Why be happier? Simple: You’ll be more productive. People want to do the things that they love, and in some cases, that means doing other things that they don’t love in order to get to do the things they love later. However, it’s really easy to get to the end of doing all the things you hate (we are

As I’m wont to do from time to time, I was free-falling through the internet and came across an interesting quote. I actually have no idea how old it is, or who actually coined it. The rare attribution I find for it states it as an Anonymous quote. The quote in full: “Promote what you love inste

In case you didn’t know that already, read the title again. Some might say that that is a sweeping generalization that isn’t entirely politically correct. However, think about it a little bit more carefully and it makes sense. Insanity is really only definable as a lack of sanity, and sanity is only

It’s been a pretty crazy couple of weeks here at RevBuilders Marketing. We’re getting a nice influx of new clients, and as a result our schedules are all getting just a little bit tighter. Sometimes, I can imagine, businesses aren’t 100% sure that they want to grow for this reason. It does mean incr

This is especially important for those businesses which compete at least partially on cost. I’m not here to get into a sophisticated philosophical debate regarding which kinds of businesses that includes; if you feel like your business is included in that demographic, read on. Even if you don’t beli

Alright, it’s time to do a little mind experiment. Suppose that you are at a major networking event in your industry. You’re there to make contacts that could help you secure future work. Things have been decent for your business, and you can safely say that you have something established to work wi

I know, I get it. It seems like such a stupid question, right? Of course a business owner knows their business inside and out, frontwards and backwards, right-side-up and upside-down. However, I also think that some business owners take this idea for granted and assume that they know their business

Here’s a bit that could be applied to a lot of things: customer service, employee management, and really just life in general: People desire to feel needed. I think this is why entrepreneurs are always looking for the next problem that they can solve. It isn’t just about the money that can come from

Responsive web design is a new web design practice which, by all accounts, is the “next big thing,” at least in the web design industry. This practice eliminates the need for separate mobile and desktop websites, and Google has gone so far as to explicitly announce their preference for responsive we

So, it seems that, in some ways, at least, Google is trying to be a little bit more transparent without volunteering their formula for determining a site’s SERP ranking on a given keyword. We obviously couldn’t expect them to diverge such a thing, in the same manner that we couldn’t expect a video g

In their endeavor to chip away at Google’s dominant market share, Microsoft’s tried a few different tactics in promoting their search engine, Bing. The two most recent ones were as follows: One attempted to demonstrate that blind testing showed a preference for Bing in the spirit of the Pepsi Challe

From my wonderful team to our incredible customers, I have been stretched in so many different ways.. As I mentioned last time, we are on a quest at RevBuilders Marketing to make 2013 our break-out year by implementing some internal changes. It will be bumpy, but in the end it will be beneficial for

Alright, maybe that’s a little exaggerated, but SEOMoz’s February 21 blog was an interesting study on where the first organic search result on a page is shown in a number of different scenarios, with the full spectrum, from best case to worst case scenarios, considered. The study demonstrates that w

Have you ever seen a bonsai tree? That’s what’s contained in our image for today’s blog. What you see when you see a bonsai tree is a tree that is of the exact same type as one of the telephone-pole-sized plants that you know and love, but, well, smaller. There is no breeding which causes this phe

So, I happened across this comic the other day on XKCD, describing the rocket Saturn V using, according to the author, only the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language. It’s created a bit of a buzz, and there is now a text editor you can use in order to attempt to create copy under th

We are one month in to 2013. Are you on track to hitting your personal and business goals? Or is this a question you would rather not ask yourself? Some big decisions have been made here at RevBuilders Marketing and we are on track to getting them implemented. But boy oh boy is it hard. One

It only happens once per year. It’s that wonderful time of year when we can get together with family, sit down with great food and great company, and watch grown men attempt tirelessly to inflict grievous bodily harm on one another while advertisers work tirelessly to ensure that you buy their b

Google has been incorporating social signals into its search ranking algorithm for quite some time now. Obviously, nobody outside of Google knows exactly how much weight these signals have in the overall algorithm, but the simple fact is that these signals are being seen by Google and so a well-like

I know, it sounds like a silly question with an obvious answer. You and I both know that, fundamentally, the answer is that you need to feed your family, or, if you’re single, you need to feed yourself. Your prime directive in running a business is to make money. If you didn’t need money, you would

In my previous post, I discussed how one’s website is the product that online marketing efforts attempt to “sell.” That is, the goal of online marketing is to drive traffic to a website. This, of course, then begs the question of how this helps a business. Simply put, this helps a business by showca

I think it’s important, every now and then, to take a step back and investigate the entire field of marketing, if for nothing else than to respect it for the immense, multi-headed creature that it is. It’s strange to think that online marketing, which is itself a niche of marketing, is an extremely

I know, I know. You still have about 15 hours before the ball drops on 2012 and we start 2013. Though I must say, even if you have no idea what you are going to change for next year, we do have some good news. We’re still here, and therefore survived whatever end of age occurred in the Mayan calenda

What do these three websites have in common? I may have given the answer away in the title to this blog. Yes, whitespace. It’s there, it’s available, and for many companies, the temptation to fill it with every design element imaginable is irresistible. The thing is, though, that if we want to

It’s something that few small businesses think about until they start to see some stability, but that they should probably be thinking about from day one. It’s a fundamental question which sets the tone for the entire business going forward: “What’s our brand?” Branding is more than just paying s

Is it just me, or has the meaning of a certain four-letter word been diluted to the point of not really meaning much of anything at all? I suppose monosyllabic words have a habit of losing their meaning over time, but this word was once something which elicited such strong, negative feelings as to b

I understand that this blog is a little bit late. I probably should have had this out in time for Thanksgiving. However, writing it as a retrospective can still work, I suppose, and I feel like this is one of those marketing topics that it’s high time I gave my opinion on. There are plenty of people

If you’ve spent any time working with a marketing professional on any of a number of different areas: direct mail, e-mail newsletters, banner ads, websites, and so forth, you have probably heard either “A/B testing” or “multivariate testing” used by the marketer. They may or may not have explained w

