Portal Feeder Marketing, PPC & SEO Blog http://www.portalfeeder.com/blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Maintain Your Trusted Expert Status – The Importance of Testing and Where to Start http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnCowDotCom/~3/tv67rRJ4WnA/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnCowDotCom/~3/tv67rRJ4WnA/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:00 +0000 John Cow http://www.johncow.com/?p=3510

Every single page of you website has elements in it which affect how people view your website. And each of those elements came to be there because of a decision you made.

But was it the right decision?

Web Site TestingYou’ll never know how…

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You may not realize it, but the things that will make you a Trusted Expert will also help you with your SEO (Search Engine Optimization)…

…which will improve your natural ranking with Google…

…which will help people searching for your product or…

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I was having a conversation with my uncle / friend today (we went for lunch) and we were talking about business and how as entrepreneurs we sometimes make terrible business people.

Now do not get me wrong… entrepreneurs are the people…

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So you got them to opt in or try a free trail…. now what???

In the below video I talk about the importance of helping your customers see exactly why they made a wise decision and how to get the quickest…

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I was just browsing through my stat logs and looked up at my “Akismet Stats”… to my surprise (why i did not pay attention to this before is beyond me) I noticed that in April my “Comment Spam” dramatically lowered…

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Last week i watched on TV about the incredibly sad Jonestown massacre. This was an American cult led by Jim Jones and it became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 909 “members” died in Jonestown, all but two from…

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Story time!

The phone rings and i pick it up to hear the sweet little voice of my 9 year old daughter say “hello daddy”.

IMG_0258Immediately my guard is down… her cute, innocent little voice always makes me so happy.

But suddenly her…

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OK, so now you know that you have to write press releases in order to become a Trusted Expert. You know that they’re good for business, your blog, or whatever it is that you’re trying to accomplish. But how exactly…

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In my previous posts in the Trusted Expert series (Starts Here), I’ve mentioned the importance of press releases and how they can help you become a Trusted Expert.  Well, today I’m going to talk about them some more.  That’s how…

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These here pastures are changing a wee bit as a result of focus and direction. One of the changes that I am implementing right away is the elimination of Full Page Ads or “Review Me Posts”.

What this comes down to…

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