The S.M.A.R.T. Group a Smart Move
October 22, 2011
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The S.M.A.R.T. Group a Smart Move
As my regular readers already know, my “Honey” Geri went through a life and death struggle about 2 years ago. And in March of 2010 her primary care doc gave her three months to live. But she wasn’t ready to give up the ghost, just yet!
Geri has staged such a remarkable recovery that it still amazes me to this day. I often stop and pause to consider how lucky that we both are and especially myself. So what does the S.M.A.R.T. Group? Well, I’m glad you asked!
Since my businesses services are mostly delivered on the internet I have a home based business. This has allowed me to care for Geri in those difficult days. But that need has long vanished and was time for me to start networking with other professionals again.
Now, this is where I get to the S.MA.R.T. Group. The group is run by a bunch of social media professionals. People who know what they are talking about and readily teach others. The mix also included small business owners wanting to figure out social media to grow their business.
I attended today’s noon meeting and I am sure glad that I did. The presenter, Aaron, provided great resources that I was not aware of and that I will be using. I gleaned information that will reduce my work load and allow me to be more efficient at what I do. Is that cool or what?
As part of the discussion we were asked what social site drove the most business. This produced some very interesting and surprising responses. I was amazed by how many people are using LinkedIn successfully. One person related that real world networking worked best for me. Then Aaron, our presenter showed how to locate potential customers using advanced Twitter search.
Then he suggested checking out the Answer section on LinkedIn. This one really caught my eye. I like answering questions and I have used forums extensively in the past. I had used Answers occasionally but not from a marketing perspective. I attempted to accomplish the same thing using groups but with little success.
But what I enjoyed most was the unpretentious nature of the group. I experienced what I would call a true welcome. After the meeting ended I briefly mingled but needed to go. So I attempted to quietly exit.
Then an interesting thing occurred as I opened the door to leave. It was as if they all stopped their conversations at once to bid me farewell. It left me speechless and I always have something to say, even when I shouldn’t. I mumbled and smiled as I nervously departed. Then I was overcome with the warm glow that kindness produces. Now, there’s nothing like the warmth derived from kindness.
What more can I say, I went, I learned, and I was welcome. I call this one a good if not a great experience. I feel extremely fortunate to have been given the privilege to attend and participate. I am so excited to be able to learn from other professionals. It also provides me to channel to share my knowledge. And this is something that brings me great happiness, talking shop with real people not just online!
From my perspective it was what I would call a win-win!
Yes, I had a good day with the S.M.A.R.T. people and I plan to return. And special thanks go out to Dale who invited me and to our presenter Aaron Eden.
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Finally Google Provides Some Places Support
October 5, 2011
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Finally Google Provides Some Places Support
This was an OMG moment for me when I saw a Tweet from Linda at Local Catalyst e Marketing mentioned that Google was adding some support for its Places users. This is one of those “My prayers got answered moments” for me and I suspect many others. While they are not offering customer Support via phones, it is a step in the right direction.Google Places Help
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Short Sales Specialist Tucson Phoenix
October 5, 2011
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Short Sales Specialist Tucson Phoenix
This post is purely meant to get the attention of those Realtor’s in Tucson that specialize in the short sale section of the real estate industry. My job as an SEO provider is to produce high ranking in the search engines, and more specifically, in the Google local organic and Places Listings. To get your attention I figured that I would show my skills in action. This post will be updated on a regular basis until someone hires me to do the same thing for them.
It should be very interesting to see how this all develops. I have taken this approach in other markets previously and things worked out very well.
Well, it’s now 09/03/2011 and time for an update: One of the goals for this post was to land it on the first page of the Google results. And as you can see by this screenshot I have already accomplished this goal. This post currently is ranking in the 10th position in the Google results bu using some simple SEO techniques.
This image adds another SEO element to this post. Does anyone Realtor know what one I am referring too?
Update 09/04/2011: I started this short series of post over the weekend which is a usually busy time for Realtor. But as you can see here I did get the attention of Google.
Update 09/05/2011: I just took another look at the search results for Short Sales Specialist Tucson and there was some movement in the rankings. This post moved from 10th to 9th. Not a big move but a positive one.
