Marketing Strategies and Tips for Success

Practical digital marketing advice for UK small businesses covering SEO, local search, content strategy and online visibility. Written from over 10 years of hands-on experience helping businesses across Cheshire and beyond grow through smarter marketing.

What Is Entity SEO and Why Is It Becoming More Important?

October 7, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, The Future of SEO

Entity SEO helps search engines understand your business as a specific organisation, connected to particular services, locations and people, rather than just a page containing keywords. It's becoming

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Oct

WebP vs JPEG vs PNG – Which Image Format Is Best for SEO?

September 30, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

For most business websites, WebP is the best image format for SEO because it gives you smaller file sizes without wrecking image quality. Use JPEG for large photos when WebP is not practical, and PNG

A dark web studio desk is covered with photo proofs, drives and export folders, reflecting the work of choosing image formats for SEO.

Sep

Contact Page SEO – The Small Page That Can Strengthen Local Search Signals

September 29, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Cheshire SEO, Marketing, Technical SEO

contact page seo matters because your contact page tells Google, and real customers, who you are, where you work and how people can reach you. It will not magically rank your whole site by itself, but

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Sep

What Is Content Decay and How Do You Spot It Before Rankings Disappear?

September 25, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, On Page SEO

Content decay is when a page that once brought traffic, rankings or enquiries slowly loses them because the content, search intent or competition has moved on. In content decay SEO, the danger is not

A small business owner checks an old website page at a kitchen table while leads have started to dry up.

Sep

Should You Delete Thin Content or Improve It?

September 24, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, On Page SEO, Technical SEO

For thin content SEO, you should usually improve pages that have rankings, traffic, backlinks or clear business value. Delete or noindex pages that serve no useful purpose, get no engagement and canno

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Sep

Why Ranking Number One Isn’t Always the Most Profitable SEO Goal

September 23, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

Ranking number one is not always the best SEO target because profit comes from the right visitors, not the biggest ego boost. Your SEO ranking goals should focus on enquiries, sales, margins and searc

A business owner and SEO specialist review enquiry notes at a counter while deciding which leads are actually worth chasing.

Sep

About Page SEO – Can Your About Page Help Your Google Rankings?

September 22, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, On Page SEO

Yes, your About page can help your Google rankings, but not by magically ranking for every service you sell. Done properly, about page seo proves who you are, where you operate, why you’re credible an

Hands pin company history and service notes beside a laptop while building the facts for an About page.

Sep

Unlinked Brand Mentions – Can They Help Your SEO?

September 21, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Ethical SEO, Marketing

Yes, unlinked brand mentions SEO can help, but usually indirectly. A mention of your business without a link may support trust, brand recognition and entity understanding. It does not pass link equity

Sep

Content Clusters for SEO – A Simple Guide for Small Businesses

September 18, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Cheshire SEO, Marketing, On Page SEO

Content clusters SEO is a way of grouping your website content around the services, problems and questions your customers actually search for. You create one strong main page, support it with related

A lit Cheshire shopfront at night suggests a business built around connected service pages and local SEO.

Sep

Zero-Click Searches – How Can Small Businesses Still Get Customers?

September 17, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, The Future of SEO

Small businesses can still get customers from zero click searches by treating Google as a shop window, not just a traffic source. Win visibility in maps, snippets, AI answers and branded results, then

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Sep

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