Your Customer List: Low Hanging Fruit

by Bill on January 5, 2010. Posted under: Email marketing.

What do Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Advertising, Email and Social Media have in common? Beyond the obvious, most companies use one of these marketing methods to find customers and make sales. While these methods are arguably among the most ...

Search Engine Ranking Factors: What Really Matters

by Bill on December 2, 2009. Posted under: Philadelphia Search Marketing.

Keyword ranking factors have always been a subject of significant debate, which confuse many businesses as they attempt to optimize their websites to perform well for their chosen keywords. I recently encountered a great article on search engine ranking factors ...

Small Business Online Marketing Tips: Episode 1

by Bill on October 25, 2009. Posted under: Internet Marketing.

Developing a website or diving into the world of online marketing can seem pretty daunting, especially to small businesses. Since many don’t have web designers on staff or the technical know-how, I thought that an occasional post highlighting resources that ...

Philadelphia Internet Strategy

by Rick on September 11, 2008. Posted under: Internet Marketing.

Philadelphia because it lies south of New York. Many of the companies we speak to are just south as well when you  ask them about their online strategy. As much as we hate to admit it there is still ...

Did you optimize that press release?

by Rick on September 5, 2008. Posted under: Internet Marketing.

To get it off my chest - first rule about using press releases - have something to say. Now if you are not optimizing  your release, you may be wasting your time and money. Press releases can be distributed ...

15 minute SEO – Covering the basics

by Paul on August 7, 2008. Posted under: Search Engine Optimization.

Those who know SEO understand that we can't cover a whole lot in 15 minutes but there's great value in at least understanding some of the basic concepts so that we can be more informed in our Web choices. The ...

Keep them out of the Philadelphia online marketing scene

by Rick on March 12, 2008. Posted under: Internet Marketing.

Time to call out a few companies for doing the wrong thing and I see I am not alone. Chris Silver Smith , Barry Schwartz, and Gabriel Goldenberg all agree with me or should I say ...

Not having analytics = driving with your eyes closed

by Michael on March 7, 2008. Posted under: Internet Marketing.

SEOmoz has a report on Searchfest 2008. I found this section to be most insightful. About web analytics: Analytics does not simply equal “reports” Not having analytics = driving with your eyes closed Search analytics = 5 step checkup: phrases page views time on site bounce rate conversion The time on ...

Ask not what your search engine can do…

by Paul on March 6, 2008. Posted under: Search Engine Marketing.

I'm a fan of the underdog. If I don't have a vested interest in a football game, I'll quietly go against the favorite because I like competition better. Ask.com has never been a big player but more of an innovator ...

Usability Testing for SEO

by Paul on February 20, 2008. Posted under: Internet Marketing, Philadelphia Search Marketing.

I keep trying to like SecondLife. If you're not familiar with it, go and check it out over at secondlife.com. A lot of marketers were touting this as the next big thing but I was never convinced. Corporate was getting involved, ...