How Content Marketing Delivers a Punch for Your SEO (Site Experience Optimization)

Recently, Google announced that its search rankings algorithm would be influenced heavily by relevant and useful content throughout the consumer’s online search journey.  This was a subtle move for Google, but one that was bound to happen sooner than later.

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Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders Q&A Series: Part 1

Marcus Carson

We asked for insight from Marcus D. Carson, MBA, Founder and CEO of Growing Kings. He is a native of Birmingham, AL, and grew up in the Titusville neighborhood.

After two years of living in Charlotte, NC and working as a financial analyst, Marcus soon realized that his passion lies in helping young men who have similar backgrounds of his own, but lack the direction and/or support that were provided to him by his family and through his faith. The lessons learned growing up in an economically disadvantaged environment, coupled with the life skills and exposure opportunities presented to Marcus during his collegiate and professional career provided the framework for a vision that led to the founding of Growing Kings. Read more

5 Ways Your Business Can Start Using Snapchat Right Now

Thought Snapchat would be a passing fad? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It wasn’t that long ago that Snapchat CEO Evan Speigel was spending an enormous amount of time trying to convince venture capitalists that Snapchat was the next big thing. Why would they want to invest money into a social platform that allows users to send messages and videos that would disappear within seconds?  Speigel fought through the skepticism, grew the social app’s following and value exponentially (a $16 billion value to be exact) and kept educating consumers on the point of it all.

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