable company within the web hosting industry. Like most web hosts, HostGator has a wide range of plans, options, and hosting types to accommodate the needs of…
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you’re in the market for a new web hosting service, HostGator is certainly an option that will come on your radar. It’s a reputable company within the web hosting industry. Like most web hosts, HostGator has a wide range of plans, options, and hosting types to accommodate the needs of…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Anyone can create a website. Just because you own or manage a website, it doesn’t automatically mean that you’re a natural born designer. But the design and layout of your website will have a huge impact on its success. In fact, 48% of people say that the design of a website…
By Quick Sprout Editorial There are nearly 1.7 billion websites worldwide. This number continues to grow each day. What do all of these sites have in common? In one way or another, they all use some form of HTML. That’s why learning basic HTML is such a useful skill. Here’s the thing. You can definitely…
By Quick Sprout Editorial As I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, building a website takes lots of hard work. This is even more so the case for those of you who are creating an ecommerce site. In addition to your website design, architecture, and all of the standard website elements, you also need to…
By Quick Sprout Editorial If you’re on the hunt for a new web hosting service, Bluehost is definitely a top option to consider. This platform powers more than 2 million sites across the globe. All web hosting services are not created equally. I see so many new webmasters make the mistake of just going with…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Everyone’s heard of “the cloud.” Broadly speaking, the cloud refers to remote storage. For example, you can store pictures from your smartphone or documents on your computer to a cloud storage space like Google Drive. This is different than storing files locally on something like an external hard drive. I’m sure…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Content marketing has arguably become the biggest buzzword in the marketing industry today. It seems like you can’t have a conversation with a business owner who has an online presence without the term being brought up. Every online “expert” claims to hold the secret to content marketing. But the reality is…
By Quick Sprout Editorial It doesn’t matter what type of business you have or what industry you’re in; everyone needs to incorporate email campaigns into their marketing strategy. There’s a common misconception that email marketing is dead. That’s just simply not the case. So for those of you who are struggling with your email strategy,…
By Quick Sprout Editorial SiteGround is one of the most popular web hosting services available on the market today. It’s a safe and reliable way to host your website in 2019. More than 2 million active domains are hosted with SiteGround. One of the reasons why this service is so popular is because they offer…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In order to operate a fully functional ecommerce website, you need to be able to accept payments from your customers. There is no way around this. Your entire business revolves around getting paid. That’s why you starting selling online in the first place, right? To make money. But there are tons…
By Quick Sprout Editorial WordPress is one of the most popular CMS platforms on the planet. In fact, according to a recent study from Kinsta, 33.6% of all websites are powered by WordPress. Furthermore, the platform controls 60.5% of the CMS market share worldwide. That’s the number one ranking position for both of those categories….
By Quick Sprout Editorial Squarespace is one of the most popular website builders available on the market today. It’s a quick, easy, and legitimate way to get a new website up and running from scratch. Anyone can build a website with Squarespace. You don’t need to be too tech-savvy, know how to code, or have…
By Quick Sprout Editorial So you’re ready to build a website but don’t know how to get started. Don’t worry; we’ve all been there. One of the first steps is finding the best website builder to meet your needs based on the type of website you’re trying to create. But if you run a Google…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Blogging is arguably the best content creation strategy for promoting your website. Publishing blogs on a regular basis boosts your site traffic, adds SEO value, generates leads, helps you build backlinks, and increases your internal linking opportunities. Blogging gives your website visitors a reason to keep coming back to your site…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In a perfect world, all of your website traffic would be organic. That’s the most ideal scenario for everyone. But sometimes it can take 6, 12, or even 18 months for you to really notice the benefits from your organic search strategies. That’s not to discourage you. While you should stay…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Creating content is hard work. It takes time, effort, and resources to make landing pages, write blogs, build custom infographics, and create videos for your website. But all of that hard work will go to waste if people aren’t navigating to your site. Creating the content itself is only half of…
