<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:53:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>small business advertising</category><category>online marketing</category><category>small business seo</category><category>website marketing</category><category>website tuneup</category><category>checking up on a marketing company</category><category>marketing a retail store</category><category>pay per click</category><category>ppc</category><category>promoting your business</category><category>retailing online</category><category>the importance of seo to the small business</category><category>website review</category><title>Higher Achievements</title><description>Focusing on Advancing Small Business. We Develop Sales Solutions.</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-250554332957375281</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-07-30T13:41:56.352-07:00</atom:updated><title>Promoting Bars and Restaurants</title><description>Although this is a little off our normal topic Anthony has written a little about the some of the aspects of getting help from your vendors to promote your Bar or Restaurant. Anthony's back ground is in high volume fast paced Las Vegas nightclubs. Overseeing several on the strip locations over the last five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Vendor Sponsorship's for Bars and Restaurants.&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2052 alignright" alt="Promoting a Restaurant" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/images-1-150x150.jpeg" width="150" height="150" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many business owners are unaware of how to truly benefit from sponsorship's  This is particularly true for restaurant owners. We are going to explain why sponsorship's are not only valuable but crucial when operating a bar or restaurant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Do your research.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First and foremost, you want to research your city, county and state laws regarding local rules and regulations. Since prohibition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the 1920's, liquor distri...</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/07/promoting-bars-and-restaurants.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-7093154567329610202</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-07-16T11:39:45.326-07:00</atom:updated><title>Using a QR Code to Promote a Restaurant</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;Using a QR Code.&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1982" alt="Using a QR Code to promote a restaurant" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/qrcode-1.png" width="125" height="125" /&gt;QR codes, for those who are unaware, are those funny looking square pixilated blocks showing up on just about everything. They are basically a bar code, which can be used for scanning almost anything. If you have a mobile smart phone, you can download a scanner that is capable of reading the &lt;a href="http://goqr.me/" target="_blank"&gt;QR Code&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The way this works is you scan the code using your phone and the item or message associated with the QR Code will be &lt;em&gt;downloaded instantly to your phone&lt;/em&gt;. This can be a website, a business app, a game, menu, coupon, product information, &lt;a href="http://gomobile.higherachievements.com/features/loyalty-cards/" target="_blank"&gt;loyalty programs&lt;/a&gt; or any number of items. Mobile apps are becoming one of the hottest mark...</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/07/using-qr-code-to-promote-restaurant.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-8316805392100548073</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-07-02T17:20:33.299-07:00</atom:updated><title>Mobile App&amp;#39;s and Your Business</title><description>&lt;h3&gt;How To Get Your Mobile App on Your Customer’s Phone.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketing today is not what it use to be. With all the advancements in technology, more and more customers are reaching for their smartphones before grabbing their keys. With that said, just because you have a mobile app does not mean its going to make it's way to your customers phone without a little help.&lt;img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1955" alt="iphoneapp" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/iphoneapp-300x141.jpeg" width="300" height="141" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many &lt;em&gt;businesses are now turning to mobile apps to communicate with their customers.&lt;/em&gt; Everyone carries a mobile phone. It's now just as essential and a part of your attire as your socks and shoes. You just don't leave home without it. With a mobile app you can send messages to your customers using the &lt;a title="push notifications" href="http://gomobile.higherachievements.com/features/push-notifications/" target="_blank"&gt;push notificati...</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/07/mobile-app-and-your-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-4035320341348384019</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-04T22:15:02.974-07:00</atom:updated><title>How SEO Can Benefit Your Marketing Efforts</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;" data-mce-mark="1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imagesCAI4G3VO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-756" alt="thinker" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/imagesCAI4G3VO-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ever wonder what all the fuss is about with SEO&lt;/strong&gt;.  Well here is how &lt;em&gt;SEO can benefit your marketing efforts&lt;/em&gt;, first done properly search engine optimization increases your chances of a higher position in the organic search results. This is the number one reason so many businesses have gone down this road to improve their rankings using search engine optimization. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;" data-mce-mark="1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;" data-mce-mark="1"&gt;SEO can benefit your marketing efforts in a number of ways.  In general it can &lt;a title="Is your Website a Secret?" href="http://higherachievement...