Archive for 'Online Marketing'
The Brent and Brandi Show
Last Friday was the official launch of “The Brent and Brandi Show” – a collaborative online talkshow/podcast I am doing with Brandi Pierce, a website and branding specialist located in Seattle, Washington. I met Brandi online on Biznik.com, a social networking website that is gaining popularity. Brandi came up with the idea of a co-hosted [...]
Full StoryUsing a Blog to Get More Pages Indexed in Google
So, you’re still thinking this whole blogging thing is silly? Yet you want your website to rank well and bring a lot of visitors to your website?
If these two statements apply to you, then truth be told, you’d be silly not to consider a blog.
Think of it this way – if you have an [...]
Alert – YouTube Displays Competitors in YOUR Videos
After all my touting of how great YouTube is of promoting your company online they go and get sneaky on me when I’m looking the other way.
YouTube has been great for promoting businesses online because it doesn’t take much effort and expense to produce a decent video that showcases a customer testimonial, a new product [...]
Duck – Incoming!! Inbound Marketing Puts Your Site in Customer's Sights
Hubspot has a nifty article explaining inbound marketing that I wanted to share. If you are not aware of inbound marketing, it is a concept you will want to know more about as it will help put the value of your website’s marketing potential in perspective. Instead of seeking out customers with traditional methods of [...]
Full StoryThe 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 [...]
Social Networking’s Influence on Your Site’s Traffic – Part 2
Two weeks ago I shared my website stats for all to see and demonstrated how different things I’m doing online impacted my traffic. Here is an updated look at my blog stats:
I’ve looked at a lot of website stats over the last 10-plus years, and although this is still a new blog at the low [...]
Mild Mannered Consultant by Day – Slightly Less Mild Mannered Consultant by Night
Yesterday while attending a panel discussion on social media that our company NetSource Technologies was hosting, I had a few people who know me both in person and online tell me that online in the various social networking sites I am involved in that I am funny and outgoing. Now if you know me in [...]
Full StoryStumbleUpon More Traffic For Your Site
After more experimentation with StumbleUpon.com I’ve come to the conclusion that it is one of the best secret weapons to help quickly boost your site traffic. And the best part is it is really quite easy to use.
Ok, so what exactly is StumbleUpon.com?
In simplest terms, StumbleUpon delivers up random websites on related topics that you [...]
Social Networking with Rick Itzkowich – A 3,000 Mile Interview
Today’s post is an interview with Rick Itzkowich, the co-founder of Productive Learning & Leisure LLC in La Jolla, California, author of The Xtraordinary Living Blog and creator of Quote Actions. I first meet Rick on Biznik.com where he has a number of excellent articles posted. After furthering our communications via Twitter and LinkedIn, I [...]
Full StoryBring a Breath Mint – You're About to Get Up Close and Personal
I have been talking a lot about social networking sites recently, such as LinkedIn, Biznik, Facebook and Twitter. I have also been telling you how these sites are a great way to promote your business. I probably need to slow down and first mention that they are a great way to build relationships that in [...]
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