New to SEO (Part 7 of 7) – Beginning Your SEO – Getting started

Well, this is it. You have decided to move forward with your SEO efforts, but now what? The first step is to realize exactly where you are at in the process. Do you have a fully functional website? Do you need help with researching keywords? Do you want someone to assess your On-Page SEO because you don’t trust your webmaster? Do you need help in boosting your backlinking efforts? All of the...

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New to SEO (Part 6 of 7) – Hiring a SEO Company – Pros and Cons

We hope the previous 5 posts have brought you up to speed on a few of the ins and outs of Search Engine Optimization. Just with the basic information you have read you can now begin interviewing SEO companies. Here are 3 very important questions to ask each and every time you encounter someone who says, “Oh – I do SEO! I can help!” First: “What exactly does your company do to help with...

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New to SEO (Part 5 Of 7) – More About Those Pesky “Backlinks”

Welcome Back! There’s a reason why there are 2 post talking about backlinks in this series. It takes a lot of focused effort over a few months to build up enough backlinks before your website starts to break into the top 10 of Google. It can sometimes be challenge to break past certain rankings. It often happens you will continually be getting backlinks without any results. You may sit at the...

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New to SEO (Part 4 of 7) – How to Get Traffic to Your Site

Wow, You have come a long way. You’ve got your keywords. You’ve got your On-Page SEO all set. Now it is time to start building search engine trust! (Wait a minute, I thought you said this post was about getting traffic to my site?!?!) The only way you are going to move your website up further in the rankings is by making the search engines recognize your site is a well-respected and trusted...

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New to SEO (Part 3 of 7) – What Do Search Engines Look For On Your Website?

Hello Again! This post is all about “On-Page SEO”. On-Page SEO is the process of building content around your chosen keywords with proper meta tags, linking, and URL structures to ensure search engines will like your site. Confused yet? It’s not that bad really. Here is what you should do at the very least which will help your On-Page SEO efforts tremendously. The first step is your URL...

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New to SEO (Part 2 of 7) – What Are “keywords” & Who is Looking For You

Hello, and welcome back to this “New to SEO” email series. Let’s dive back in with talking more about, “keywords”. Yesterday we learned that keywords or keyword phrases are just the search term or terms someone enters into a search engine to find the information they seek. Let’s assume your website makes custom engravings on flasks. All of the following are examples of keywords your...

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