</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-seo-can-benefit-your-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-2474653653513886952</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T09:39:36.122-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online marketing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">promoting your business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business advertising</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business seo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">website marketing</category><title>Is your Website a Secret?</title><description>&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generating Business with your Website, or are you trying to keep your Business a Secret?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgh8Gi3pgh1IeDTSiTNaA3edd1ZSqZWfTEJt3oXJu72SwjxIGI1I2J_7Fx5gH74x2Tvwu3Ga4L0e-w5VWDDv5J-niYH_eJhULIfbCgvupLsNNmHMEE3YrdY23VzPEKn75UiMCLdNqG1gv6Ew0qXWqg0o0X6c5EvgjQUjaLU5sXz2ZAAWLE7r0MiHxpc5K0R" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="online marketing" border="0" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1452" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/secret-1-150x150.jpeg" height="150" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Many business owners are under the assumption that all they need to do is post a Website and people will find them. That may have been the case ten years ago, but today it requires a bit of work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Your website is a &lt;a href="http://higherachievements.com/marketing-strategies/"&gt;marketing tool&lt;/a&gt; not unlike other marketing tools you may have used. There needs to be a little more effort put into it just like when you put a brochure in the hands of a potential customer. In the old days, before the Internet, if you were not one of the major companies out there &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/04/is-your-website-secret.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/04/is-your-website-secret.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-6194698368128286701</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T09:17:53.370-07:00</atom:updated><title>Yelp is good for Business</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Yelping good for some. Not so good for others.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.yelp.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="yelp" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1327" src="http://higherachievements.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/yelp-150x150.jpg" height="150" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Recently I spoke with a Yelp representative about featured ads for a small business.  I wanted to dig deeper into the subject about their &lt;em&gt;filtered reviews&lt;/em&gt;. When asked about some of the filtered reviews, which by the way were legitimate in the case of the service provider being discussed, the Yelp representative stated that Yelps algorithms look for reviews from first time Yelpers and flag them as solicited if there is no other activity from the Yelper who wrote the review. They don’t do this right a way but when there is no log on activity from the reviewer within a given time frame they will be flagged. This is usually under thirty days. &lt;a href="http://higherachievements.com/yelp-and-business/#more-1317" target="_blank"&gt;More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/02/yelp-is-good-for-business.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/02/yelp-is-good-for-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-2249579782219261632</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-26T10:55:25.550-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">checking up on a marketing company</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online marketing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">website marketing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">website review</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">website tuneup</category><title>How to Review your Online Marketing Company.</title><description>&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Checking Out your Online Marketing Company&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Nowadays it seems that everyone has built a website and claims to be an Internet Marketer or Webmaster. How do you know if they can do what they claim they can do? Are they practicing what they preach? Well, here are a few simple ways that you can do just that.&lt;br&gt;
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Some of the many ways you can check and see if your Online Marketing Company or Webmaster is doing the job for their own company, which would correlate to their ability to perform for your company. Particularly if they claim they can get you site traffic. The links below are all free tools that can be used to get a feel for whether the company you are looking at can perform and deliver on your behalf.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-review-your-online-marketing.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-review-your-online-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-6885108746769419149</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-20T14:57:20.902-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketing a retail store</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">retailing online</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business advertising</category><title>Marketing a Retail Store Online</title><description>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Truths Behind Marketing A Retail Store Online&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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I am sure you have heard successful online marketing stories about how some people are able to make money from home based businesses. Internet marketing is still one of the most talked about topics between marketers everywhere.  Discussions about the different methods of marketing can be found in blogs and articles on every search engine out there. It will probably remain as one of the most talked about subjects for a long time among Internet entrepreneurs.  One of the most favorite subjects being how to market a retail store online.  For small retailers everywhere this is a bonanza of opportunity to sell your products. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2012/12/marketing-retail-store-online.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2012/12/marketing-retail-store-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4DRL6dxYPJ2KJudDEbHApSgSJtn-EW9NcH8Zav0iOvg19JbAMIz806UNF76XkfdoAT-RaxFkWSs-kyUREbuvP1rvtxkf4yUjVomrHyp3VFkpBgORkfjo-6k5t3SlWxJ_U367UXI3upzE/s72-c/imagesCAOQ2FLY.