First of all, I want to clarify that when I say that Flash is obsolete, I don’t mean that it is becoming obsolete or that, in the near future, it will be supplanted by some new technology and will slowly phase out and be obsolete. I mean that it is already obsolete, and was obsolete long before the

If you own a website, you want return visitors. A return visitor is as important to a website as a repeat customer or a regular is to any business. It’s the “fan” concept: If you know you can count on someone to look at what you’re doing or to purchase what you offer, then you know you can count on

It’s no secret that many businesses remain uncertain of the overall impact that their online presence can and should have. For many service-based businesses, there is a particular hesitation with social networks and the use of blogging to generate exposure for the business. It doesn’t really compute

Let’s see if I can pull this off. For Search Engine Land, SEOMoz, Matt Cutts, and really just about anybody in the SEO industry. Quick disclaimer: This is not meant to reflect reality in any way. I was just trying to have some Halloween fun. SEOs like to demonize Google’s algorithm updates, espec

This is the fundamental question one must answer in order to write to their audience. If you don’t know who your audience is, how can you possibly be expected to write to them? Moreover, if you don’t know what your audience wants, how can you expect to deliver it to them? These are the questions tha

Wait, what? Did I really just say that? Did a marketing company which performs SEO services for people really just suggest that anybody ever not worry about ranking in Google? You better believe it! There are many reasons why I stake this claim. With any luck, I can provide enough justification here

Let's not kid ourselves: The truth is that it is very difficult for the average person to come up with the words that they want to say to someone when they are sitting at a computer, typing away. Usually, the person attempting the writing will either make it more formal than is really called for in

Let me start by stating the obvious: Your webpage is one of the most significant determinants to your online presence. If you do not have a blog and do not participate in social media as a business, it’s your entire online presence. As such, I don’t think you and I need to debate too long as to the

Guest post 4 of 4. Warning...Michael Jackson references ahead. “Beat it! Beat it!” Oh. You’re here. I shall now put away my MJ music…ahem. I’m not sure how many people in Scot’s life were aware, but he’s been working on losing weight this year. He had the goal fairly early on, maybe even a

Guest post 3 of 4. One of the things I like about MarketingExperiments is that their content never gets old. I read this article back in November of 2011, but I still think it’s highly relevant. In fact, it goes with a former blog post of mine about Email Marketing really well (talking about sw

Guest post 2 of 4. Now, I’m kind of curious what some of you think of Facebook? You’ve had about a year to get used to the new timeline format. Like it? Dislike it? Stronger feelings than that? I personally like most of the timeline layout. I love the massive cover picture. It’s hard for

Guest Post 1 of 4...technically. It was kind of hard to write a blog when I knew I’d already be gone, but I wanted to help RevBuilders out a little more. So, I’ve worked up a series of “guest blog posts”! Keep in mind I’m gone for all of these, (although I’ll probably end up checking in to make

(I hate goodbyes.) As some of you may have heard, I’m leaving RevBuilders. Before you make any assumptions, I wanted to let you know: it’s not because I hate my job, or dislike RevBuilders, or have personality conflicts with Scot. Simply put, I was offered a job at a non-profit, and ministry/non-

Lessons learned tend to come in waves for me. I don’t know about you, but when I learn something new or see an idea presented in a neat way, I tend to get bombarded with follow-up messages and ideas with this overarching theme. Maybe it’s the whole idea that if you are looking for something you tend

Something I learned recently (and feel rather silly for not knowing beforehand) is the Paralympic Games. It shouldn’t have surprised me, really. I’m aware of competitions for those that are disabled on a smaller scale. I’ve heard of events like this before. Yet it just never dawned on me that the

I continue to have question after question as I read about the Olympics. For those of you that instantly pick up information the moment it’s in your radar, I envy you. Those like myself, we have to stop and look at the information and often read about it, to even have a chance at recalling anythin

Wow, what a head-spin with the Olympics. Trying to keep up with all of the information has been mind-boggling, to say the least. Part of my struggle has been learning the scoring system for each different event. Since the only sport I played as a kid was soccer, and the only sport I’ve ever watch

No, I’m not a huge, die-hard Olympic fan. In fact, I am fairly certain I’ve missed most of the games and news the last few Olympic events. Why? Well…to be honest, I really couldn’t tell you why exactly. I have my guesses, but nothing’s for certain. However, this year, what started off as

The following was provided to a young basketball team that I was coaching; however, I feel that the following applies to not just basketball, but everything in life. Enjoy! 1. Work Ethic and Preparation In life there are two things you can always control: how hard you try and how you prepare. It’

No, not really. But we just had to write a response blog post, because we’re laughing so hard at the recent article here by Cathryn Sloane. If you are looking for a non-sarcastic response to that article, read this by Kat French. You have to understand that I am not someone to talk about “age

One thing that I have been doing a lot in the last month, even if no one bothers to look, is editing our client’s Thank You pages, and I will be updating RevBuilders’ Thank You pages to make them better. “The Thank You page?” I can hear someone ask me. “What good is editing the ‘Thank You’ page?

I know this is two days late, but in lieu of writing about marketing, I wanted to make a picture of a flag (even though I ran out of room on the stars - sorry). Happy (late) 4th of July from RevBuilders!  What did you do for Independence Day?

