September 14, 2020

How to Add Pixels to Squarespace for Facebook & Google

Welcome to another Momentum Monday blog! Today, we’re going to look at How to add Pixels to Squarespace for Facebook & Google! The Google Analytics code and Facebook pixel can help you keep track of your website’s performance based on data collected in your accounts. Having access to this vital information can help you better optimize your website and improve your business success.

For a visual representation of what we go through in this blog, watch our video tutorial below. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter, and subscribe to us on YouTube to get weekly tips, tricks, and hacks that can help you better optimize your business.

Getting Started with Squarespace Pixels

Log into your Squarespace account to get started. When logged in, locate the dashboard panel on your account homepage.

This panel is located on the left side of the page, listing the various features of your Squarespace account such as Pages, Design, Commerce, Marketing, and more.
Closer to the bottom of the panel, you should see Analytics listed. This is the feature that shows you the traffic data and insights of your website helping you evaluate its performance.
In order to get this data displayed on the Analytics page, you need to add the Google Analytics code from your Analytics account. To start this process, go back to the dashboard panel on your Squarespace account homepage.
Locate Settings listed at the bottom of the panel. Next, navigate to Advanced listed at the bottom of the Settings panel.
On the following panel, you will see a number of new features such as External API Keys, Developer API Keys, Code Injection, URL Mappings, and more.

These various features allow you to add or edit parts of your website in different ways that affect your website on the backend.

Navigate to External API Keys, and notice the Google Analytics Account Number box at the top of the new panel. By entering your Analytics account number into this box, you will enable Google Analytics on your Squarespace website.

Adding Your Google Analytics Tracking ID to Squarespace

To collect your Analytics account number, log into your Analytics account.

If you don’t have a Google Analytics account, you need to create one using either your Gmail account information or your Google Business account information.

As you’re logged in to your Google Analytics account, navigate to the Admin feature listed at the bottom of the left sidebar on your account homepage.

If you already have an admin account created, then you are set to continue to the next step.

If not, you need to create an admin account by selecting the Create Account button at the top of the page.

Fill out the necessary fields, such as your name and the checkboxes you want, then continue onto the next page.
On the following page, select what you’re creating your account for (either website, mobile app, or both). Since this will be for your Squarespace website, choose the website option.
Once finished, complete the property setup on the next page. The property setup requires you to add your website name, website URL, website industry category, and website time zone.
While logged in to your Google Analytics account, navigate to the Admin feature listed at the bottom of the left sidebar on your account homepage.

If you already have an admin account created, then you are set to continue to the next step. Make sure to setup all these accounts properly when learning how to add pixels to Squarespace. You’ll need these accounts for more than your website.

If not, you need to create an admin account by selecting the Create Account button at the top of the page. Fill out the necessary fields, such as your name and the checkboxes you want, then continue onto the next page.

On the following page, select what you’re creating your account for (either website, mobile app, or both). Since this will be for your Squarespace website, choose the website option.

When finished, complete the property setup on the next page. The property setup requires you to add your website name, website URL, website industry category, and website time zone.

After filling out the property setup, hit the Create button, and accept the necessary terms and conditions. Your admin account should now be available.

The admin homepage is split up into three parts, Admin, Property, and View. Attached to each admin account are different properties (websites or apps).

The website you added when creating your admin account, your Squarespace website, should be the property attached to your admin account.

Navigate to Property Settings, listed as an option beneath the Create Property button. You should see the Analytics Tracking ID for your website as the very first set of information listed. Copy the Tracking ID. This is what should be pasted into the Google Analytics Account Number box on the External API Keys page of the advanced settings of your Squarespace website.

Paste the Tracking ID into the box, then hit the Save option that appears in the top left corner of the panel. Once you have done this, Google Analytics has successfully been enabled on your Squarespace website.

To learn how to add the Facebook pixel to your Squarespace website, move onto the next steps.

Adding Your Facebook Pixel to Squarespace

It’s imperative to properly add your pixels to squarespace for optimized marketing and advertising. So, on your Squarespace account homepage, navigate to Marketing listed on the panel. On the following panel, go to Facebook Pixel & Ads listed near the bottom. This is where you need to paste the Facebook pixel in order to connect your Facebook business account to your Squarespace website.

To retrieve the Facebook pixel, log into your Facebook business account. On the initial page, select the business account of your website. On the following page, select the Business Settings button in the top right corner.

Your business account settings should display the Facebook page of your Squarespace website.

