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Forum: Beginners Area 12th February 2018, 05:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 159
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Finding the Bad Links

Thanks for the reply, Mike.

I find this very irritating. I use Ahrefs and I’m getting outranked in many instances by sites with a far lower UR/DR and in some cases with no backlinks. I have 250...
Forum: Beginners Area 8th February 2018, 08:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 159
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Finding the Bad Links

Thanks, Mike. I don’t think I did a good job explaining the issue. I’ve been digging in to my analytics and it seems that my organic traffic has actually gone up. The issue is that my local traffic...
Forum: Beginners Area 22nd January 2018, 07:56 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 159
Posted By longrobnc
Finding the Bad Links

4 months ago, I started building links for my 2 websites. One is a national site and the other is local. I built links for both sites in the same fashion. Some of the links are from the same sites....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2017, 11:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 69
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Keywords competition isn't looking for

I was able to rank a keyword in the top 3 that is expensive in PPC that gets 8,000 visits a month. In Ahrefs, the KW difficulty was a 7. However, I have been trying for years to rank another KW in my...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2017, 11:23 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 444
Posted By longrobnc
RE: How to increase Google Map rank? Local Business

I started using a product called Podium to get more local reviews. I went from less that 50 reviews to 235 reviews with a 4.8 rating in the course of 3 months. We didn't get any extra traffic or...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 27th November 2017, 12:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 92
Posted By longrobnc
Keep the site or try to sell?

Hi everyone,

Last year, we finished building an e-commerce site. The site was very difficult to build because it has a visual configurator and pricing tool. This year, we have focused on SEO and...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th October 2017, 11:09 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 89
Posted By longrobnc
Making sense of the serps

Hello all,

I'm baffled at what to do. I am checking serps daily for my target keywords and I'm not moving. My organic leads are down 50% and I'm about to have to lay off staff.

I am getting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th September 2017, 09:32 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 165
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Pages not Ranking

After more research, google is using my homepage for those keywords and basically does not show those internal pages that are actually optimized for those terms.

Looking at the tips serps, I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th September 2017, 02:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 165
Posted By longrobnc
Pages not Ranking

Hello all,

I am really confused. I have a local company. Other than my home page I have specific landing pages for the cities around my office. There are 10 of them. Most of these pages rank in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th August 2017, 05:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 194
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Great blog post was focussed on wrong keyword. Now what?

I'm going to start doing some keyword research today.

The issue I'm going to have is these articles are Seinfeld. Milk toast bs that are pretty much about nothing.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd August 2017, 06:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 194
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Great blog post was focussed on wrong keyword. Now what?

I hired a company to write for my blog and 8'months in none of the articles get any traffic. Now that I'm taking a closer look at things it seems that there is no traffic for the keywords in the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd August 2017, 04:59 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 172
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Too Many Directory Links

I also used some free directories, but I was having issues finding free directories that were not spammy that had do follow links. I am using Ahrefs and I was looking for links on pages that had UR...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd August 2017, 10:18 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 172
Posted By longrobnc
Too Many Directory Links

I recently finished an agreement with my SEO company. In their parting email, they sent me a message to stop building citations and directory listings to my site. Their opinion was that I already had...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th August 2017, 03:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Linking out from the home page

Wow, thanks very much for sharing your knowledge. Do you think that it's detrimental to my home page? Maybe I should leave the city list and wack the links all together.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th August 2017, 03:00 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By longrobnc
Linking out from the home page

Hi everyone,

I was hoping I could get some help with an on-page issue. I own a brick and mortar service company. I had a new site built and the people that were doing SEO placed 17 links near the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th August 2017, 01:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 367
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Backlinks with web 2.0's

Wow, that cuts through the BS and makes the point pretty clear. Nice!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th August 2017, 01:23 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 1,834
Posted By longrobnc
RE: If I'm not wrong, content itself is not enough

I really believed this. I hired a writer to produce content and share it on social for 8 months. The content is good and the site is well built and I spent the money to have the on page SEO handled....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th August 2017, 01:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 282
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Does Google Plus help people rank?

