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AI Search Optimization: Embryo Adoption AI SEO Case Study Commonwealth Creative Marketing, is a full-service digital marketing firm based in Virginia Beach, VA. After a meeting with our client, Embryo Adoption Services of Cedar Park, we realized a major issue they were facing; Establishing authority and establishing credibility. Many of their potential leads could notRead More »AI SEO Case Study

AI Search Optimization: The Future of SEO Commonwealth Creative Marketing in Virginia Beach has been helping small businesses get the recognition they deserve on local Google searches for over a decade thru traditional SEO services. With the introduction of AI pushing organic results farther down the page we have researched and developed a program thatRead More »AI Search Optimization in Virginia Beach

Key Takeaways Successful Pay Per Click campaigns aren’t just about buying clicks they are about building a system that consistently turns traffic into paying customers. By combining, a high-converting landing page, strong lead management software, a thoughtful sales funnel, a great offer and a smart budget.  What Makes a Pay Per Click Campaign Successful?  InRead More »The 5 Key Elements for any Pay Per Click Campaign to Be Successful

Key Takeaways If your goal is to attract long-term, sustainable traffic from Google, WordPress is the clear winner. WordPress designs come standard with powerful, and flexible performance options giving you full control over your SEO strategy. While Wix, GoDaddy, and Square can work for simple starter sites, they simply can’t compete with WordPress when itRead More »7 Benefits of WordPress Website Designs for Organic SEO

 Professional Logo Designers in Virginia Beach Speak About A.I. Design Here at Commonwealth Creative Marketing, we have specialized in helping small businesses brand themselves with creative and unique logo designs in Virginia Beach for over 15 years. With the recent developments in A.I., small business owners can now create comprehensive designs to capture their ownRead More »5 Reasons Why Vector Files are Important in Logo Design

Hear it From The Logo Design Experts in Virginia Beach Whenever a new business comes to us for their logo design, we feel it is an honor to kickstart their branding with a professionally made logo. We love to brainstorm creative ideas with our clients and hear what concepts they envision for their new businessRead More »What are the Pros and Cons of Using AI for Logo Design?

We Can Help You Get Found on Google! Commonwealth Creative Marketing in Virginia Beach has been helping small businesses get the recognition they deserve on local Google searches for over a decade. We have many SEO Services that are designed to put you on the first page or search results and in the coveted MapRead More »How Do I Get My Business on Google?

Improve Your Map Pack Ranking Fast! We have been providing Google maps business help in Virginia Beach to small businesses for over 15 years. We have helped a wide range of businesses with their Google map pack optimization helping them make a presence in their local area and business sector. Our map pack optimization servicesRead More »Learn The Secret to Google Map Pack Optimization

Local SEO Company in Virginia Beach Commonwealth Creative Marketing is Virginia Beach’s leading SEO Agency for small business. For well over a decade we have been the preferred and growing local SEO company for many different businesses. We take the time to understand your position in the market, your realities, your goals and objectives, andRead More »Your Trusted Local SEO Company

Best WordPress Designers in Virginia Beach We are the leading WordPress designers in Virginia Beach for over 15 years specializing in building custom websites tailored to your business’ needs along with branding-design to match your small business.  As WordPress designers, we prefer to use a custom-design approach, and customize approved high-end themes that ensure thatRead More »Top 5 Reasons to Use WordPress

Bring Real Traffic to Your Google Business Listing The GEOBoost program is designed to increase your Google Map Pack ranking by bringing real customers to your Google Business listing. This service is ideal for anyone who relies on customers close to them like doctors, dentists, chiropractors, salons, pressure washers, restaurants, lawyers, and many more smallRead More »How to Improve Google Business Profile Rankings

How to Rank Your Google Business Profile Getting your small business found across local search results in Virginia Beach is part art, and part science. Our Local Search Marketing program features automated software that can take care of the hard work for you, and drive shoppers to your store. Modern consumers start their shopping experienceRead More »Google Maps Optimization

We Can Help You Rank Higher For Your Service Area Finally, a chance for small business owners looking for local seo in Virginia Beach, Virginia can improve their local rankings with our new LSM + GEO Boost marketing program. This exciting new marketing program will both increase your reputation with Google and also bring realRead More »Grow Your Local Search Engine Results… Fast!

