What does this mean to you and why is it important? Our takeaways: MORE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS: With median sales prices of homes up 18% alone in March, the pool of potential customers for a full-service move is increasing. Since...
Two Common Website SEO Mistakes
What are these SEO mistakes that so many make on their websites? All stock images Google reviews that are dated or lacking entirely. This is not new news if you are a regular reader of this email newsletter. We...
SEO PROFITS: Why Is SEO So Profitable
It’s profitable for moving companies that have taken the leap because the potential customer finds it more engaging resulting in more leads. How do we know for sure, and it’s not just opinion? Here’s how in brief: GOOGLE ANALYTICS...
Your Ultimate Guide to Moving Company Keywords (2023)
Search Engine Optimization or SEO is crucial in making sure that your moving business is showing up at the top of Google’s search results. Optimizing your website pages and content with the right keywords can help to get you...
CORE WEB VITALS: Google “Page Experience” Rankings Begin Next Week
This has been a long time coming. Here’s what we believe now according to research performed by Searchmetrics and relayed by Marcus Tober in Voices of Search podcast #475: Based on a review of 2,000,000 websites. More than 50%...
Moving Industry Statistics (2023)
As a moving company, it is good to keep up on the trends of your industry to ensure that you are positioning your business to offer the best services for your customers. Trends and statistics are constantly changing and...
Grumpy Over Mobile-Only Indexing?
As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Google is now only basing your website’s ranking on your mobile version. This has made some of our clients grumpy (to be polite) and some of our staff disappointed. Why? Read...
Tips For Advertising For Drivers/Crew
The problem is universal, all movers are experiencing a vanishing labor pool for Drivers as well as Crew. Now with a new round of stimulus checks, the problem will only be exacerbated. WHAT DOESN’T WORK IN GETTING APPLICATIONS:...
Mobile-First Indexing
As was announced last year, Google will now only base your site’s ranking on its Search Pages by your mobile site’s authority. As some sites with the same content do often have different ranking factors, such as site speed,...
PRIVACY CONCERNS WILL AFFECT AD TARGETING
The “battle cry” far and wide has been about consumers of the internet’s privacy. CEO after CEO has been paraded through Washington to be cross-examined about what information their company is collecting on “unknowing” users. As consumers,...
MOVING COMPANIES SHOULD MOVE TOWARD MORE STORAGE IN 2021
Once there were passenger cars on railroad trains. Once there were daily newspapers in every town. Once upon a time, there were even stock brokers. Now, we’re not going to say they are all gone forever, but for...
SEO 2022 — Mandatory for Google page 1
WHY? To get moving leads, your site needs traffic. To get traffic, your site needs to be shown by Google on page 1, because over 90% of visitors do not go beyond page 1. WHY? Moving leads are a...
How to Start a Moving Company
How to Start a Moving Company Starting your own moving company, or any company, can be a daunting task at any point in time. There are so many things to think about and consider when getting your moving business...
SITE PROBLEM?: GOOGLE CORE UPDATE 12/3/20
Google began a new core update on December 3rd. They take about two weeks to totally roll out. All SEO research companies agree it was important. More important than the update in May 2020. If your site lost...
SALES LEADS BEGIN WITH “THUMB-STOPPING”
Why do some websites generate tons of moving leads daily and others don’t? It’s all about “thumb-stopping.” Thumb-stopping: Online content that captures someone’s attention enough to stop them from scrolling. Source: New York Times, page B1, 12/01/20. ...