Brent Haeseker

The Best Social Media Platforms For SEO

I saw an interesting poll on SEOmoz.org where they asked what social media platforms netted the best SEO return on investment.  An informal poll, but the results are interesting none the less. Here is the results so far:
Social bookmarking websites, such as StumbleUpon, was the big winner followed by social networking websites and social news [...]

Evernote – A Handy Tool to Stay Productive

If you are like me you have notes in a million different places, a voice recorder when on the go (that you always forget when you need), a gazillion internet bookmarks, a stack of scribbled note pads and folders in and out of your “My Documents” folder and on 12 different color coded thumb drives.  [...]

Copywriting Tips for the Web

Struggling to put together an online message for your company’s website?  Try these tips:
1. KISS your words – Keep It Short and Sweet

As a web professional, I live on the web.  I can find anything on the web, including books and online magazines.  But I still go out and spend my hard earned money on [...]

Twitter Cured My Hiccups

I had a bad case of the hiccups this evening – couldn’t get rid of them and my chest was really starting to hurt (I don’t get them often, but when I do, they’re massive).  I was sitting at the computer and thought “I’ll send a tweet (post) out on Twitter about my hiccups”.  Sure [...]

Build Your Network Before You Need It

I was reading an article by Jeremiah Owyang and read the following line that I thought was pure brillance:
Grow your network before you need them.
Now, Jeremiah was referring to building up a network of business contacts to protect yourself if faced with sudden unemployment in today’s economy, but I thought of it in a different [...]

Further Exploring of Twitter

I wanted to do a post on Twitter highlighting all the pros and cons and then remembered Chris Brogan has already written an excellent article on this very topic.  Twitter is one of those social media tools that you can get a lot out of if you take the time to use it and get [...]

Google = Busy

So Google big hitters Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye recently shared during a question and answer session that Google made over 450 changes to its search algorithm last year.  That means that Google changed it’s mind over 450 times on how it decided to rank websites.
Over 450 times!
Granted, many of these changes were minor tweaks, [...]

New Websites Go Live

In the last couple of weeks we went live with 2 new sites – both from repeat customers we have had the pleasure working with – Brian Ehlers Construction and Mike Scott Plumbing.  Both clients were actively involved with our design and programming team which helped us create sites that matched their vision.  The sites [...]

Alert! Alert! Somebody Said This About You…

You have spent a lot of time building and protecting your reputation, but do you know what your online reputation is?  Do you know what others are saying about you – good or bad?
There is a number of tools out their that let you find out what others are saying.  At a minimum, be familiar [...]

Your Google Adwords Account is About to Expire

Here is another scam that has been going around recently.
You get an email that appears to be coming from Google telling you your Adwords account needs to be updated or they will have to close it.  Usually, having to do with payment on your credit card not going through.  It first made rounds a few [...]