Mike, I actually found a do follow link on one of my competitors G+ Pages. It was placed by his SEO guy. It was some weird looking URL that went to my competito'rs page.
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th July 2017, 09:56 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,234
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Increasing sales at vacuum cleaner store

Hi Ron,

I put about $20k in the 1st half of 2017 in to social for my local office. I've also spent about $25k on my local site for SEO this year. Social may be one of the worst investments that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd July 2017, 04:51 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 464
Posted By longrobnc
RE: What are the fastest way to increase DA, PA of my website?

I have great content on my site. It's very well written and informative. It gets zero traffic. Content is NOT king in some cases.
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd July 2017, 06:11 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,234
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Increasing sales at vacuum cleaner store

Ewen,

Are your clients seeing big drops in print media response? Print was once a staple of my lead generation efforts. Now, I have ended almost all of my print media relationships because they...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd July 2017, 11:30 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Social has been the lowest ROI of any marketing I've ever taken part in in over a decade.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st July 2017, 09:28 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Well, they do point out really dumb shi!t like, "You should use this font and not that font." I use an image of my print ads on my specials page because it looks good and you really can't code to get...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th June 2017, 03:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Mike,

In my niche, prices are rarely published. I have a great product and the prices are super. The site has a price configurator that shows you the product as you build the door in all of the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th June 2017, 02:50 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

The upgrades are probably a few weeks away from being finished. It was for complimentary products that are lower ticket. I have slowed down on the paid traffic because you hit the nail on the head ,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th June 2017, 02:44 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

No, this was a business idea that I wanted to try. This was an investment and not counted on for my sole income.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 03:22 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Hi Jamie,

I can see my paid and direct traffic quite clearly. It's just that the organic isn't moving.

Thanks!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 03:21 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Opensite Explorer says 1/1.
Arefs says UR/9, DR/27.

I just checked, and I don't see that it's set up in webmaster tools for me to check for link count. I have a tool that says 81 and it calls 79...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 02:50 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

It's garage door e-commerce. It is going to be omni-channel. I service capabilities in 72 major cities, but I only have a physical location in 1 city today. We are opening 2 more cities in the next 2...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 02:02 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

I paid $15k for 6 months for social and content. I paid $54k for the audit, link building and CRO for 6 months along with them managing my PPC (Which I'm better at). I then paid $5500 to have the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 01:55 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Mike,

The company that did the audit is doing the link building. Honestly, they are super transparent. The issue with the links are that these are links that I can easily find and get myself....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 01:43 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Mike,

I have spent roughly $20k in ad spend..............................I've made a single $1200 sale through the site which actually came from a Craigslist Ad. We have produced some super...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 01:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
RE: Time to gain traffic

Mike,

I hired a company that does the social and content creation. I hired someone else to do link building and CRO. The audit the Moz recommended company completed uncovered some things which I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 01:04 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 527
Posted By longrobnc
Time to gain traffic

Hello all,

Last January, I bought a new domain name and started developing an e-commerce site on wordpress/ woo. We put a place holder up and the site took until late November to launch. I hired...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st November 2016, 11:47 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 766
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Best SEO Tip?

I have written a lot of original content for my blog over the course of 5 years. I have also paid to have articles researched and written. I then send these articles out of Onlywire. I often get my...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st October 2016, 07:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 169
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Will electric vehicles become affordable ?

I test drove the Tesla SUV Saturday. It was $140k. However, the residual is good and they lease well. I have a 2016 Range Rover, and it had far more options and my car felt like the stone age when I...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th July 2016, 08:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,648
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Gentlemans Club Marketing Ideas!!

Well, you set the standards for who you deal with, and I'll set mine. You should also note that there is a huge difference between working with someone as a salesperson and dating or marrying...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd July 2016, 08:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,648
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Gentlemans Club Marketing Ideas!!

