What Not to do when Soliciting for SEO Work

I have been recently inspired. “By what,” you might ask? I’ll tell you. It’s the story of what not to do when you are looking for new clients or SEO jobs. I wanted to post this just to give you some simple rules of thumb to follow when writing a solicitation letter to a new potential client. The Example I received this email by the worst SEO company after putting an ad on...

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Finally…No More PageRank

It’s about time. This morning, according to a post by Search Engine Roundtable, Google is finally getting rid of the PageRank metric. Finally, I can back up my statement that PageRank is nothing more than useless green pixels. In the post, Susan Moskwa from Google explained the decision. “We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so...

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Tips to be a Disciplined and Inspired Blog Writer

Finding Inspiration Everyone gets writers block. Even the best bloggers/writers sometimes come to a point when the words just won’t flow. God knows I’ve been there many times… However, there are a few things you can do to combat falling into the trap of having a blog that is sparsely updated. Make Lists and Update Them Often My desk is constantly littered with random notes and...

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Singularity Vs. SEO’s: When Will We No Longer Be Able to “Manipulate” Search Engines?

The Point of Singularity, courtesy of nanofuture2030.com I like Physics and Math. That probably has a lot to do with why I choose SEO as a profession. It’s constantly changing, and there is always someone coming up with cool new ideas about how we can understand the way search engines work. In a way, SEO’s are the Scientists of marketing. But how long will be it be before the Search...

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What Types of Links Should My Business Try to Obtain?

What Types of Links to Obtain Here it goes. I’m going to try and give a basic tutorial on the VERY important topic of linking, and how it can help your site thrive in the search engines [and ill try not to be as boring as possible]. Having high quality links inbound links [we'll get to what those are in a second] pointing to your site, and the structure and quality of the links you have on...

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How to Unlock Your Website’s Hidden Potential with a Company Blog

Find your website's hidden potential Most of today’s businesses realize that having a website is an important part of whatever business they conduct. They hire a web design firm to put up all of the information about their business, where they can be found, what services their business offers, and how to get in contact with them. While this is a good start, after most businesses get...

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