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...]

HVAC professional’s new website helps slam him with new business.

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When I do a website for a client there are effectively three customers I consider; the website owner,  search engines and the prospective customer of the website owner's goods/services. For success, all three need to "like" the website. When Dennis Grimes asked me if I thought … [Read more...]

New Kertesz replacement upgrade with complete WordPress 3.0 and up goodness – Get It Now!

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The theme upgrade for Kertesz and Kertesz II site owners is now available!  As is my policy for compatibility, security and to make sure that my clients have every possibility of getting the best results for their site, the theme upgrade files are no charge. To receive the theme … [Read more...]

Is Flash soon to be the new Betamax?

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Some people are choosing to view the discussion around Flash and iPhones/iPads as Apple versus Adobe.  I think a better perspective simply centers on open web standards, improving technology and what is best for content distribution/use. Many consumer electronics and internet … [Read more...]

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

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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 … [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...]

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

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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 … [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...]

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...]

Setting Up The Best Facebook Page For Your Business

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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 … [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...]

How SEO Professionals Can Get Your Website Kicked Off Google

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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 … [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...]