Brian Horn
Just saw that Dan Kennedy's blog (which I write for every Wednesday) was rated one of the best samll business marketing blogs at DIYSEO.com. See it here: http://blog.diyseo.com/2011/03/best-small-business-marketing-blogs/ Now there is a BIG lesson here that I have been preaching for a long time. Playing to people's ego's is a great way to links...vanity is one of the 7 deadly sins. … [Read more...]
You may or may not have seen the story in The New York Times about the SEO debacle involving JC Penney: The Dirty Little Secrets of Search (if that doesn’t work, read it here too) Basically, JC Penny got busted for using practices that were not inline with Google’s policies. They got busted, and dropped from hundreds of #1 spots for terms like “dresses”, “bedding” and “area … [Read more...]
Choosing the perfect domain name is essential if you want people to remember your business (or product) and keep coming back. Choosing the right domain name is also important for many aspects of Internet marketing and there are some important considerations that you will need to understand before committing yourself to a certain web address. Following are some important tips to help you … [Read more...]
Imagine you are deep in a Google-goggle session looking for something online, and you finally hit a page which causes you to fill out a form and hit submit. What made you do that? Whatever that was, chances are good it is what will make your landing page capture leads for you. Take a few minutes to consider the following landing page secrets, apply them to your landing page design, and … [Read more...]
(REMEMBER TO LEAVE COMMENTS, SHARE ON FACEBOOK, TWEET, ETC, SO YOU CAN EARN POINTS IN THE 1,000,000 BACKLINKS GIVEAWAY CONTEST) Unless you’ve never read my blog or seen one of my webinars, you’ve already heard me preach that improving your rank in Google search results is the best way to build traffic and generate leads for your online business. However true this is, the time and money … [Read more...]
A resource page is a page on your blog or website containing a list of products and services that are likely to be useful to your audience. It is a great way to help your blog readership by informing them about products that you have found helpful and are likely to be helpful to them too. Best of all, you can set up a resource page without any additional cost. The greatest hidden benefit of a … [Read more...]
I decided to do a video lesson today. I show you a fast and easy way to get .EDU backlinks. If you are not aware, an .EDU backlink is a link to your website from an educational university/institution. Google REALLY loves these types of links. Just a few of these can give your site a fast and permanent boost in search rankings. Anyway, I reveal a resource (http://fiverr.com) where you … [Read more...]
Its not often you get to freely control a multi-billion dollar company’s prized tool that was built by the smartest people on the planet…but you can do it today for just pennies. To clarify, you don't REALLY get to totally control Google (just a little bit)…and nothing I cover here is illegal (at least right now)…but its just as powerful, and insanely cool. Let me explain, and give a … [Read more...]
If you are running or own a website, then you probably already know the importance of having quality keywords. Having the wrong keywords can result in lowered rankings, decreased traffic and lost customers. While understanding the importance of keywords is a good start, you must also have a successful keyword strategy in order to really see an increase in your traffic and conversions. Once … [Read more...]
It must be 15 degrees below 0 in hell…I’m actually focusing some optimization efforts on a search engine that is NOT Google. For those of you who don’t know, Yahoo! and Microsoft worked out a deal so that Yahoo!’s organic and paid search engine results will be powered by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. The merger will mean that for the first time in many years there is a reason … [Read more...]
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