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Web Stories Strategy
With the right Google Web Stories strategy (set of choices, activities, & actions), your company can obtain a decisive competitive advantage in the Web Stories race to the top.
Web Stories have low adoption and high engagement. Your website will likely be the first website in your industry with a Web Stories content series. You’ll gain a first mover advantage if you leverage the right Web Stories strategy.
BeGreat!™ provides B2B teams done-for-you Web Stories. We’re mastering Web Stories installation, configuration, optimization, and visual storytelling so you don’t have to.
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BeGreat!™ Agency is available for on-demand Google Web Stories strategy sessions and to create your first set of Web Stories for your business website.
Avoid making Web Stories mistakes and save yourself 60 hours. Learn from us during a one-hour Zoom strategy call ($125 per session). We’ll provide a comprehensive assessment of your website. And you’ll takeaway a Web Stories strategy & our recommendations for your website.
Web Stories creation, optimization, and publishing + VIP customer service starts at $3K for a set of Web Stories.
VIP Customer Service Promise
We provide a 100% done-for-you premium Web Stories client service experience with a satisfaction guarantee.
Clients get full-access to our strategist, storyteller, designer, and animator for premium Web Stories.
We provide clients with a direct contact person and responsive phone, text, & email support if needed.
We provide clients with Web Stories training, tutorials, and live demos during a 1on1 virtual workshop.
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History of the SEO Service Industry
Story told by: Anthony Ragland - Celebrating 25 Years in SEO (1999-2024)
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In 1997
Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal says that “John Audette of Multimedia Marketing Group was using the term SEO as early as February 15, 1997.”
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In 1998
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while at Stanford University: original dissertation paper.
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In 1999
Anthony Ragland, Head of SEO at BeGreat! Agency, earned a Computer Science degree, and was hired to be the Webmaster for the heavy boxing champ.
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In 2000
Anthony discovered Bruce Clay’s SEOToolSet® at a coffee shop. Bruce Clay is one of the first people to popularize the term SEO and have SEO tools.
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In 2001
Danny Sullivan and his website Search Engine Watch become the source for SEO and search engine marketing (SEM) news, best practices, and events.
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In 2002
Anthony applies SEO + SEM tactics to grow online traffic, eCommerce orders, and fan club subscriptions for EvanderHolyfield.com.
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In 2003
Aaron Wall wrote “SEO Book” and launched SEOBook.com. His book, website, and tools instantly became popular within the SEO industry.
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In 2004
Google goes public with about 44% market share of all internet searches. If you invested $1 in Google’s IPO then, it would be worth $55 today.
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In 2005
Google launches two algorithm updates: (1) Jagger Update and (2) Big Daddy Update to crack down on unnatural link building, paid links, and spam.
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In 2006
Google Analytics & Google Webmaster Tools launched, two SEO tools that are foundational to technical SEO as we know it today.
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In 2007
Anthony grows in the field of SEO. By 2007, he’s compiled over 15,000 hours of technical SEO service on 100s of B2B & eCommerce web sites.
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In 2008
The Obama Campaign’s New Media team masterfully executes Web 2.0 & SEO strategies across the Internet to help win the U.S. presidency.
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In 2009
Google launches two algorithm updates: (1) Vince Update and (2) Caffeine Update. Also in 2009, Microsoft Live Search changed to Bing.
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In 2010
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are becoming popular. A new set of SEO skills become required to include social.
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In 2011
Google launched a year-long algorithm update: the Panda Update (1.0 – 3.1). Also in 2011,
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In 2012
Anthony achieved top search engine rankings for keyword clusters of “Credit Card Debt” generating hundreds of thousands in SEO traffic.
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In 2013
Google launches algorithm updates to reward better content: the (1) Panda, (2) Payday Loan, (3) Hummingbird, and (4) Penguin updates.
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In 2014
Anthony achieved top search engine rankings for keyword clusters of “How to Stop Snoring” generating hundreds of thousands in SEO traffic.
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In 2015
Mobile searches on Google overtook desktop searches for the first time. Mobile-friendly websites are rewarded with better search rankings.
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In 2016
Google releases Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) to help news media and publishers quickly adopt to mobile. Machine learning & AI emerge.
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In 2017
Google announced page speed will be a ranking factor for mobile search. Google CEO declares they are a machine learning-first company.
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In 2018
In 2018, WordPress had 32% market share of the CMS industry. Today, 63.1% of websites with a CMS use WordPress (43% of all websites).
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In 2019
Google and Bing both launched significant algorithm updates called, BERT, to better understand the intent behind users’ search queries.
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In 2020
Anthony launched a local search engine & eCommerce marketplace in Tennessee. The platform was impacted & dissolved by COVID.
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In 2021
The SEO services industry becomes saturated after COVID, with a reported 51% of SEO professionals today having less than 4 years experience.
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In 2022
Anthony launched BeGreat! Agency – an integrated marketing communications & advertising agency. BeGreat acquired it’s first few clients.
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In 2023
One of biggest years of change in SEO history. The year of AI-powered and personalized Google Search. And the end of Universal Analytics (UA).
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In 2024
BeGreat! pivots to become a revenue marketing agency. The agency launches it’s flagship technical SEO solution for WordPress websites.
Transparent SEO Strategy Development Program
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SEO Strategy Consulting
Let’s face it, some SEO service providers have damaged the reputation of SEO services. In large part because of lack of transparency and trustworthiness. That’s unfortunate. Because the disciple of SEO can produce a decisive and sustainable competitive advantage. All it takes is the right SEO strategy (set of choices, activities, & actions) to create a waterfall of organic traffic, leads, customers, and revenue.
The right SEO strategy requires creative discovery, development, implementation, and alignment to manage the process. BeGreat! Agency will be your transparent and trustworthy SEO partner who guides you to your waterfall.
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BeGreat!™ offers B2B marketing teams an enterprise-grade, transparent SEO strategy development program.
Avoid making the critical SEO mistakes of the past. Take the right next step and schedule a SEO strategy development call ($125 per session). You will receive a comprehensive assessment of your website. And you’ll takeaway our SEO strategy & recommendations.
The done-for-you SEO strategy development program is 8 weeks and it starts at $1,500 p/wk. Click ‘Complete This Questionnaire’ below for a free consultation.
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We provide a 100% done-for-you premium SEO service experience with a satisfaction & results guarantee.
Clients have access to our senior SEO strategist, copywriters, UX/UI designers, and web developers.
We provide clients with a direct contact person and responsive phone, text, & email support if needed.
Upon request, we provide clients with SEO project walkthroughs of our SEO work on virtual workshops.
Google Web Stories are mobile-first, video-enabled, animated content slides similar to the widely-popular and heavily-adopted social media stories. Website publishers and creators can publish Google Web Stories from their website onto the Internet.
To create Google Web Stories, website owners can use tools like Google Web Stories plugin for WordPress. It will require configuration with GA4, Google Search Console, and your onsite SEO tools.
Google Web Stories appear in Google Search and Discover networks.
It takes time and strategy to create an engaging Google Web Stories
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