NewspaperGirl

I read a twit today (entry on the web site Twitter) that stood out to me. Working with local businesses, it touches on a common issue. It’s about your business name and how it affects your search engine rankings. Almost every business will rank highest for their business name.
That’s because the name of your business […]

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Lately I’ve been focused on celebrating the successes at work. I’m certainly aware of the things I could improve but also that my talents contribute to business and that I enjoy what I do.
I love to get positive feedback from a client or see how things I’m responsible for impact the bottom line. The people […]

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I spoke at a Startup Princess (a blog about women entrepreneurs) event last month about SEO and specifically about keywords. Before I started, my friend Kelly said there was probably someone in the audience who needs to learn what we know or knows something we need to learn. That stuck out in my mind.
At times […]

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It’s true. Here we are.

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From todaywasawesome (my cousin-in-law Dan)
“Being an SEO is a crappy job. You drag your client kicking and screaming to get success. And when they fail to follow your advice, they blame you for their lack of success. If they do what you recommend, it’s probably some sort of compromise, which leaves the solution half baked […]

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I asked someone at PRWeb the best day to release your press release. They said on a Tuesday or Wednesday. That’s generally speaking. I’d avoid Friday or weekends in most cases.

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Search Results Will Bounce Around
You’ll notice that in the first few weeks of a release you’ll come up higher in search engines. But since Google in particular counts freshness, you probably won’t stay there. As the news matures your rankings will most likely drop. It’s just one tool among many to get backlinks and distribute […]

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I get an email from HR that says “free pizza in the break room.” The second I read it I call out, “Free pizza - RUN!” I’m hungry so I sprint. Then the entire SEO team starts running behind me. I’m laughing as I run. I have flashbacks to the movie Run Lola Run. […]

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If you missed the first session of Jeremy Palmer’s affiliate marketing course, you can listen to a recording of it on WebEx’s web site. There are other free webinars on the site that sound good too. I wish there was some sort of rating system because it’s basically just a list with no promotion. It’s […]

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Don’t Schedule Press Releases Too Close Together
This is a mystery solved from over a year ago. I had a client who had me write a press release every week. We had to scramble to find news and sometimes it was difficult. But then I talked to someone at PRWeb and learned that you’ll start to […]

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