Archive for March, 2009

Why can blogs be such a powerful tool?

By brandon - Last updated: Monday, March 9, 2009

When you think about it, but what do you do when you’re seeking advice about almost anything?  When you’re looking for a good referral for a dentist — what do you do?  You ask a coworker or more what they think.  You ask professionals if possible.  You seek more information and you basically enjoy the [...]

Top 10 qualities of a great SEO Consultant (or future consultant)

By admin - Last updated: Friday, March 6, 2009

1. Avid reader - you will be reading possibly more than you’ve had to read for any other discipline. Even after you “feel” like you understand what is going on or what it takes to drive a website up the SERPs, if you don’t keep up with the news and changes over at Google [...]

SEO Keyword Tool Wordze Review Roundup

By admin - Last updated: Thursday, March 5, 2009

While I haven’t used the tool specifically myself, there are plenty of reviews online to hopefully give you an idea if the tool is worth using or even trying. Please note, the reason why there may be a bunch of reviews out there is because WORDze does have an affiliate program which does give [...]

The next step in book sales domination for Amazon’s Kindle

By brandon - Last updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The thought about everyone possibly having to “Imagine one company owning all the newspapers, magazines, books and every piece of writing out there…” may be one step closer to becoming reality. Amazon.com released the Kindle on a new very well accepted medium.  “On Wednesday, the Internet company revealed another prong of its strategy in [...]

Small Business Key to the SEO Industry

By admin - Last updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The article was written back in January of 2008, but the relevance is still very, very key. Matt McGee writes the post titled “Why The SEO Industry Needs Small Business:”
“… a MediaPost article said print Yellow Pages “will continue to bleed dollars to their various digital counterparts” in 2008.
Last year, Yellowpages.com opened 11 new [...]

Search engine optimization is one of the most cost-effective marketing tools available

By brandon - Last updated: Monday, March 2, 2009

Tannette Johnson-Elie of the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel tells us a few days ago (Feb 24, 2009) that…
“Search engine optimization is one of the most cost-effective marketing tools available. Yet many small-business owners and entrepreneurs haven’t taken the time to educate themselves about SEO, so they aren’t aware of its potential return on investment for [...]

It’s frustrating when someone copies your original content

By brandon - Last updated: Sunday, March 1, 2009

The smaller post/article I just wrote about simply making sure you take a customer’s needs first before focusing on your business transaction wasn’t that complicated, nor that original.  It also was definitely not an idea so unique to me that I could patent or copyright such a notion.  However, it’s still disappointing when someone literally [...]