For a Dex Media Throwback Thursday event, we’ve decided to highlight our timeless articles that apply just as much in 2014 or 2015 as they did when they were originally written.

Advertising

  • Throwback Thursday CalendarBusiness Sign Basics – This article from 2012 points out that regardless of changes in technology, a good sign on your brick and mortar business will help customers find you and attract new business.
  • Free Advertising for Small Businesses – One of our most popular articles from 2012, by Scott Stirling, describes where to create online listings to promote your website. While new listing and review sites like Manta and Yelp should be added to the list, this list is a great place to start to build a basic online presence for your local business.
  • Local Discovery: Can Customers Find Your Business? – Providing accurate, consistent information across all of your listings and properties is still as important today as it was in 2013.

Blogging

Business Websites

Mobile Marketing

While the prevalence and importance of mobile marketing in your overall local marketing plan has grown, the basic principles of mobile marketing haven’t changed.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) & Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising

  • socialplussemheaderAdvantages Of Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising – PPC advertising is not new, but it is still an effective way to get traffic to your website.
  • How to Spend Your Internet Marketing Dollars Wisely – If you’re spending money on an SEM campaign, it is easy to sink a lot of money into it without seeing great results. This article gives advice on how to get the most out of your paid search campaigns.
  • Landing Page Reviews for Maximum Conversions – If you’re spending money on paid search campaigns, you want to make sure that the visitors you’re paying to attract to your website find what they’re looking for, so they can be converted into customers. This article tells you how to improve your conversion rates.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

  • seoHow to Outsource Small Business SEO like a Pro – SEO is probably not something you want to take on by yourself. Here is a guide to figuring out how to get a good consultant to optimize your website.
  • 6 Good Ideas That Are Terrible for SEO – There are many opinions on what should and shouldn’t be done to help your site rank better in Google. Here are some things that you may have heard should improve your Google rankings which didn’t work in 2012 and still don’t work today.
  • Want to Show Up Prominently in Google? Try Taking Their Advice –  Google isn’t shy about describing what they look for in relevant websites. Here is a list of Google properties that will help you monitor how your business website appears in Google search results.

Social Media Marketing

Social media networks seem to come and go all the time, so it seems that social media marketing advice wouldn’t be valid over time. However, here are some good articles that discuss overriding social media marketing principles that are timeless.