Here at WIDSIX, we throw the phrase “your marketing is weak” around a lot. This came into being because we were seeing a shocking amount of truly awful advertising endeavors coming out of otherwise awesome, professional, respectable companies. The truth is, marketing is hard. We don’t fault you for that. In fact, we want to help you. But as we all know, the first step to recovery is admitting you…

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LinkedIn isn’t just for people looking for jobs or employers looking to hire. LinkedIn is the top business networking site, and therefore if you’re a business, you should most definitely be on it and using it to your advantage. When people search your name and they stumble upon your LinkedIn, you want it to appear professional and active. So how do you do this? We’ll tell you! Refine your personal…

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…Welcome back, we should say! The wonderful world wide web (that’s a mouthful, huh?) showed up on August 6, 1991 – almost 28 years to the date. Without the incredible creativity and tenacity of the men and women who paved this digital path for us, WIDSIX would not be a company. Not only do many of our clients utilize our website design and development services,  but they also bring us…

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If SEO wasn’t complicated enough, let me introduce you to local SEO. However, local SEO is actually pretty straightforward and exactly what it sounds like. We’ll explain it a little more in detail in the next section, but basically this kind of SEO leverages your location in the world to market products and get more traffic to your website. This is crucial because, according to Moz, 90% of purchases take…

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Well everyone, it’s my time to shine! This week’s blog post is all about… how to write a blog post! I know a thing or two about this topic (I should hope I do, anyway, since I write these things every week). Crafting blog posts is super fun, because it’s a great way to express your creative side and learn something new. Plus, it’s one of the best ways to…

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Pillar Content is exactly what it sounds like. Think about the purpose of pillars in architecture. They serve as the part of the foundation that holds everything else up, the element upon which everything else is built. This is why pillar content is also sometimes referred to as cornerstone content. Essentially, it’s the base content that all of your other content revolves around. Because of this, your pillar content needs…

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If you run your business primarily through e-commerce platform Amazon.com, this article is for you. In the marketing world, SEO is, like, kind of a big deal. But the primary focus of SEO is getting ranked on search engines like Google. The A9 Ranking Algorithm is the Amazon version of this process. Stay tuned and we’ll give you the rundown of everything you need to know about this algorithm and…

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Remember when you were a kid, and your favorite font was Comic Sans? You’d slap that shit on anything. It was quirky, it was different, it was fun! It was the best font in the world! Well not anymore boys and girls, Comic Sans has been CANCELLED! If you’re still using Comic Sans in 2019, be prepared to have your existence roasted to a crisp by everyone on the Internet….

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In this *special edition* of WIDSIX Written Word, we’re celebrating World Social Media Day 2019 by diving into a timeline of the most influential social media networks in the brief yet rich history of the Internet. Because we’re an advertising agency (duh) we know better than anyone just how important social media is to successful marketing endeavors. For that reason, we’re paying homage to the pioneers, pathfinders, and powerhouses of…

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Summer is the slow season in the marketing and advertising world. In fact, it’s kind of a slow season for everyone and everything, even the businesses and clients we serve hit a decline in revenue and traffic. You’d think the market would be heating up in summer… what gives?! Tons of people go on vacation during summer, so they’re not really thinking about interacting with content or consuming goods. Kids…

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