This is where you are incorrect. I can judge them, and do. I have been out with several women that have confessed to being former dancers. In every instance, I leave them where they stand with taxi...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th June 2016, 02:11 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 247
Posted By longrobnc
Re: CRM for service businesses

I use Fleetmatics Work now. The last CRM I used was Marketsharp.
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 08:44 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 319
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

That's the true issue. I've thought of hiring a sales manager, but who exactly is he/she going to manage? I would have to bear the expense of 3+ other outside sales staff for him to have staff to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 02:52 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 974
Posted By longrobnc
Re: What services and solutions do customers actually want?

Owning a business, I can tell you that I'm currently working on customer reactivation and JV's. I think everyone should be. When people call on me for SEO I just shut down because I've had bad...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 02:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 149
Posted By longrobnc
Pay Per Lead Programs

Has anyone else noticed that more advertisers are willing to offer pay per inquiry lead generation? I've had two large publishers that sell me leads (exclusive) for about a year. There have always...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 02:34 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 319
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

Thank you for the response. There are two companies in my area that dominate this niche. Both are owned by the same parent company. They are international companies. The large area builders have...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th June 2016, 06:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 319
Posted By longrobnc
Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

Hello All:

I run a local business selling a home improvement product to homeowners. I built this segment of my company through online and offline lead generation. My sales force is great at...
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th June 2016, 11:03 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 305
Posted By longrobnc
Re: How to bring local marketing products to market?

I'm not trying to offend you, but these types of post are why I have a hard time taking people seriously when they attempt to sell me marketing services. This industry is full of pretenders.

I...
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th June 2016, 10:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,648
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Strip Club Marketing Ideas!!

I too have a great friend that ran clubs in this industry for years. These clubs aren't all that accepted by most in the US either. Even high end clubs are seen as sketchy and most businessmen don't...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th May 2016, 12:43 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,915
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Anyone use PPC of any type to drive leads?

I don't know how things will go long term, but yesterday I built a new landing page with no navigation and instead of mostly text and pics I created a new video of a lady in my office explaining my...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th April 2016, 05:47 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,915
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Anyone use PPC of any type to drive leads?

To be frank, I don't think I would have turned off my campaign if I was selling your product. Not only is my average sale less than $1100.00 for this product, but there is very little to no back end...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th April 2016, 07:57 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,915
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Anyone use PPC of any type to drive leads?

I never said once that it didn't work full stop. I said that it didn't work for me. It does produce a hell of a lot of low cost traffic and it does in fact produce leads. However, we have so many...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th April 2016, 04:12 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 4,792
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Making $1 MILLION DOLLARS ??? Really? That's ALL You Want To Earn?? LMAO

I live in NC, and you will live like crap even down here on $40k.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th April 2016, 03:26 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,377
Posted By longrobnc
Re: The high price of health care in U.S.

What's the plan for that healthy person if they become severely ill and end up with $1MM in medical bills and they have $5K in the bank and they will be out of work for an extended period of time?...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th April 2016, 10:44 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,915
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Anyone use PPC of any type to drive leads?

I can't get my Facebook cost per lead in line. It produces a hell of a lot of visitors for a low price (compared to google), but for me, they don't convert. The offers do great in print and they do...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 17th March 2016, 06:11 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 4,974
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Is it worth going into PPC?

Really? Right now, it's my best lead source. Since Google removed the sidebar from PPC my SEO leads have tanked even though my rankings are still in place.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2016, 03:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,199
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Which page shoud I SEO?

Not sure you actually comprehended what I wrote. My site that pulls 7500+ views produces 6 figures of revenue per month. The site of the company that I bought pulls a whopping 90 views a month.

I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2016, 11:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,199
Posted By longrobnc
Re: Which page shoud I SEO?

Thanks for the reply. I combined the companies using my brand as I was 5x their size. I changed the content on that site to my company name, but left the phone number which is ported in to my call...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2016, 10:29 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,199
Posted By longrobnc
Which page shoud I SEO?

Hello all,

I own a local home service company. Last year, I purchased one of my competitors. Their office is across the city from me in a different suburb and I think that getting on google...
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