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Answer Your Customers’ Questions

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If you’re new here, you may want to: subscribe to my RSS feed Get 5 free SEO lessons via email Learn how to plan your SEO strategy Learn about on-page SEO Learn about link building Thanks for visiting!Implementing a long tail keyword strategy is one of the best ways to create sustainable SEO value for [...]

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Link Building Pro: an Automated Script for Easy Back Links

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Not everyone will go out of their way to link to your site, even when they cite you. Then again, they likely won’t go out of their way to remove any links from the text they copied from your site either. So why not make it as easy as possible to get links from them? [...]

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How to Change Your Thesis Subscribe Link

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RSS is by far my favorite way to keep track of all the blogs I read. But I also recognize that it’s not for everyone. Email is still the biggest online communication tool, and many others like Twitter and Facebook gain new devout followers every day. So in the spirit of choice, I decided to [...]

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AdWords Conversion Tracking with Thesis

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You know it’s important to have an SEO-friendly content management system, and WordPress is my favorite CMS for most small business websites. Recently I’ve been using the Thesis theme for WordPress for most web design projects, and I’d be hard-pressed to launch a new site with anything else. In fact, this site is built on [...]

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What a Defense Attorney Can Teach You About Marketing: Real Life Example

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In my last post about the psychology of persuasion, I illustrated many ways to influence your audience to respond favorably toward your business. These tactics work in any social situation, not just in business, and the legal community is a prime example. Think about any of the great legal thrillers you’ve watched or read, full [...]

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39 Ways to Win Online Using Persuasive Psychology

Psychology of Persuasion

Dr. Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion is one of the greatest marketing books of all time. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. If you have, then now’s a good time for a review. Cialdini lays out six factors that influence the way people interact with one another: reciprocity, commitment and consistency, [...]

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Small Biz SEO – Free Lessons Via Email

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Learn 5 Steps to Make Your Small Business Successful in the Search Engines If you own a small business, you know how hard it is to juggle all of your responsibilities. Chances are good that you’re wearing multiple hats – CEO, CMO, VP of Sales, Executive Secretary and maybe even Janitorial Services. And you’re probably [...]

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Speed Up Your Learning Curve

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This post doesn’t really have anything to do with SEO, but I thought it would be useful to you nonetheless. If you’re reading my website, chances are you’re the type of person who spends a little time each week trying to learn more about Internet marketing. I do it too. In fact, I do it [...]

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How to Rank Well with a Small Budget

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Given the current economic climate, most businesses are searching for ways to cut back on costs. Sadly, this is often the total opposite of what you should be doing. Assuming you can keep yourself afloat long enough, recessions are a great time to invest in your business. Costs for advertising, products and labor are cheaper. [...]

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Long Tail Keywords and How They Affect Your SEO Budget

The Long Tail

The long tail was originally offered as a model for describing how the Internet opened up a flood in the entertainment industry for sales of niche titles. Beyonce would be in head of the curve with all the other big name artists who sell a lot of records, get their songs played on the radio [...]

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