Posts by Lisa Thompson
How to Start Your Own Business
How to Start Your Own Business Has starting your own business ever crossed your mind? There are some key points to consider before starting up a business on your own. Are you ready to live on a tight budget for the first couple of years? Do you have a knack for bringing in customers? Are…
Read MoreWhere should your marketing budget be spent?
Planning your marketing budget can be intimidating. Should I hire someone to help with SEO or use an internal staff worker? Should I run a PPC campaign? Do I have the infrastructure in place to monitor performance of the marketing efforts? These questions, and many more, are good first steps to planning your marketing budget…
Read MoreHow To Embed a Google Map To A Website
Go to Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/ Type in your address (enter/search) Result: you get a map to your location. Google has a menu icon like this: If you click on the menu icon, a menu opens up. Select “share or embed map”: Click on Embed and copy the code that comes up in the pop-up window:…
Read MoreWhat is Local SEO?
Local SEO is the process of optimizing your website so that you can gain higher local search rankings (ie. Google Maps, mobile devices). Here’s an example of a local search ranking with Google: There are many factors that contribute to having your location displayed in local Google search results. Some of it is pretty technical.…
Read MoreHow Do I Get My Website Found On The Web????
That is the question I hear more than any other. A lot of people can build websites. It takes a lot more effort to get found on the web than it does to simply build a website. There are people out there that tell you they will give you a website for free! What???! How…
Read MoreRecent Websites Built by IN Cart Marketing
Recent Websites developed by IN Cart Marketing. IN Cart Marketing has a solution for any budget. Budget-dependent, there are many options for you out there, whether it be a simple marketing website (no e-Commerce) or full-featured e-Commerce. SHOPIFY Using Shopify, our team build a very simple e-Commerce solution for invoicesandforms.com. Shopify has a feature that…
Read MoreShipping Multiple Addresses for WooCommerce Review
WooCommerce Shipping Multiple Products (WooThemes – WordPress Plug-In) Review: The purpose of this plug-in is to allow users to ship multiple products in a shopping cart to multiple locations. For it’s purpose, it does the job well. Their support team is helpful. As my client began using this plug-in, they wondered why repeat clients ordering…
Read MoreReview of WooCommerce on WordPress
Quick Facts about WooCommerce: WooCommerce launched in September of 2011. 6,688,149 DOWNLOADS to-date. WooCommerce powers 24% of all eCommerce websites. Free open source plug-in from WooThemes. Benefits: Free, quick integration to WordPress. Many payment processor options. Scalable: good for small or large retailers. Many templates to choose from, 3 of them are free. Can integrate…
Read MoreSEO Factor: Mobile-Friendly Websites
My Account Get a Quote or Pay Online 208.391.2065 HOMEABOUTAFFORDABLESERVICESRESOURCES Checklist: Building a WebsiteLOCALGET STARTED FREE HOME PAGE SEO ANALYSIS ORDER SERVICESPORTFOLIOBLOG SEO Blog Articles Marketing Blog ArticlesCART Announcement Gary Illyes of Google spoke at SMX West March 4th, 2015 on the subject of whether mobile-friendliness affects Google ranking or not. His answer was perhaps…
Read MoreTwitter Results To Start Showing in Google Search Returns by Mid-Year
Twitter Reaches Deal to Show Tweets in Google Search Results (Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. has struck a deal with Google Inc. to make its 140-character updates more searchable online. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/twitter-said-to-reach-deal-for-tweets-in-google-search-results What’s changing? Google previously had to crawl Twitter’s site for the information, which will now be visible automatically. It’s expected that by mid-year, tweets will…
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