Posted January 16, 2013 by Dan Olson | 0 comments
As a follow up to our exciting news last week regarding our rebranding from DIYSEO to UpCity and release of our new product, we’re excited to announce our latest round of financing. We secured more than $2 million in funding, which brings UpCity’s investment total to approximately $4 million. This round includes new investors i2a Fund and Firestarter [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Website goals vary from business to business — selling, engaging, educating — among others. But a universal rule that crosses all strategies…you have to make it easy for people to contact you. This adds credibility to your business and provides you with a direct touch point to your customers. The ‘contact me’ page is an [...]
Categories: Local SEO, SMB Marketing Tips
Posted January 15, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Email has been used by businesses for well over 20 years. It’s been a huge part of how we communicate in the last decade and has changed our lives tremendously. It is a huge asset for small businesses providing affordable and targeted marketing opportunities that didn’t exist before (see our list on how to profit with 5 [...]
Categories: SMB Marketing Tips
Posted January 14, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Negative feedback hurts. Despite a great track record of service, it’s inevitable that at some point, an unhappy customer will share a poor experience with your business. You can’t control what people say about you but you can control how you respond. Today we offer practical tips for making it right (sign-up for our free UpCity Daily [...]
Categories: SMB Marketing Tips
Posted January 11, 2013 by Dan Olson | 0 comments
We’ve been getting some great questions over the last 24 hours related to our rebranding and new platform. Thought I would include them here for both new and existing clients. Why the change? We created this new version of our application and rebranded the company for three reasons. First, we wanted to make [...]
Categories: UpCity
Posted January 11, 2013 by Angela | 0 comments
What’s been happening this week in the world of inbound marketing? Plenty. In addition to the continued trend of all those awesome end-of-2012 and 2013-trends roundups, we scoured the web and uncovered dozens of valuable gems covering everything from local optimization to integrating social and SEO. Check them out below! Did we miss anything? We [...]
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Posted January 10, 2013 by Dan Olson | 0 comments
I’m extremely excited to announce that we have rolled out a new and improved version of DIYSEO and have rebranded the company to UpCity! UpCity represents the future of the business and the foundation for how we help our clients elevate their presence online. Search engine optimization and internet marketing have become more complex throughout the [...]
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Posted January 10, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Mobile technology is sweeping the nation. To keep up with the rest of the business world, you need to have a website that mobile compatible. One of the great things about an exploding industry is that really, really smart (and entrepreneurial) people get involved. They figure out how to make it easy for us to [...]
Categories: Small Business Marketing News, SMB Marketing Tips
Posted January 9, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Many of us immersed in the online marketing world assume that everyone knows (or cares) about the latest and greatest social media advances. The reality is, many small business owners simply don’t have time or interest. We get it! For the people who just want the basics, we offer the cheat sheet to make your [...]
Categories: Small Business Marketing News, SMB Marketing Tips
Posted January 8, 2013 by Karen Kouf | 0 comments
Some of our favorite SEO bloggers for small business…what an experienced group of people and tough list to pull together! While we compile our lists in no particular order, this time I’m going to list the big guns and industry leaders at the bottom as honorable mentions. Not because their content and blog aren’t valuable [...]
Categories: Content SEO, Local SEO, Small Business Marketing News
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