Go to Pages listed on the left sidebar of your Business Settings, then locate your website’s Facebook page. If the Facebook page for your website is not listed, your account may not be attached or given access to it, or the page may not exist. Hit the Add button next to the Pages search box, and select the appropriate option. If your page already exists, all you need to do is add it or request access to it. However, if it doesn’t exist, you will need to create it. If requesting access to the page, approval for it may take some time, but if you are already the admin of the page, your request will be approved automatically.

Once your page access is situated, locate Data Sources listed on the left sidebar of the Business Settings. Under

neath Data Sources, locate the Pixels option, and navigate to it.

This feature allows you to create and name the Facebook pixels for each page. If a pixel does not exist for your page, add one by hitting the Add button next to the Pixels search box. Fill out your pixel name and enter your website URL, then continue.

Next, you will be given the option to either manage your business page and set up the pixel later, or set up your pixel now. If you are following along with this blog presently, choose the option to set up your pixel now. Instead, if you want to come back to this tutorial at another time, choose the latter option.

The following page will give you the option to add your code to your website by either using partner integration, manually adding the code yourself, or emailing a developer with instructions and documentation for installation. Choose to add the code using partner integration, and select Squarespace as your partner.

Your following page will tell you to implement the code on Squarespace by navigating to Code Injection. This is not correct, though. To follow the proper steps, skip to the next page where you will find your Facebook pixel ID listed in the second step. Copy your pixel ID.

Navigate back to your Squarespace website, and under Facebook Pixel & Ads, paste your pixel ID. Hit Save to finalize.

Then navigate back to your Facebook business account. On the next page, paste your website URL into the appropriate box to send traffic to it and verify the connection. If the connection is working, it will show up as “Active” (this takes a few seconds to load.)

Once verified, you have completed the process!

Verifying the Google Analytics Code and Facebook Pixel

To double check whether the Analytics tag and Facebook pixel are active, you can use the Google Chrome extensions, Facebook Pixel Helper and Google Tag Assistant. Using these extensions will help you verify the existences of the tag and pixel on your website.

Now you’re done!!

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By Mac

September 4, 2020

5 Local SEO Tactics You Need to Implement

When it comes to running a small business, implementing the right local SEO tactics is paramount for converting more leads to paying customers. If you want to make more sales, receive more phone calls, and welcome more consumer visitations, you need to make sure your business is optimized for geo-specific Google searches. In this article we talk about 5 Local SEO Tactics that can help most small businesses rank higher on Google.

In other words, if your business appears in well-placed rankings on Google Maps, more locals will deem your business trustworthy and credible, and they’ll be more likely to purchase something there. With all of this in mind, we’re going to discuss the basics of the local SEO tactics that you’d be wise to implement.

Local SEO Basics

While the concept of search engine optimization is well-known in 2020, what does the more specific niche of local SEO entail? From a technical standpoint, this is the process of making sure that your website is optimized for geographically-specific keywords; usually, those that describe a company’s locale.

But how does that look in practice? Well, it’s one thing for someone to Google “bookstores”, and it’s an entirely different thing for them to search for “bookstores in Boston”. The latter represents a local keyword, that will provide information about a query related to a particular area. Apart from this, there are also keywords that Google intersects with GPS data about the user to provide an answer; that’s what happens when you search for “restaurants near me”.

Most people use Google Maps to find local service providers or product vendors, making the process of optimizing your business for Google Maps via local SEO tactics absolutely crucial. While this is more specific than general SEO, the process adheres to a pretty much identical set of principles.

When you’re conducting general SEO, you use the help of experts such as WP Full Care to design your website and optimize it to rank higher on regular search queries. Conversely, with local SEO, you’re mostly tweaking your listing on Google Maps. Your goal here is for Google to deem your business as a credible, legitimate enterprise that’s worth presenting to its users.

Other Local SEO Factors

The important web of backlinks that’s crucial for general SEO has its equivalent in local SEO as well, in the form of positive consumer reviews and local citations. Listings on major aggregate websites and social networks such as Facebook Places, Foursquare, or Yelp help as well.

Just as with general search results, before organic results are displayed, Google has three paid results placed above. So, what does that mean for the importance of local SEO tactics? Are web design and optimization for your listings not as important as paying for an ad? We’ll provide the answer below.

Local SEO Tactics vs Paid Ads

When you’re implementing local SEO tactics, there’s always the dilemma of paid advertisements versus local SEO. And this is not a new thing — it’s actually just an extension of a conundrum as old as digital marketing; should you invest in advertising or organic marketing?

