New Free Keyword Reasearch Tool
When first starting or adding to a website one of the first things that you want to do is to decide on which keywords to target. These words should be action words to get your visitors to do whatever it is that you want them to do when they land on one of your pages. […]
Another Talk Like A Pirate Day
Shiver me timbers, matey! Tis ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day. I love to be a writin’ about made up holidays and how ye can be promoting your business with ’em. It’s just so much fun, arrrrrrrgh!! It really be catchin’ on. Avast, swabees Blockbuster be promotin’ films by some of the blackest hearts to ever […]
What Do You Want Your Website To Do
I have written before about looking at your statistics to see if you can change your content to improve sales. It’s something that any site owner should think about before designing or redesigning your site. I saw a post today on Seth Godin’s blog that offers a great list of things to consider. Read Things […]
No Way To Treat A Customer
My friend Sue has (had) a Char-Broil gas grill for a little over a year when it malfunctioned and could have easily burned down her house. When she called the company instead of trying to defuse and solve a bad situation the company apparently tried to blame her for what clearly seems to me to […]
Be Ready For Unexpected Promotion Opportunities
Things happen every day that are completely unexpected that cause a furor of web searches. Michael Jackson dies or Kanye West gets drunk and makes an ass out of himself at an awards show. Sometimes a thing like this happens and it somehow has something to do with your business or brand. That’s when you […]
What To Do With Your Website Visitors
Alright, you have done all of the homework for your website. You have tracked your visitors and know who is coming from where. What they were interested in, which pages they visited and how long they stayed on each one. Now what? How do you determine which visitors to your site are good and have […]
Is More Traffic Better?
Mack Collier was mentioning on his blog how sites that blog have 55% more traffic and 97% more inbound links. Sounds pretty good, right? More traffic is better, end of story. With the price of bandwidth these days it’s not usually bad to get a lot of visitors and maybe a few will convert to […]
What Not To Do When Things Go Wrong
Yesterday I wrote about how Google properly handled what could have been a terrible PR situation. Here’s what happens far too often. The company denies that there’s anything wrong then stonewalls. Case in point Diebold who makes an e-voting machine that’s horribly insecure. They have been trying to sell off the division for quite a […]
When Things Go Wrong Be Honest With Your Customers
Yesterday gmail went out for about an hour and a half. Not terribly bad for any Internet application, but I don’t recommend gmail for my clients. Not for that reason, but if you are in business, with the low price of a domain name and small hosting hosting account there is no reason to have […]
Happy 800th Blog Post
Yesterday I posted about how having a blog can increase your website traffic. Of course, it’s also very important that you actually post to the blog. Happy 800th Blog Post To Me
