Everyone talks about how to improve your search engine ranking, but where is the fun in that? Today, I thought I would take a break from the obvious and talk about a few ways that you can sink—that is, completely destroy—your search engine optimization and make your website Public Enemy #1 on Google’s list.

How To Become Google’s Enemy!

Top 5 Local Marketing Mistakes [SB#016] – Although you don’t really notice it, local marketing is all around you. Every time you open a telephone directory, turn on the radio or even go to your kid’s football game, local marketing is there. If you are like most people, you really don’t notice it. This is because local marketing tends to be really, really bad. Those little guys have all these advantages over larger corporations, but they just don’t know how to take them. If you are one of these little guys, avoid making the following mistakes.

Top 5 Local Marketing Mistakes Video

How to Build a Website Search Engines Love [SEO#015] – Most people develop their website and then focus on S.E.O. However, this is actually approaching website optimization backwards. In fact, many of the most effect ways of optimizing a website occur in the development phase.

How to Build a Website Search Engines Love Video

Do NOT Commit These Marketing Mistakes! [SB#015] – Marketing is one of the most important parts of running a business. Most of the small businesses that fail, do so because of either a lack of marketing, or bad marketing. You need to get the word out about your business, and you can do so most effectively by avoiding the following five mistakes.

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Do NOT Commit These Marketing Mistakes!

How to prevent Social Media Marketing Failure [SEO#14] – Social networking is one of the best ways to build an online business. After all, it is effective and mostly free—what is there not to love here? However, there are a few mistakes that can destroy your social media marketing. These are so common that it is a little sad. Okay, it is a LOT sad. And by avoiding these mistakes, you can give your online campaigns an automatic advantage. Here are a few things NOT to do.

How to prevent Social Media Marketing Failure Video

It’s a common story: you optimize your site, watch your rankings climb, make a few more changes, and then suddenly your Page Rank crashes. There are several things that can cause this, but the most common factor is that you have been identified as a potential keyword spammer by Google and penalized accordingly. Google is always on the lookout for SEO cheaters, but this can cause a problem for legitimate website admins who are simply trying to maintain a decent Page Rank. Here is a step-by-step guide to getting off the blacklist and staying off.

How To Survive A Google Penalty Video

‘Local’ is the new black—or at least the new green. Many modern people are eager to support their communities and help the environment by buying local. This can be a boon for small business owners, but only if you market your small business brand as a local option.

One of the big challenges in developing and marketing your small business brand is that the cheapest and most available marketing methods are online. This means that you must adopt a hybrid approach that combines your local brand with online marketing strategies. Here are a few tools to help you get started.

How To Market Your Local Business Online Video