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The 60-Minute DIY Website

January 7, 2015 By Blueprint Digital

    My friends often ask me, ‘How hard is it to make a website?’ As a web developer, I always tell them it’s really hard :D. It doesn’t matter if a website looks complicated or deadly simple,  it always costs a web developer so much time and effort to build. That is because there are just so many details...

Pigeons Always Return Home: Top 5 Ranking Factors For Local SEO

January 5, 2015 By Blueprint Digital

Ever wondered what is local SEO is and which websites it applies to? Just like national SEO, search engine optimization for local businesses require on-page optimization, links, social media and other marketing strategies. The only additional factor that local SEO adds to this list is the geographic location of the business, such as the physical address of a company. Over the...

Content Marketing Isn’t Enough Without SEO

January 2, 2015 By Blueprint Digital

Content marketing is defined as any marketing that involves the sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire and retain customers. Currently, content marketing can be observed in various business contexts, using the premise of a business’ services or industry to provide relevant information to consumers and potential new users. What differentiates content marketing from other types of digital content is that content marketing...

Why Semantic Search Demands Lengthier Content

December 30, 2014 By Blueprint Digital

Semantic search is the new wave of all search engine queries for modern digital users. According to Techopedia, semantic search “is a data searching technique in which a search query aims to not only find keywords, but to determine the intent and contextual meaning of the words a person is using for search.” With semantic search, search engines have the predicative ability to...

Don’t Be a Copycat: Why Duplicate Content Hurts Your Rankings

December 26, 2014 By Blueprint Digital

Even though we are no longer bound to the rules of the classroom, plagiarism is still a valid concern, even in the workforce. In web marketing circles, copying work is known as “duplicate content” and it will hurt SEO rankings of your website. Why do we use duplicate content? Ultimately, it’s the easy way out. Writing original content is a tough task...

Beam Your Sketches to the Cloud

December 17, 2014 By Blueprint Digital

Every great design starts with a sketch. The creative process begins on a piece of paper or even on a napkin. Moleskine has evolved paper by condensing the creative process to a few steps, saving time and money. The Moleskine creative Smart Notebook will turn your hand-drawn sketches into fully workable digital files. Paper Has Evolved Moleskine has partnered with...

An Introduction To Link Building

December 10, 2014 By Blueprint Digital

Let’s discuss the elephant in the room. The one that 41% of Enterprise-level marketers admit is the single hardest SEO strategy to implement. Link Building You know what’s hard about link building? It takes time, creativity, a bit of psychology and a ton of hard work. The immediate reaction following the Penguin update blamed link building for the fall in...

The Pantone Color Of The Year

December 10, 2014 By Blueprint Digital

Color has always been an integral part of how a culture expresses the attitudes and emotions unique to its times. From the psychedelic colors that represented the 1960’s, to the earthy tones that robed the kings of disco in the 1970’s. What colors will define our generation? Now Pantone has the answer. Pantone Color Matching System Pantone began as a color print...