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SEO Success Story: A Web Designer Spills His Secrets to Successful SEO

Jenny’s Note: I am beyond thrilled to bring to you today this SEO Success Stories interview with Tom Nguyen. The awesomeness of this interview – namely the fact that he is so candid about what is working for him in addition to the high-quality info – cannot be overstated. I met Tom in the parking…

Is Your SEO Working? 12 Reports to Measure & Monitor in Google Analytics

I love analytics. Google Analytics. Along with SEO, it’s another free tool in the arsenal of marketing empowerment to determine if what we’re doing is even worth it. And for SEO, it’s a critical place to analyze where you are and how to determine what the next step is. Here are the top reports you…

The 2014 SEO State of the Union

“It [Facebook] won’t be finished. The way fashion is never finished.”  Do you remember this line from the movie, The Social Network, in which Mark Zuckerberg/Jesse Eisenberg describes his vision for his new company? Well, SEO – like Facebook and fashion – should constantly evolve. It doesn’t die, or expire. It evolves, like all things,…

The Top 10 Most Contradictory Pieces of SEO Advice in 2014

Upon reading a hilarious viral article by a new mom frustrated with the contradictory advice of infant sleeping experts, I was inspired to do the same with SEO.    Listen, I’m an SEO professional, but even I shake my head sometimes at the content experts are putting out there these days. What’s more, sure, everyone might understand…

SEO Guest Blogging…Buh-Bye! And Good Riddance

I wanted to chime in on the new buzz going around about Google and SEO guest blog posting. I’ve heard a lot of frustration out there, and I get it. Anytime Google makes a change, I know marketers and small business owners just want to throw their hands up in the air and wish that…

B2B Lead Generation Effectiveness – What Does Your 2014 Marketing Mix Look Like?

What are your most effective methods for bringing in clients? According to this infographic, lead gen ranks as the top challenge B2B marketers are facing in 2014. Marketing pros also identified challenges including improving lead quality, increasing product/service awareness, reaching decision makers and working within budget. While I know without a doubt that SEO has…

SEO Optimism to Carry Us Into 2014

Well, for us SEO professionals, 2013 has been an interesting year to say the least. The embattled industry continues to fight the good fight as traditional-checklist-SEO evolves further into holistic-online-marketing-SEO (that’s a good thing). For those SEOs still standing, this visual provides the perfect mix of humor and optimism to carry us into 2014.  (image source…

7 Reasons Your Competitors Are Outperforming You on Google

Two of the most common scenarios that prompt people to reach out to me about my SEO services go something like this: “Someone contacted me last week and said they found my website online. How do I get more of that?” “My business is way better than my competition…so why are they ahead of me…