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My site traffic is down… you suck!

January 7, 2010

Title grab you did it?  That’s a common thing I am hearing from my customers coming off the holiday shopping season.  Well maybe not in those exact words, but here is what I am hearing starting off this new year…
“My traffic is way down on my site, what is going on?”  or “You are not [...]

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Resolve to work your website in 2010… it will work for you.

January 6, 2010

Working through year end reports for some 30+ small to medium sized businesses, what is evident is those who had a successful 2009 online are the ones who were actively working their websites to grow their online presence.
The proof is in the analytical data.  I have completed about 25% of my year end status reports [...]

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Add-This: A1-Webmarks (What is it?)

October 21, 2009

A1-Webmarks…. if you are like me, you’ve never heard of it before and just think – jeesh!  another site to have to worry about. So let’s check it out.
At first glance I see that it was very recently added to Add-This (mid-late October of 2009).   They define as “Webmark” as follows:
A webmark marks a [...]

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Blog Block No More – “Add This” here I come!

October 21, 2009

I’ve not been great in recent weeks about getting blog posts up and writing about cool stuff.  Primarily because life is just so darn crazy between work, family and church – along with my recent to decision to get back into working out at the gym several times a week – my only free time [...]

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Turning Disappointment into Growth

October 14, 2009

As I’ve posted in the past, I get daily notifications of my “Daily Challenge” – little snippets, sayings, quotes, ideas that keep me grounded and remind me that it’s not all about me.  Sometimes these little challenges strike a personal note, and sometimes they hit me professionally.  Today’s challenge can apply both personally and professionally.
“Choose [...]

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Myth or Fact: Meta Keywords Impact Google Rank

September 21, 2009

MYTH!   Google does not use Meta Keywords to determine search position.
Today, Matt Cutts of Google published a blog post and short video about the lack of impact that Meta Keywords actually have on your web sites Google search position and further added that content is the key driving factor in Google’s method of determining [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

September 20, 2009

RT @mashable Facebook Photo Tag Search: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread http://bit.ly/16BiZm #
RT @mashable The Onion Launches a News iPhone App … Without Any News http://bit.ly/8JRJj #
Interesting post – How to Reap the Fruits of Social Media Pollination. http://bit.ly/3tkmSA #
RT @successnations RT @CandaceManning1: @tonyrobbins RT “Enjoy life – you only get one.” Richard Branson [...]

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Generating Leads on Non eCommerce Websites

August 24, 2009

eCommerce sites tend to be a bit easier to monitor and rate success with online goals being sales.  Sites that are not selling online still need to generate business – otherwise what’s the point of being online right?  Hopefully you are using Google Analytics to set goals for your site and to monitor their success.
If [...]

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Facebook Tip – Blocking Unwanted Applications on Your Wall Feed

July 22, 2009

If you are like me and using Facebook for Social Media and work related purposes, you probably don’t want to know who scored 5 million points on Farkl, who’s growing a farm, and who has reached a new level in Mob Wars. I, for one, do not enjoy those types of posts filling up my [...]

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Web Traffic or Online Sales – which one matters more?

July 22, 2009

Good Morning my internet friends!   It’s time to stop and talk about the importance of growing your website traffic versus the importance of improving your site content to increase conversions (Yet Again).
If you are the proud owner of a new website – and by new I mean less than 18 months old – then [...]

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