SEO

AI-Ready Digital Marketing with GTMA

Once upon a time at GTMA Agency, coworkers Kevin, Beka, and a talented new employee named Art embarked on an exciting mission to educate readers about the latest AI (artificial intelligence) changes reshaping the world of marketing and GTMA. Together, they brainstormed ideas, meticulously crafted bullet points, and diligently constructed the beginning, middle, and end of this enlightening blog. As…

Optimizing Your Google Business Profile to Boost Business

WHAT IS A GOOGLE BUSINESS PROFILE? First, what is it? Well, the Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business*) is a free tool for businesses to manage their online presence across Google, including Search and Maps.  *News flash: Google has decided to change the name to Google Business Profile.  Whatever the name, the platform helps customers find businesses and allows…

How Do You Use Digital Analytics & Tracking On Your Website?

Digital analytics is the foundation of marketing, advertising, web design, and development. As a data-driven web development agency, we use a variety of analytics tools—including Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Cognitive SEO, Dragon Metrics, SEMRush, and more—to track, measure, and analyze your site performance, among other campaign metrics.  THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL ANALYTICS & TRACKING No matter what type of…

If You Build It, Will They Come? How Will People Find My Website?

HOW DO YOU GET ‘FOUND’ ONLINE? It would be amazing to build a brand new website and instantly have a flood of visitors that threaten to crash your server. However, that is not a typical result unless you are a well-established brand with a ready audience. Most websites are more akin to a billboard in a desert location—pretty and perhaps…

URL Structure Design: Why Does It Matter?

While we know the layout of a website is crucial to a business's success online, the design of the URL structure is equally important. How so? Humans aren't the only ones searching the web for answers. The URL structure provides a means to organize your site information.  The organized structure is your web address, allowing search engines to locate and…

Google’s Right Hand Search Ads Are No More: How This Changes Your Multifamily Advertising

If you've ever had to ask if Google is prioritizing mobile search, now you know. As of this week, ads will now only appear at the top and bottom of search engine results page (SERPs) with up to four ads now being shown at the top. Google has taken out right-column search ads completely in favor of more ad space…

What the New Google Maps Results Mean for Apartment SEO

Yup, Google’s changed their local map results again. Surprise, surprise. But this latest change might be their most drastic. For years we’ve been accustomed to what marketers affectionately refer to as the “7-Pack”, which listed 7 businesses ordered A through G next to a map on Google’s main search results page. Well, let me introduce you to the brand new…

How Using Social Media Boosts Your Apartment Community’s SEO

Most apartment marketers think of SEO and social media as two distinct marketing channels, with separate strategies assigned to each. And that's true, you do need to employ a unique approach for your community to each platform. But there are also some great overlapping benefits that you get when you mix the two. Here are seven ways that maintaining an active…

How to Optimize Your Google+ Page for Multifamily SEO Success

When it comes to SEO for multifamily websites, most only go as far as inserting keywords in meta tags and page copy before moving on. But there's one hugely important element to your apartment community's SEO strategy that you might be overlooking: the Google+ Page. Google+ should be the core of any good Local SEO strategy, and making sure that…