Surprise! Second blog today! Only this one I'm writing on-the-spot because I am too excited to wait until next week, and I had to share now...ready for this? Facebook just updated to allow user admins to like their own pages!!! I'm so excited I can't contain myself. What does this

While searching for a blog topic for today’s post, I received a notice that Jamie with Sigma College of Business had posted an article via social media outlets. I’ve always found that he shares really interesting stuff, so when I had a few minutes to read, I checked out the article. It was a g

I think by now everyone understands that social media marketing is important. It’s been around long enough to have sunk in for most people. And, it’s also been around for enough time that people have had a chance to see the benefits of social marketing (when they are able to do it). However, the

Most of you know I am not a graphic designer. If you haven’t figured it out, today’s blog picture should be clear evidence of that. If you’re still not convinced…you’re giving me way too much credit. I may have created a cool background with a tool called Aviary, but you would be highly mista

Yes, it is true – the title says it all. Nathan Schaad, RevBuilders’ Communications Editor, will no longer be working at RevBuilders Marketing (although we are thankful he will continue to copywrite for us for a time), and no, it is not because Nathan did a poor job. On the contrary, we are extrem

I can’t exactly pinpoint what the practical application for this will be, but Google has made a minor alteration in how it treats 404 (page not found) and 410 (gone) server header page status codes. A quick post at Search Engine Round Table discusses the change in the context which was given by Goog

Time and Task Management is truly, officially completed! I’m sure you’re disappointed, but no worries, I’m continuing to learn and will probably soon have to rewrite the series for you to enjoy all over again. I should write a song or a poem about how much learning goes on in my life. But maybe t

In a recent article on Inc.com, author Geoffrey James mentioned eight things that bosses want from their employees. As I was reading the article, it occurred to me: Aren’t these the eight things that customers want from the businesses they deal with as well? Here are my (modified) eight points,

Time and Task Management: Bonus Time and task management should include breaks. Surprise! You were hoping I was all done with this, weren’t you? This is simply a quick blog and a note of encouragement to say that your time and task management (and prioritization) does need to include…break

There’s an interesting article that I came across earlier today here on the value of web content. Those who are familiar with RevBuilders know that I’m the “content guy” here, so I’m sure it seems more than fitting that I’m going to crusade for spending more on writers. In fact, I’m sure plenty of y

Time and Task Management: 6 of 6 Step 5: If an emergency comes up, or you reach the end of your list, stop and do another prioritization. So, you’re moving on down your task list, and everything’s going smoothly...until you get that email, or that phone call. It’s the all-time critical, emerg

Search engine optimization is all about keeping up with the different changes that Google makes throughout the year. Because the whole goal of an SEO is to work with the customer to make their site look highly relevant to the various search engines, it is basically our bread and butter to make sure

Time and Task Management: 5 of 6 Step 4: Work down your list, and stay only on the task you are on until you cannot do anything more with it. Ugh. That’s my response to today’s blog post – ugh. What a difficult, terribly difficult, concept. I still struggle with this one constantly. You have

by Nathan Schaad The elephant in the room for SEOs for the past several months has been Panda, a Google update which was supposed to punish sites with low-quality content. How the change defined “quality” was hotly contended for quite some time, and then people more or less went quiet. Anymore, P

Time and Task Management: 4 of 6 Step 3: Prioritize This is probably the step you’ve been really waiting for – how to prioritize. I wish I would have learned so much of this so long ago. I can’t tell you specifically what to prioritize, but I’ll try and give you some guidelines on how I pr

by Nathan S With Google pressing business owners with new guidelines which seek to penalize "over-optimized" sites, many people are concerned that their existing content may suffer penalization under these new guidelines. However, in most instances, there is no need to be worried. Even still, now

Time and Task Management: 3 of 6 Step 2: Schedule when you will do your prioritization, and time for it. I know, you’re probably staring at this, trying to make sure you read it right. You did – you need to schedule when you are going to prioritize. I know this might seem counter-intuitive o

by Nathan S Last week, I gave a very basic overview of how choosing the wrong password can expose your business to hacker attempts. The truth is, bad passwords are a big “hack me” sign on the back of your business. So how can you avoid being victimized by someone with knowledge of computers, acce

Time and Task Management: 2 of 6 Step 1: Be realistic about your time, and about how much time you really have. Have you heard someone say, or maybe you say it all the time, “I didn’t get as much done as I thought I would” or “I never finish everything I plan on doing”? Ever wonder if maybe y

by Nathan S Last week, I taught you a few things about how to get your small business’ website back online after a hacker had gotten in and messed with a few things. Whatever they did, it did not represent the best interests of your company, so we went in and fixed it. However, now that we have y

Time and Task Management: 1 of 6 I'm not going to pretend to be super-knowledgeable about managing time or tasks (known at RevBuilders as to-do's, actually, but tasks is a little easier to write). However, I can honestly say I've learned a lot about the management of time and tasks, and I wish I

by Nathan S Don’t panic. I know that it’s a scary thing when your business webpage has been successfully modified by a hacker. In fact, there might be some intentionally disturbing stuff going on with your website because of it. However, dealing with a hacker is often not a big deal, provided you

by Tamara S. I normally try to come up with my own thoughts for blogs, but I don't know that much, and there's a lot of great information and thought-provoking articles to read out there! In particular, "Three Steps to Generating Social Gravity" by Mark Bonchek came out this past Monday, and it

by Nathan S A good press release can mean lots of free publicity, while a bad press release means wasting a lot of time and possibly money. However, when first starting out, many businesses do not pursue the press release as an option as a result, believing that it requires money to create a rele

by The RevMan There is one thing we know for sure when it comes to SEO: It changes! There has been a ton of buzz, especially over the last couple weeks, about some changes Google has been implementing. These changes have actually been happening since late January or early February. The truth i

by Tamara S. RevDay - which was March 15th - was an absolutely wonderful time for us at RevBuilders.  It was a little stressful for me as I've never done anything like this before (excluding my wedding day, and that was far more stressful, I'll admit), but the response we got was so great it was

by Nathan S The Google algorithm looks as though it might be undergoing another change, in the same spirit as the recent “Panda” updates. Matt Cutts, head of Google’s spam team, discussed the possibility of a new update strives to, “level the playing field a bit,” by punishing web sites which

by Scot S. First, I have to say it has been a crazy week, good crazy, but crazy nonetheless. New customers (always good), new proposals (thankful), new services to launch (exciting), internal systems to improve (hard work), current customer workload (thankful), and the list goes on. But I am not

by Nathan S I’m not going to lie: This post is, essentially, a reframing of two different blog posts on SEOMoz. One by Rand and one by Three Deep. These two articles are by far some of the most poignant investigations on PPC and SEO investment that I have seen online. One of them (Rand’s) is 4 ye

by Nathan S Tamara is out today, so I'm filling in her Friday blog slot. Unfortunately, I'm not much of an artist so this post is going to have to go without her classy comics. So, Scot sent this link to me from level343 about how to keep content fresh and keep readers engaged without inundati

by Nathan S A recent blog post on SEOMoz is based on a rather interesting premise: Author Wil Reynolds, an SEO trying his best to be as ethical as Google imagines for its own future, expressing immense frustration about the fact that some of the best (by his estimation) SEO companies in the wor

