When Google launched the Panda update to their search algorithm it tanked a lot of huge websites. These big websites tanked because they were not in violation of the new update which killed a lot of content farms with d...
When anyone is starting up a business they never really think of online reputation management right at the beginning because usually it isn't needed. Your business needs reputation management because you will always wan...
Whenever you hear of someone generating leads for you and your company you always think it's a great thing, until you sign up. You'll quickly realize that they leads being generated are from spam email campaigns and the...
When it comes to online marketing, we all need to post to social media in order to have the full package. Sure you can set up a great campaign using just content and backlinks, but isn't that all you need? Well not in ...
Everyone knows that getting positive reviews online is a tough thing to do, but it's possible if you can do something to encourage your clients to take their free time in order to leave a few nice words around the intern...
If you want to earn a free weekend in Vegas you will usually have to win a trip or get someone to pay for you. But one of the ways you can earn it, and also make some money, is to become an affiliate with one of the big...
Everyone wants to be the next online millionaire, but are you really ready to be an entrepreneur? Well it's not all caviar and bottler service when you start off or even when you are successful. The only entrepreneurs ...
When it comes to running a successful business you at least need a good idea to revolve it around. This could be a simple drop shipping system or a SaaS system which takes a lot of knowledge in order to program and get ...
When it comes to being extremely successful when it comes to online marketing and websites, you will want to think of getting in the sights of Googles business buying team. They are very generous when they find somethin...
When it comes to working online a lot of people think that they're just going to be waking up and collecting checks, but that's not the case at all. It takes a lot of work and you can get burnt out pretty quick so you n...
Back in April of 2012 Google launched one of it's biggest changes to the search algorithm and it was called the Penguin update. We now know this as the Penguin 1.0 update since there have been revisions since then. Thi...
When it comes to SEO, people always want to see that you're going to do the work so they like to see a guarantee. A guarantee is like another way to ensure you're going to do the work as intended or you will usually giv...
Recently I've noticed that there are a lot of unanswered questions on the discussions page and I encourage everyone to ask questions or comment. I know that a lot of these unanswered discussions are mine, but why is tha...
When you're doing an SEO campaign you'll want to be doing your best, but you'll have to vary it based on each clients needs. If you're doing local SEO for one client and the next needs a global campaign, you won't be ab...
When it comes to websites and being profitable, you don't need to know how to code or program anything. Over the years I've been attempting to learn how to code and program with no success because I take too many breaks...
When it comes to rankings, we all know that it's different for each website. When ranking for local keywords it can be a completely different process from one SEO company to the next, but they all have similar ideas. I...
When it comes to link penalties, they can burn any website to the ground by strangling the SERP rankings of the site and stopping the flow of traffic. Google is starting to not be so nice and they are making examples ou...
When it comes to obtaining new clients there's always that awkward moment when a potential client wants to see a list of your current clients. Are you the type of person that will willingly share your list of clients or...
When it comes to websites you will always have to remember that if your content is not compelling, you won't have many readers. Writing content for your website is always a good thing because it will help you in many wa...
When someone starts out working online they will likely need to have a website set up and that means you need to decide to go with a pre-designed site or a custom designed site. Each type of design has it's own benefits...
Keyword research is the main thing that will determine if you're getting into a good niche that can be dominated quickly or if it's going to take time. It's also a good way to figure out if it's worth targeting at all b...
In todays daily grind it can be overwhelming when it comes to all the things that have to be done in a day, week or month. I know that I sometimes get overwhelmed and I'm actually on top of most of my tasks each day, bu...
So how exactly did you learn SEO and Online Marketing? Were you like most of us and lurked around forums or other tutorial websites and read everything you can and implemented it or did you go a different route like hir...
When it comes to SEO, how do you define your own success? Whenever I'm doing SEO for my own websites, or a clients site, I will always be tracking rankings as well as watch my traffic and sales. I won't usually ask my ...
When I started out working online I never thought about a big marketplace to list services on, but it's not a big deal because I don't list my services on these type of platforms anyway But what I really love about SEO...
When working in the SEO field I always get asked how long it normally takes to see an increase in rankings from an SEO campaign and I tell every client the same thing... It takes time to do the work we do and there's no ...
So you're asking "What makes a website search engine friendly?" and I can say that you're in the right place to learn. You website needs to be easily accessible between both the search engines and your visitors. If you...
We've all heard of Google but some of you may not know who Larry Page and Sergey Brin are. These two men are the founders behind the major search engine that we want to rank in and call Google. Over the years Google ha...
In todays world you need to have specific deadlines and goals if you're a small business. If you're just going with the wind then you probably won't be very successful in the end. Deadlines will help you achieve your g...
When it comes to websites there are a few ways to get traffic to your website and I'm going to cover 2 of them. The two I'll be covering are PPC and Organic rankings which can both be very powerful when it comes to maki...
For a while now PR or Page Rank hasn't been a factor when it comes to ranking for competitive terms. Google hadn't updated PR in forever and then announced that it was no longer a factor in how they evaluate a website i...
A 301 redirect is when you have one URL permanently directed to another. When you click on the first URL you, and the search engines, would then be directed to a different URL than the one you tyed directly into the add...
Backlinks can affect your rankings in many different ways. In short, your rankings can increase or plummet depending on where you're placing links aimed at your website. In this discussion I will go over the many ways ...
Every client I've had was always asking "Why do I need SEO services?" if they were a new business owner. It's actually pretty easy to go over whey people need SEO services, but some people aren't sure why. This discuss...
When I started getting into eCommerce a while ago I always wondered how I could easily increase my sales. Each day I would go through my website and figure out what I could edit and tweak in order to increase my convers...
Increasing your profits by giving away discounts sounds like one of the most backwards way to make money online, but it's possible. There are a few ways to increase your profits by giving away discounts and I'm going to...
Recently I've gotten more into eCommerce and I've been trying to figure out how I can build my lists much larger without investing a lot of extra time into what I'm already doing. I wanted to build my list with the traf...
Whenever working online we always think of how we can optimize our traffic in order to increase sales. You may not think of it, but if you're moving your website around and tweaking things to make it more user friendly,...
Over the years I've learned that getting clients to sign contracts and having them pay you your desired price is a tough thing to do. You're pushing out all the smaller companies who don't want to risk $X,XXX per year o...
Whenever I'm talking with a potential client I always get asked "Do I really need SEO to be successful?" and my quick answer is "Nope, but it will help you out in the long run". These people are usually caught off guard...
