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The Way You Are Building Backlinks Is Dead

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August 30, 2013

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Chris Warden

Backlinks Aren't Dead - The Way You're Building Them Is

by Chris Warden

Chris Warden, of Spread Effect, is back to discuss your SEO and link bulding strategy. The death of the backlink has been greatly exaggerated. It often feels like SEOs from all over the world are running around with tinfoil hats while proclaiming that their backlinking efforts not only aren't working, but they're getting themselves, and their clients penalized....


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Nick Stamoulis

Start Your Content Marketing Campaign With a Question

by Nick Stamoulis

There is no denying the short and long-term impact of content marketing on your site's organic presence. Both the search engines and social networks thrive on fresh content and the more great content you put out the more visitors, social shares, and links you can earn over time. And with Google's recent changes to the link schemes page in the Webmaster Guidelines the link earning potential of your content is more important than ever....



Stoney deGeyter

Yeah, But... We Do Just Fine Without SEO

by Stoney deGeyter

Not everyone needs SEO. Sorry, Kevin, it had to be said. There are some businesses that are in small, niche industries that get enough local business that SEO will just be a burden to them. All those calls and emails coming in from the website just get in the way of taking care of customers. The customer comes first, damn it!...



Jason Corrigan

How Webmasters Can Maximize Their Guest Blogging Opportunities for SEO and Digital Marketing

by Jason Corrigan

For webmaster's who are interested in accepting guest blog articles from willing writers, working with professional writers who understand your brand and industry is essential to maximizing your search and digital marketing efforts. Learn three great tips for how you can properly vet guest bloggers and assess their level of talent before allowing them to post content on your site....



Jayson DeMers

9 SEO Blogging Tactics to Maximize Your Online Visibility

by Jayson DeMers

Creating a blog for a business is part of an overall content marketing strategy that simultaneously builds credibility, increases exposure and traffic, and increases conversion rates. But for your efforts to pay off, your blog content has to reach your intended audience. Here are some proven ways to get the most out of each blog post and fully enjoy the benefits of blogging. ...



Mike Moran

In Digital Marketing, Sometimes the Enemy is Us

by Mike Moran

I am old, so I remember the Walt Kelly comic strip from the '60s called Pogo, of which the most famous line ever was "I have met the enemy and it is us." In Internet marketing, it is so often true that we are our own worst enemies. I was reminded of that when I taught one of my many classes to veteran marketers looking to understand this Internet thing. Most traditional marketers have some amount of struggle with the Do It Wrong Quickly concept, but on this occasion I ran into one who was apparently so threatened by it...



Jayson DeMers

The Definitive Guide to Twitter Etiquette

by Jayson DeMers

Here are the Twitter etiquette guidelines that should be followed when marketing using Twitter. Following these guidelines will help attract more followers, build better rapport with your target audience and increase exposure and brand awareness. ...



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Mike Fleming

A Simple Overview of AdWords Enhanced Campaigns

by Mike Fleming

The advancement of internet usability on mobile devices, combined with more people getting their hands on them, has led to rapid growth of mobile search usage. When you factor in technology like AdWords, you can see how advertisers have more opportunity to deliver--and consumers to receive--targeted advertising messages that are relevant for more specific devices, times and locations than ever before.Yet, not many advertisers were creating AdWords campaigns for mobile devices, simply because the campaign structure was difficult to discern and hard to manage. This, of course, was costing Google money in ad clicks and costing advertisers conversions from prospects...



Mike Moran

The Internet blurs the old organizational lines

by Mike Moran

Who owns the Internet? Obviously no one actually owns the Internet, but this is a question that I hear every day from big companies, because they want to know which organization within the company should take the lead with all Internet work. Big companies fail in Internet marketing every day because they waste time answering that question instead of just using the Internet. Large firms are trapped in the old thinking that problems get broken into small pieces, assigned to the right organizations, and "solutioned." But the Internet doesn't fit into any of those neat little boxes, and all attempts...



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August 9th, 2013


How to Setup Google Authorship:
The Unofficial Manual

by Ross Dunn

August 8th, 2013 was the official launch date of a comprehensive manual created by StepForth CEO, Ross Dunn on how to setup and install Google Authorship on your website. 
 
How to Setup Google Authorship: The Unofficial Manual
Why should you care? Google Authorship is important because it allows Google to identify authors and the content they write in order to create a concept of their clout online and appropriately attribute ownership of their content so that others cannot copy and benefit from it as easily. 
 
In other words, properly installed, Authorship will help you get more bang out of the good content you write and minimize the hassle created by those who steal and repurpose it; something that happens more often than you may think.
 
View the free manual here and if you wish to have us install the system for you please submit an inquiry here.
 
CLIENTS: Many of our monthly clientele have already had Authorship implemented by our hand and those that have not will be contacted soon.

Cheap Link Building
Ends Badly for Business

by Scott Van Achte

Learn about the repercussions caused by hiring an excessively cheap link building company. A real life story exposes the negative pitfalls a former client recently experienced after paying only pennies per link. Read more...


Social Media Love
Embraced by Fortune 500

by Ross Dunn

Fortune 500 companies have seen a dramatic increase in the usage of Social Media over the past 6 years. With more and more top companies integrating intense Social into their marketing campaigns, it goes to show that social can be rather lucrative. Read more...


Is Your Business Visible in Google & Bing's Local Search Listings?

A map with a pin in it which is a common indicator of local results.Did you know these listings are different than regular rankings in Google? Here are some facts you may be unaware of:
  1. You don't need a website to rank in Google's local search results
  2. If you claim your business listing in Google you can increase your online visibility in local search results.
  3. The way your address is written on your website & other sites around the web can directly affect results.
  4. If you don't fill out your listing properly you can actually lower your chances for local visibility where it counts!
  5. Local search results appear to be getting more and more attention from Google as they increase the quality of their search results.
In short, you Need to Be There!

Here is a helpful Google tutorial on doing it yourself but if you want we can guide you through the process. Just contact us or submit an inquiry and we will be back to you quickly with a solution you can afford.

Laugh of the Month: To Celebrate Shark Week... VIDEO of Shark Cat in All His Glory

Shark Cat!!!

After all. We all need a laugh
between marketing campaigns...






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From The Latest Episode of SEO 101 on WebmasterRadio.FM

Ross Dunn & John Carcutt discussed a link building method called Link Wheels which are extremely damaging and should not be used for any website. Additionally, they answered questions from listeners on a variety of SEO subjects.

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