… unless you are your customer, or Google. Too many websites are written for the search engines and not for the reader. Google Panda, a new versioning of the world’s largest content aggregator is taking that into consideration when it is delivering it’s results. The good news is that a well written website or blog [...]

Are you giving your mobile customers what they want or are they calling somebody else? Your customer is mobile and using their cell phone more than their computers. As a marketing agency in Chicago, we know you need to consider this.   Mobile Marketing has changed the game it’s a … resource for information resource [...]

Will you go to the prom with me? Do you remember when you were in high school and people would ask you to vote for them for this or that? Or would you “like” me or “follow” me? Social media marketing often includes a mixture of democratic content and manufactured popularity. How can you provide [...]

Chicago Marketing Agency looks to improve good Google Rankings while retaining great Yahoo & Bing rankings Topics trending on the Internet include: making websites more engaging for the user. Relevant and interactive homepages improve conversion and we’re all for it. As part of Big Black pencil’s recent experiment is to make our home page more [...]

I’m blogging for a school assignment today. Instead of blogging about small business marketing, as I usually do I decided to write about a new blog I discovered. It’s called blog fun spot. I turns out that their fun is really big business. It is really a link farm of ads by Google and all [...]

One of the nice things about owning a small business is you can respond quickly, effectively and personally. But as you grow, it is impossible for effective communication to be handled only in this manner. Often an Intranet is a good solution to keep people connected. Your company’s information can be secured behind a firewall [...]

The Internet is largest threat to copyright since it began. The Internet, by design, shares information, much of it protected by copyright. Everything from news stories, software, novels, screenplays, graphics, and pictures can be copyrighted. When you decide to create your own website or design a website for others, learn about the laws that you [...]

Social networking isn’t just for the big guys anymore. WOM advertising happens a lot faster when you promote your self and ask others to help. If you are the best bakery in Chicago or Oak Park, ask your internet savvy friends to write about, or your blog or theirs. If they have a business, return [...]

Many small businesses in Chicago are blogging to get business. Chicago-based marketing agencies like Beyond Big Marketing are helping their clients grow with user-generated content. It supercharges your website with viral marketing shared through the use of networking through a variety of blended medias. Your Chicago small business blog can contribute by sharing content through [...]

Make 2008 a better year for your Chicago business. Get a FREE website review from a small business marketing agency in Chicago. USA Today says, Nearly $670 in online sales were recorded on December 12th, 2007. Follow these 10 resolutions and your business will be on the way to more website traffic and and more [...]