In a presentation I was giving today, I got asked the following question about commenting on blogs: “How do you keep blog comments from being considered as spam?” For me its simple: Figure out a way to add value to the conversation. You don’t always have to agree with the peoples points in which you […]
My approach to press releases is different than traditional PR. Most of the press releases I write are less about getting press coverage for my news, and more about getting quality backlinks to my site. However, it is possible to do both. It starts with a good story and added to that, online distribution. Many […]
Today I read a post by Matt McGee – 5 Ways Negative Reviews Are Good For Business – I just want to expand on one of them here, but hat tip to Matt for posting this. It really is worth a read! The point I want to take a closer look at here is: They […]
Local marketing bliss is what I want to share! For those of you who own a local business, how would you like to get your business on the first page of Google today? In most cases, you will achieve top 5 results with out any real SEO! What if I told you, that you could […]
About a month ago I had a conversation with an old school mate that found me via Facebook. It has been about 14 – 15 years since I last spoke/saw/did anything with this guy. We mostly just talked about what I do for a living, but it was interesting for me to hear his thoughts […]
A long time friend of mine, who also happens to be a web developer recently took some time to answer some questions for me. He and I have noticed there is a huge communication gap between most web developers and SEOs/Internet marketers. We feel that the web developer thinks that they know how to build […]
I got distracted today and the result of that distraction is this post. I was curious about something dealing with local search and the SERPs – so I decided to do a little comparison. The four major search engines I compared are Google, Yahoo, MSN and ASK. I wanted to find out how their specific […]
I complete a lot of site reviews. Often times, I give the same exact advice to each customer. Therefore, I thought I would just go ahead and share the 12 most common things that are wrong or need fixed with most sites – from an SEO/marketing standpoint. I usually conduct these site reviews during my […]
I have been blogging for several years now and am a big proponent of blog use. In fact, last week I was conducting a webinar and got carried away preaching about the importance of company blogging. During the webinar I was asked again if having a blog was “essential” for a company. The questioner wanted […]
I am talking about reviews, and review sites. This is just something I was wondering if other people struggled with too, especially after an experience I had over the weekend that involved some really hard thinking about the subject. I am a huge fan of reviews and people giving their honest opinions, but I am […]
