Monthly Archives: September 2009

Local Listings – You Should Be Listed Here!

You know that local search is important. This is a list of places that can help establish your local listing on the web. Each of these listings will bring you traffic. Each should be pretty easy to use. Some offer … Continue reading →

Posted in web site build | Tagged Advertise, Business Listing, Dmoz, Dmoz Org, Family Partnerships, Friends Family, Google, Google Org, Local Search, PHP, Products Business, Searchmarketing Yahoo, traffic, United States, Www Google, Yahoo, Yahoo Business, Yahoo Local, Yellowpages | Leave a comment

The Care and Feeding Of Search Engines – Soon!

Written by Conrad Walton

The Care and Feeding Of Search Engines is the new name of the SEO book that I’m working on. It’s very, very close to being ready to publish. Like any project, the bulk of the work was done in a … Continue reading →

Posted in SEO | Tagged Big Butt, Few Days, Glamorous Life, Illustrations, Interviewing, Peewee Herman, Poor Person, Samoa, Search Engines, Seo Book, Survivor, Thursday Night, web server | 2 Comments

WordCamp LA – Hanging With People Cooler Than Me

Written by Conrad Walton

I had the privilege to attend WordCamp LA on Saturday. It’s a gathering of geeks who love WordPress. There were presentations all day long. I expected to enjoy being around other people with similar interests and hearing some great, hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Wordpress | Tagged Ceo, Couple Weeks, Enough Money, Funny Guy, Funny Pictures, Geeks, Hard Core, Inventory System, People, Privilege, Sanderson, Setting Up Your Own Business, Shopping Cart, Training Material, Transaction Fee, Wordcamp | 1 Comment

How Does a Search Engine Work?

Written by Conrad Walton

Working with a search engine is similar to training with a puppy. You find out what they like and use that to get the behavior you want from them. Figure out what they are aware of and what is important … Continue reading →

Posted in SEO | Tagged Fetch, Gibberish, Indexes, Intuition, Nuance, Phrases, Reading Web, Robot, Robots, Rsquo, Score, Search Engine Work, Training Dog, Training Puppy, Web Page, Web Pages | Leave a comment

Wall of Fluff

Written by Conrad Walton

I just couldn’t resist. Wall of Fluff http://reponere.com/walloffluff.php

Posted in other | Tagged Autoplay, Fluff, Home Wall, PHP | 2 Comments

5 SEO Pitfalls to Avoid – Online Marketing Blog

Written by Conrad Walton

This is a great article on some common SEO problems, but I want to point out two of them in particular. Write it and forget it is one that I wish I could solve easily. It seems that there’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in SEO | Tagged blog, Ego, Goodness, Jolina, Living Organism, Mentality, Mistake, Nourishment, Ongoing Care, Online Marketing, Optimize, Phrase, Pitfalls, Ramp, Reading Reports, SEO, Spatula, Target Keyword Phrases, traffic, Truth, Web Content | Leave a comment

Mermaids Purse at Hermosa Beach Art Fair

Written by Conrad Walton

We designed and built the site for Mermaids Purse. She had a booth at the Hermosa Beach Art Fair over Labor Day weekend. I shot and edited this video, using my iPhone and Final Cut Pro. Isn’t technology great?

Posted in marketing | Tagged Art Fair, Beach Art, Hermosa Beach, Iphone, Labor Day, Labor Day Weekend, Mermaids, Purse | 1 Comment

10 Steps To Better Testimonials

Written by Conrad Walton

Using a testimonial on your web site adds credibility. You knew that. The problem is how do you get those testimonials? Here are 10 steps to better testimonials. 1. Do a good job. Listen to your customer. Set their expectations … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing | Tagged 10 steps, Call Recording, Credibility, Good Job, Happy Customer, money, Nerve, People, Positive Feelings, Progress Reports, S Sales, Statistic, statistics, Testimonial, Testimonials | Leave a comment

Do You Use Etsy To Sell Handmade or Unique Products?

Written by Conrad Walton

I’m doing some research into what the best way to sell handmade and unique products online. I’m hoping that everyone wants me to build them a web site, but I’m afraid that Etsy and other similar sites have advantages that … Continue reading →

Posted in sell on internet | Tagged Advice, blog, Building Your Own Web Site, Computers, Contact, Copy And Paste, Copy Paste, email, Enquiring Minds, Etsy, Handmade Products, People, Promise, Similar Sites, Single Site, Time And Patience, Unique Products, Waste Of Time | 2 Comments

Study Shows Small Businesses That Blog Get 55% More Website Visitors

Written by Conrad Walton

This recent study shows that small businesses that blog regularly get more visitors, more inbound links, the number one impact on SEO for your site, and more indexed pages in the search engine. Since search engines have to crawl your … Continue reading →

Posted in business | Tagged Better Marketing, Bid, Com Blog, Hot Ones, Hubspot, Inbound Links, Internet Marketing, Links Pages, Medium Sized Businesses, Search Engine, Search Engines, SEO, Small Businesses, Website Visitors | Leave a comment

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Monthly Archives: September 2009