Blog Category: Business Tips

Last year I wrote, Finding Your Value in Twitter. I discussed finding information and building relationships and how I found my value in Twitter. I am downright picky about who I follow on Twitter because I have particular reasons for using it. I want to easily find great industry-related articles, I want to learn, I […]

Many businesses are starting to understand that their websites need to be optimized. They understand that things must be done to their actual website for them to be optimized. What they often don’t understand is that things need to be done off the website (off-site) to support the on-site optimization strategy(ies). Link building is a […]

Anyone can drive traffic to a website, but quality traffic is key. You want traffic that is interested in your products / services because they lead to conversion. SEO is Search Engine Optimization.You have to invest in real and proper SEO… There is much more to SEO than your website being optimized, but for this […]

This is part on of a series of articles that will discuss the Ten 2011 Online Must Haves for Your Business! The Website – Attractive, User-Friendly, Easy to Read For years I have talked about the importance of having an attractive website. When people look at websites they look for a modern look, which is […]

An attractive website with a CMS! An optimized website – to the fullest people! Website, individual pages, internal link structure, images etc. Off-site optimization! Local search – with a well researched plan! A social media plan and ways to measure its effectiveness! Analytics! Email marketing! A blog with informative and helpful articles! Backlinks! Video marketing […]

For some people choosing photos for a website is as difficult as creating content. If you have been in this business for awhile choosing photos is pretty simple, but for those that find this task a bit difficult I am going to list some things to keep in mind. I mention Psychology because you really […]

1 – Assuming You Don’t Need to Be Concerned With Your Online Presence I  still meet people all the time that don’t believe they should be worried about their presence and findability online. The first place I look for a business is online. If I can’t find you than no one else can either. More […]

Here are some quick tips followed by articles that should help you choose the right web designer and SEO team: If you look at a portfolio and all the sites look very similar you can’t expect a unique or dynamic site If they offer SEO and their clients’ site have “About us”, “Our site”, “Home” […]

With the Google Places change you have some work to do and I am going to give you some recommendations. Your Website You need to make sure that your website home page is set up properly. I say this because Google has integrated the organic results with the Google Places accounts.  See example below: Google […]

One major mistake I see businesses making is not planning ahead. They look at the now and the coming month, but they are not looking ahead 6 months to year down the road. This is a major mistake and can end up costing you a lot of money. Your Website We see businesses all the […]