(So What Are You Doing About It?) by Tamara S.> Whether you like it or not is out of the question – Facebook is a-changing! And, it’s not just people’s personal pages that are undergoing this switch, but the business (or brand) pages as well. While there’s been a lot of mixed emotions on ho

by Nathan S If you have a social media account for your business, be it Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ or some combination of the five, chances are good that at some point, you have or will have to deal with postings which speak poorly of your company. Indeed, this is one of the

by Tamara S. Pinterest is my newest addiction. The first Friday in February (say that ten times fast!) I posted the blog “How To Do Social Marketing When—Hey Look, Shiny!” I am now here to tell you that my distractions with Facebook were only the beginning. We are highly visual creatures (

by Nathan S Suppose your company is writing a white paper. This white paper needs to have a certain set of information in it about your company, but also needs to do so in a way that makes your company seem useful. That is, white papers are designed to show how a company addresses a need. This re

by Tamara S. “You’ve got 2.6 seconds to make that important first impression on your website visitors.” Yikes. This was just fascinating to me (and it went so well with my last two posts that I had to write about it). I highly recommend reading this article! It’s by the “BusinessNewsDaily

by Nathan S The SEO community in general is up-in-arms over recent Google algorithm changes. In fact, the extremity of an SEOs dissent seems to be directly correlated to how much of their work was done in “black hat” or unethical SEO tactics. Which is a good thing, I’d contend, but that doesn’t m

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Istanbul is the only city in the world whose inhabitants have the option of living in Asia and working in Europe, orvice versa. Stand on the shores of the Bosphorus weekday mornings or evenings and you will see these inter-continental commuters, stuck in the heavy traffic above on the two great

Understand Your Website is Your Online Building Part 2 By Tamara S. (Note: This is Part 2 – you can read Part 1 here.) In a continuation of thought, I now want to discuss one aspect of the planning process for your website design or redesign - namely, who actually does the plan. And by plan

by Nathan S The following is a quote from a recent announcement from Google: “High-quality sites algorithm improvements. [launch codenames "PPtl" and "Stitch", project codename "Panda"] In 2011, we launched the Panda algorithm change, targeted at finding more high-quality sites. We improved ho

Understand Your Website is Your Online Building Part 1 by Tamara S. (Note: I had so many thoughts on this one topic I had to split it into two blogs – the next blog will post the following Friday.) I think the design of a company’s website is one of the most underestimated decisions,

by Nathan S Does your business have a blog? If so, how’s that going? Are you consistently meeting your quota for blogs in a given week or month? How’s the content? These are the questions that any business owner should be asking themselves. However, some of these questions are a little diffic

by Tamara S. I was really relieved to have stumbled across this blog by KISSmetrics about social media distractions titled "Stop Bothering Me! The Cure to Common Social Media Distractions." Because honestly, I really like social marketing, but sometimes I find myself unsure of when I’m actually d

by Nathan S It’s easy enough to find resources which say that, when it comes to SEO (Search Engine Optimization), content drives the whole practice. The mantra, as it stands, is that while you need good keyword research, your ability to implement that research is extremely limited without, you gu

by Tamara S. I think everyone is beginning to understand the importance of the social, right? It’s a pretty big deal getting out there and talking to your current and could-be customers in their realms of Facebook, Twitter, and so forth. But have you thought about how “sociable” your business

by Nathan S It’s no secret that your domain name (that is, the thing that goes between www. and .com/.org/.net/etc.) can play a major role, both in SEO and online marketing in general. A good domain name increases the ease in memorizing a given site name, and this in turn means more visitors—this i

by Tamara S. Yes, there is a theme continuing here. I’ve created a pdf version of Meltin’s first blog attempt, and Snowball’s guidance for the new entrepreneur here. (For those of you who don’t know who Snowball or Meltin is, watch this video.) One of the reasons I do this “blog” in partic

by Nathan S When Google first released its social network, Google+, it did so to the response of many people shrugging their shoulders. Other than the obvious—that Google’s +1 button would now factor into searches in some way—the social network seemed to be nothing but a clone of Facebook. It did

(Why I created the video.) by Tamara S. I know some of you are dying to know about the makings of the new Snowball & Meltin video. Whether you are entertained, amused, confused or downright disturbed and wondering at the mental stability of my mind, rest assured that I had reasons. Now,

by Nathan S It’s time for an experiment. Go to a computer and type in the name of a profession. I’m not talking about a service, here. I mean, type something like “plumbers” into Google and hit enter. Chances are good that you’ll see the couple of “big box” brands in whatever profession you chos

(Also known as "Ack! I'm out of blogs already? Er, I mean, welcome to 2012!") by Tamara S. So, I’ll be honest here – I was totally spoiled by my nearly month-ahead planning of blog posts. I had written everything ahead of time to the point that I became kind of complacent about blog writing, s

by Nathan S Seemingly in response to the feedback various SEO, online marketing, and social media bloggers, Google has implemented something which I had mentioned in a December 12 blog as being conspicuously missing: multiple admins for Google+. That’s right: By the time you read this blog, Goog

by Tamara S. Yes, I’ll admit it. I was the nerdy kid who actually liked school. Not all classes were great, and I had my bad days, but overall I just loved school. And when I reached high school years, I became terrified that at some point the fun of learning would be all done. I am so glad t

by Nathan S The SEO firm BrightEdge has released data on how Google+ pages are being adopted in the early stages of the social network’s launch. The results were impressive: In the first week of Google+’s official launch, 61 of the top 100 brands in the US now have a Google+ page. For comparison

by Tamara S. I bet you saw this coming a mile away. Well...I don't really have anything to say, I just wanted to do a blog post so I could draw a picture. Merry Christmas to all from RevBuilders!

