Oct 3

Harnessing the Power of Analytics

The progression of increasingly in depth analytics has helped to further educate and enlighten webmasters and web owners of their visitors. With an increase in knowledge comes an increase in basic fundamentals that can be applied to shape not only web design and user interaction, but the foundations of an effective advertising platform. Successfully utilizing analytical data can not only increase your ROI but also the overall user experience which will pay off dividends in the long run. Before we can see how analytics plays into affecting advertising and marketing campaigns, we must explore the foundations of analytics and how to utilize t...

 
Sep 17

Building Quality Links

At this point it is pretty clear that an effective Search Engine Optimization campaign relies heavily on the authority sights that link to it. Attracting and a obtaining these links is one of the more difficult aspects of your SEO campaign. The goal is to acquire as many links from pages with high page ranks and relevant content. The other goal is to acquire links to more than just your home page. Make sure you create a linking campaign strategy that promotes linking to pages other than just your homepage. There are a number of strategies that can help to create an effective SEO linking strategy that will help your website to scale on mult...

 
Sep 15

Is Paid Search Worth It? PPC Advertising

When talking about paid search, it is important to understand that there are many different types of paid search marketing platforms to utilize. The most popular types of paid search platforms are PPC (Pay Per Click) and PPM (Pay Per Mille). For the purpose of this discussion, we will be focusing on philosophies that help to...

 
Sep 14

Simplify Forms, Increase Registrations

In light of some recent experiences, I thought it valuable to explain some of the trials and tribulations, and eventual success of simplifying website forms. I have been advising on the format, presentation, structure, and technology used in a signup form for a major internet company with the sole purpose of increasing registration conversions. They are current...

 
Sep 11

The Marketing Power of Facebook

Just about everyone these days has either heard of Facebook or uses it on a daily basis. Fewer people fully understand the potential marketing power of the infrastructure in place. A network as large and interconnected as Facebook provides the ideal platform for a virally growing marketing program. There are a number of ways utilize the marketing platform. If you are looking to explore the arena of social marketing, Facebook is a great place to start. This is a summary of the more powerful and effective Facebook marketing methods.


 
Sep 11

Harness the Power of Landing Pages

A great place to start your SEO marketing campaign is by creating landing pages for your more important keyword targets. A landing page is most effective when it provides a highly targeted and valuable resource for users while at the same time effectively relaying content to the search engines.

Landing pages are most effective when they combine static content with dynamically driven search...

 
Sep 11

Google Pagerank Uncovered

Google PageRank is the result of a method used to rank the overall quality of any given website. PageRank is a nonlinear grading scale of website credence. Although the scale is based on a 0-10 scale, it is important to realize that a site, who’s PageRank is a 3, is not simply 1 better than a site with a PageRank of 2. The scale Google uses is exponential, which equates to a PageRank of 3 being many times the quality of a PageRank 2, in the eyes of Google that is.

Google defines page rank as; PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page̵...

 
Sep 11

Choosing Your Target Keywords

One of the first steps when determining the path of least resistance to a successful SEO marketing campaign is determining the proper keywords to focus on. Planning out your keywords from the beginning will help on multiple levels, including web conversions and creating an effective brand awareness platform. In order to become effective in succeeding in both of those areas, you will have to plan strategically.

Depending on your budget it may not make sense to go after the most popular keywords. Highly competitive keywords will take longer to optimize for, and even if you are successful from the beginning, nothing can guarantee page ...