https://chrisabraham.com Chris Abraham is an organic, on-page, technical SEO consultant. https://chrisabraham.com/blog/seo-tips-everything-else-you-need-to-succeed-in-ecommerce People on the internet make ecommerce seem like the easiest thing to do, and that making money by selling items online is easy. However, this is not always the case, and there are many pitfalls and issues that can get in the way of your success. 2026-02-11T22:21:41Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/digital-pr-in-2026-how-i-make-it-actually-help-seo I keep seeing the same kind of article making the rounds: a giant list of Digital PR statistics, trends, “what’s changed,” “what’s growing,” “what’s working,” “what’s dead.” I read them because I want to sanity-check my instincts, and because it’s useful to see what the broader industry is telling itself. 2026-01-27T20:33:27Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/4-surefire-ways-to-stand-out-from-your-competitors 2026-01-22T01:11:13Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/reasons-you-keep-putting-off-your-startup-venture 2026-01-13T18:29:21Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/should-you-self-fund-your-own-business If you want to start your own business, but you simply have no idea where to start, or if you want to make sure that you are not falling into the same traps that so many people do, then this is the guide for you. 2025-12-31T19:43:13Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/my-meshtastic-journey2014so-far-so-good I bought a cheap purple Meshtastic device off Etsy for about fifty-five dollars. I wasn’t a prepper, I’m not a ham, and I didn’t have a use case. I had heard the word “Meshtastic,” understood roughly that it was LoRa mesh messaging, and the buy-in was low enough that curiosity outweighed skepticism. 2025-12-29T19:20:10Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/google-discover-seo-how-content-gets-found-before-anyone-searches-for-it Google Discover has been around for years, but most companies only notice it once it starts showing up in analytics as a line item they don’t fully understand. Suddenly there’s traffic that isn’t tied to keywords, rankings, or obvious intent, and it’s volatile in a way traditional search rarely is. 2025-12-28T20:25:50Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/how-to-start-marketing-as-a-startup-business 2025-12-17T20:03:46Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/happy-holidays-from-the-team-at-meritus-media 2025-12-04T23:45:22Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/how-to-save-money-as-a-small-business-owner 2025-12-04T23:11:47Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/taking-care-of-your-business-premises-what-every-business-owner-needs-to-do When you get to a point where your business is running out of space, turning a solid amount of revenue, and you could do with having a headquarters of your own, investing in your own company premises could be crucial. 2025-12-03T21:01:48Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/3-mistakes-young-businesses-make-and-how-to-avoid-them 2025-11-28T19:51:58Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/what-is-your-business-missing-to-see-the-success-you-desire 2025-11-25T18:11:16Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/when-more-tools-mean-more-stress-rethinking-digital-marketing-in-2025 Digital marketing used to feel smaller. There were fewer platforms. Fewer ways to create. And fewer things that people wanted from us. Now there’s a lot more. Scheduling tools. Automation. Templates. Creative generators. Analytics on everything. So in theory, it should feel easier to get things done. But a lot of marketers feel more tired. More unsure. And always playing catch-up. 2025-11-25T17:46:46Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/taking-your-food-business-to-the-next-level-a-mini-guide 2025-11-24T20:24:27Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/a-thanksgiving-message-from-meritus-media Thanksgiving is a good moment to pause and acknowledge the people in our lives, both personally and professionally. However each of us celebrates, the heart of the holiday is simple: gratitude. 2025-11-24T19:59:24Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/my-tachikoma-thinkpads-a-self-hosted-sync-network-for-one-human-and-many-terminals For years, I’ve carried different laptops for different contexts — a Lenovo W520 on my desk and a rotating zoo of Lenovo X220s tucked into various bags: one in my GORUCK GR2 34L, one in my GR0, one in a leather satchel, another in a shoulder bag, and a few more sitting around like dormant terminals. All of them run Linux Mint. All of them are from 2011–2012. And all of them are still perfectly capable for the kind of work I actually do: text, code, docs, spreadsheets, PDFs, and the occasional PNG or web graphic. 2025-11-22T00:57:50Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/2025-concept2-individual-holiday-challenge Concept2’s 2025 Holiday Challenge runs Nov 27–Dec 24. Row, ski, or ride 100k or 200k meters to earn certificates, pins, and trigger donations to selected charities. BikeErg meters count half. Log all meters in the Online Logbook and choose a charity for donations and rewards. 