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Jonathan Bentz

West Virginia
Covers:  I typically cover news around marketing and internet technology. Additionally, I love learning about new, innovative startups and companies making big changes in industries like B2B and higher ed.
Doesn't Cover: I used to do a lot of sports blogging and writing, but not really today. However, if you have sports tech or sports biz news, that would be a good fit.
Father 3x. Husband. Follower of The Son. Marketing Strategist making leads, sales, and traffic @directom. Contributor: @businessdotcom, @b2community, @g2dotcom.

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What Is Google Search Console? (+How To Use It For SEO)

What Is Google Search Console? (+How To Use It For SEO)

g2.com — Google Search Console is a treasure trove of SEO gold for successful digital marketing campaigns. If you are being intentional about leveraging the world's number one search engine to acquire more site traffic, there might not be a free tool more important to the success of your campaign.

How to Reduce Customer Service Response Times

How to Reduce Customer Service Response Times

g2.com — Is there a more difficult challenge for businesses to provide in today's marketplace than efficient customer service? Unless you operate in a niche where you truly are the "only game in town," the quality and speed with which you provide customer service will often be the cause of your business swimming or sinking.

"5 Minutes With" Jonathan Bentz, Direct Online Marketing

"5 Minutes With" Jonathan Bentz, Direct Online Marketing

bluhorn.com — Each week on 5 Minutes With, our host Wes Benwick talks to experts in marketing.Today, Wes talks to Jonathan Bentz from Direct Online Marketing. Company: Direct Online Marketing Website Address: https://www.directom.com/ Interviewee: Jonathan Bentz Short company description: Direct Online Marketing, a Premier Google Partner, has been delivering first-class results for clients around the world since 2006.

Addiction Treatment Marketing: 8 SEO and Search Engine Marketing Ideas

Addiction Treatment Marketing: 8 SEO and Search Engine Marketing Ideas

directom.com — SAMHSA now dominates organic search since Google now favors them for rehab related keywords. Jonathan Bentz dives into eight addiction treatment marketing ideas facilities can use to grow their business. Learn how your rehab can adapt to these changes in search marketing.

Promoting Training Courses: 20 Actionable Marketing Ideas To Start ASAP

Promoting Training Courses: 20 Actionable Marketing Ideas To Start ASAP

directom.com — You may have heard the old adage, "Those that can't do, teach." Well, try telling that to companies that work every day in the training industry.

Website Redesign SEO: How to Preserve SEO & Increase Site Traffic

Website Redesign SEO: How to Preserve SEO & Increase Site Traffic

directom.com — Redesigning the website was near the top of the to-do list when you accepted the offer to take over marketing for your company earlier this year. Since accepting the offer, you and your team have put in months of hard work to get it done.

Lead Generation Strategies: 15 Software Marketing Ideas To Do Right Now

Lead Generation Strategies: 15 Software Marketing Ideas To Do Right Now

directom.com — In today's data-heavy, research-driven, overcrowded online marketplace, it can be really difficult for marketing professionals to find multiple lead generation sources that are successful. Too often, good software marketing ideas will get started, prove to be a successful lead generation channel, and then get turned away from once that strategy has produced a reliable pipeline.

Competitor Benchmarking Tools: How to Gauge Digital Marketing Efforts

Competitor Benchmarking Tools: How to Gauge Digital Marketing Efforts

directom.com — A quick Google search defines competition as "the person or people with whom one is competing, especially in a commercial or sporting arena." No matter what arena of the business world you participate in, you have competitors. And if you have competitors, you need to do competitor benchmarking.

What to Do After a Redesign When Your Traffic Takes a Nosedive

What to Do After a Redesign When Your Traffic Takes a Nosedive

Business 2 Community — Redesigning the website was near the top of the to-do list when you accepted the offer to take over marketing for your company earlier this year. Since accepting the offer, you and your team have put in months of hard work to get it done. Launch day came and went; all of your hard work was finally about to pay off! But as the weeks following the site redesign go by, the exact opposite of what you expected to happen, happens. Sales dwindled. Phones that constantly rang eventually came in drips. Qualified leads became mostly spammy submissions. The C-suite is naturally going to ask questions, so like any good marketing professional, you turn to your data for the answers. Instead of that reassuring feeling, you’ve come to expect from your analytics, the answers you find in the data shock you. Users? Down. Sessions? Down. In short, your traffic fell off a cliff. It tanked hard.