Blog Posts to Read for March 31, 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! Do You Need A Mobile Version Of Your Website? Business professionals wonder whether or not they need a mobile version of their website. The answer is no, because mobile is not the same as the web. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Is Your Social Media in the Toilet This post provides four social media tips to keep your social media out of the toilet. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Disclosure And Facebook’s Social Plugin This post discusses Facebook’s comment box plug in and advises that CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Ways to Increase Online Sales
Obtaining online sales or conversions is not easy in any marketplace. Most companies have to go through some trial and error before they actually get things 100% right. Don’t look at any lost conversions as just a lost sale, but try and look at them as a learning process. Ask yourself, what do I have to do to achieve higher conversions? What should I tweak? Maybe my proposal stinks? If you ever get a chance to talk to a lead that has decided to go with someone else, ask them what their reasoning was. Here are some ways to increase your online sales or conversions: Ask top customers once in a while Check to see if you have any customers or clients that you can call on CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Two SEO Heads are Better Than One
If you have ever attempted to conduct your own search engine marketing campaigns you may have quickly figured out that sometimes having someone to bounce ideas off of is a good thing. You might know your business inside and out but sometimes you could be missing out on that great idea that someone has bottled up inside of them. If your business has other employees you could have some great online ideas just walking around every day. Oftentimes, employees have great ideas but they are just a bit timid to offer them. Here are ways to have 2 SEO heads (or brains) help your SEO efforts: Have weekly or monthly meetings Employees like to feel important at any organization. Meet with your employees and talk about your plans CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New in SEO for March 29, 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: 1000 @Google Talks videos now on YouTube The @Google Talks team recently uploaded its 1000th video to YouTube. The @Google Talks series hosts talks by authors and commentators at Google and posts the videos of their readings to the @Google Talks YouTube channel. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!: Yahoo!’s New Search Box of Awesome: Search Direct Yahoo recently announced Search Direct. According to Yahoo, Search Direct will be the simplest and fastest way to find answers, not links. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Bing Feature Update: Bing CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Don’t Be a Bad Apple in Your Industry!
It doesn’t matter whether you are new to the industry or a seasoned veteran, it is important to understand the difference between cutting corners and actually performing good online marketing efforts. There is a difference between being looked at as a spammer and being looked at as a savvy marketing professional. Here are ways to become a bad apple in your industry online: 1. Don’t Spam Social Media: It can be quite easy to want to sit there and only conduct self-promotion, but remember that it is important to also conduct content sharing efforts throughout the social space. A little bit of self-promotion is perfectly fine, but too much leaves a sour taste. 2. Be Careful Buying Lists (or don’t do it at all!): If you are CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Link Building is Always Changing!
Do you sometimes feel like you spend endless amounts of time trying to build links to your website only to get nowhere? You are not alone which is why it is important to really diversify your online marketing approach when trying to build a business online. Here are some ways in which SEO link building is always changing: Search Engine Algorithm Changes Search engines are always evolving and if you think that we hear about every little algorithm tweak, think again. Sure, some of the larger algorithm changes make it into the community and get discussed a great deal but some hover under the radar and never make it public. These algorithm changes oftentimes change the way web pages appear in results. Heavy Online Competition Competition is growing stronger CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Yahoo! Launches Search Direct
Yahoo! grabbed the attention of the marketing industry earlier this week when the company announced the debut of Yahoo! Search Direct. Yahoo! Search Direct is similar to Google Instant, where “suggestions” pop up as the user is typing in their search query. Yahoo! announced that “[w]ith Search Direct, Yahoo! content is combined with information from the Web to provide rich answers, not just links, and to give people the option to immediately engage or continue to a traditional search results page.” In order to not look like a copycat program, Search Direct has a few key features that set it apart from Google Instant. First off, before a user even begins to type in their search keywords, Search Direct provides them with CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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