Author Archives: patrick

How To Overcome Duplicate Content Problems and Boost Your SEO

Duplicate content is a huge problem online, and this is not helped by content mills such as ehow.com that mass produce text written by people who may not be experts in their field.

There is no greater frustration for an SEO than fighting duplicate content issues the client may not know about.

There are multiple kinds of duplicate content that you may inadvertently have on your website. Find out how to remedy this problem and fix your search engine optimization problems.

June 1, 2016 20 CommentsSearch Engine Optimization, Web DevelopmentBy patrick

Social Media Properties for Quality Link Building

Social media and web 2.0 properties are great places to submit content and acquire links. They have authority, a large user base and have very focused niches that work well for topical websites.

When submitting content you must follow these rules:

May 18, 2016 5 CommentsLink Building, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine OptimizationBy patrick

Google Defies Economics with Unlimited Ad Space

Google makes money – a lot of money. The question is, how long can this continue? How many more ads can they make that generate $2 or more each time someone clicks on them?

May 10, 2016 5 CommentsSearch EnginesBy patrick

Surefire Ways To Increase Product Sales Using Photos

Using photos is on of the most underrated method of search engine optimization I have seen. Lots of good quality images not only help sell products to customers, they also will get you more search engine traffic.

Image search engines, particularly Google’s, send some of my sites 50% of all traffic. So imagine if you had no images on your website, you would be loosing 50% of potential visitors.

May 9, 2016 3 CommentsSearch Engine Marketing, Search Engine OptimizationBy patrick

Most Expensive Google Adwords Keywords

Google has released a list of the top 20 keywords and grouped them into categories based on user searches.

Using data from an in-house keyword research database and Google’s Keyword Tool, the team compiled the top 10,000 most used keywords and organized them into main markets. These represent English language searches over the last three months.

May 6, 2016 12 CommentsSearch Engine Marketing, Search EnginesBy patrick

Top 10 Marketing Tactics For Online Lead Generation

Through extensive marketplace research, we have identified the top 10 lead generation tactics for 2012, used by marketers each and every day.

See the top 10 lead generation methods in order of effectiveness

May 5, 2016 1 CommentConversion Rate Optimization, Search Engine OptimizationBy patrick

The Golden Circle Shows You How Great Leaders Connect with Users

I love this TED talk and invite you to watch it, it’s only about 20 min long. This shows you on how great leaders inspire action and what makes people buy your products.

The key points are don’t tell people your title, or your company’s title, tell them what you do. tell them what problems you solve and why you do it – what is the purpose of your organization.

May 1, 2016 Leave a commentConversion Rate Optimization, Search Engine MarketingBy patrick

Top Reasons Why Startups Fail – It’s Not What You Think

Creating a startup company is hard, and it takes a combination of skill, luck and hard work to succeed. You can control two of these variables so your time should be spent creating the best product you can.

These are the top 20 reasons that startup businesses close.

April 20, 2016 Leave a commentOnline BusinessBy patrick

Steve Jobs: Apple Doesn’t Do Market Research

Most companies turn to outside consultants, focus groups and media relations firms to try to understand their market.

Apple creates products like a monarchy, with all big decisions flowing down from Emperor Steve.

Here is a quote from Steve Jobs saying that Apple doesn’t do market research from a post arguing why no one innovates like Apple.

April 10, 2016 21 CommentsOnline BusinessBy patrick

Search Engine Optimization Infographic to Visualize the SEO Process

Most of the basics of SEO are fairly well known by a lot of internet marketers. It is nice to have a visualization of the systems behind search engine optimization and the tactics used to get better rankings.

We have an infographic presenting solutions and explanations to common SEO questions. This is a graphical display of the search engine optimization process that appeals to visual learners and can be used as a quick reference guide.

March 25, 2016 11 CommentsSearch Engine Optimization, Search EnginesBy patrick