by Nathan S If you have spent any length of time with an SEO, then you know that nothing kills a website’s Google standing faster than duplicate content. In the post-Panda era, duplication of content is perhaps one of the surest ways to bomb your entire website’s chances of landing on the first p

by Tamara S. Take note! It is no longer Tamara R., but Tamara S. Yes, folks, I am a married woman now! No, I am not actually writing this blog post the week after my wedding. (You can schedule blog posts ahead of time – I love this feature! Though, it does make it odd to be writing “I’m ma

by Nathan S Google+ has finally enabled its users to create pages for businesses associated with their Google+ profile. So far, this usage is rather limited (only one profile can be associated with a brand page), but this will likely change as Google continues to tweak and expand their budding so

by Tamara R. In my last post, I asked you to consider: "Is your business' next level marketing?" This round, I want you to look at your business, and ask yourself... "What's my focus?" “Make sure we’re not building our dreams, make sure we’re building the customer’s dream.” – Dr. Flint McGlaug

by Nathan S This post is a direct response to Tamara’s post: “Is Your Next Level Marketing?” I felt it would be a good idea to expound a bit more on her third point: “Really now: Are you ready to grow?” See, marketing is one of those things which everybody tends to understand is necessary for

by Tamara R. Yes, RevBuilders appreciates our current customers and new customers, but no, I’m not making a sales pitch (just yet). In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned about not being afraid of the next level, (you can read it here if you like). Have you considered whether your next level

by Nathan S There are a lot of metrics and data out there for online marketing professionals. With these metrics, it is possible to target in ways which were never thought possible in the mid-90s. This new era of targeted marketing has a lot of people excited—it is now possible to display an adve

by Tamara R. Mmm, I can already smell the food! I hope most of you will have the opportunity to participate in a Thanksgiving meal one way or another. I’m posting this the day before just so you have an opportunity to read this prior, and it doesn’t bother you while you’re eating turkey or st

by Nathan S Businesses interested in managing a Google+ page through multiple accounts have, until recently, had to deal with some measure of frustration: The current Google+ pages do not yet support management through multiple accounts. In other words, for each Google+ page, there is exactly on

-and Other “Marketing Leads” Ramblings by Tamara R. I’m going to speak theoretically here, although I know this happens daily in the marketing world: Let’s say a company that makes light bulbs wants to run an ad. Their marketing division comes up with two ideas, and they decide to run a te

by Nathan S Okay, so the title is kind of obvious, I know. But I feel like it sums up a feeling that I have about a lot of things. Today, we live in a culture where a lot of stuff gets around in what most people refer to as an “instant.” We have broadband internet capable of download speeds which

by Tamara R. Alright, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and part of living in America is that we have open doors to a wide variety of minds. I like that – I like being able to converse with people about my opinions or about their opinions without wondering if I’m going to get shot or hu

by Nathan S A 125-page document was recently leaked from Google headquarters; SEOs around the world salivated at the thought of getting access to some of Google’s closely-guarded secrets—surely, there would be some specific algorithmic information in here that the SEO world could manipulate to prov

(And How I Worked in a Wedding Metaphor with SEO Marketing) by Tamara R. Alright, I give up. I have been engaged since last January, and have managed to only mention my fiancé in passing without actually writing a blog about him, being engaged, or getting married. But I can’t hold it in any

by Nathan S When people work towards improving their online presence, there are a lot of different algorithms and data tricks that they try to manipulate (or hire someone to try and manipulate). And there’s a ton of indicators out there to help. With metrics like Klout and EdgeRank, it’s no wonder

by Tamara R.What? No, seriously. Marketing is squishy. How, you ask? Well, I’ll explain: marketing is this little orange jelly and it’s got a texture like—oh, you mean for real? I say that marketing is squishy because it is not as concrete as construction, nor as abstract as art. And I

by Nathan S About ten or fifteen years ago, the popular thing to do for quick internet exposure was to create a simple, one to ten page website. This website would have graphics, contact information, and maybe a couple of pictures, and would update this content rarely if ever. A website was thoug

by Nathan S There’s a lot of buzz going on about the fate of Google’s social network, Google+. Ask four marketers about it, and chances are good that you will get four very different answers (and, “What’s Google+?” is probably going to be one of the four). However, of all of the different ideas f

by Tamara R. Not really in honor of Halloween, though on a slightly related topic, I want to take a moment to look at Fear. Fear is a huge motivator, both good and bad. Good, because it can give you the adrenaline rush to get out of danger; and bad, because if you perceive something incorrectly

by Nathan S Normally, when I surf the internet, I don’t really pay attention to the upper left hand corner of my screen. Since most companies just stick their logo there, I, as the casual internet surfer, don’t really worry about that part of the screen. This might lead some to say that the logo

by Tamara R. Seems like ever week that goes by is going by faster. I've noticed this while growing up - every time I have a birthday, I feel like an entire month or more was cut out of that year, and it gets worse each year. Time is suddenly a fleeting thing. So, as Time has sped by me, I'll

by Nathan S Eyetools eye tracking lab has confirmed using lots of really cool technology what many in the SEO business already know: that getting “above the fold” in search results is key to holding a user’s interest. Using heat-based mapping technology which tracks eye focus on a computer scre

by Tamara R. It’s been an interesting few weeks for myself, I can tell you that. September has just sort of whizzed by me, most of it spent in agony either from migraine-symptoms or due to lack of sleep (because I had so much energy once I recovered from the migraine that I actually could not fa

by Nathan S A recent analysis of over 4 million tweets, performed by BrightEdge, concludes with a very clear message: Having a Twitter share button can increase your social media exposure up to sevenfold. BrightEdge, an SEO platform, published its results in the September issue of its SocialSh

