A Dream Wedding by Sharon Replaces Their Old Bludomain Flash Website with a New WordPress Site

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Well known San Diego wedding planner Sharon Cole of A Dream Wedding by Sharon contacted me regarding improving her search engine marketing and internet presence.  For a number of years she had been using a Bludomain website but recently found that with increasing competition, her … [Read more...]

New website for Midnight Magic Studios a growing wedding videography business.

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Don Samples of Midnight Magic Studios in Knoxville TN works hard and makes really great wedding videos.  He has been a long time client and I adapted the first Kertesz release for use as his website starting in 2008 using WordPress 2.5. So it seems very unfair that his site was … [Read more...]

Selecting a Domain Name for SEO and Search Marketing Maximization

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Later this week I am working with two different clients to select new domain names for websites that have been up for about a year. Both are small businesses. In one case the domain name seems huge.  It is 30 characters before adding any of the http:// or .com which is another … [Read more...]

Free Do It Yourself Search Engine Optimization

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It has become pretty clear to almost everyone that online search has eclipsed yellow pages advertising as having the best value and greatest results. Even for local business. Thirty years ago it was not unusual to see business paying $3,000 per month for a full-page front section … [Read more...]

Exclusive Bludomain SEO Performance Guarantee

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Booking season is starting, it's time to significantly improve your Bludomain site's search results position. For all search possibilities, not just your business name. What would you say if I could promise you a full refund if I couldn’t improve your SEO score by 50% in just … [Read more...]

Not all websites are created equal. There is a difference, the most important ones you can’t see.

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Here is what I mean. Some websites are passive websites that require you to market them. They are search marketing inept and need Adwords and other paid promotion to receive visitors. My websites are dynamic sites with active search marketing and SEO features and are social network … [Read more...]

Anyone using MySpace for marketing these days?

This morning I came across an interesting article in the Financial Times, titled "The Rise and Fall of MySpace" It outlines some of the management issues of bring ... bought by a large media empire while trying to keep up with the likes of Facebook and Twitter. It is an interesting … [Read more...]

Newest WordPress Real Estate Website – EveryHomeOnline.com

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It has become well accepted by Real Estate marketing experts that WordPress is a great way for Real Estate professionals to communicate and interact and network on line with buyers, sellers and others. So you can think of what will happen when WordPress becomes the basis for a complete … [Read more...]

Maximize Cyber Monday and all of December – Use Twitter

Last December Dell reported over $1 million in sales for their Dell Outlet through using Twitter. They don't have anything in the way of amazing programming and functions for this, they just announce deals and respond to potential customers. Twitter has been so successful for Dell, … [Read more...]

Migrating from Blogger to WordPress in 7 Steps While Keeping Subscribers and Search Results (UPDATED)

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It is easy to move the content of a Blogger blog into WordPress. But that is just the first part of moving your blog. You should really want to move all the benefits of your Blogspot blog to your new WordPress blog. This is particularly true for many photographers who have Bludomain … [Read more...]

Total Health Concepts’ Denver Dispensary – New Website

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This is my non-traditional site of the season. Recently a client asked me if I might do for a their new legal medical marijuana dispensary what I had done for their other businesses' internet marketing efforts. (Yep, it is legal in Colorado, has been since 2000.) Looking to learn … [Read more...]

Another Bludomain Website SEO Upgrade Success

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It is pretty well established that a Bludomain website alone will never get good search results and resulting website traffic. Having experienced many months of poor search placement and website traffic, and then trying to SEO his Bludomain site to no avail Jim Bendewald of James … [Read more...]

Temporary Landing Page for SEO Jumpstart

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It will often take a month or two or more after you get your domain name before you will have your final website. And it is not unusual for another month our two after that before your site is indexed. But as I have written before you can use that time to get your domain well indexed … [Read more...]

How To Bend The Internet To Your Will

The internet is huge and complex, but we need to only affect a very small portion of it to achieve marketing goals that will make us as small business people very happy. But it takes creativity and understanding to affect the internet and achieve website marketing impact that will … [Read more...]

The Zen of Twitter and Facebook

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Almost everyday I hear the question "What is the difference between Twitter and Facebook and why do I need both?" They are similar in that both are the "water" that can help make the internet marketing of your small business thrive. But they are very different forms. A simple … [Read more...]

Great News for Marketing, Twitter to Show Location

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Twitter for target area marketing! Twitter recently announced that it will add a new feature which will let people "see" where tweets are coming from. It hasn't been implemented yet, but will be coming soon. For my clients' marketing purposes I am really looking forward to this … [Read more...]

The Pervasive Power of Today’s Social Media

Earlier I have written about how the desire for social connection helped launch the Internet and world wide web. Today Social Media like Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin are pervasive, powerful and respected. More importantly they are very wildly, ubiquitously used. They are the … [Read more...]

“Socializing” with your website visitors works! A Bottom Line Income Increase from using Social Media

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The words "conversion" and "conversation" seem very similar to me. Plus I have never experienced converting anyone from a lead to a client without having a conversation. So if you can give your website the ability to engage in "conversation" or a dialog with site visitors you should … [Read more...]

A Client Shares – How Our WordPress Based Websites Actually Increased His Business

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Don Samples of Midnight Magic Videography in Knoxville TN just sent me a note recounting his satisfaction and success from using our website. I really like that we were able to help his success, but before I share his experience I need to tell you a little about how we began. About … [Read more...]

Free Blog Websites Cost You a Lot

Well over half the websites I come across can host their own free blog, but instead chose to use a different website like Blogspot, putting their best marketing content on a different business' website. Be kind to yourself and your business, keep your best content on your own site. … [Read more...]