I thought that this would be impossible...... but I outranked Google for a keyword that actually has "Google" in it. Don't believe me?Pearl Digital Marketing is one of my sites for the services I offer and I published an article back in June about how a local business can create a short name and URL in Google My Business.I didn't think much of it at the time as I only intended to share it with clients, but I still created a keyword list from the article and loaded them into my position tracking

I was randomly checking some keywords that I had previously targeted and found that one of my blogs was being featured as a Google Featured Snippet so I thought I’d share what set this blog apart from others. What Is A Google Featured Snippet?Have you ever wrote a question in Google? Chance are, the first Google result is actually a featured snippet. For example, if I type “how to tie a tie” into Google, I get the following result:This is a Google Featured Snippet. How Did I G

Happy New Year and welcome to my second income report!Last month I made a grand total of $180.45 in income.... however I had $304 in expenses, meaning that I had a loss of $133.55.This past month looked very different... both on the amount of money made and where it came from. Let's take a look!IncomeIn December, I started offering services related to my niche website and, to be honest, my affiliate activity dropped a bit. I still published a few articles for my site, however, I also attracted

It's now December and it's very easy to taper off and start to slow down in preparation for the holiday season. I've already seen it with many of my business acquaintances... they are pushing back meeting until the new year and are putting off completing projects since Christmas is just around the corner.But here's the thing. Now is your opportunity to set yourself up for success in 2019. If you increase your activity now, you're going to have something to come back to in January. You're going