I talked with a business owner recently who was upset that his competition was above him on Google’s results page. His exact words were, “I want to be first on Google. What do I have to do?” My response was obvious. “You’ve already done what you need to do. You called me.” From there, we…
Social Media’s Secret SEO Boost for Professionals
There’s always a lot of buzz about how Google interacts with Facebook and Twitter. And the attention is valid. Search results are being affected more and more by social signals. If people are talking about your company or product on Facebook, or posting links to your site on Twitter, Google smiles down on you. But…
The Phone Book…. Do Fingers Still Walk Here?
This post gave us a little insight into where the yellow pages came from and it’s place in marketing history. The truly amazing thing (to me) is that some business owners still swear by it for their businesses! This may not be surprising, as many marketing methods are quite old. For instance, The first American magazine…
Google+ Local – A Surefire Way to Get Potential Customers’ Attention
If you’re like most of Americans, Google is your go-to page for all of your searching whimsies. And if you checked your search history, you’d find hundreds of searches in the last week from everything to “How to avoid cooking a turkey this Thanksgiving” to “What in the world is Gangham style”. But like most…
Which Windows 8 Tablet should I buy?
What a seemingly simple yet complex question! There are basically two versions of Windows 8 for tablets. There is the RT version and the standard version. The RT version only runs Windows 8 apps, similar to the iPad and Android tablets. The tablets that run standard Windows 8 can run anything your normal desktop can…
