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Our agency normally works in WordPress for our SEO clients. This provides the most familiarity for our development team and flexibility with plugins. In some cases, a client approaches us to do SEO work on another type of CMS or web-building platform. RealGeeks is such a case. RealGeeks is a good all-in-one solution for realtors…
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We were not paid by Slack to write this review. All opinions are our own and are based on experience with the product. We hope it helps other agencies when selecting a communication/messaging platform to use in their business. Bluestem Media has used Slack as our primary communication tool as a web design agency for…
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MyGoogleMaps (Or Google MyMaps) is an excellent tool for building and embedding maps on your website. It’s fairly simple to operate, especially if you use pre-existing resources to help build paths (like city or county boundaries). This is a quick guide to get you started on creating custom maps with marked cities and county boundaries.…
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Digital marketing costs add up when you run a business or organization. If you are using a new paid tool for every task, your subscription costs blow up (we’ve seen some clients spend hundreds or thousands of dollars per month!!). If you can find a free tool that completes a task well, it’s worth bookmarking…
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We’ve started receiving emails like the one pictured below, so I thought I would take the time to remind you to delete – and NOT click the link. The emails that I received were through our contact form on our website, but they could come through another source. At first glance, it appears to be…
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Summary of Contents What is Local SEO? Local search engine optimization (SEO) is a strategy businesses use to improve their online visibility in ‘local searches’. A local search involves either (a) a search engine user searching with “local intent” or (b) a search engine user adding a geolocation keyword to their query (“[keyword]” + “Akron,…
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Google is set to start removing “inactive” accounts starting this month, December 2023. You may want to keep all of your Google accounts, so this is a quick guide on what you need to do to save your profiles. Why is Google doing this? Google’s stated reason for tightening its “inactivity policy” is security. They…
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If you’ve spent more than 20 seconds researching website design ideas or search engine optimization (SEO) tips, you’ve probably stumbled across quite a few blogs and articles talking about the importance of “mobile-friendliness” and “responsive design”. The gist of the prevailing theory over the last 8-10 years: (a) more and more users are visiting websites…
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Bluestem Media is celebrating ten years of business this October. Bluestem Media LLC was formed on October 13, 2013, in Minnesota. Formerly known as “EW Web Design”, Bluestem Media was started as a full-time venture by Eric Wiinanen to provide web design services to clients in the Fargo-Moorhead area. In 2019, the business was relocated…
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The world is moving faster today than even two or three years ago. Expectations are extremely high for every position in the workforce, from a forklift driver to a project manager to a product engineer. As we prepare to say goodbye to 2021, it’s worth looking at updating your company’s website to stay current with…
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