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-7520457348129328224</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-19T09:30:00.069-08:00</atom:updated><title>Making the Best Online Marketing Experience Possible Using Google</title><description>&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Google It!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The term “Google it” became popular because it is what most people do whenever they try to search for something on the web. The Internet nearly has everything we need to know about anything you can think of. You can get directions to places and locate shops and restaurants, find valuable information, connect with friends, and watch videos. You can even shop for products and services online. All these are often done &lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2012/11/making-best-online-marketing-experience.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://higherachievements.blogspot.com/2012/11/making-best-online-marketing-experience.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCu-LK-HQU_A6npS_w06ckBu1_mUUhEC6nJ3OdOcKX77TcV2Iark5m01d9QRdTsX-9wIbmT70hXelbSZDm9EcCymMqCEFEsGh8jeoqKXVvoZvm5EjVrzzSCgFVB8RXsBrbjDKOvgggzGH/s72-c/imagesCA6TWHPK.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300205599504071781.post-8549846216356976841</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-12-20T15:01:05.738-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pay per click</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ppc</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">small business advertising</category><title>8 Things a small business can do to improve PPC, ROI</title><description>&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZKg2fYIsbqDtGFsXkbBAZ3iKKAz6xBruzrwQM-LrQNWYbea8gFc71W5b4M_OsjkHYaEljDoGlINdRtjZ8L90z0Z4YRgbFpMUITlhnr6WR7EQNcq7YWmf-Uxrpul8Pt-iZKfW198pKCH8/s1600/PPC+Campaigns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="pay per click maagement" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZKg2fYIsbqDtGFsXkbBAZ3iKKAz6xBruzrwQM-LrQNWYbea8gFc71W5b4M_OsjkHYaEljDoGlINdRtjZ8L90z0Z4YRgbFpMUITlhnr6WR7EQNcq7YWmf-Uxrpul8Pt-iZKfW198pKCH8/s1600/PPC+Campaigns.jpg" title=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pay Per Click for the small business can be a great source of revenue and very cost effective but at the same time it can be very expensive if done improperly.  &lt;/div&gt;
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While most of us that use &lt;a href="http://higherachievements.com/marketing-strategies/pay-per-click-management/" target="_blank"&gt;Pay Per Click&lt;/a&gt; are aware that it can be expensive, we have found that this is mainly attributed to the major learning curve when setting up a campaign for the first time.  It is necessary to monitor and tweak your campaign daily for the first several weeks.  Done properly PPC can and will drive quality visitors&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Marketing A Professional Firm Online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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It is true that social connection can help in promoting a product and professional services. Since the means of connecting to people have gone through positive changes as it turned digital, the methods of marketing through social networking and affiliation have also improved. From the old fashioned Word of Mouth (WOM) strategy and referral system to online social media marketing, both traders and service providers were awed by the convenience the technology brought to the marketing field.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Marketing Your Retail Store Online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwogTVPMkeGuMDUwl29pGdoF2fbjZdOiOUb7GVcxn1ykoDsbqDLZMQSe5PF1JTTUitnPKfPuus8p1-3uWH3b_m7m0oVPr9YsJaQ9n6pLCUAAhB97Lef8Ue_4WYHei9TkN3rixw3MVZ8HQO/s1600/imagesCAUTIHVQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="open 24 hours" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwogTVPMkeGuMDUwl29pGdoF2fbjZdOiOUb7GVcxn1ykoDsbqDLZMQSe5PF1JTTUitnPKfPuus8p1-3uWH3b_m7m0oVPr9YsJaQ9n6pLCUAAhB97Lef8Ue_4WYHei9TkN3rixw3MVZ8HQO/s1600/imagesCAUTIHVQ.jpg" title="open sign"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Honestly speaking, all the things that you can find online are things that we all share and enjoy in our everyday lives. They could be life-changing advises and tips, unbelievable truths and information, valuable products, professional services, the best restaurants in your area or even the useless the most confusing games. No matter how beneficial or useless these things may be as long as they are posted online, they can be viewed by billions of people around the globe. This worldwide sharing of information and ideas is perceived by traders as &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Marketing And The Google Experience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Every second, there are millions of people who visit Google for various reasons. While some people “Google” to check for some information about a specific topic, others conduct business. It is common knowledge that Google is a powerful and widely used search engine, which makes it a very useful marketing tool; however, not all internet marketers are able to succeed in using &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Why SEO is important to the Small Business?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to the small business can mean the difference between success and failure.  With all the advertising options out there today SEO should be at the top of your list.  Why, because I believe everyone would agree that a twenty four hour a day marketing message that is always on and never turns off is probably the best marketing tool any business could possibly ask for.  But is it working for you or is your competition the one with the leg up?&lt;br&gt;
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Just because you are a small business does not mean search engine optimization could not benefit your business.  By optimizing your site you will improve the odds when a &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Getting a handle on your online marketing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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If you’re a small businessperson who is trying to make sense of how to get to the first page of the search engines this blog is for you.  There are many factors in getting first page placement on the search engines.  Some of them follow.&lt;br&gt;
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