Search Engine Optimization Services Virginia Beach At CCM we understand that proper SEO is a critical component of any digital marketing strategy. Every site that is under our hosting is carefully optimized to match the keywords customers are using to find your business. We handle everything from alt tags, h1 tags, title tags, and metaRead More »5 Reasons Why SEO is Important

Best Wordpress Website Design Commonwealth Creative Marketing is Virginia Beach’s local full service marketing agency. We specialize in building custom websites in WordPress. As designers, we prefer to custom-design and build custom themes from scratch in-house to ensure that our clients have a truly unique website design that reflects their own individuality and creativity. WhyRead More »Top Website Design Company in Virginia Beach

Local Search Marketing Can Reach More Customers Near You! CCM, your friendly neighborhood marketing agency in Virginia Beach has the perfect program for any small business looking to improve their online presence. Our Local Search Marketing package is designed to get your business seen first in the Google Map 3 Pack of search results andRead More »How to Improve Local Web Presence

Onsite Optimization Service Virginia Beach Many small businesses build their first website with free, or economical web builders provided to them through their hosting company (GoDaddy, Squarespace, Wix etc.). It is a great place to start building your online presence and at least get something out there for customers to see and make appointments. Unfortunately,Read More »Affordable Onsite Optimization

Blogging Service Virginia Beach Content is King and search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo like to see websites post blogs with fresh, helpful content, and the more frequently you post the better it will make you look. But as a small business owner you simply may not have the time to sit down andRead More »Is Blogging Important for SEO?

Bring Customers to Your Door Fast! If you have seen a decrease in leads to your small business then you may want to consider looking into Pay Per Click Advertising from Commonwealth Creative Marketing. Our Pay Per Click Campaigns focus on getting you the best leads, which provides lower cost per conversion, increasing your traffic,Read More »Pay Per Click Advertising Virginia Beach

WordPress Experts Commonwealth Creative Marketing has over 15 years of experience in website design building WordPress websites for small businesses in Virginia Beach, Virginia. CCM can build a site for just about anyone whether you’re a service-based small business, a manufacturer, retailer, broker, real estate agent, artist, musician, consultant… you name it. We can bring… Read More »Website Design in Virginia Beach

 Let CCM Manage It For You! Commonwealth Creative Marketing has been hosting and maintaining hundreds of small business websites across Virginia Beach, Virginia for over 15 years. Our website hosting package is affordable and provides you with a list of great benefits to help your business succeed. Our customer service is unparalleled to the larger… Read More »Need Help Hosting & Maintaining Your Website?

Give a Good Impression of Your Business In today’s digital age Google Reviews tell prospective customers a lot about your business. Is your service fast? Is your staff friendly? Have you ever “gone above and beyond” for a customer? The Local Search Marketing package from Commonwealth Creative Marketing in Virginia Beach can help you manage… Read More »The Importance of Google Reviews

Indoor Digital Display Advertising CCM is giving your small business the chance to have your ads displayed on hundreds of  screens inside gyms, bars, and restaurants all across Hampton Roads Virginia with indoor digital display advertising. These “indoor billboards” are on large screens inside of top-rated, popular businesses throughout Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks of… Read More »Digital Indoor Advertising Virginia Beach

Experience Matters Marketing is easy in the fact that anyone can do it, but deeply understanding it and doing it well while staying on budget is not easy at all. In fact, it takes almost a decade or more to become an expert in it. Oh, and the fun part? Technology is constantly changing and… Read More »Should I Let AI Build My Website?

