Here is the how-to for automatically importing your website's blog posts onto your Facebook business page. It is not very complicated, but it is not very intuitive either so it made sense to share the instructions in a short video. As I mention in the video it can take a while … [Read more...]
New website for Midnight Magic Studios a growing wedding videography business.
July 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
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
July 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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
July 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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.
July 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
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...]
Three Websites Walk into a Bar… to meet a prospective client
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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
December 18, 2009 By 2 Comments
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.
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Black Studios Photography – Success Improving Bludomain Search Results and Site Traffic
December 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
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...]
Total Health Concepts’ Denver Dispensary – New Website
November 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
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...]
A Client Shares – How Our WordPress Based Websites Actually Increased His Business
July 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Easy, No Cost, Five Minute Off-Page SEO – Extend the time until your domain expires
July 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Most meaningful lasting improvement is search page results comes for improving your site content and structure. But a few months ago I shared an SEO tidbit about increasing the time to expiration for your domain name. Something that takes just a few minutes and has no cost other … [Read more...]
Photographer’s Bludomain Website Moves Up To “Top Ten” Organic Search Results in Less Than 30 Days
July 17, 2009 By 4 Comments
A few weeks ago we began an effort to move a client's internet presence up to the top ten Google results. And reduce their monthly expense. I blogged some about the big increase in SEO score we gained for the site last month it in this post SEO that works! Now, less than 30 days … [Read more...]
Introducing the new Kertesz2 with limited time savings
July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Announcing release of Kertesz2 our new WordPress based full dialog website for Professional Photographers. Featuring an easy to configure landing page and impressive dynamic image content gallery Kertesz2 offers style and ease of use. Kertesz2 is an excellent full featured stand … [Read more...]
The Power of Organic Search Ranking Compared to Adwords – a 9 to 1 Favorite!
July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The best thing about natural or organic search is that in the long term it costs less and you reach more prospective clients with it. A very lot more. The difference is in the details. It may be easy to think that it does not matter how you get your website listed on the front … [Read more...]
Proof – Site structure is your best SEO investment
July 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The best and most economical way for a small business to achieve high search engine results placement is to simply have a solid proven platform for their website. We all know how important search engine results placement (SERP) can be to your website and sales. Not only will … [Read more...]
Building a new website and domain? Replace your temporary landing page with a simple WordPress LAUNCH page for SEO and SEM jumpstart.
June 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
When starting a new domain name and related website I like to use a simple WordPress blog as the landing page. This makes the old style landing page more of a launch page. Often typical practice has been just to put up a single static HTML page announcing the coming website. In … [Read more...]
Don’t let SEO become expensive “life support” for a poor website
June 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
Fortunately your website is not a relative, friend or family pet ... it is just a business tool. Before spending time and/or money to try to keep it alive with SEO, SMO, SEM and social media, to try to get it to produce results ... consider replacing it with a newer less expensive, … [Read more...]
Ultimate Bludomain Flash website SEO enhancement. Proven 300% search marketing increase in just days.
June 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
There is no doubt that Bludomain provides a beautiful platform for showcasing your photography on the web. Unfortunately they are not good websites for internet marketing. Bludomain describes their websites as "portfolio websites". Heck, even Bludomain's own website isn't Flash. … [Read more...]
