Forum: Offline Marketing
31st December 2015, 10:50 AM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
31st December 2015, 08:47 AM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
26th December 2015, 06:21 PM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 03:54 PM
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 10:43 AM
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Views: 1,067 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 09:58 AM
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Views: 1,067 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 09:41 AM
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Views: 1,067 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 09:14 AM
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Views: 1,067 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
24th December 2015, 08:38 AM
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
14th May 2015, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,907 Re: Checklist Conversion Rate Optimization
For the love of god man... they don't have a server big enough! LOL
Ive never read a good book on the subject... and I have looked. UX ( User experience ) in my book ( pun not intended ) ...
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
13th May 2015, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,907 Re: Checklist Conversion Rate Optimization
I think this is a great question. I just don't think the answers will be to great. The reason being.. The use and function of a "Home" page is far different than say a Squeeze page. So the 5...
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
13th May 2015, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,907 Re: Checklist Conversion Rate Optimization
I somewhat disagree with the above, there are definitely a few key pieces to every optimum page.
I start with the offer. A bad/undifferentiated offer is hard to recover from, it's like starting...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12th May 2015, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
12th May 2015, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,907 Re: Checklist Conversion Rate Optimization
You're asking the wrong question because you need to start from a different angle. First you need feedback from your target audience to create a hypothesis on what might work. Ask around in forums or...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12th May 2015, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,038 Re: CMS
I strongly recommend Wordpress. Not just because it's free, but because you can do anything with it, and it's very easy to use and customize to fit your own needs.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12th May 2015, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 657 Re: Duplicate posts on website
Not penalized, but some of them may fall from the search results. If you get the sites to properly target the right countries that may or may not help. Would try to prevent this myself.
No....
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
12th May 2015, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,038 Re: CMS
Depends on your requirements and traffic, but all you need is a hosting account. WordPress is the most commonly used CMS out there, so every generic cPanel host should support it. Of course,...
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
11th May 2015, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,539 Re: B2B and B2B conversion rate optimization
I think the biggest difference is the target. with B2B your target is consistent regardless of traffic method. In other words the demographic of your target will remain the same. So regardless of...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
11th May 2015, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,618 |
Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
11th May 2015, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,539 Re: B2B and B2B conversion rate optimization
I'll kick things off...
Personally I find it easier to improve conversion rates in B2B than B2C and I think is due to a few reasons.
Being a business owner and operator for 25 years it is...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
11th May 2015, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,618 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
9th May 2015, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,618 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
8th May 2015, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 445 |
Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
8th May 2015, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,506 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th May 2015, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 439 Re: Are these courses good?
SEO Practitioner Certification?
I'll call BS on the title alone considering there's no accredited standard for SEO.
Photoshop + fiverr = $5
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th May 2015, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 439 Re: Are these courses good?
Never heard of a single one of them, so I'm going to say probably not. Never bought any of them though, so I could be wrong.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th May 2015, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 442 Re: Scalable link building
I disagree with a lot of that article. On the scalablity side of his argument, he is basically saying that getting a lot of links quickly is seen as bad by Google. That is not true. What the hell...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th May 2015, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 Re: Time Management
Setting time limits for SEO isn't practical, one problem/issue could easily take a day or two to correct. About the best you can do is set long term goals.
The good thing about Google SERPs is, it...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
7th May 2015, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 Re: Time Management
I'd say you need to stop worrying about what should you focus on next and just let your instincts guide you! It's quite useless to have a plan like 'I will do SEO work from 9 to 12:30, eat lunch, and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th May 2015, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,538 Re: How do you answer this gatekeeper question?
Even if your not, you should really try to portray that ... again not in an arrogant
way, more as a matter of fact.
This is one of the few times that I actually agree with the "fake it till you...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th May 2015, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,538 Re: How do you answer this gatekeeper question?
I get it. But it isn't the tone of voice. It's the relaxed certainty in the voice. Great dept collectors have that way of speaking. You hear no hesitancy or doubt in their voice.
