Future Proof® Feature: NAVIS Email Subscription Form

Create sign up forms to add entries to NAVIS email campaign subscription lists To get started: Create a new entry in the project management software to have the dev team install the “q4-navis-form” plugin on your desired site. Request account number and password from Navis. After the plugin is installed,  go to Settings → Q4 … Continued

Q4Launch Policy: Maintenance Mode For All Demo Sites

3/2020 Protocol for demo sites — all demo sites required to always be in maintenance mode and require a login to view Issue: Demo sites are being indexed by Google We’ve discovered the “discourage search engines” setting being turned off and demo sites becoming indexed by Google. This WordPress setting is meant to discourage search … Continued

Offboarding a Customer from a Q4Launch Future Proof® Website

When offboarding a customer who is not keeping their Q4Launch website Remove the Vacation Guide and all other lead generation tools created by Q4Launch as a part of their Marketing Agreement if the lead gen tool is a PDF, delete it from the media gallery if it is an online guide, remove the Q4 online … Continued

Troubleshooting Missing Weather Widget

In the back end of your customer’s website under Appearance > Widgets find the footer that houses the Awesome Weather Widget. I find it helpful to click “Manage with Live Preview” in the top right, which enables you to see the changes you’re making on the front end.   If your weather widget is not … Continued

The Q4Launch Guide to Google Search Console

Google Search Console Information in Data Studio The PIR includes a section with data pulled from Google Search Console. It looks something like this: Below is a general description of each of the metrics above. This data is super high-level so I recommend digging deeper into Google Search Console to interpret what you’re seeing. Average … Continued

VR Onboarding

API Access: Gain API access to Customer Data To being integration on the Q4VR sites, you’ll need access to the API. This is the main communication our sites have to the customer’s PMS. Since not all the systems are the same, please refer to the following KB article on what language you should use to communicate effectively … Continued

Strategic Planning, Guidance, and Reporting Tasklist

Throughout this article, there will be several acronyms used. Below, you’ll find a legend for reference. CSM = Customer Success Manager MM = Marketing Mananger CC = Content Creator CS = Customer Support PIR = Partnership Impact Report Meeting to Discuss SEO Content Marketing Targets The SEO Team meets with the CSM, MM, and CC … Continued

SEO Task List

Add Google Search Console/webmaster Tools & Link to Analytics Account   Meet With SEO Team to Discuss New Website Layout After the kickoff & website design call, meet with the SEO team to discuss website design. The goal of this meeting is to make sure the new website is built with SEO in mind. If … Continued

Website Quality Assurance Task List

Complete Pre-Launch Checklist During the QA process, Support, MM, CSM, and CSM Team Lead must all four review the site before it is approved to launch. DO NOT confirm a launch date with the customer unless you have received approval to launch from CSM Team Lead. Here Are the Steps to Completing the Pre-Launch QA Checklist … Continued

PPC Task List

Add Signed PPC Agreement to Method and Customer Folder Notify Billing Department and Add PPC Billing to the Client Billing Sheet Add Admins to Google Ads Closeout if not doing Google Ads. If you are doing Google Ads, connect with Tom Burkhart or current PPC Specialist to determine next steps. In general, things we need … Continued