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How To Check Your Search Engine Rankings

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SEO Rank Checker “How do I Check My Search Engine rankings,” is a question I get a lot from my coaching clients.

There are several ways you can do this. However, for beginners to Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and those who love Firefox, there is a quick way to check your search engine rankings for keywords you are trying to rank for on your site, or blog, especially if it is small and does not have mega content yet. It’s called SEO Rank Checker, which is maintained by seobook. You do actually have to opt-in and get a free account as seobook (enter your name and email address at seobook.com in order to claim this tool). However, it is very well worth opting in.
The SEO Rank Checker Tool Allows You To: [...] Continue Reading…

13 Minutes to SEO Mastery Mini Video Course is Here!

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Finally!  My much awaited 13 Minutes to SEO Mastery Video Mini Course is available to help you unleash your inner SEO Guru!

Thanks to Ms. Renae Pelo and Patricia Padgett for providing the first awesome feedback on the videos.  I launched 13 Minutes to SEO Mastery in the wee hours last night this morning.

What I’ve done with these 13 60 second videos is extract everything I know about SEO into short actionable videos to help you improve your positioning in the search engines.  You’ll receive a daily 60 second video outlining the most important aspects of getting your web content highly [...] Continue Reading…

What 3 Things Stump You About Marketing to the Social Web

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The Social Web is here to stay.   And the more social the web continues to become, the more stumped you can be about marketing to the social web.  And, as you may have heard, Facebook recently surpassed the almighty Google in traffic, which is huge.

When many business owners begin learning social media and incorporating it into their online marketing strategy, they are already very confused.  Hey, it can be challenging for the seasoned social media expert to keep abreast of all of the new widgets, applications, plugins, and services that exist.
If you’re New to Marketing to the Social Web [...] Continue Reading…

How to Use WordPress Plugins to Build Relationships

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Recently I blogged about just how valuable WordPress is for business and especially for web marketing newbies.   One of the biggest advantages of WordPress, and the reason it has improved tremendously over the years, is that the software is open source.  This simply means that any web developer can add value by creating additional features and additions, such as “plugins” that improve the functionality of the software.  In essence, this means developers in the WordPress Community help you make better use of your WordPress blog.

All you have to do is find the plugin you’d like to install from [...] Continue Reading…

Blogging for Your Business: Why Use WordPress?

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I continue to hear stories on Facebook about how many small business owners in my local area in Fredericksburg and Stafford, Virginia are taking their content and transferring it to WordPress (the self-hosted version on wordress.org). This isn’t just a local phenomenon, by the way.  WordPress is making the lives of webmasters and business owners a lot easier!

When it comes to blogging for your business, however, not every business owner realizes the value and power of WordPress, especially for the purposes of online marketing.   As a result, I started a thread via Facebook Notes and asked my WordPress blog [...] Continue Reading…

3 Facebook Social Marketing Tips to Build Your Sphere of Influence

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Facebook has recently become the 2nd highly most visited site in the word.  If that isn’t a sign that your business should be marketing on Facebook, I don’t know what is.   However, many newcomers to Facebook, and social marketing in general, have a huge misconception of what marketing on Facebook entails.

Many “MLM’ers” begin to send invites to purchase products without getting to know the new people they befriend.   The more folks you follow, the more blatant you realize what the “pitchy” links are.  Some tweet nothing but affiliate product links and “order now” junk.  Quite frankly, most newbie business [...] Continue Reading…