At the end of the day, the answer comes from the relation between time and money. If you want to use local SEO tactics and slowly build an organic following, you will need to invest less money than you would into ads, but it takes far more time to do so.

On the other hand, paid advertisements produce results in terms of lead conversion pretty much instantly — pay-per-click campaigns are designed to immediately provide you with lots of traffic. The problem here is that you can’t sustain a digital marketing strategy for a long time on paid ads, at least not in any extensive capacity. In other words, this is a tactic, not a strategy.

Comparatively, the timeline for local SEO campaigns may vary. But one constant is the fact that you can’t expect significant results in less than half a year. And that’s in the very least — usually, it takes up to a year. Paid ads will get you leads much faster, but you can’t sustain that business model for long.

Cost-efficiency becomes an even bigger issue if you’re facing a lot of niche competition. Ads will become increasingly more expensive as more companies begin competing for the same local keywords. On top of all that, we need to remember that huge numbers of people use ad blockers — Internet users simply want to resist paid advertisements.

Google Maps Ranking Factors

When it comes to local SEO tactics, we’ve already described how and why Google Maps listings represent the pinnacle of your local digital marketing strategy. With that in mind, it’s important to note which factors decide your Google Maps rankings and the visibility of your business.

For one, the optimization of your business’ Google My Business listing is quite crucial. You need to successfully utilize subcategories and categories, and use the proper keywords in the title of your business. You don’t want to compete for geo-specific keywords that are actually too far away compared to the searcher.

Backlinks are also important, as we’ve already mentioned, though not in the traditional sense that you’re used to with General SEO. Here, we’re talking about inbound links that connect you to relevant niche blogs, review aggregates, and reputable authority sources on your niche subjects.

While on the subject of user reviews, Google’s algorithm is extremely passionate about the essence of these reviews, meaning both their quantity and their quality. For instance, Google notices how diverse user reviews are. This means that you’ll have better rankings if your business receives reviews on a wider variety of review websites.

Besides that, you also need to deal with the proper on-page optimization; the content you post needs to be optimized for your niche, as well as your phone number, address, and name.

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August 17, 2020

How to Request Access to a Google My Business Page

Welcome back to another Momentum Monday marketing blog! Today, we’re going to look at How to Request Access to a Google My Business Page, whether it’s the page of your own business or another business that you own or manage. This video is meant for business owners and digital marketers so that you can quickly request access and manage a GMB account.

In order for you to gain access to another Google My Business page, you must go through a process of approval. For a visual representation of what we go through in this blog, watch our video tutorial. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter, and subscribe to us on YouTube to get weekly tips, tricks, and hacks that can help you better optimize your business.

Getting Started with Google My Business

Before we get started, feel free to read through the help article on this tutorial provided by Google. The concise guide provides a brief video alongside links that help break things down for users looking to gain access to a Google My Business page. For our hands-on, detailed tutorial, continue following our steps below.

To begin, search the business name on Google. The Google My Business page will show up on the right sidebar. Navigate to the lower portion of the page to the hyperlink that reads “Own this business?”. This option will allow you to request access to the business page. Simply click the hyperlink to get started.

Requesting Access to a GMB Account

The following page will notify you that the listing has already been claimed. You are given the option to either recover the page if you are its original owner (and if you’ve lost access to it), or request access to the page as an affiliated user. For the purpose of this tutorial, select the button “Request Access”.

If you are the original owner of the account, follow the Account Recovery guide if needed.

Fill out the following form, which gives you the option to choose the type of access you are seeking (management or ownership), the type of relationship you have with the business, your name, agency name, and phone number.

Request Approval to Manage the GMB Account

When ready, hit the “Submit” button to send in your request form. Your request is sent to the current owner of the Google My Business page. Once they approve it, you are given access to manage the page. If the current owner of the page does not approve your request after three days, Google will contact you with an alternative way to verify your affiliation so you can gain access to it.

When your request is approved, you will receive an email that notifies you and directly gives you access to edit the page. Follow the email instructions to successfully begin editing and optimizing the Google My Business page. Learn more about Local SEO Management on our services page.

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How to Add Pixels to Squarespace for Facebook & Google

How to Add Pixels to Squarespace for Facebook & Google

Getting Started with Squarespace Pixels

Adding Your Google Analytics Tracking ID to Squarespace

Adding Your Facebook Pixel to Squarespace

Verifying the Google Analytics Code and Facebook Pixel

5 Local SEO Tactics You Need to Implement