SEO E-Book Coming Soon

I am working on free SEO e-book titled, "We have a Web site. Now What?". The book will be the first of a two-part series. The first edition is dedicated to on-page SEO. It will contain easy-to-understand SEO advice for small businesses and entrepreneurs that...

Ad Age – Search Marketing Report

Here is a report I found from Advertising Age related to SEO and search marketing. The report came out in November, 2007, but the information is useful nonetheless. Some interesting findings from the report: Web-based Search Search Marketing Click Through Rate (CTR) =...

Breaking the (Golden Arches) Mold

Last night I watched a show called, "Most Unique McDonald’s" on the Travel Channel. The show consists of a guided tour with tour guide Peter Holden, a McDonald’s fanatic, who claims to have visited nearly 12,000 McDonald’s restaurants...

Creating Communities

A hot marketing topic is creating communities for customers and users.  Whether it is through a blog, social network or user group, communities allow people to connect with people of similar interests and share information amongst one another. Currently, I am...

Opening Up

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Comcast announced its plans to release a device called "AnyPlay", a portable DVD/CD Player that will allow users to record and playback up to 60 hours of footage from cable TV using DVR technology via a docking station...

The Front Line and the First Impression

Every organization has a front line. Whether it’s a receptionist, salespeople on the retail floor, bank tellers or customer service over the phone, every company has people that are  the customer’s first point of contact. Front line employees have it...

SEO for Presidential Candidates

Search Engine Watch has a great article about Presidential candidates’ web sites and how they’re not properly configured to maximize search engine rankings. My TakeDo members of your web team have SEO experience? Do they get input from people in marketing,...