by Tamara R. Sorry folks, my time to write again: You know the nice thing about WordPress? You can schedule blogs ahead of time. So I wrote and posted this yesterday (Thursday), but scheduled it for today (Friday), because I’m actually out of office today. Pretty cool, right? Reason I'

by Nathan S Facebook recently launched a new functionality to their social network as part of a recent string of updates. This new feature, a means of following users’ public profiles without needing to befriend them, has some raising their eyebrows. Has Facebook traded innovation for scraping idea

by Tamara R. Hm.  I cannot believe it's Friday already.  I thought I just wrote my last post!  Well, to catch you up on my week, I've been sick since last Friday, and just sitting sort of propped up my chair the last hour, trying to do things that a sick brain can do. I'm one of those people that

by Nathan S A recent report on people’s search engine habits has shown that Microsoft’s Bing engine has siphoned off a few percentage points of Google’s search queries in the past month. While not anywhere near the numbers necessary to call Bing a “Google killer,” this number does seem to represe

by Tamara R.MarketingExperiments Blog never ceases to have interesting material. I couldn’t talk about everything they post, I’d spend all my time writing about what they write about. But, I would highly recommend RSS’ing their blog. Including their post for today – click here to read it. I th

Recent News in the Center of the SEO Universe by Nathan S With different developments such as Google+ and Google’s Panda updates, the SEO world is fascinated with Google’s world. Each new update comes with a great deal of coverage from different blogs and marketing news sources; in fact, it is p

by Tamara R. So, I was going to try to do this research and come up with some really neat insight into Labor Day. But the more I read, the more I was surprised and baffled about this federal holiday. In reading through the all-knowing pages of Wikipedia about Labor Day I came across this:

by Nathan Schaad August 11, 2011 was my first day working at RevBuilders. We got to know each other a little bit better, and I managed to get myself at least somewhat situated into the rather complex task of managing copywriters and the content they create. All first days are the same in that r

by RevTeam There are plenty of reasons that someone might want to purchase an old domain which has been lying dormant in the hands of its previous owner. Whether it’s a takeover of an existing business or a repurposing of someone else’s domain, taking on a specific web address can be a good way

by RevTeam There are a ton of companies which advertise themselves as online marketing firms. All of them have their own spin on what, exactly, they will do for your site for the fees they charge. So how can you tell whether a given company is holistic in its approach? That is, how do you know

by RevTeam, Improving your page rank on Google relies on a combination of different factors, but one of the most well-known methods is to build links with relevant sites. The more sites which are referencing you, the logic goes, and the more sites your site is referencing, the better your page ra

PageRank refers to a specific score in Google’s ranking algorithm which reflects how “plugged in” a site is. Essentially, PageRank is measured by the number of backlinks associated with the website, and is perhaps one of the most well-known factors in Google’s algorithm. As a result, many people bel

by RevTeam When it comes to improving your page rank, perhaps the most important thing you can do for your website is to target your content towards specific keywords. However, just because content is the most important aspect of your search engine optimized site doesn’t mean that content is the

by RevTeam Getting to the number one spot in search engine results takes a constant effort, especially with keywords which have a lot of competition. However, there are some things you can do to get to the first page of results with little effort. Many keywords have only a few big players com

by Tamara R. I know I don’t blog a lot – most of my lack of blogging comes from being unsure of what to write about when I think “marketing.” However, I am learning more and more that I can relate to marketing through writing. Click here for an entire post by MarketingExperiments.com that ta

by The RevSEO Team Recently we discussed a variety of ineffective, “black hat” SEO techniques which are all-too-commonly used to try and get a quick boost in page rank. While it was explained that such tactics would inevitably result in Google blacklisting the site as spam, we never fully exp

by The RevSEO Team There are a ton of web design firms advertising SEO services to their clients today. With the increase of popularity in using search engines to find information and services, SEO is becoming a critical part of the way businesses get their name into the public consciousness. T

by RevSEO Team If you have ever searched online for help in writing content for your websites, chances are good that you have seen the phrase “keyword density” several times. No matter where you look on the internet, there is always some SEO Company who is claiming that the most important questio

by The RevSEO Team Google has officially decided to try their hand at a social networking site. With the rapid recent expansion of Google’s offered products, it was really only a matter of time before they decided to dedicate some of their resources toward competing with Facebook. The social networ

By SEO Team Page load speed was going to begin factoring into search rankings for websites according to Google. What on the surface sounds like an unfair punishment to larger websites makes quite a bit of sense when you think about it. Ask yourself: How long do you wait for a webpage to load befo

By SEO Team Member In a recent blog post, I explained that there were a few different practices which are either ignored by search engines or can lead to your site getting flagged as spam. In that post, located here, I explained comment tag abuse in a fair amount of detail. A lot of the reaso

By SEO Team Part 1: Comment Tags There are, when you get right down to it, two basic types of SEO: “White hat,” which focuses on the provision of quality, relevant content, and “black hat” which focuses on hiding as many keywords in your site as possible in the hopes of tricking search eng

By SEO Team Google Panda update 2.3 was applied once more earlier this week, and once again RevBuilders Marketing clients have come out ahead of the fold. None of our clients have seen Panda’s wrath as we continue to provide high-quality optimized web content. The update itself was not much of

By the RevTeam Experts To get your website ranked for the most competitive terms, it is necessary to carefully develop a link building strategy. As you will learn, link building is a crucial part of SEO, without which your site will never dominate the search results. We’ll get in

Schema.org is a website which is useful among web designers to improve the visibility of a given website. The basic concept of this website is very simple: Search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo! all program their algorithms in a specific way. These algorithms tend to read quite a bit more t

by the RevTeam Experts Google launched Panda 2.2 in late June of this year. The update marks the fourth time the company has filtered sites through their new ranking factor, each time with various tweaks and modifications based on the results of the previous filter. Here are a few things you ne