Make a Big Impression with a Billboard Commonwealth Creative Marketing offers billboard advertising throughout Hampton Roads, Virginia including Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. Have your latest promotion or offer posted on busy highways and roadways that your customers travel frequently leading to many impressions and calls to your business. Billboard advertising is a creative… Read More »Billboard Advertising in Norfolk – Newport News – Hampton Roads

Get More Customers with Local Search Marketing Are you not ranking as high as you should be in local web searches? Do you see your competitors ahead of you in Google’s search results? Then your business listing on Google may not be properly optimized. With the Local Search Marketing package from Commonwealth Creative Marketing in… Read More »How to Improve Your Local Web Presence

Selecting the Right Name The first step to starting your small business is choosing a name for your small business. Make sure to choose a name that is relevant to your industry, or the products/services you offer. It should give your potential customers an idea of what your business is about. In today’s digital age,… Read More »How To Start a Small Business in Virginia?

Why Choose Wordpress? As of 2023, WordPress accounts for +36% of ALL websites on the web. WordPress is by far the most popular website-building platform on the web at more than 455 million websites. At Commonwealth Creative Marketing in Virginia Beach, we specialize in building websites in WordPress. We offer custom-design and theme customizations designed here,Read More »Upgrade Your Site to WordPress

Pay Per Click Advertising in Virginia Beach There are many choices when it comes to online advertising and Pay Per Click advertising is one of the most viable options out there. Maybe you have run your own Pay Per Click campaigns in the past but didn’t have much success? Many people who try to do… Read More »Pay Per Click Advertising

In Virginia Beach we have a multitude of small businesses all competing for a spot-on Google’s search results. You may do a search for a product or service that your business offers and find that you are not on the first page of Google’s search results, and then ask yourself why? The answer may be… Read More »Why is SEO Important to Small Business in Hampton Roads?

SEO (search engine optimization) is a tricky thing just by nature. Typically speaking, we have to explain it a few times just in layman’s terms before our average client really gets it. As an SEO firm here in Hampton Roads, explaining SEO to our clients is important to us. The last thing we want is… Read More »Why Should You Work with a Local SEO Firm in Hampton Roads?

When it comes to SEO, you have probably heard a lot about local SEO as essential factors and concerns in digital marketing. It’s part of science, art, and a lot of mystery. And no matter what anyone tells you, there isn’t a person on earth who knows exactly how to utilize it. This informative article… Read More »5 Content Improvements That Can Boost Your Local SEO 

Many small businesses and start-up’s consider Wix.com for their first foray into a website mainly because Wix is very user-friendly. Wix has made building a nice looking website pretty easy, if you have moderate skills. As a local web design company catering to small businesses, I’ve seen first-hand pretty much all of the popular site-builder… Read More »Does Wix SEO Work?

May 31, 2019 Over the past week, Google has been rolling out a new ability to order food from local restaurants directly from Search, Maps, and Google Assistant. Orders processed by services like DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, Slice, UberEats, ChowNow, and more are coming at a later date according to Google. The delivery service providers have… Read More »Google Rolling Out Ability to Order Food Directly From Search Results

August 7, 2018 One or the Other?  Say it ain’t so! Since mid-2017 Google has without a doubt been aggressively pushing more “answers driven” search results. This was first seen by Google introducing the Knowledge Graph (more detailed snippets about a business, brand or product), carousels for courses, recipes, etc. as well as real answers… Read More »The Google 3-Pack vs Organic Conundrum

May 7, 2018 With so many choices and different processing rates structures, it’s hard to tell which payment processing solution is right for your website’s checkout. As web developers having lots of eCommerce sites under our belts, we’re here to break this down for you in a simple way. PayPal: PayPal is 2.9% + $0.30… Read More »What Payment Processor Should I Use for My eCommerce Site? PayPal, Square, Stripe, Authorize.net?

Fiverr.com is a pretty unique website if you haven’t heard of it. The basic concept is that you can pay $5 for a number of services that other people will perform for you. And of course everything starts at $5. There are premium packages offered by most vendors that give you more for more money.… Read More »Is there a catch to Fiverr logo design?

