Part 2 in our series on how to rock your marketing in 2013.

SEO  is unfortunately sometimes sold as a “black box” product.  You’ve heard that you need it, and the result—ranking number one in search results—certainly sounds enticing.  But some SEO firms are loath to tell you exactly how they’re accomplishing all of this, and if they’re using shady tactics, you will be the one who gets punished.

Keep your SEO Strategy current or you will be penalized. By Chris Getman, Vital Design’s Director of Interactive Strategy The job of an SEO has changed significantly over the past 12 months.

Thorough SEO is the key to enhancing blog post reach and readership. Like completing a puzzle, finishing a blog post feels damn good — and today, WordPress continues to be a popular blogging platform option.

A question we are asked a lot in the agency world is, “Can SEO help me?” The answer is always yes, no matter what type of website you have.

You’ve heard us talk about how much we love video before—it’s easy to produce, visual, and people love it. There is also great potential to turbo charge your video content for SEO. In one study, researchers found that videos are 50 times more likely to be found in search than text content.

Join our awesome team of digital marketing experts as our newest SEO Specialist! You will help Vital build and enhance website SEO strategies using the latest and greatest front end technologies.

Are you looking to improve search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine ranking for your business? Here’s a conversation we’ve had with certain companies who are on the hunt but lack a strong brand architecture:

So you think you’ve executed an effective SEO strategy — you’ve brought all your collateral under a single domain, named your pages in a thoughtful way and used appropriate keywords throughout your content — but what about social media?