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Julie Elliott shares information about healthy recipes, eco-friendly living, essential oils and more with her readers in her engaging healthy lifestyle blog,Treehuggerlife.net. She asked Lisa Kirschner to provide an evaluation of her blog to help her identify areas in need of improvement as she begins to think about a web site redesign. 

Check out the video below for helpful tips about how simple changes can really go a long way toward increasing usability and user engagement.

Find out what you've missed in the world of content marketing for the week ending September 23, 2016. These are a few of this week's top stories, hand-picked by the team at Flair Interactive Services.

I'm often amazed at how few marketers utilize Google Analytics. I frequently hear people say that it seems a little too overwhelming or even a little bit scary.

If you feel that way, you're not alone! The good news is that it actually is very easy to set up a few simple reports that will give you TONS of useful information about your web site and your online marketing efforts.

Below, I'm sharing a few of my favorite must-have reports that EVERY marketer should have. Keep in mind that you can configure these reports once and get weekly (or daily!) PDFs emailed to you, so 15-20 minutes of your time can offer a huge ROI and can really transform your marketing efforts. Here are some of my favorite GA reports:

Find out what you've missed in the world of content marketing for the week ending September 16, 2016. These are a few of this week's top stories, hand-picked by the team at Flair Interactive Services.

Find out what you've missed in the world of content marketing for the week ending September 9, 2016. These are a few of this week's top stories, hand-picked by the team at Flair Interactive Services.

Are you trying to plan, manage and implement a web site redesign on your own? It might seem like there are a million things to do and they all need to be done at once.

Do you need to define a solid inbound marketing strategy or three-month tactical plan, but you don't have a lot of time or money?

I'm thrilled to announce that we are now offering private VIP Days as part of our new T.L.C. Marketing Transformation coaching and training program.

In less than six hours, you can get a solid inbound marketing strategy and a three-month tactical plan while also getting one-on-one feedback from me in a virtual or live session.

Our new VIP Days include the following:

The marketing industry is headed in an exciting direction. As technologies become more efficient and creative strategies become more essential to the success of a business, those who are already tracking current marketing trends will be well prepared for what’s to come. 

It has become standard practice for content creation and distribution to be fully integrated into everyday operations of most businesses. As more focus is placed on the consumer, businesses are developing entirely new strategies dedicated to gaining insight into (and satisfying) their wants and needs.

Though no one can say for certain what’s to come, it seems the digital age of marketing may set new standards throughout the industry with more outlets for distribution and engagement than ever before. Here are a few marketing trends that we’re looking forward to:

Let’s face it – it’s 2016, and more likely than not you’ve heard of Snapchat. Though it’s been around since 2011, only in recent years has Snapchat caught the attention of mobile users, with many businesses only just starting to jump on the bandwagon as a means to tap into this social network’s massive marketing potential. Before you can harness the reach of this latest social experiment, you need to know how it works.  

Let’s take a look and answer some of app’s most basic questions:  

Find out what you've missed in the world of content marketing for the week ending August 26, 2016. These are a few of this week's top stories, hand-picked by the team at Flair Interactive Services.