SEO for Bloggers – Creating Unique Meta Title Tags Using SEO Ultimate in...
In SEO there are a number of things you can do to your on-page content to make it more search engine-friendly. None of these may be as important as the Meta Title of your page. The Meta title of your...
View Article8 Things Bloggers Should Look for In a Web Hosting Company
Starting a blog is an exciting adventure for many people. Whether you are thinking of starting a blog for your business, a personal blog or would like to dive into the affiliate marketing arena finding...
View ArticleA Year After the Google Panda Update: How Bloggers Can Avoid Penalties
Earlier today Search Engine Land released a great infographic on the Panda Update and its effects one year later: This got me thinking about how bloggers were effected by the Panda Updates (they could...
View ArticleOut of the Office Mar 12, 2012 through Mar 16, 2012
Just wanted to give anyone looking to contact me that I will be out of the office form Mar 12, 2012 through Mar 16, 2012. I will be available for any emergencies at the phone number listed on the site....
View ArticleGoogle adWords Set to Nix Demographic Bidding Option on March 21, 2012
For one reason or another Google has decided to remove the demographic bidding option on March 21, 2012. This may not be big news for many people, being that the option was pretty elusive and most...
View ArticleKarma and Internet Marketing (They DO Go Hand in Hand)
Over the weekend I went to Iowa to visit family. While there I met with my sister’s boss at her dance studio to go over her website and see if she could do anything to improve the qualified traffic...
View ArticleGoogle Really Does Hate SEO (And This Shouldn’t Matter to You)
When I was a kid I had a friend. His name doesn’t really matter to this story, so we will call him Gary. Gary was one of those kids that would always come over to the house to play with toys or on the...
View ArticleThe 8 Fold Marketing Path Part 1: The Zen of Search
This is the first in a series of 9 blog posts on Zen Search Marketing discussing the use of the 8 Fold Path philosophy in search marketing efforts.This series of blogs is by no means endorsing any...
View ArticleSEOs Will Ruin Content Marketing (Just Like Everything Else…)
Let’s say someone found out you liked puppies and gave you one. That would make you happy, right? Now let’s say they went out and told everyone else you liked puppies and they all decided in order to...
View ArticleThe 8 Fold Marketing Path Part 2: Right View
This is the second in a series of 9 blog posts on Zen Search Marketing discussing the use of the 8 Fold Path philosophy in search marketing efforts.This series of blogs is by no means endorsing any...
View Article6 Marketing Buzzwords I Hate
I have done a lot of jobs in my life, and while I have of almost always liked what I did, some of the people in the industry have annoyed me…A LOT. Whether I was in the Marine Corps, truck driving, or...
View ArticleBaa Baa White (Hat) Sheep: Online Marketing & the Follower Mentality
There is a huge problem in the online marketing community – especially under the umbrella of what is known as Search Engine Optimization. Hipster sheep doesn’t care about your online marketing. Like...
View ArticleGoogle Enhanced Campaigns | Don’t Believe the Hype
If you are in the online marketing community and haven’t heard of Google’s new Enhanced Campaigns that will be rolled out in Beta shortly to a few “lucky” marketers and then to everyone around the June...
View ArticleThe Impermanence of Search (& Our Attachment to It)
On February 6, 2013 Google announced their plans to unroll Enhanced Campaigns inside of the AdWords platform. This was by no means the first time the search giant has announced major…erm…upgrades to...
View ArticleThe Physics of Online Marketing
If you’re a geek like me there is a good chance your interest falls outside of the world of online marketing and into other areas, such as science. For me, the area I find most intriguing is physics. I...
View Article5 Things You’re Doing Wrong with Social Media (And Life)
There are a LOT of blogs out there telling you what you need to be doing on social media to “build your presence” or “build your fan-base”, There are even way too many out there telling you what you...
View ArticleThe Idea of Control
The client – provider relationship can be a wonderful thing. Once in a while, everything seems to fall right into place. The meetings are productive, the phone calls are enjoyable and everything seems...
View ArticleThe 8 Fold Marketing Path Part 3: Right Intention
This is the third in a series of 9 blog posts on Zen Search Marketing discussing the use of the 8 Fold Path philosophy in search marketing efforts.This series of blogs is by no means endorsing any...
View ArticleOut of the Box : Charles Bukowski on Marketing
If you have read more than a couple of my blogs or followed me in social media you are probably aware that I am a huge fan of looking at outside areas for inspiration. One of the biggest challenges for...
View ArticleA Lesson in Geography : Smart Ad Targeting
There comes a time in every marketer’s (or website owner’s) life when they need to break free of convention and really start diving into their paid search accounts. They have spent countless hours...
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