Web Design Produces 353% Traffic Increase in Two Months

Posted in: Website Design | December 16, 2011
SEO Design Chart

Many of my website design prospects frequently ask me “what they can expect” when we discuss converting their static website into a dynamic WordPress website.  I answer them honestly by saying it depends on a lot of variables because no two projects are exactly alike.  While this answer is not a concrete one, it is the best one I can give because I don’t yet know the variables.  What I can tell them is that there are great examples of success when the process goes right. Does SEO Really Matter in Website Design? Yes, yes it does.  My project plan doesn’t allow for website Read more

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The Girlfriend’s Guide to Blogging

Posted in: Blog Management | November 22, 2011
The Girlfriend's Guide to Blogging

This week I received an email  from a longtime girlfriend who is interested in launching a blog.  I was actually surprised by this, because Mary (name has been changed to protect the innocent) has a fulltime job already and it is not marketing related.   She had an idea for a blog and wanted advice on how to get a blog started. My girlfriend is not alone.  I receive dozens of emails each week from people wanting blogs and websites created for their “idea” and I can tell at least 75% have no clue what to do or where to start.  The classic signs of this state of confusion are the Read more

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The Indisputable Power of the Blog Post

Posted in: Blog Management | July 13, 2011

Today is vacation. I sit alone, quietly drinking coffee, as the rest of my family and our friends sleep. It is our annual family vacation up north and this is the first morning. As I sit with my cup enjoying the sunrise over the lake, I begin reading Engage by Brian Solis. I am bothered. Not by the book, but by a conversation I had with a prospect a week ago. Yes a week ago. The woman was an SEO referral from another marketer I know in Detroit. We had a wonderful conversation about her company’s lack of SEO and outdated website. When I mentioned blogging, she told me “they will not Read more

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Twenty Tips for Creating the Perfect Blog Post

Posted in: Blog Management | October 15, 2010

When I said I blogged five years ago, people looked at me as if I was crazy.  Well I was, but blogging didn't drive me to insanity.  Today it is a bit more mainstream and bloggers are everywhere. I actually like blogging.  I enjoy it and it has been a huge help to me professionally.  Last weekend I attended WordCamp Detroit and I was surrounded by bloggers.  I wasn't prepared for that one, as I use WordPress for website design and I guess I assume everyone in the room would too.  Was I wrong.  There were bloggers everywhere.  Many who had day jobs and blogged at night about their Read more

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Ten Steps to Quality Link Building and Strong Organic SEO

Posted in: Search Engine Optimization | August 24, 2010

Whenever I create a new website for a client, I always tell them the website is only the core foundation of strong SEO. Strong SEO requires a solid, well planned, and long-term link building campaign. Interestingly enough, as I prepare for a live Q&A sessions for my friends over at JuJuQ on the subject, I found myself an email to a client nagging him about building inbound links for a brand new website we launched last Wednesday. Inbound links are a huge part of SEO and since I’m an organic SEO girl, I cannot help but talk about creating inbound links. Read more

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