Tag Archives: search engine optimization

marketing silos

Marketing Silos: Targeted Marketing Strategy Vs. Shotgun Approach

I see it all the time; folks implementing some whiz-bang trick for marketing their business. You know who you are. You’re at a networking event and talking to an SEO guru who told you something about optimizing your website. You’re having lunch with a social media expert who talked about leveraging YouTube for your business. It all sounds so good…and so easy. And they do you a favor because they are nice and set up your this or that for you so you can get started. And it’s all good. Except that now you have silos where you should have a field. Not that these techniques are bad; you should have an understanding of search engine optimization for your website, and social media is a given to help get the word out about your business. Rather than taking a shotgun approach, however, you will be better served by a targeted…
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Westchester Marketing Cafe lunchbox

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (video)

Welcome to our final session of our Summer Lunchbox Series on online marketing webinars: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Here is the fourth, and final, webinar in the series on Search Engine Optimization: SEO: It’s not magic! This webinar was prerecorded so live questions are not possible. Feel free, however to contact us if you’d like any additional information about anything discussed during the webinar.

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Quality Content, Strong Keywords and Blogging

Common Sense SEO

We get this question all the time, “Do you do SEO?” And while I am rarely at a loss for words, I still struggle with the answer. Why? Because it’s a loaded question. Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, means something different for everyone. For some people, it’s Pay Per Click advertising (which refer to strategic partners.) For some people, it’s extensive keyword research or content development which we can do. Yet I can’t say we don’t do SEO. It’s just that we take a more common sense SEO approach; good content added over time using proper semantics. HUH?! Let’s take a closer look at common sense SEO strategies and how you can use them to help improve your website’s page rank (on your own or with some help from Marketing Cafe.) Content Development Are you sharing useful, relevant information on your website? This means more than just adding your hours…
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Search Engine Optimization SEO

Search Engine Optimization 101

SEO is the practice of optimizing your website to make the most of “organic” search results – in other words, developing and maintaining your website in such a way as to maximize your rank in the results returned for a given search phrase. So what are the elements of a good SEO strategy?

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Is Anyone Out There? - Web Analytics

Is Anyone Out There? – Web Analytics

Often I talk to people who assume that because I design websites, the money is just rolling in. (If only!) These are usually the same people who assume that if they create a website the money will come rolling in for them. The internet does provide a plethora of opportunities for those willing to go after them. But like anything else, there are no short cuts. Running a web-based business is still running a business; you must work to make it successful. By using web analytics you can start working smarter not just just harder. Yup, that ol’ chestnut.

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