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Are You Building Your Business Network?

James Hussey — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:55:37 +0000

Where did the month go? Hope you’ve all rested and are ready to kick off your new year with some hard work. One of the most forward-paying activities for any business owner (small business owner or otherwise) is to build a network. I’ve mentioned this a time or two (like last year), but building a [...]

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Biggest Lessons in 2012 for Online Business

James Hussey — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:37:39 +0000

It’s that time of year again. First off – since I’m a bit late here after all the family festivities: happy New Year and Merry Christmas. (Wow that was late. Better late than never I hope?) If you celebrate another series of holidays, I hope your celebrations were memorable and you’re ready to charge into [...]

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Saccharin, Silicone and SEO

James Hussey — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:45:31 +0000

What in Charles Dickens Are We Thinking? Recently I posted at TheAverageGenius.net a “touch bases” post, just checking in with my readers and letting them know I’m blogging some of my better SEO and business ideas here. Checking my comments, I found a new comment on an older post where I was talking about recovering [...]

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The Biggest Threat To Your Business Is (What Dr. Seuss Said)

James Hussey — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:30:36 +0000

How would you fill in that blank? What does Dr. Seuss have to do with the Alameda Internet Marketing blog, or your business at all? If you’re not familiar with the concept, one of the best analytical tools for a business owner is called the SWOT analysis. You can read about it here or at [...]

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What’s Better Than SEO?

James Hussey — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:44:36 +0000

As a consultant and strategist for clients of my own, I find myself in the position to educate my customers to focus a little beyond just search optimization. If you read my last post (also my first here), you remember I left you all on a cliffhanger of sorts. I mentioned, So you want better [...]

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What’s New for SEO in 2013 (and Introducing James Hussey)

James Hussey — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:30:49 +0000

There have been a lot of changes (no surprises to say that) in SEO for 2012, and as we approach 2013 I wanted to run down what’s new moving into the new year. For many in the industry, it means changing old, bad habits. For those new to the industry, hopefully you can start off [...]

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Google Plus Local to Replace Google Places

Ross Taylor — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:41:42 +0000

Google’s made many changes over the last couple of months, keeping small businesses and people like us in the search marketing industry busy. Yesterday’s announcement brings about another major change that you can’t ignore… As Google ties search closer to it’s social Google Plus platform, it was inevitable that Google Places would go the same [...]

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Has Your Website Been Pecked by the Google Penguin?

Ross Taylor — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:40:47 +0000

Last week Google made a massive change to their algorithm which decides what sites to put where in the search engine results. When we mentioned it last week, it was known only as “Webspam Algorithm Update“, but has since been given the name “Penguin”. Rolling out on the evening of April 24th, this update’s aim [...]

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Google Launches Big Webspam Algorithm Update

Ross Taylor — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:26:56 +0000

Google has just announced on their Google Webmaster Central blog that it is now releasing a brand new webspam algorithm update with the goal of catching those who spam its search results or are purposely doing things to which are against the Google publisher’s Guidelines to influence search results. In the next few days, we’re [...]

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How to Use Pinterest for Business

Ross Taylor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:28:35 +0000

Social networks pop up all the time, but one that’s getting plenty of attention is Pinterest. At first glance, most people think it’s just a place for women to share pictures of fashions or decadent desserts. Well most of those people are probably right, but there’s much more than meets the eye. This new way [...]

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