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...]
My Favorite Twenty Plugins for Using WordPress as a Website Content Management System
December 26, 2009 By 3 Comments
Recently I was talking with Kerry at Camera Dojo and he asked what my choice plugins were when using WordPress as the content management system (CMS) for a total website. Below, in no particular order, is the "default" plug-in pack that I install when I begin setting up a WordPress … [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...]
Migrating from Blogger to WordPress in 7 Steps While Keeping Subscribers and Search Results (UPDATED)
November 29, 2009 By 14 Comments
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
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...]
Another Bludomain Website SEO Upgrade Success
September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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
September 12, 2009 By 4 Comments
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...]
Setting Up The Best Facebook Page For Your Business
September 11, 2009 By 3 Comments
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 SEO Professionals Can Get Your Website Kicked Off Google
September 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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
September 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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
September 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
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...]