2025-11-20T18:10:53Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/in-praise-of-pilchards-sardines-jacket-potato-and-all-things-tinned-fish If you’ve known me for more than five minutes, you know I am not a fair-weather tinned fish enjoyer. I am a lifer. A card-carrying member of the Church of Small Oily Fish. 2025-11-19T17:52:55Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/struggling-with-sales-numbers-4-things-you-can-do 2025-11-17T21:29:01Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/turning-your-sales-process-into-a-lead-nurturing-machine For businesses that depend on a steady feed of sales, such as client-based service businesses and B2B providers, there are very few things that matter as much to your success as your sales generation process. If you don’t have a set process, it’s vital that you create one. Here, we’re going to look at a host of components, tools, and tips that can help you find, generate, and nurture the leads that keep your business running. 2025-11-15T20:31:42Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/what2019s-the-red-flags-when-hiring-a-construction-firm For the most part, hiring a construction company sounds straightforward, right? Like, you find one that looks good, get a quote, and yeah, project done. Well, except that’s not always how it goes. 2025-11-13T17:09:21Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/zeus-the-lutheran-by-garrison-keillor My favorite of all short stories ever written. Garrison Keillor, longtime host of A Prairie Home Companion, is one of those American storytellers who can braid small-town tenderness with sly theological mischief. “Zeus the Lutheran” is him at his funniest and most humane—dropping the king of the gods into a Lutheran pastor’s life and watching what grace, lust, and marriage do to each other. 2025-11-11T03:40:05Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/who-am-i-this-time-by-kurt-vonnegut-jr-1961 This is one of my very favorite. Written in 1961, “Who Am I This Time?” captures Kurt Vonnegut at his most humane and slyly philosophical. Long before his sharper satires like Slaughterhouse-Five or Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut was already dissecting loneliness, absurdity, and the fragile machinery of love with wit and Midwestern warmth. In this story, his fascination with identity and performance flickers through ordinary lives, turning small-town theater into a mirror for the human condition. 2025-11-09T22:22:36Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/google-business-profile-reinstatement-and-restoration-the-complete-survival-guide-for-2025 When your Google Business Profile disappears, it’s not just some digital hiccup. It’s existential. Overnight, your business goes from findable to invisible — the phone stops ringing, the leads vanish, and Maps pretends you never existed. You type your own company name into Google and it feels like being ghosted by an algorithm. 2025-10-06T16:37:55Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/google-business-profiles-surviving-suspensions-verification-and-reviews Google Business Profiles (GBPs, formerly Google My Business) are the backbone of local visibility. For many businesses, that little box on Google Maps is the most important real estate they own online. But when something goes wrong—when a profile is suspended, a verification fails, or reviews suddenly disappear—it feels like the rug has been pulled out from under you. 2025-10-03T13:27:27Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/what-if-your-business-idea-is-more-niche-than-most-consider-this It’s fair to say that if there’s a way to make money, someone has probably thought up a way to do it. All businesses are built on a concept or try to sell an idea. Think of how Disney has stood strong in the market of family-friendly fun for quite some time, with theme parks, movies and television shows, merchandise and much more. It’s all based on one idea - giving families a magical experience. Sometimes even defending that illusion with heavily proactive legal techniques. 2025-09-26T15:49:03Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/4-specialists-who-can-support-your-business-growth 2025-09-22T23:42:05Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/simple-tricks-to-improve-your-cognitive-function Many people view memory issues as a normal part of getting older. After all, becoming more forgetful in their senior years is something that many people experience. 2025-09-09T00:08:40Z News Item https://chrisabraham.com/blog/5-digital-marketing-strategies-every-business-should-capitalize-on You’re living in the dark ages if your business isn’t pulling digital marketing strategies out of the bag on a regular basis. There are so many incredible and lucrative methods that can help you to boost your brand exposure, widen your target audience and grow your revenue. 2025-09-08T17:13:12Z News Item