Social Media Marketing 101, Part 1
Before you begin any kind of social media marketing, I highly recommend setting up an account and jumping into a conversation or community. It’s one thing to talk about social media, and another to experience it firsthand. You’ll be a more effective social media marketer if you’re already a participant. …
Developing Successful Viral Marketing Ideas
A successful viral marketing campaign can increase exposure for your company and product while increasing the number of links to your site. One of the hardest parts is coming up with the idea. …
Click for More
You see the phrase click for more a lot on the Internet. Those extra clicks can be money in the bank for you if you re a site owner. But how do you get users to actually make the jump Keep reading to find out….
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How Strong is Your Search?
If you’re not using analytics in the right way on your large site, it will be difficult to adequately track your site’s traffic sources. If you’re not careful, you could end up with two competing teams — one driving paid search, and the other driving organic. …
Give SEO Time!
As an ethical SEO consultant, sometimes it’s best to turn down some SEO projects, especially when the client has unrealistic expectations of the time and money necessary to succeed in a competitive market. It’s best to be clear with clients about the time it will take for them to see SEO results. …
Getting Buy-In Is A Crucial First Step in Enterprise SEO
Because of their size and complexity, large organizations face some big challenges to planning and implementing an SEO strategy. Because the SEO is the newcomer, and the peculiar requirements of search engine optimization aren’t generally understood, the SEO must first be the evangelist/teacher to the rest of the organization. …
Link Building 101, Part 2
Last week, we looked at on-site linking best practices. Today, we’ll look at off-page factors, with five methods you can start using right now to build links. …
Get More Attention with Legal PPC Ad Symbols
Have you ever tested out non-alphanumeric symbols in your PPC ads? Google discourages the use of certain symbols, but others are still allowed. …
Digging for Google and Avoiding the Hate
The Digg community s hatred of SEO and SEOs is legendary unfortunately so is their power to generate traffic. Many postings even get noticed in Google generating more traffic and potentially boosting a web site s SERPs. So how do you conduct a campaign without getting buried and ridiculed The answer is that you don t look like you re conducting a campaign. Keep reading for some advice….
The Great Career Debate: SEM In-House Team vs. SEM Agency
Although the list of unique challenges facing both groups is long, there are key differences to consider before you take a job in-house or with an agency. By looking at the typical client, budget, and tools/resources available for each group, you can better evaluate which career path is right for you. …