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WooCommerce Goes 0-10 Million Real Quick
Over the last 10 years or so, there have been a plethora of eCommerce solutions being put out there. It seemed like for the first 5 years of the recent decade, every new solution was going to be the “next best thing”. Yahoo really kicked off the millennium with their turn-key solution (which some businesses […]
4 Reasons Why Your Outdated Website is Costing You Money
Let’s face it, in today’s connected world your website is the face of your small (or large) business. It’s more than likely the first thing potential customers see, and it’s more than likely it’s what will drive them to do business with you. A strong web presence is more important than ever today. Sadly, many business […]
3 Tips to Land You in Google’s 3-Pack Local Results Box
Big changes have occurred in Google’s highly sought after local results box, as these searches will now return only three results instead of seven, and the top three results will be without contact information. With these new changes in effect, here are 561 Media’s 3 tips to optimizing your site to fit into the 3-pack […]
Optimizing Your Investment – Next Step to Success
So you’ve got a clean, beautifully designed, functional website – now what? Now it’s time to Optimize Your Investment so that your target market can find it, and use it effectively, even if they don’t know it exists yet. Think about it this way: if you owned a surfboard shop in San Diego called “Surf & Sun”, […]
How To Work With People in Business
Whether you are an entrepreneur, an “account executive” (i.e. salesperson), an employee or a bum knowing how to work with people can make or break you. As we all hear pins drop and quiet whispers of disbelief that a company is actually encouraging you to use other people, let’s clarify a little and get you […]
How will Google’s new SEO requirements affect your business?
Most of us don’t have the convenience of “unlimited data” from our mobile carriers anymore. Therefore, we monitor how much data we are pulling when we aren’t under the protective umbrella of wonderful WiFi. With that being said, Google is taking into consideration things like how quickly your page can load on a mobile device, […]