SEO Journal by Nick Stamoulis of Brick Marketing

Judging the Quality of a Link

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:43 +0000

The Google Penguin update has site owners running scared from link building. But just because Google is cracking down on webspam that doesn’t mean you can afford to abandon your link building campaign; you just have to be smarter about it. And getting smarter about your link building means making sure you are only building [...]

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Are Your Priority Keyword Choices Ruining Your SEO?

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:00:04 +0000

A former B2B SEO client of mine was adamant that the only thing they really cared about when it came to SEO was getting on page 1 and improving visitors from a short list of priority keywords (about 15 or so of them). While there is nothing wrong with prioritizing your keywords, it’s practically impossible [...]

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Evergreen Content 101: What Small Businesses Need to Know

SEO Journal — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:00:22 +0000

This is a guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro of HigherVisibility. The term “evergreen content” has been around the Internet for quite some time; however many businesses still don’t stop to consider how it works. It’s not only important for businesses to understand what evergreen content is, but it’s important to understand why it matters and [...]

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Don’t Copy the Competition’s SEO

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:58 +0000

One of the most frustrating (and frequent) comments I hear from my SEO clients is “Well, the completion is doing it so why can’t we?” “It” can be any one of a number of black hat SEO tactics including link schemes, keyword stuffing, buying links, article spinning and so forth. As a business owner myself [...]

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Easy Win Links You Might Be Missing

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:30:47 +0000

Site owners are always on the lookout for “easy wins” when it comes to link building—minimal investment for maximum output. You’ll quickly find that truly valuable easy win links are few and far between, especially once you’ve been at it for a while, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t sitting on a potential goldmine of [...]

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How To Get Your Social Accounts Top Search Results

SEO Journal — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:00:58 +0000

This is a guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro of HigherVisibility. Social media is no doubt a great way to improve engagement and visibility in your niche, but most of the advice that businesses are given assumes that new people will be able to find these accounts. While putting a “follow us” button on your company [...]

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Are You Thinking Like Your Target Audience?

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:38 +0000

When it comes to keyword research one of the most important things to factor into your process is user intent. Two people could search for very different things and use the exact same search query. For instance, if I were to search for “apple” am I looking to buy a new computer or do I [...]

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Steps to Make Sure Your SEO Doesn’t Disappear When Re-Designing Your Website

SEO Journal — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:00:49 +0000

This is a guest post from Amanda DiSilvestro of HigherVisibility Optimizing your website takes a lot of time and energy, so it’s important that you don’t let all of these efforts go to waste when it comes time to revamp the layout and design of your site. Just because you want things to look nicer [...]

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SEO Can Be Frustrating But Don’t Give Up Hope!

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:30 +0000

As a small business owner I am responsible (with the help of the Brick Marketing team) for creating, executing and maintaining my own SEO campaign—so I understand firsthand how frustrating the SEO process can be. Yes, SEO can be incredibly frustrating and a little confusing if you don’t fully understand what you’re getting yourself into [...]

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Is Your SEO Agency Being Completely Transparent with You?

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:31 +0000

In my opinion, the best SEO agencies should strive to be as transparent as possible with their clients. After all, your SEO agency should be as invested in the long term success of your website as you are! A good agency-client relationship needs to be built on trust and mutual understanding and it’s incredibly hard [...]

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Twitter Might Add Different Buttons: Does Twitter Really Need Another Change?

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:27 +0000

The following is a guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro of Higher Visibility One of the things that make Twitter so appealing is the fact that it’s easy to use. There aren’t too many choices when it comes to Twitter, and it is synced up with many websites and different tools to help make sure you [...]

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Take More Initiative with Your Link Building!

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:11 +0000

A common misconception I see with a lot of site owners is that they feel that once they’ve outsourced their SEO (hopefully to a white hat SEO firm) they can just wash their hands of link building completely. After all, that’s what they hired the SEO company to do, right? Well, yes and no. A [...]

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Is Your Keyword List Too Long to Succeed?

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:43 +0000

One of the most important things to remember when doing your keyword research is to make sure you are targeting keywords that your audience is actually using, not just what you think is the best fit. For instance, if someone was interested in learning a programming language like Java how might they search? Keyword phrases [...]

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Online Marketing 2013 Glossary: Key Terms in the Industry

SEO Journal — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:00:22 +0000

This is a guest post by Amanda DiSilvestro of HigherVisibility. The New Year can be stressful for new businesses because it’s a time to look back and improve—analyze different numbers, gather different data, and create new strategies. However, it’s also important that businesses consider what will be changing this New Year and what will be [...]

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How to Find Content Marketing Opportunities

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:00:28 +0000

In my opinion, content marketing is what propels your SEO campaign forward. Onsite SEO and traditional link building are still incredibly important, but without a strong content marketing campaign chances are your SEO will stagnant in time. Finding new content marketing opportunities is key to keeping your content marketing campaign moving forward. Here are 5 [...]

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