May 11 2011

Are You Sure Your Website Is Working For You?

There aren’t many people out there that have a website for the sake of having a website. That’s not to say there’s aren’t quite enough websites out there full of emo poetry or cats dressed up and playing the piano but for the most part most websites have a goal. You want people to come to your website because you have something to say. You might have product or service to sell, you might be making money from ad sense revenue or you could be selling on data capture information. Whether its clicks, money, phone calls or data you want, you want something so how do you get it? The first thing you need to establish is what your end goal is, what do you want your...

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Recycling Gives Your Content Marketing Efforts Legs

It’s no secret that content is the reigning king of SEO. Well-written, informative and useful content is going to bring a lot of more value to the reader, as well as the company who wrote it. Good content has legs and a life of its own. Articles can rank in the search engines, Facebook posts get shared across the social networking community, blog posts get referenced by other writers...

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Conversion Rate Optimization in 7 steps

If you do SEO you know that clients have a blur, if not distorted vision of your activity, with means and goals exchanged or unclear. If you ask them "what is your goal?", often answer is: "I want to be #1 on Google for [keyword XXX]." But this, of course, can't be a goal; it can be a mean (if [keyword XXX] is worthy to work on), while your SEO goal should always be a growth...

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Flipping Websites: Easier than Flipping Pancakes and Avoids the Hot Griddle

Website flipping has quickly become the ether world equivalent to the 'real world' real estate flipping. What is it? What is making it so popular, and can it really make money? Operational Definition of Flipping Regardless of venue or commodity, flipping is buying with intent to sell. That's the sole idea behind the purchase. Real Estate Flipping has its origins in the terrestrial world in the real estate market. Real estate flippers buy property—land, houses or buildings, for...

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Top 5 Issues All WordPress Bloggers Should Worry About

Blogging has been a trend for quite a while and it continues to be one of the best ways for people to communicate.  It is also rather easy, as long as you have something to write about and for many people, it is a rather unexpected source of income.  WordPress is technically a blogging site.  It can be used by anyone but it has the advantage of having some advanced settings that people who are...

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Is Pay-Per-Click “Right” For Your Business?

Advertising is an age-old trick used to increase the consumption of products or services.  The advent of the Internet has given us more avenue to advertise aside from the usual, and costly, newspaper, magazine, billboard and television ads. The Basics of Pay-per-click Advertisement In the last years, pay-per-click (PPC) has gained significant popularity as far as Internet advertising goes.  In this type of advertising, a company pays the advertising hosts or affiliates if, and only if,...

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SEO: Listening and Client Interviews

Conducting an interview is not an easy job. You need to be professional, but you need charm to make the interview as casual as it should be. Overly formal interviews tend to make prospects feel nervous or anxious, so conducting an easygoing, casual interview is usually best. However, informality should always go with focus; choosing the right and proper questions can make an informal interview compelling and interesting. The client interview is one of the most...

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Why Success Breeds Success When it Comes to SEO

If you're an SEO, or have done a bit of optimization yourself, the chances are you have come across older, possibly outdated sites, which despite your best optimization efforts just will not budge from the top spot. This is not unusual, older site are often seen as more trustworthy and authoritative by the search engines and tend to perform better in the search engine results. There are a number of reasons this happens and all of...

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What Is Your On Page SEO Tactic For WordPress?

WordPress is undoubtedly one of the best CMS platforms used by all webmasters across the web market. Every single feature about the CMS is very inviting and advantageous for its users. Embedded with several features and plug-ins, it is easy-to-use and also search engine friendly. You can easily optimize your WordPress blog or website using the suitable On Page SEO and the Off Page SEO tactics, thus ensuring better visibility and business return. On Page SEO...

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How to Optimize Your Business for Local Search

Local search is where many businesses are losing out on a lot of potential traffic and consumers. As fewer people turn to their phone books today, and go to their search engine with specific needs in mind, it is important for your business to appear in those results. If you are not optimized for local search, you may as well be sending customers to your competition. Take a look at...

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