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...

Blog Posts To Read For December 30, 2010
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 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! It’s a Merry Christmas for e-Retailers This post talked about how the e-Retailers made out this holiday season. Online shopping was up and going strong. Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Launch Location-Based Rewards App Customer rewards programs have been CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Pre SEO Tips to Consider – Video Lesson
Here is a new video that gives some advice of things that people should consider as "Pre SEO Tips". Often times I see folks try hard and spend tons of time, money and resources trying to build targeted website visitors (and your should!). But before you should ever even think about driving visitors to your website, you should think about determining your website goals, conversion metric and realistic competition! I hope this Pre SEO Tips Video Lesson is helpful: For more SEO video tips and lessons from Nick Stamoulis, check out the Brick Marketing SEO video lesson archive . CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Blog Posts To Read for December 23, 2010
Happy Holidays Everyone! 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! Google's Acquisition of Zetawire brings Electronic Wallets NearerThis post talks about Google's acquisition of Zetawire, and the possibilities of electronic wallets,a really cool feature if you ask me! Google Chrome Os Netbook Cr-48 First Look I'm a huge gadget guy and have had such great luck with anything Google has put out, especially my Droid, take a look at the new Google Chrome OS Netbook, looks sweet. The Decade In Search This post highlights a decade in search through mostly pictures. Really does CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

How Well Do You Mesh With Your SEO Firm?
Finding the right search engine optimization firm or consultant is a very important step when you finally decide you want to get your search marketing efforts ramped up. The marriage between search engine marketing firm and client needs to be a warm and cozy one. You are a team working towards a common goal and if you can’t get on the same page right from the beginning you might find that it is a long and bumpy road. Here are some helpful things to look for in an SEO firm: Communication: Everyone has a different philosophy when it comes to communication methods. How well does your partner communicate with you? When you leave a phone message or send an email is there a reasonable amount of CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

How to Show SEO Value
This next post is for fellow SEO consultants, freelancers and SEO service providers. Search engine optimization value comes in many different shapes and sizes it depends on the client and how they will respond to that value. I think hiccups occur and relationships are torn when people depend on the entire success of their company from a search engine optimization campaign that is about to start. SEO is a seed that when planted needs constant watering in order to grow over the long term. Try exploring the value of SEO in a different fashion. Analytics By definition the process of search engine optimization is not to increase sales although that is the ultimate goal. SEO is supposed to bring more traffic to your site. Whether the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

What’s New In SEO for December 21, 2010
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: New Hacked Site Notifications in Search Results Google has announced the new feature that will show up in search results, warning a visitor of a site that may have been compromised, or hacked as we call it. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Bing Feature Update: Get to know any city more quickly with new destination pages Bing announced the roll-out of their newest feature, destination pages. These pages will assemble all the relevant information available for any city you might search for. Making it easier for you to decide...vacation CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Blog Posts To Read Week of Dec 16, 2010
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! Social Media Policies, Being Human This post discusses social media policies and their effect on different aspects of a business model. Social media policies are very important to have for any corporation, so that one message, consistency is what is being spread in the online space. Facebook’s New Profile Page: Good For People (And Yes, Advertisers Too) This post talks about the forever changing interface that is Facebook! Truth or dare? 6 internet marketing trends put to the test This post talks about different CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

SEO Should Incorporate Conversions Too!
What is that we know about the SEO industry? We know that things are always changing in the industry and we know that what was done yesterday might not be what is done today leaving us to understand clearly that the industry is always evolving. The changes in the industry also dictate how search engine optimization is conducted and laid out. Search engine optimization is an effort that is stuck in a very deep gray space and almost everything you do online can be an extension of your optimization efforts. Many search engine marketing efforts overlap each other on a continuous basis. Things like pay per click marketing and social media have a strong overlap with how your SEO efforts pan out. Sure by definition the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

What’s New in SEO for December 14, 2010
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: Webmaster Tools' Holiday Update Google has announced updates to it's webmaster tools. Now when you visit the search queries feature, you will find new tab titled, "Top Pages" which lists impressions, click and position data. There is also a new feature with "Links to Your Site" which shows when a particular URL redirects. Good stuff going I suggest you check it out. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Will your gifts arrive on time? Use Bing to find out. Just in time for holiday shopping online, BING announced a new handy CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Blog Posts To Read for December 9, 2010
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! How Do You Socialize an Already Social Brand?This is a great post about how to continue to grow your brand in social media. Making Mobile Marketing WorkThis post talks about different aspects of mobile marketing and how to make it work for your business, in a world that relies more and more on mobile each day. 10 Lessons I Learned from Gaining my First 1000 Subscribers This post talks about the importance of subscribers, keeping them happy and coming back to your site CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

What Really is SEO?
Here is the official definition of SEO from Wikipedia. Search engine optimization could mean different things to different businesses but let’s all get on the same page and discuss what it isn’t. SEO is NOT: • Magic • A myth • A fad • Pixie dust • Science • A magic pill that solves all of your business and sales issues • A Harry Potter invisibility cloak • I could keep going here, but I think you get the point! Search engine optimization is nothing more than a form of inbound marketing aimed at delivering website traffic to you. It does not revolve around secret coding placed on the back end of your website or purchasing some special service that claims instant results. Search engine optimization is the process of marketing and branding your business online. SEO is 80% marketing and CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

Whats New In SEO For December 7, 2010
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 BING: Bing Feature Update: Bing shopping introduces a better way to browse Bing announced that it has updated its shopping to allow visitors to browse via "virtual aisles" just as you would browse a store in real life. Just in time for online holiday shopping! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!: Amuse or Awe? Academic Multimedia Grand Challenge for Classifying Images Yahoo announced that it is making efforts to improve multimedia search having announced the winner of their Multimedia Challenge who's challenge was to invent new and useful ways to organize and structure image CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...