By Quick Sprout Editorial I wrote a ton of blog posts. Over the last year alone, I’ve published a minimum of three blogs per week here at Quick Sprout. Some weeks it was even more, at times with multiple posts per day. If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while now, you know that…
By Quick Sprout Editorial SEO goes far and beyond keyword research and building backlinks. There is also a technical side of SEO that will largely impact your search ranking. This is an area where your robots.txt file will become a factor. In my experience, most people aren’t too familiar with robots.txt files and don’t know…
By Quick Sprout Editorial There are so many different elements of SEO. For the most part, all of these various aspects can be broken down into two main categories; on-page SEO, and off-page SEO. The biggest factor of off-page SEO is backlinks. While on-page SEO is comprised of elements like content copy, title tags, meta…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In the past, I’ve shown you how to build links and traffic from link roundups. This strategy involves creating content that will get featured in a weekly or monthly roundup post on other websites. Now I’m going to teach you how to create an expert roundup. What’s the difference between these…
By Quick Sprout Editorial The most extensive and comprehensive introduction to online marketing that you’ll find anywhere. Why We Wrote this Guide? Online marketing moves at the speed of light. To keep up, you need a strong foundation with the judgment to think critically, act independently, and be relentlessly creative. That’s why we wrote this…
By Corry Cummings There’s no ranking factor more important than links. If you want to rank, you need to have lots of links pointing back to your website. As simple as it sounds, a link is not a link. There are variables, such as: relevancy and authority. We have over 30 guides that will help…
By Corry Cummings Quick Sprout has everything you need to become a world-class digital marketer. We’ve included it all below. Threat this page as a syllabus, start at the top and work your way down. When you get to the end, you’ll know more about digital marketing than most CMOs that we’ve worked with. Digital…
By Corry Cummings Quick Sprout has everything you need to become a world-class digital marketer. We’ve included it all below. Threat this page as a syllabus, start at the top and work your way down. When you get to the end, you’ll know more about digital marketing than most CMOs that we’ve worked with. Digital…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In order for your website content to rank, it needs to have links. All too often I see sites spending too much time focusing on building backlinks that they end up neglecting their internal linking strategy. Don’t get me wrong; getting links from other websites is crucial for your SEO value…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In order for your website content to rank, it needs to have links. All too often I see sites spending too much time focusing on building backlinks that they end up neglecting their internal linking strategy. Don’t get me wrong; getting links from other websites is crucial for your SEO value…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In a perfect world, you’d be able to build brand awareness organically without spending a dime. But as you and I both know, the world we live in is far from perfect. There comes a time when every business needs to start running paid advertisements. However, just because you’re paying for…
By Quick Sprout Editorial In a perfect world, you’d be able to build brand awareness organically without spending a dime. But as you and I both know, the world we live in is far from perfect. There comes a time when every business needs to start running paid advertisements. However, just because you’re paying for…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Link building can become a time-consuming process. Sometimes you spend hours exhausting all of your strategies and still fall short of your benchmark target. This can be extremely frustrating. Yet other times, certain pieces of content seem to effortlessly attract links. Before you know it, you might have dozens, hundreds, or…
By Quick Sprout Editorial Link building can become a time-consuming process. Sometimes you spend hours exhausting all of your strategies and still fall short of your benchmark target. This can be extremely frustrating. Yet other times, certain pieces of content seem to effortlessly attract links. Before you know it, you might have dozens, hundreds, or…
By Lars Lofgren Unlike many of the old marketing channels that have enormous barriers to entry, every single business can use digital marketing to grow their business. Even better, the more you put into it, the more you get. If you’re just starting to explore digital marketing, start with our Beginners Guide to Online Marketing….
By Lars Lofgren Unlike many of the old marketing channels that have enormous barriers to entry, every single business can use digital marketing to grow their business. Even better, the more you put into it, the more you get. If you’re just starting to explore digital marketing, start with our Beginners Guide to Online Marketing….
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