Don’t Blame Your SEO for Slow Business
I see it many times, things get slow for a certain business and they quickly blame their search marketing campaign or SEO. How about you look at a few different things that could be triggering your lack of revenues? Products Just because you think your products are the cat’s bag doesn’t mean everyone else does too. You have to realize that search engine optimization is the process of creating traffic and visibility. Once the visitor arrives it is up to your business and your brand to really take care of the rest. Poor Website In today’s business world a website needs to be running like a well-oiled machine especially if you have an e-commerce website. A visitor needs to have the euphoric feeling when they arrive at your site, CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
When to Use a No Follow Tag
When to Use a No Follow Tag Using no follow tags on your website should always be done with caution because a no follow can often times provoke further investigation from the search engines. Keeping that in mind, you better make sure everything else on your website is 100% squeaky clean. If you are not sure how to manipulate PageRank throughout your website by the clever use of no follow tags don’t worry about it but there are some important instances you should use a no follow to either be safe or simply not waste your link power in areas it where it is clearly not needed. Paid Advertising If you have a paid advertising model on your website where you sell ad space those ads should CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts To Read for January 6, 2011
Below you will find our favorite blog posts that are related to SEO, search engine marketing and social media marketing from this past week. Please feel free to visit each, we hope you find them as helpful as we do! Learning on the Job - SEO Ninja Training Great post that likens SEO to ninja training. In SEO, because it is ever evolving, you never stop training, never stop learning. The same goes for martial arts training, to better yourself, you must always be learning, training and bettering yourself. Does Facebook Sell Homes? Facebook is in the forefront of everything. This post is about a real estate professional who has taken the power of Facebook and used it to her advantage, creating CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
SEM DIY – Do You Have What It Takes?
This might sound like a funny question but often time’s people really don’t understand what it truly takes on a daily basis to market a company online. The days of writing a press release and an article and sitting back are long gone and with the frequency of new content and material finding its way into the lighting quick search space it really takes a daily effort coupled with intense multi-tasking skills to really get any name out there. Search engine marketing in today’s marketplace calls for daily activities and efforts. Let’s discuss what you would need to know attempting your own search engine marketing: On-Site Search Engine Optimization If you do not have any knowledge regarding keyword research this will be your first step. Optimizing a website CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Natural Blog Post SEO Tips – Video Lesson
During this next video I review the best white hat blog post SEO techniques and best practices. Also, I discuss how to craft well written content that keeps a good visitor experience and is not written just for the search engines. Keeping your blog posts conversational and written for your visitors not just optimization efforts is always the best bet! I hope you enjoy the blog post SEO video lesson below: For more SEO video tips and lessons from Nick Stamoulis, check out the Brick Marketing SEO video lesson archive . CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Consider Other Things Besides SEO
If you have a website and you have been taking any sort of marketing approach you probably have realized that it takes much more than just having some keywords on a website to make it successful. The definition of online marketing and search engine optimization is ever changing and your approach should be robust and full of new streams and pathways coming into your website. Marketing a website in today’s market place is more than just search engine rankings; it is the ability to communicate with your audience and listen to online chatter while providing a new and unique approach to a business that might be in a saturated market. Here are some other areas you should be thinking about if you are already conducting monthly search CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New In SEO For January 4, 2011
We have compiled the latest news and updates from the big three, Google, Bing and Yahoo as it relates to SEO and the search engines overall. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH GOOGLE: It's on Google Yay! Getting Webmaster Help in Our Forum This post is about Google Webmaster Forum, which has been up and running for 5 years now, helping webmasters around the world improve their websites time and time again. As you can see, there have been years of satisfied webmasters. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Check back next week for the latest in search from BING! WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!: A Decade in Search Yahoo put up a fun post about the search trends for 2001-2011. Interesting to see how the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...









