Monthly Archives: July 2010
Are You One to One or One to Many?
One of the most common concerns that I hear from new SEO’s that are trying to break into our industry is that “it’s too hard to find their first few clients”
Well let me let you in on a little secret that I have used over the years, instead of speaking one on one, start speaking one to many.
Several years ago I contacted my local chamber of commerce and made them an offer that I would provide free SEO and consulting services for their website and in return they would provide me with a free membership.
Now mind you their annual dues ... Read More
Local Search Webinar
My greatest reward in helping others becoming successful online is when one of our students follows through and becomes one of my many success stories, case in point, Roseann Higgins.
Roseann owns a Phoenix matchmaking service which focuses on single professional men and women in the metro area.
Rosann started attending our free SEO Marketing Meetups several months ago and subscribed to our free SEO Tip of the week.
During Roseann’s first MeetUp she got to sit in our “hot seat” for a review of her website.
To say that Roseanne’s website was atrocious would be a complement. She had hired a local developer ... Read More
Do You Have Your Checklist Down Pat?
A few years ago I fulfilled one of the items on my “bucket list” by becoming a FAA certified private pilot.
During my flight training there was one mental checklist that my flight instructor drilled into my brain; Aviate, Navigate and Communicate.
This weekend this checklist literally saved my life!
On Sunday I was flying back home from Reno from a weekend business trip and about 75 miles southwest of Reno at 9500 feet, my engine started to vibrate and as I glanced over at my gauges found that I was losing oil pressure and engine compression.
Aviate: Fly the plane
It was evident that ... Read More
QR Codes Explained | Google Places Local Search
Google’s newest mobile marketing campaign in Google Places –focuses on providing “QR Codes” for your local business.
Recently Google began by sending out QR Code Decals to over 190,000 local businesses across the United States. Google is determining the highest traffic and most clicked Local Place pages for the initial roll-out, following with a full release.
The main reason for the QR Code is so that local businesses can display a unique QR Code on their place page so that people can scan the image with their smart phone and find detailed information about their business. (Our QR Code in in the ... Read More
Bing – How to Claim Your Local Listing
One of most popular SEO training segments during our advanced SEO Training Workshop covers Local Search SEO.
At our recent Las Vegas and Phoenix workshops we had small business owners who were interested in learning how to optimize their own listings, students who worked with other SEO agencies and even a handful of students who were in the process of starting their own Local Search consulting business.
During this workshop we discuss the 55 most important factors in Local Search Optimization and #1 on this list is claiming your business listing.
So to say the least I felt a little embarrassed when I ... Read More
SEO Seminar Las Vegas – Advanced Workshop
Part Two – Advanced SEO Workshop
One thing that always amazes me during our SEO Seminars is the wide range of life experiences our students have, the untapped personal and business relationships they have and how much I learn from them during our workshops, here just one example from this week’s class;
A few years ago Dan was on top of his game as the CEO of a forty million dollar home building contracting firm in Georgia. As the housing industry turned upside down his bank called in a multi-million dollar loan that was payable in only three days. Unable to meet ... Read More
SEO Seminar Las Vegas – SEO Fundamentals
Part One – SEO Fundamentals Workshop
This past week we had a total of ten students from all over the US and walks of life who attended our Search Engine Academy SW SEO Training Seminar in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ira from New Jersey owns a business office furniture store outside of Philadelphia has had a website featuring his products and services. Ira’s goal in attending the workshop was to update his site and get back his page one placement in the search engines that have fell over the past year.
Nicole, who lives in Las Vegas, is a partner in a Search Engine ... Read More
We hit the
sweet spot.
UPCOMING
WEBINAR
Using Advanced Google Search Authority Codes
A few weeks ago we published a post titled Google SEO Tips and Tricks and a few days ago an associate of ours Ryan Deiss took this information to the next level and released a new E-Book on using secret codes that you can use to find high quality authority backlinks called “The Authority Codes”.
In Ryan’s E-Book he provides several of Google’s advanced queries will provide websites that are great places for you to get backlinks to your website in 30 minutes or less.
Here are just a few examples of some of these queries and please remember, please don’t spam ... Read More