The Whipp Blog

Social media killed the blog star?

Posted by kayla ehrie

Did social media take off and break the blogger hearts? Have Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, and all the other social networks done to blogging what video did to radio? Remember the lyrics? “Video killed the radio star.” Have blogger voices and careers been cut short by social media buzz? Is the era of blogging about to pass? We don’t think so. In-fact, we think the opposite.

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Tags: Internet, design, wordpress, online marketing, blog, Whipp, google, online, viral

First Key to SEO: Keywords

Posted by kayla ehrie

Companies optimize how their web pages are found by allocating keywords to their pages. Good keywords (and phrases) are relevant and easily found online.

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Tags: Internet, SEO, design, online marketing, data tracking, Whipp, analytics, Links, Link boss, google, marketing, content, online, inbound marketing, Whipp guide, Keywords

Social Media: Don’t be a mindless company

Posted by kayla ehrie
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Tags: Internet, online marketing, Whipp, google, online

Whipp's Favorite Google Search Tricks

Posted by kayla ehrie

Everybody Google searches. Why not do it with ease and a style that makes you look impressive? There are so many tricks and tips for googling. These are just a few we use here at Whipp. Try them out!

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Tags: Internet, design, online marketing, Whipp, google, content, online

1984 Meets 2012

Posted by kayla ehrie

A news story I was reading this morning on NPR posed a question  I think most our followers are interested in; Have we become weather balloons, helping government predict different futures through the web? Ok...I lied, it posed several questions...The next being, how do we observe the world as people, as organizations, and as a general community? Has Facebook and Twitter and other online social media/news feeds taken over? Have we become predictable, traceable, and mathematical creatures? If so, who is watching?  Is it better to have predictive advertising or do we want the web out of our cookie-jar?

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Tags: Internet, online marketing, data tracking, analytics, google, online, lead generation

Of North Korea, CMS and Creative Firms – Reaching a Mass Online Audience

Posted by ralph hilsman

If you run a business, you need a website. This much is already established. If you’ve already got a site but you aren’t seeing the kind of traffic that you think you’re capable of bringing in, you’ve probably come to terms with the fact that you’re going to need a serious revamp or a full on do-over. The good news? Acceptance is the first step. Oddly enough, it’s one that an awful lot of business owners come to slowly, if ever at all. But it’s step number two that’s the most crucial of all: deciding who to hire to help you in that process. Make the wrong choice, and you could end up right back where you started. Make the right choice, and it could be a game changer that might propel your business into the stratosphere.

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Tags: creative firms, wordpress, online marketing, CMS, marketing, online, inbound marketing