By RevMan I may take some heat for this post, but it should be fun anyway: Not too long ago, I was on my way home when I saw something all over the road. It took me a little while to make out what it was. Scattered everywhere were the recently published and delivered yellow page books. And no

by Becky O. Normally I start my blog for the day with a recap of what I did that day, but today, I’m going to start it with what is going to happen tomorrow... Tomorrow will be my last day at RevBuilders as the intern. I have been here for six weeks and the time has flown by. I remember walkin

by Becky O. It always takes me a little while to get my brain flowing with ideas of what to write. Today I started my brainstorming by writing down every word I could think of that rhymes with ‘blog’. I was 13 words in before I knew what I was going to say. Did you know that “tog” is a word?

by Becky O. This morning I did some research and made some assignments for our copy editors. This led me to my task of continuing to work on the FAQ page that will go on our new website. I have thought that this would be a quick and easy task, but it is taking more time than what was anticipated.

by Becky O. At the end of the day yesterday, the RevMan sat down with Tamara and I and we talked about our new website that will launch soon! We looked at it from a design perspective, but more importantly from an SEO point of view. We have the design looking really good and now that the design is

by Becky O. Scot, Tamara and I tried to figure out the business aspects of Facebook and we are even more confused than I was yesterday. Somehow there are three RevBuilders pages or profiles on Facebook. Two are Places and one is an actual Page. The only one that we were aware of and that Scot is ad

by Becky O. I feel like most of my posts center on the topic of social media, but then again, this is a blog, right? I spent some time with Facebook today. It started when I was reading a blog focused on social media and it had an entry about Facebook and their requirements in upgrading groups

by Becky O. I spent the majority of my time today working with WordPress to manipulate the html code to do exactly what I wanted it to do. I had never worked with html coding prior to my time at RevBuilders, so today was a learning experience, but an adventure none the less. It included a lot of tr

by Becky O. I was part of a Yelp webinar today. The topic was “Best Practices for Responding to Reviews”. I thought that this would be helpful considering our recent creation of a Yelp account for Connor’s Pest Control. The webinar was more informative and helpful than I expected after my recent de

by Tamara R. (Actually, I’m 10 days late from my one-year work anniversary, but I figure it’s better to write now than never.) So, 1 year at RevBuilders. What have I learned? Well, I could go on and on about the endless marketing stuff I’ve learned. SEO, ftp details, h1 tags, and so for

by Becky O. I came in to the office today to a project, a mission, if you will. I guess that means that I am kind of like James Bond, but don’t worry, I don’t have a license to kill. We have a potential client that works and volunteers with the military and he would like for the information abou

by Becky O. One thing that I’ve learned over the years is that my parents love me, a lot! I won’t know just how much they love me until I have children of my own because I think that it is more than I can understand right now. With love comes pride. Not the selfish kind of pride that boosts your eg

by Becky O. The best way to learn something new is to hang out with people that know a lot about what you’d like to learn. Quite frankly, that is why I’m interning here at RevBuilders. Blogging is a new trend over the past decade, but I’m guessing that by reading this, you already knew that

by Becky O. Tamara and I started off the morning on a strange note. We didn’t have access to our server or network or whatever it is called. After doing some trouble shooting and following cords and cables around the office, we decided that we should stick to writing and not go into IT support.

by Becky O. SendLabs is an online program used to automate mass emails. I was able to delve in and learn about it today. We had previously created a template for press releases that we send through email. I was able to upload that template and then insert the text from my latest press release and n

by Becky O. I would like to start off by saying that despite the fact that I was born in the 80s, Gmail denied me the right to create an account today due to age requirements. They then referred me to the Federal Trade Commission's website. Apparently, you have to be at least 13 years old to open a

by Becky O. Today was a day of press releases. I worked in many different areas to get things up-to-date and ready to roll out into press. I finalized details on a couple of press releases, spoke with clients to get feedback to integrate into other press releases, and I performed research. My res

by Becky O. I started off the day by gathering some information about our client Dr. Tod Davis and. I made a couple of contacts and will be compiling the information into a press kit to release later this week. The remainder of my day was focused on Yelp.com. Connor’s Pest Protection has a pro

by Becky O. Twitter is an ever evolving social media outlet that I don’t (or should I say “didn’t”) know a lot about. I spent the better part of the day researching Twitter: what makes it successful, who’s on Twitter, what are they saying, and most applicable to me right now, how can Twitter be

by RevMan What a fantastic event! I just went to my first Monthly Business Building Breakfast (MB3) hosted by Uno Chicago Grill in Gainesville.   Steve Johnson served up a breakfast pizza that looked totally incredible – but I was strong and stuck with the fruit bowl.  A big shout out to Steve J

Are You Selling With Clichés? by Tamara R. Do you have any commentary habits while watching TV, or a movie? You know, like pointing out who’s going to die first in a zombie movie? Or maybe you try to predict the ending within the first five minutes? Or perhaps try to figure out the love inter

by Becky O. I finished up my first week today. Overall, I think that things have gone very well. I’ve been getting along great with both Scot and Tamara, I have plenty of things to keep me busy, and I’m enjoying what I am working on. Today was a little more laid back than the previous couple o

Tamara and I sat down today and went over RevBuilders’ clients. She explained who they are, what they do, the services that we provide for them, and the contact person for each of the clients. We work with a broad range of clients from Connor’s Pest Control to Paul’s Best Lawn Service to the C.S. Le

by Becky O My second day on the job was a little bit easier as I began to get the hang of things. I am still only learning general information about RevBuilders and our clients. I read through several articles, blogs, and news posts that our copywriters had submitted and submitted them for edi

by Becky O. Today marked my first day at RevBuilders. My name is Becky and I am an intern with RevBuilders for the summer. I am majoring in Communications with a specialization in Advertising and Public Relations at Liberty University and will be a senior in the fall. I will be writing daily,

by RevMan A big thank you to the Bungalow Alehouse and Uno’s Chicago Grill for hosting the Business After Hours organized by the Prince William Chamber and sponsored by Freeman & Sherburne, Inc. As I understand it Bob Oveissi came through at the last minute to sponsor the event due to some un