November 17, 2017 As a Co-Owner and Operator of a small-to-midsize-business focused ad agency, I get approached about billboard placement all the time and one big question is always “So, do you own the billboards?”  No. No we do not. I’ve learned to answer this question with an explanation of our role in the process… Read More »Why You Should Buy Billboards From an Agency

CCM Featured on the Drop & Give Me 20 Podcast November 1, 2016 Our own Marc Bethel, stopped by the Drop & Give Me 20 Podcast this week to talk web design, entrepreneurship and more with host Lindsey Germono. Drop & Give Me 20 is a podcast geared somewhat specifically to active duty or retired… Read More »CCM Featured on the Drop & Give Me 20 Podcast

We’re Moving to Virginia Beach! April 2, 2016 CCM (Commonwealth Creative Marketing) is moving to a new location in April 2016 to 4772 Euclid Road in Virginia Beach, VA. After 5+ years at our Norfolk location, we will be moving down the street to a location near Virginia Beach’s Town Center. One thing we’re excited… Read More »We’re Moving!

CCM Nominated for American Advertising Federation Award December 7, 2015 CCM has been nominated for an award in Most Effective Creative Design in an Outdoor Campaign for our 2015 campaign for The Virginia Department of Health’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. Since July, WIC’s enrollment of qualifying participants in the program has increased 15%… Read More »CCM Nominated for American Advertising Federation Award

DON’T FALL FOR THE Websitebackup.com SCAM A popular scam may be hitting your mailbox soon. A company by the name of Websitebackup.com is sending unauthorized invoices (usually in the amount of $70) for website backup services never rendered. The invoices are sent via U.S. Postal Service standard mail and look very much like a legitimate… Read More »DON’T FALL FOR THE Websitebackup.com SCAM

Making Sense of that Horrible Nationwide Super Bowl Ad So much has been said of Nationwide Insurance’s totally depressing Super Bowl XLIV commercial that featured a dead child. “Who thought this was a good idea?” “Who approved this?” These are things I keep hearing. I figured I’d try and make some sense of this ad… Read More »Making Sense of that Horrible Nationwide Super Bowl Ad

Wix or Squarespace? Which is better? So you’re looking at doing a Do-It-Yourself website and you like the new looks of Wix and Squarespace. But which is better? What are the pros and cons? In this installment I’ll explain what’s good about these services and what’s bad and how to identify what’s best for your… Read More »Wix or Squarespace? Which is better?

SEO Scams, SEO Email Marketing Scams – For Shame!! Have you ever gotten an unsolicited email from a so-called “SEO expert” telling you what your website is missing and why you need them to improve it? Does it seem like a scam? Or is it just an ambitious person scouring the web for business doing… Read More »SEO Scams, SEO Email Marketing Scams – For Shame!!

Launch of Our New Website and Expanded Services 2014 is poised to be an exciting year here at CCM not only for us but for our customers as well. This week we launched our new and improved site www.ccm-web.com which showcases our new focus of building responsive website designs that render as mobile sites on… Read More »Launch of Our New Website and Expanded Services

What’s the Best Deal On Business Cards? Three years ago when we started our company, it was a web design company. That’s all. After a few months we realized we could be more, and over that year we emerged as an “ad agency for small business”. I think the second product we began offering was… Read More »What’s the Best Deal On Business Cards?

Blogging for SEO using WordPress By now someone has probably told you that you should blog. They may have mentioned that it’s “good for SEO” if you blog but they probably didn’t tell you exactly how or why. Here’s the deal… you can blog all you want but if you’re not optimizing your blog the… Read More »Blogging for SEO using WordPress

How To Start a Business in Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia is a great place to do business because it’s a fairly easy state to operate in with fair tax rates. Some states make it more difficult, a few may make it easier, but very few states offer the diverse demographics and geographical beauty, options… Read More »Starting a Business in Virginia

Why We Love Working With Small Business Early on in my career I got a “thrown to the fire” introduction to Corporate America.  Out of college I worked for a large corporation that had clients that were even bigger corporations.  Even though I wasn’t working for an “ad agency” like I’d wanted to, I was… Read More »Why We Love Working With Small Business