Keokee :: media + marketing

06/04/2025

Welcome to the Port of Pend Oreille Move Here Grow Here Live Here Visit us on Social Media: Facebook The Port of Pend Oreille, dba Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (POVA) is a non-taxing government entity…

04/30/2025

Fourteen years ago, Keokee in cooperation with the City of Sandpoint installed a we**am on an osprey nest at the Memorial Field park. Each year the live cam has provided a real-life nature show as the osprey lay their eggs and raise their young. This year, however, a goose pair appropriated the nest, and after hatching out four goslings the family departed the nest. Check this video for a bit of drama ... and the drama continues, as we wait to see if the osprey will come back to the nest this late in their brood season.

At Sandpoint, Idaho's Memorial Field park, after a pair of geese appropriated a 90-foot-tall osprey nest to incubate and hatch their eggs, the day after they...

08/21/2024

The way the Google search results page looks is changing, and we've got the solution to make sure your company continues to show up at the top: Local Service Ads.

Read more about Local Service Ads on our latest blog.

Everything home builders, general contractors, and home remodelers need to know about Google's Local Service Ads and how to get started.

03/21/2024

Because Keokee is a digital marketing agency, we're involved in lots of aspects of our clients' digital strategy. But because we prioritize lead generation for builders, contractors, and remodelers, we want to ensure they dominate the real estate on the SERPs.

Because of the specific demographics of Bing users, coupled with the multiple partnerships Microsoft Ads has with other search engines (DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Yahoo, and more), we are strongly encouraging our clients to diversify their paid ad spend to include Microsoft Ads as well as Google.

Read all about it here:

Why this digital marketing agency believes builders, contractors, and remodelers need to be diversifying their ad spend into Microsoft Ads.

09/14/2023

Does it seem like AI is suddenly everywhere?

Let's discuss the pros and cons of taking advantage of the technology, and why real humans are a better solution for your website copy.

It might feel like AI-written content is suddenly everywhere. But is it really as good as the technology claims to be? Let's investigate.

08/14/2023

We keep hearing rumors that Google will be moving Bard out of beta and onto the SERPs in December, and we're not looking forward to it. Here's why:

While Bard is supposed to be helpful for searchers in a way auto-complete search can’t compete with, it is not ready to move out of beta. Here's why.

03/23/2022

Just for grins, here's today's view from our office back yard.

Here's an angle on a moose you don't see every day ... this young bull moose was munching on apple tree branches in the back yard of our Sandpoint Online / Keokee :: media + marketing offices on Church Street. Office Manager Sue Otis got this cell phone shot (from a safe spot behind a fence, just so you know) and dubbed the young guy "Bruce."

04/16/2021

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03/31/2021

For our compatriots in business who have for whatever reason not yet availed themselves to the Paycheck Protection Program: The program has been extended and there are indeed funds still available to small businesses that were impacted negatively by the pandemic during the past year. And that's just about all small businesses, right? Check today's blog post from our friends at WS CPAs & Consultants - Williams & Schiller for more details.

A bill to move the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application deadline from March 31 to May 31 won approval in the U.S. Senate last Thursday and has been signed into law by President Biden Tuesday, March 30. The legislation extends the filing deadline for PPP applications by 60 days and provides....

03/24/2021

One or our newest projects just went live, a new website for one of our town's finest artists, Maria Larson Art. Check out samples of her diverse work, plus have a look at the custom artwork she does for clients. THANKS to Maria, and kudos to our team leaders in this project, designer Nicole Wolff and sales director Clint Nicholson.

An artist whose perspective makes the commonplace stunning and the overlooked remarkable. Specializing in custom paintings. Previous Next See Work Landscapes & Wildlife An expert at wildlife and…

03/19/2021

Here's a good heads up for businesses as well as individuals, from our partners at WS CPAs & Consultants - Williams & Schiller. The IRS has extended the annual deadline to file taxes from the traditional April 15 to May 17, without requiring anyone to file an extension. Also of interest to businesses, new modifications for the PPP loan program, and other tax changes. Click to read the new blog post from WS CPAs:

The federal tax deadline changed to May 17. First, the IRS has postponed the filing deadline for individual taxpayers, who can postpone their federal income tax returns and income tax payment due on April 15 until May 17, 2021 without filing for an extension. For us, this is good news. This has been...

03/18/2021

We devote an entire team in our company to the specialized marketing needs of building and remodeling contractors. And consistently, one of the knottiest issues we face with our contractor clients is improving search rankings in Google. Click the pic here for our blog post on the subject, with some hands-on tips on how to do it.

Local SEO is the key to generating consistent leads in your service area. Without a Local SEO strategy in place, you’re either a) not showing up organically at all, or b) showing up organically, but generating traffic from outside your service area. When contractors come to us for digital marketin...