by Keith Keller | Apr 12, 2016 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
CAN YOUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS FIND YOU? Another Fantastic Guest Blog Post About SEO From Karen Repoli What a great question to ask yourself!! “Can your potential clients find you?” During a recent client discussion regarding website performance I asked this question and also; “Have you checked the analytics on your site?” The answer was no, so I suggested a quick review of the website statistics to see how this year old site was doing, and how we could increase the conversion rate. After finding out that the bounce rate (people viewing only one page then leaving) was about 80%, and that the audience demographics were totally out of kilter with the business goals, the investigation continued as to “WHY”. The next step was to check out some basics on the site itself. What I found completed the darkening picture. No Meta Descriptions on any page No keywords on any page Not mobile optimized Primary landing page of visitors were on the blog. However, blog posting was inconsistent and sporadic. Branding that was not consistent with what the business actually did. This resulted in the demographics of visitors being totally off. Obviously the site owner needed some work done. Most of these items could be taken care of pretty quickly because he already had his researched keywords (they just had not been entered by the website designer) while the blog and branding would take more time. However, if you are at the starting line and haven’t even made your list of keywords, here are three free tools that can get you started. Google AdWords Google Adwords may...
by Keith Keller | Mar 21, 2016 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
TEN MOST COMMON TRAFFIC MISTAKES Guest Blog Post By Karen Repoli If you have a website or blog then you already know the importance of traffic. Traffic is to internet marketing what “location - location - location” is to real estate. It is one of the major ingredients of online marketing. If you can’t generate targeted visitors to your site, you simply won’t make any sales. Usually the owner or designer of a new website is the person designated to drive traffic to the site. The chief ingredient in generating traffic is the search engine. Of course, you can use advertising, but it’s going to cost you. Using the search engines to generate targeted (interested in your product) traffic is the least expensive method known. Unfortunately, many website owners do not understand the importance of search engine visibility, which leads to traffic. They place more importance on producing a “pretty” website. Not that this is bad, but it is really secondary to search engine placement. Hopefully, the following list of common mistakes, made by many website owners, will help you generate more targeted traffic to your site…after all, isn’t that what you want. (1) Not Using Keywords Effectively This is probably one of the most critical areas of site design. Choose the right keywords and potential customers will find your site. Use the wrong ones and your site will see little, if any, traffic. (2) Repeating The Same Keywords When you use the same keywords over and over again (called keyword stacking) the search engines may downgrade (or skip) the page or site ...
