Tax season is ramping up. Yay. (Yah, that was sarcasm.) I'm actually proud of myself for having gotten all my paperwork for our personal taxes and both corporations over to my accountant early this year. They can take it from there. I've done what I'm supposed to do, and handed it off to the experts [...]
I’ve looked at hundreds upon hundreds of websites. Your website is one of the most important factors in convincing a potential customer to do business with you. Do it wrong, and they’re leaving. Do it right and they might come in. I’m a web Certified Usability Analyst, which means I’ve been trained in web usability, [...]
This weekend, it was a rainy day. I was making pulled pork for dinner that night, and because it had been cooking all day in the slow cooker, the house smelled wonderful. As I was preparing the meat, my wife's little dog, Cindy, stood patiently HOPING something yummy would fall her way. She stood quietly, [...]
I've been thinking a lot lately about internet marketing, online marketing, SEO - let's just call it MARKETING. Google has all the SEO nerds running around like Chicken Little because the virtual sky is falling. Google Panda, Google Penguin, Google Hummingbird. Oh my! Links are out. Guest blogging is out. Blah blah blah. All this [...]
At the East Bay SEO and Internet Marketing Meetup for Business Owners, we learn about SEO, search engine marketing and internet marketing. It's open to anyone who wants to attend.
Sometimes taking the online social media to the offline results in new friends and business being exchanged. We all should remember to come out of our caves once in a while and connect with our brethren in a social setting!
After having had a "dry spell" with no blog posts, I've taken the 30 Day Blogging Challenge and will write one blog post per day.
If you want to do a really half-assed job at SEO (it's the American way after all), be sure to follow these tips.
Build lots of useful content and you'll be rewarded with readers and by the search engines. If you have anemic content, all the SEO in the world won't help you.
Businesses must make a mind shift in the 21st century and get away from the old habits that no longer work. By engaging their customers in online dialog with social media, businesses will attract customers so they are more likely to buy from them.
