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SEO Case Study: 4 Articles, 4 First Page Results!
Amazing results from a series of four sponsored articles. Every single one of the four articles below was ranking on the first page of Google's search results within a week of being posted. This means additional traffic for the sponsorship site, additional exposure...
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Tea House Spa – A Rebrand Experiment
For my next experiment I decided on one of Jon and my favorite places to unwind and relax: The Tea House Spa! The moodboard was especially important for this project, since the the Tea House's overall vibe is probably its best (and my favorite) asset. I wanted to make...
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Artisans Gallery – A Rebrand Experiment
Artisan's Gallery is an asset to Santa Cruz. A gallery that represents local artists and wider sets of creative, hands-on artists alike. It has been a go-to for gift shopping, as well as art collecting and we have been fans of Artisan's since we first stepped foot...
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Santa Cruz Derby Girls – A Rebrand Experiment
Santa Cruz Derby Girls At the end of last year the Santa Cruz Derby Girls announced a cool competition to redesign the team logos for the Redwood Rebels, Steamer Janes and Organic Panic. I had been mulling over some ideas for exactly this, for a while, just for fun,...
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How to Look at Old Versions of Your Website
Do you know how to look at old versions of your website? You may be able to go back and look at versions of your website from years ago, possibly even from previous owners of your domain, if you purchased it after someone else had used it. Here is a (somewhat)...
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Best Web Design in Santa Cruz
This post is going to cover a web pet peeve of mine, so please pardon me while I take some frustration out on Yelp, Thumbtack and Trip Advisor. Best Web Design in Santa Cruz As a side note; I ended up going through with writing this article to test how difficult it...
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Local Santa Cruz – Beach Wallpaper
Last week, fans and followers of LocalSantaCruz.com got a great little treat when Jules designed and released a free beach wallpaper, full of illustrated Santa Cruz Icons. From the Giant Dipper, to Natural Bridges, the Clock Tower, Monarch Butterflies, Sea Lions, Wine...
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Solid SEO Domain for Realty
UPDATE: The domain Sold Hey Realtors, I saw a great website pop up on a "recently expired" domain list today. If you have a blog network or if you pick up domains for SEO value (which you should) then this is a really good domain for a site or even a secondary site....
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Adaptability – Introspection From Jon Rawls
There is a lot of cool stuff going on in the world today... That's what I tell myself as I jump from project to project. Emilie Wapnick of of puttylike.com gave a Ted talk in April 2015 about people who are adaptable, passionate and who also bore easily. These people,...
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SEO Case Study : Sponsored Content
I have been working on LocalSantaCruz.com pretty much non-stop for the last 3-4 months. Those of you who know me, know that when I get obsessive, cool things happen. The first client to take me up on sponsoring articles was the Santa Cruz Arts Council. I am very...
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