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Clive — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:50:46 +0000

Basic SEO and SEM versus Social Media? It’s not one or the other it’s a combination of the two. Heather Dougherty of HitWise adds her 2 cents re this tricky area More WebProNews Videos Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg this! Share this on FriendFeed Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Email this via Gmail Add [...] No related posts.

Twitter For Business Marketing

Clive — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 +0000

Most people either get Twitter or they don’t – Janet Street-Porter recently called Twitterers “Twats”! – so how might it possibly used in marketing your business?. Business Coach and Internet Marketing expert Ken McCarthy recently wrote: “Everything a serious-minded person needs to know about Twitter” 1. Twitter’s popular and it’s been adopted by every major media outlet. A [...] No related posts.

Back up Wordpress Blog – Good Housekeeping

Clive — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:30:48 +0000

Want to know how to back up your Wordpress blog every which way? Here are my suggestions for daily. weekly and monthly back up tasks to make sure that if Your Wordpress blog is ever compromised you have everything you need to get it back up online fast. Here are the relevant links: Wordpress Database [...] No related posts.

Poor Advice Can Get You In A Bad Place

Clive — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:50:39 +0000

There are times when, in hindsight, you might wish you’d done things differently, gotten a second opinion! Maybe those ‘black hat’ techniques weren’t such a great idea when I think back. Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg this! Share this on FriendFeed Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Email this via Gmail Add this to [...] No related posts.

Ever feel like people just don’t want you around?

Clive — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:46:11 +0000

Maybe it’s the fact that your site only gets 20 visitors a day ( and the suspicion that half of them are search engine bots and not real people) is the reason you think that this web ‘lark‘ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… It’s extremely disheartening when you have launched your new site and [...] Related posts:

So Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Do Ya?

Clive — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:40:50 +0000

It used to be that, if you were lucky, you could throw up a web site, optimize it with some basic coding and BOOM! your site could rank for your chosen keyword or phrase. There’s no such thing as luck in SEO today! The simple fact is that these days Google ( and if any site [...] Related posts:

One Hit Wonder Or Perennial Favorite?

Clive — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:41:12 +0000

The world is fickle, we can’t even remember our favorite ‘one hit wonder’ can we? But we have no problem reciting lyrics from our favorite Beatles tracks. Another bad analogy from SEOptimum! Sure, being ‘flavor of the month’ might be cool – for a month – but what then? The fast hit, quick results of the [...] Related posts:

Ever Feel A Little ‘Lost’ (does Google know you exist?)

Clive — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:51:55 +0000

You don’t know where you are in Google or even if Google knows your site exists! So how can you tell? What are the basics of getting your site indexed by Google and, stage #2, ranked well? Hmmm, let’s address that… For the uninitiated it can be very confusing . You’ve had a web site for [...] Related posts:

There’s Gold In Them Thar’ Hills

Clive — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Is the web a new Klondike Gold Rush, everyone sees it as the new source to exploit. Are you going to try and grab your stake? But what if you’ve found where the gold is, how will you mine it? By hand or with a shovel? Allow me, if you will, to turn this gold rush/gold [...] Related posts:

How To Dominate Your Market

Clive — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:45:35 +0000

Understand your customers’ searching behavior. Walk in their shoes, and understand the dialogue the searcher is having with the web. Most customers are researching or looking for a problem to solve. If you understand what problem they’re trying to solve (keywords and phrases) you can provide them with a very customized solution to it (your [...] No related posts.