Grow with Meerkat
OVERVIEW
Grow with Meerkat is a Toledo-based digital marketing agency that offers a comprehensive range of services to help businesses grow their online presence. The agency prides itself on providing down-to-earth digital marketing solutions that prioritize the needs of its clients. Led by Stephanie Solheim and Alex Brinkman, Grow with Meerkat aims to strengthen businesses by offering proven marketing strategies and eliminating the complexities associated with larger marketing agencies. The agency believes in simplicity, offering jargon-free and all-in-one marketing solutions to make the marketing process easy and effective. Grow with Meerkat serves both local Toledo-based businesses and enterprises nationwide, assisting them in various areas such as lead generation, SEO, content writing, copywriting, conversion rate optimization, local SEO, Google My Business profile management, reputation management, link building, and all-in-one services that include website hosting and security. Stephanie Solheim, one of the agency's owners, has a passion for helping local Toledo-based businesses and women-owned businesses. She has actively supported women entrepreneurs during the pandemic and is a strategic partner in the Sisters In SEO Facebook Group. Alex Brinkman, another owner, is passionate about automation and simplifying processes for clients. He specializes in website design, development, and custom WordPress plugins. Beyond their business endeavors, Grow with Meerkat is dedicated to giving back to the community through volunteer work and donations to causes and organizations that align with their values and passions, such as the restoration of the Love Wall in downtown Toledo and support for the REED Charitable Foundation, Girl Parts Publishing & Production, Women of Toledo, and Sisters in SEO.
SERVICES
Search Engine Optimization
Grow with Meerkat offers comprehensive SEO services to help businesses in Toledo and beyond improve their online visibility and attract more high-value customers. Their ethical and transparent SEO methods aim to boost organic search engine rankings and ensure that customers find their clients' businesses before their competitors. The agency, led by Stephanie Solheim, a native of Ohio, specializes in various aspects of SEO, including page SEO, local SEO, website design, and social media. They provide a range of SEO services such as SEO audit, competitive research, consulting, reporting and analytics, on-page SEO, and technical SEO. An SEO audit helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of a website, allowing for proactive improvements. Through competitive research, Grow with Meerkat analyzes the strategies of competitors and fortifies their clients' search engine optimization to maintain relevance in their respective niches. Their SEO consultants offer valuable insights and actionable tips to improve search engine performance and customer conversion rates. The agency also emphasizes the importance of on-page SEO, optimizing content, title tags, relevant keywords, meta descriptions, internal links, and other elements to meet search engine criteria. Technical SEO focuses on optimizing the website's infrastructure, including metatags, sitemaps, JavaScript indexing, linking, keyword research, website speed, mobile-friendliness, and more. Grow with Meerkat also provides local SEO services to help businesses target critical opportunities, improve website performance, and gain an advantage over competitors. Their SEO strategy encompasses various components and ensures that clients' backlink strength, content quality, site speed, social media presence, and user-friendliness are optimized. With their expertise in SEO copywriting and strategy, Grow with Meerkat helps businesses create tailored content that aligns with SEO rules and regulations, making it easily discoverable by potential customers. By leveraging their award-winning team, businesses can benefit from effective SEO strategies that enhance their online presence and drive sales growth.
Web Design
Grow with Meerkat offers effective web design services that can transform your website into a powerful tool for generating interest and driving revenue. The agency understands the importance of creating a website that is inviting, informational, and easy to navigate. Their skilled web design experts work closely with clients to create visually compelling sites that stand out on the web. Whether you're a startup looking to share your unique vision or an established business seeking to enhance your online presence, Grow with Meerkat is equipped to meet your needs. They conduct design searches to ensure that your logo and branding are distinctive, and they present web design concepts for your approval, allowing you to provide input and ensure that the final design reflects your company's personality. With experienced designers, Grow with Meerkat can help showcase your local business, using images and other features to build familiarity and trust with your online visitors. The agency places great emphasis on high-quality code, as the coding of your website determines its functionality. Their web coding experts meticulously write, check, and test every line of code to ensure that it works flawlessly before your website goes live. In addition, Grow with Meerkat offers unique solutions by building each website from the ground up, using their own custom coding and development instead of relying solely on templates. This approach guarantees that your website will be truly one of a kind. By leveraging Grow with Meerkat's web design services, businesses can create visually appealing and functional websites that effectively engage visitors and drive conversions.
Website Security
Grow with Meerkat's website security services focus on ensuring that your website is secure, reliable, and protected from potential threats. Their website management and security teams specialize in locking down and securing WordPress websites while providing affordable website management services. The agency recognizes the importance of peace of mind when it comes to website security and takes proactive measures to address potential vulnerabilities.
One key aspect of their security service is identifying and addressing abandoned plugins or themes that may pose security risks. They help identify any abandoned plugins or themes on your website and recommend suitable replacements to prevent security holes from compromising your business website. Grow with Meerkat's security approach includes a range of protective measures, such as daily cloud backups, abandoned plugin scans, regular plugin update checks, securing the WordPress core, plugin conflict troubleshooting, regular theme update checks, brute-force protection, and regular core update checks. By implementing customized settings, including specialized plugins, the agency enhances the security of your website and makes it more difficult for malicious users to gain unauthorized access or attempt hacks.
In addition to security measures, Grow with Meerkat also emphasizes the importance of regular backups. They back up websites daily and store each backup in the cloud for 90 days. This three-month rolling daily backup process ensures that you always have a clean backup available to restore your website if needed, providing an extra layer of protection against data loss or website damage.
Furthermore, Grow with Meerkat ensures that your website stays up to date and protected by regularly updating WordPress core files, plugins, and themes. Outdated software can leave websites vulnerable to hacking or compromise, so their website management team located in Toledo ensures that all core, theme, and plugin files are kept up to date. They will also alert you to possible conflicts and report any issues related to the software running on your website, ensuring that your website remains secure and functional.
With Grow with Meerkat's website security services, businesses can have peace of mind knowing that their websites are protected, regularly backed up, and kept up to date to mitigate potential security risks.
LOCATION
TOLEDO