Use Hashtags for Better Marketing with Social Media

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The effective use of hashtags in social media can drastically increase your online success.

Social Media and Hashtags

Hashtags Increase Social Media Success!

If you have been around social media for any length of time, you will find that many people today are using hashtags for Twitter, as well as other networking sites. Twitter is still the leader of the hashtags though, and if you are on that site, then you need to learn to use them properly.Read More

Facebook Business Page: “Invite Friends” Unavailable

Richard Cummings

Question: On my Facebook Business page, the invite friends option is not available. I only see the “invite email contacts”. I have read and agree that inviting all of your existing Facebook friends is a good idea to jumpstart your Facebook business page but I can’t seem to find the option. Can you help? Thanks, Barbara–Sacramento, CA

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URL of Facebook Wall Post?

Richard Cummings

Question: I would like to share my Facebook Wall posts to other outlets but I can’t seem to get the URL. What is the URL of a Facebook wall post? –Kathy, Topeka, KansasRead More

Google Authorship How To Video

Richard Cummings

Google+ AuthorshipAre you implementing Google Authorship yet? If not, you are losing to your competitors. On this page, we will illustrate why Google Authorship is important and bring you our how to implement Google Authorship video.Read More

Google Plus For Business

Richard Cummings

In this article, we are going to look at Google Plus For Business. As Google+ continues to rise in importance as a critical social media outlet, we will provide essential Google+ how tips and strategies that will optimize your Google+ business page and enhance your social media success with Google Plus.

Google Plus for Business

Though Google+ has not quite caught up to Facebook, they are rapidly building a huge customer base. In fact, reports are that Google+ is growing faster than Facebook.

If you or your business are not actively involved in Google+ to promote your content and build your web audience, you are missing genuine opportunities and free advertising.Read More

You Need An SEO Expert, But Who Can You Trust?

Richard Cummings

Can I Trust My SEO Company

If you intend to generate traffic to your website, you need an SEO expert, but who can you trust?

In the past year, Google has modified their search algorithm to prevent it from being manipulated by sketchy, so-called SEO professionals.  Unfortunately, many reputable companies bought the services of these so-called SEO professionals and only now, after seeing their rankings plummet in the search engines, have these reputable companies seen the error of their ways.

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Small Business SEO: The Secrets to Success

Richard Cummings

Small Business SEOSmall businesses, typically with tighter budgets than their larger counterparts, often ask the question: “Do I need to implement SEO for my site?”

In this article, we will explain why small businesses need SEO more than their larger competitors and how they can implement effective SEO on their small business budget.

Why Small Businesses Need SEO

If you are involved in running a smaller business, you are familiar with the notion of “wearing many hats”.  Not only do you have to run your core business, you are involved in every decision for your company.  At some point, one of the questions that invariable arises is “What is SEO and do I need it?”Read More

SEO Over-Optimization Penalty

Richard Cummings

SEO Over Optimize Penalty

[quote]With the latest Google Panda Penguin Webspam update, Google now penalizes SEO over-optimization. We will take a look at this penalty and what you can do about it.[/quote] Read More

SEO and Anchor Text

Richard Cummings

SEO Anchor TextIn yesterday’s article, we talked about SEO for Small Business and the one mistake often made by small businesses as they start down the path of search optimization: They optimize for their company name–which nobody knows about–instead of what they do, which are the terms which people actually use when searching.
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The Most Basic SEO Lesson That Small Business Owners Don’t Understand

Richard Cummings

seo lesson for small business ownerIn this article, I will tell you the most basic SEO lesson that often eludes small businesses who are trying to achieve organic search results.

Small business owners are faced with a great challenge when it comes to SEO. They want to achieve great organic search results but they don’t have the time, the staff, or the money to hire an SEO company. In fact, one of the reasons that I developed The SEO System was to deliver an affordable online marketing solution for small businesses.
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