Is Mobile Marketing for You? by Norma Jean In our blog, Mobile Marketing Part I, we pointed out the massive emergence of mobile device usage.  This is happening on the local scene and around the world.  You can ignore it to your own peril.  Be assured many of your competitors are jumping on th

The Eyes are Moving by Norma Jean Advertisers and marketers learned long ago to follow the eyes.  Where the eyes were looking, that’s where they wanted their ads to be. At one time the eyes were looking at slick-cover magazines and daily newspapers.  The eyes looked at billboards and signs in

So – are you a...Traditionalist, Baby Boomer, GenX, or Millennial/GenY? Do you care? Why should you care? Just a WARNING – if you do not care, your success in our world will be very limited – after all success in large part is all about communicating and working with other people. The better y

“The Trap” “Dear John, Thank you for your interest in our business. Unfortunately, your request cannot be processed at this time. Regards, Executive.” I imagine that if you are reading this, then you are experiencing some level of disgust regarding the example e-mail above. Whether the first e-m

It may be the economy, or the high gas prices, or the busyness of everyday life – whatever the reason online coupons seem to be one of the hottest things going.  The smart business owner will sit up and take notice.  This is too easy and too simple a marketing strategy to ignore. Shoppers Search

Why do your customers like you (or your business, which in some cases can be almost synonymous)? Why do they like doing business with you? Why do they come back? If these questions cannot be answered with any confidence, this might be the time to think of how to give customers a more pleasurable

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1. What does SEO stand for?

   The acronym stands for Search Engine Optimization. See 2

2. What is SEO?

   SEO is constantly changing, but in 2011 it means to act in a way that your company or page gets found in search engines.

3. When will we see results?

   Depending on the anticipated results, it will take a while to see those results. Some keywords may take weeks or months while others may take a year. SEO is a long-term investment and a process that takes continual maintenance.

4. Can we rank for everything (huge list of keywords)?

   Yes, if you have the budget to do so. Generally, you will have to choose a few keywords and focus on them. With a proper strategy in place, your site will rank for more words and phrases overtime.

5. Why is my site not showing up in the search engines?

   There could be several different causes for your site not to show up in search engines.

   • You may not be using a search engine optimized web design.
   • The engines may not be able to read your site.
   • You may be missing critical information in order to properly index your website
   • Could your site have been penalized or banned due to black hat SEO?
   • Your site may not have been properly submitted. Repeated submissions to search engines will not help. Do not use a service that submits your site more than once, it could be considered spam.

6. How much does SEO cost?

   It depends on the goals of the company in conjunction with the size of the website and the competitiveness of keywords.

7. Why is SEO so expensive?

   SEO takes a lot of time and resources. Results aren\'t instant, but it is those results that will bring in your return on investment. The majority of SEO work is analytical in nature and requires many mundane and time consuming tasks.

8. How long does it take to get indexed by Google?

   If submitted properly, this process will only take minutes.

9. How do I submit my new site to search engines?

   One of the best ways is to create an XML sitemap and submit your site through webmaster tools.

10. Do I need an XML sitemap?

    Normally, it helps to guide spiders through your site

11. Do I need a high PageRank for SEO?

    For your site to be indexed by search engines, you need internal pagerank.

12. Can my graphic designer do the SEO?

    Designers generally don\'t understand the complexity and technique of SEO. As the designer, they think that they should decide how the site is built, but a good visual and ease of access design does not cause you to be indexed by Google. SEO needs to be part of the design itself, not an add on after the design is complete. More often than not, an SEO expert is needed to create the framework that allows the site to be found.

13. Can my web developer do the SEO?

    Web developers generally have the idea of SEO, but many lack the skills needed to create the desired results.

14. Can my programmer do my SEO?

    Programmers know the ins and outs of computers, their software and how they work. This leads to a risky task of having programmers do SEO. They tend to walk right up to a very thin line of ethics and what is allowed by search engines. Many cross the line unknowingly.

15. Why should I outsource my SEO?

    SEO is a full time job for a person and often requires a whole team with varying skills. This is generally not an option for small to medium companies.

16. Can\'t I just use WordPress plus plugins for SEO?

    You can, but it is not enough. Most blog software has built in SEO capabilities, to outrank others with the same software you will have stand out.

17. Does Google hate SEO?

    No, Google even offers SEO advice and SEO tools. Many SEO companies are big clients of Google through the purchase of PPC ads.

18. Does SEO mean optimization for search engines spiders not humans?

    Some people still assume that SEO is used to please search bots only. Most reputable SEO experts advocate search engine optimization for users.

19. Is black hat SEO legal?

    Most of Black hat SEO is technically legal, but it is unethical and highly frowned upon. Google and other search engines have been known to penalize companies that participate in black hat SEO.

20. What is Black hat SEO?

    Black hat SEO is when a company uses tactics to trick search engines. This includes hiding white text on white background and spamming keyword tags. Today, search engines are capable of seeing through these tricks and often penalize companies that use them. Sites have even been banned completely from major search engines and directories.

21. Does site size matter?

    There are pros and cons to different sized websites, but it is never a good idea to add extra pages of low quality content for filler. However, adding relevant and useful pages for users adds to the authority your site carries with Google.

22. Is blog commenting for SEO spam?

    If you comment on blogs with content and add to the conversation, then no it is not spam. If your name itself screams, \"SPAM\", then your comment will probably not be welcome. Most blogs have detailed spam filters.

23. What is \"Organic SEO\" or \"Natural SEO\"?

    Organic SEO placement is where your site places in search results. This is not including paid advertising such as adwords or PPC advertising.

24. What is search friendly design?

    A search friendly design is a website built technically correct, making it easy for search engine spiders to index the site.

25. Do search engines still use meta tags?

    There is disagreement on which search engines use which meta tags and how much weight is placed on meta tags by the search engines. We always use meta tags, but without stuffing them full of keywords that are not present on the page.

26. How do you get the rankings?

    Call us, we\'d be happy to let you know!

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