MGR News Archive
Google’s New Ad Rank Algorithm and How it Will Affect Your Small Business
Last month, Google announced the release of a major change to its AdWords Ad Rank algorithm. This is Google’s proprietary algorithm that determines the order/placement of the paid search ads on each Search Engine Results Page (SERP) as well as how much advertisers pay in the ad
The Art of Delegation: When to Hire Someone Else to Do What You Do
As a business owner, when chatting with other friends who are also business owners, I often get the question about how and when I delegate tasks to other people in my company. My answer is always very simple: “I delegate as much and as often as I
Understanding eCommerce Online Payments
As a provider of eCommerce solutions for our customers, we find ourselves many times explaining to our clients what they need to do to setup their online merchant accounts to be able to process credit card transactions online. There’s actually quite a bit of confusion out there with
6 Ways to Improve Your Responsive Email Design
If you follow this blog on a regular basis, or if you are an MGR Consulting Group client, you know that we are great advocates of Email Marketing. Despite all the new “marketing channels” such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, video marketing, and so many others that
How Will Google’s Hummingbird Algorithm Impact Your Website?
As some of you may know, Google quietly released a new algorithm update just a few weeks ago. The release was in fact quite swift and quiet, yet most search engine experts seem to agree that “Hummingbird” as the new release has been called, is the biggest
10 Points to Consider When Setting Up Your Online Store
Setting up an online store, or expanding your existing business into selling your products online is not really that difficult, however, it is also an aspect that is frequently oversimplified and not researched well enough. Small businesses can actually be successful and even have an edge over
What to Expect When You Start Your Own Business
Last week I wrote about the various business options that a new Entrepreneur should consider when starting a new company. This article brings to you another set of considerations that go beyond the actual legal formation of the company. What to Expect When You Start Your Own
How to Set up Your Own Business
So you’ve finally decided to start your own business… and now what? What do you do next or how do you actually set up your own business so that you’re operating as a business entity and have the proper legal structure? Here’s a quick summary of the
MGR Book Recommendations
These are books that either I’ve read, or I’m reading right now. The truth is that even after I’ve read them, I keep referring back to these books several times to review certain bookmarked areas. A few of them are eBooks (Kindle format) others are traditional paper
He Who Doesn’t Fail Will Not Succeed
Failure. This is a topic that I’ve wanted to talk about for quite some time. Failure in business. Failure in relationships. Failure in personal goals. It just seems like nobody likes to talk about failure, it’s like an off-limits topic. We know we all face it every