Three Websites Walk into a Bar… to meet a prospective client

The bar must have WiFi. Now stop me if you have heard this one before … but three websites each from different photographers (or any service or product that the prospect was searching for) meet a prospective client. Each may present only one page to try and make a sale.
One website shows [...]

Exclusive Bludomain SEO Performance Guarantee

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 14 days? I have complete confidence in it [...]

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

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 aware to continually present your goods [...]

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, and focuses on [...]

Black Studios Photography – Success Improving Bludomain Search Results and Site Traffic

Mike and ElizaBeth Black of Black Studios are always working to enhance their services and business. So recently Mike set out to further increase the search results rank and site traffic of his Bludomain website (which is also hosted by Bludomain). Mike had worked meticulously to improve the search results of his standard [...]

Newest WordPress Real Estate Website – EveryHomeOnline.com

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 Real Estate website.
A website that [...]

Total Health Concepts’ Denver Dispensary – New Website

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 something new and [...]

Another Bludomain Website SEO Upgrade Success

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 Studio Photography in Madison WI emailed for help.
I [...]

Setting Up The Best Facebook Page For Your Business

Facebook Pages can boost the internet marketing of your small business significantly. They are well indexed by Google and other search enginges, plus Facebook itself is becoming a significant search engine. Not only is it a way for  increasing your presence in natural or organic search, Facebook is a major potential communication channel [...]

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 achieve the goal.
Fortunately it seems [...]

How SEO Professionals Can Get Your Website Kicked Off Google

Every day I see troublesome SEO “tips” recommending hidden text and other techniques for Flash websites like Bludomain and others. Usually these tips are provided, and often even defended, by well meaning amateurs. But still defending them even when it is brought to their attention that their recommended SEO practice is [...]

The Zen of Twitter and Facebook

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 answer is [...]

Great News for Marketing, Twitter to Show Location

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 feature. It will allow for targeted tweets marketing [...]

Bludomain hosting for WordPress UPDATE

Once in a while I find a Bludomain hosting account that does not have Fantastico enabled, making it not possible to set-up WordPress on Bludomain following my illustrated how-to guide from last week.
What happens is when you click on the Fantastico icon you will get a screen that reads something like this -
“Fantastico is [...]

New Client Website – The Something Blue Shoppe

We just completed another social media dialog website for The Something Blue Shoppe, a full service bridal and prom salon located in Hartselle Alabama.
The salon wanted all the advantages that goes along with our all WordPress based websites, including:

Easy do it yourself content additions, upgrades, and site maintenance.
Complete automatic interaction and cross posting with Facebook [...]

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

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 have more conversions and increased [...]

SEO Gone Wild in Texas – UPDATED below

Such is the situation in the race for the Texas governor’s office. But, what is the website for the campaign for Texas governor doing that is causing the uproar and that help us in our own efforts to get higher search ranking on Google? It is more than keywords, it is auto-generated keyword stuffing [...]

Bludomain and WordPress Together! – Special Offer

In recognition of Bludomain’s sixth birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUDOMAIN) this week I am offering a special integrating WordPress on Bludomain websites. This special is good for all Bludomain sites, hosted with Bludomain or another host. As long as it is Bludomain site, you can take advantage of this offer to;

move your blog from [...]

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

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 five months ago [...]

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. (Photographers particularly need to consider [...]

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