Faye Martin

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How to Design a Website for Your Small Business

Every small business needs a website — but actually designing one is where it gets confusing. Build it yourself on a website builder? Hire someone for a custom site? And what’s all this about WordPress? This is the plain-English guide to designing a website for your small business: the real options, what each one costs,

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The Rural Guide to UX & Website Conversion Optimization

Stop losing high-ticket customers on your own digital property. Let’s look at the blueprints Introduction: The Rusty Wire Gate vs. The Steel Latch Imagine a customer driving to your ranch to hand you a $50,000 check. They pull up to the property line, but your front gate is a tangled mess of rusty barbed wire,

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Answer Engine Optimization: The Alphabet Soup of Search (SEO, AEO, LEO & GEO)

From search engines to AI conversations to local maps, this is how customers will find you in the AI era — and why answer engine optimization (AEO) now matters as much as classic SEO. Get Started Introduction: From Search Engines to Answer Engines The reality is: the internet is no longer a library; it’s an

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7 Small Business Marketing Mistakes Rural Owners Make (and How to Fix Them)

Rooted in community, Growing online Top Mistakes Businesses Make in Online Marketing and How to Correct Them Quickly If you run a business in a rural community, you are already wearing five different hats. You’re the CEO, the janitor, the accountant, and the customer service rep. When you add “Marketing Director” to that stack, things

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Local SEO for Small Businesses in Livermore & Northern Colorado

In today’s world, getting your business information online is the fastest way to drive small business growth. If you’re a small business, farm, or ranch in Livermore or Red Feather Lakes, you know how important our community is. Let me help you get your small business website online.

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