Update 09/10/2011: As I move forward with this post I wanted to point out some basic SEO techniques that are being used here to ranking this post well. Here’s a tip. Using images has SEO value if you properly implement the Alt Tag for your image. In others words, the name that you give your image matters.
This next images is a screen shot of the Google search results. It shows that this post is ranking # & for the query Short Sales Specialist Tucson.
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Tucson SEO .net Is Not A Tucson Business
October 4, 2011
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Is Tucson SEO .net Is Not A Tucson Business?
There has been a website moving up in the Google rankings for the search query Tucson SEO. I should know because I am located in Tucson, Arizona, I provide SEO, and I have ranked # 1 this Tucson SEO since 01/2008. I also check up on my competition on a regular basis.
Today, I did a search for for Tucson SEO and this is what I found.
Ranking in the number three position is Tucson SEO .net. They already have been ranking # 2 in Bing for sometime now. I thought it would be worth taking a closer look at this company for my Tucson readers. The point that I want to make here is that this is not a Tucson based company. They are from Scottsdale and it is part of diapmedia.
They are cleverly used Google’s love of keywords in the businesses name, page title, and domain name to rank well. And there is nothing wrong with that as it is just good SEO at work. But I have a problem with this company and others that fake being from Tucson. I don’t mind the competition but I have a problem with the deception.
The website uses a Tucson phone number and it appears to be a Tucson based business but it is not. In fact, it is part of diapmedia of Scottsdale. This is from their About page “TucsonSEO.net is a lead generation website we built as we do for our clients to extend our reach online in other local markets.”
If you explore the website you will notice that it has all of two pages. It also does not include a business address anywhere on the site because that you give away that they are not from Tucson. So I ask this, what are they hiding? And I also have to ask this, do you really want to do business with a company that fakes being a Tucson business? Or would you prefer to work with a Tucson based company that isn’t hiding anything!
As a matter of fact, I do compete in the Scottsdale market for several keyword phrases. I don’t attempt to be a Scottsdale business as it is obvious that I am not. Not only that, I out rank this businesses website for several Scottsdale related searches. It’s all about the deception. And I should know, I previously went this route myself, when I was new to SEO.
I have previously owned mesaseo.com, chandlerseo.com, glendaleseo.com, and tempeseo.com just to name a few. I also had local phone numbers posted on these sites. In fact, I ranked # 1 for SEO in each of these markets at that time. But what seemed like a good idea wasn’t. After a caller reacted negatively that I was not located in the Phoenix area I abandoned this idea but not these markets. I realized that deception was not what I wanted to do. I got carried away but when I realized my error I changed my approach.
So let me be clear here I have nothing against this company and I do not know them personally. I just wanted to point out that tucsonseo.net is not a Tucson business. If hiring a local Tucson SEO provider is what you want to do then I am your solution. Oh yes, I still rank # 1 here in Tucson for SEO. I also have a 100% success rate at getting my clients onto the first page of the Google rankings for multiple keyword phrases.
Update 08/31/2011: This blog post got the attention of TJ from this company. TJ’s first comment defended their actions in a long comment left here on the blog. This was followed up with a comment that indicated that they had made changed to their website. And it’s true the site now reflects that the company is based in Scottsdale.
I spoke up simply because I was tired of out of town companies pretending to be located in Tucson. In the past I have written about a Denver based company that using a UPS store address near my home as their Tucson location. I have written about others as well. Heck, I didn’t even bother to mention that someone over at Stealth Media, which is part of their group, wrote a negative post about one of my videos last year.
I am grateful that they made this decision as it accurately shows that they are not a Tucson business. As for the assertion along the way that I was scared, Well, that one’s laughable. I essentially wanted to severe notice that I am aware of their activities. The company also has another website that targets Tucson for internet marketing. And all that I can say is good luck with that one.
I abandoned the search query internet marketing Tucson a while back and removed the page that targeted that keyword phrase. At one time that page ranked number # 1 nationally for local internet marketing services but it never produced any business. So good luck with that one. The last time I looked that one’s business address was located at a national park on the east side of Tucson.
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Evertything SEO
October 1, 2011
