The #1 Website Project Killer


I’ve been working on websites for 11 years now and I think I’ve earned the honor of identifying the #1 factor that kills website projects.  It doesn’t matter if it’s website design, redesign, search engine optimization, internet marketing, social media, whatever.  All of these factors involve the website and the #1 killer is…. TOO MANY [...]

Searching For An SEO Firm


According to a 2009 study – 46% of small businesses do not even have a website.   From these numbers, only about 10% are actually optimized for the Internet.  These are pretty shocking numbers considering the amount of income that could be generated from the Internet. I suspect some of this hesitation, especially from small business [...]

Mobile Marketing – Get Ready, Get Set, Go!


Depending on the age group you hang out with, you may or may not realize the number of smart phone users in the US. The truth is, “…only about thirty percent of cell phone subscribers in the U.S. use one of these ultra-modern devices“.  So, that means that 70% of cell phone users have yet [...]

Some Interesting Small Business Stats


Mashable online magazine is one of my favourite reads. Today I saw an article that had some interesting stats about small businesses and those stats fueled Mashable’s predictions for small businesses in 2011. Here they are… 1) 54% of respondents to a survey by Mashable …”indicated that their businesses currently have websites.” They went on [...]

Happy Holidays – Nerd Style


It doesn’t matter what religion you are (or aren’t) – this video is funny and so relevant for a nerd like me!  Thanks for sharing this with me John Miller!

Pumping Up Your Internet Marketing For 2011


Okay, you know the old saying… Do what you’ve always done and you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.  (or something like that). Point is – review the Internet marketing that you’ve done for 2010 – what worked, what didn’t?  Look to see what’s new, what haven’t you tried that was recommended?  Make a list, make [...]

Holiday Shopping – The Old Fashioned Way


Okay, yesterday, for the first time in oh, I don’t know, 5 years, I did my holiday shopping the old fashioned way, I went to stores.   Yes, I got into a car, drove to several stores, walked around and bought things.  (Sounds foreign). Anyway, it was interesting – and here’s why. There were several items [...]

What Is Everyone Thinking – According To Google?


If you use Google to any extent – you will have noticed that when you begin typing a phrase in the search box, Google finishes it for you.  This is called Autocomplete.  According to Google, the explanation of this service is… “As you type, Google’s algorithm predicts and displays search queries based on other users’ [...]

Get Ready For 2011


If you haven’t been keeping up with the changes in the Internet Industry – let me be the one to tell you that 2010 brought about MANY, MANY changes. In 2010: 1) Google changed their algorithim 300 times.  That means they tweaked and changed the rules of how websites are indexed 300 times.  They plan [...]