In fact, it's the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th May 2015, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,538 Re: How do you answer this gatekeeper question?
You were right for bringing that up so I could clarify.
I would custom make a "reason for the call"
for each different market.
Some would be "who should I be talking with about...?"
while...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th May 2015, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,538 Re: How do you answer this gatekeeper question?
To be fair, the companies I call upon use a type of product I sell.
I know on many instances where the companies called upon by people
don't use the same product or service being sold.
I also...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th May 2015, 06:56 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,538 Re: How do you answer this gatekeeper question?
There is more than one way to skin a cat. I have gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid cold calling in my life. And I have owned a collection agency, lol
But, on point....
... these days, I...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th May 2015, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th May 2015, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 Re: Time Management
Why 16 hours? A day alone has 24, you can't limit your time spent online trying to grow your website / business if you want to succeed!
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th May 2015, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 Re: Time Management
For me, if I had 2 days a week to focus completely on internet and online marketing, I would focus on the following:
- Building loyal subscribers to my newsletter
- Giving valuable information...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
6th May 2015, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 591 Re: Time Management
to do lists!!
Break every task up into manageable bites and trawl through it...
I work 50 minute hours... every 50 minutes I have a 10 minute break :-)
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
5th May 2015, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 522 Re: SEO for small company
If they're a local business, then you should be doing Local SEO which is an entirely different game. Off page is much easier, and on page is pretty easy, it's all about location relevance and...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
5th May 2015, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 522 Re: SEO for small company
I don't have any sources that I'd link to, but there should be a ton of good material on this. It's been a while since I've actually studied this part of SEO...
Start from the very basics such as...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
5th May 2015, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 262 Re: SWOT
Glad to see that someone is planning in advance. Haven't done a SWOT in several years myself. Obviously the answers you want to get there depend on your situation.
A very common challenge I see...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 555 Re: Short discussion at work about SEO
You're always free to learn/do SEO on your own off the clock.
I did something similar at the last offline job I worked, not to sound self centered but I was literally the most knowledgeable...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 474 Re: Onpage / Offpage
Yes, your thought is right! In "On Page SEO" most important fields are:
** Unique Meta title, meta description
** Accurate and unique page content
** Good URL Structure
** Better navigation...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 522 Re: SEO for small company
I'd immediately smack them to the head long enough that they completely forget everything about forum posting, social bookmarking and the associated silly busywork that some sell as back linking. If...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 474 Re: Onpage / Offpage
Yeah, but you can also include content optimization, keyword research in on page technique.
And in off page getting backlink as well as drive traffic for website so that you can get ranked easily on...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 474 Re: Onpage / Offpage
Hi,
Both On-site and Off-site SEO are important for a website to earn search engine advantages for a website. On-site SEO is important to describe your website to search engine while Off-site SEO...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
4th May 2015, 01:03 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 474 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th April 2015, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 629 Re: Help! Creating traffic question
worst things are as follows :
1) Buying traffic. Stupid!
2) Buying likes. Again stupid.
3) buying spammy links, this kills their authority and gives them a hard time in bringing organic traffic...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th April 2015, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 629 Re: Help! Creating traffic question
I believe one of the biggest issues is relevancy. Targeting If you have a good product or service and you get that product in front of the correct people it doesn't take alot of traffic to make...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
16th April 2015, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,893 Re: How Many Calls Should I Make Per Day?
You keep making calls until ...
- Your finger tips bleed ;)
- You have made quota ( yes, set a sales quota for yourself )
- You have run out of timezones to legally call
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Forum: Social Media
16th April 2015, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 688 Re: About blogging
I believe these are the main benefits, actually, keeping customers informed is useful, it builds trust by showing the customers you care by keeping them updated. As I see it, these are all...
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Forum: Social Media
15th April 2015, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 688 Re: About blogging
Blogging is a great way for me to share my knowledge and to draw potential customers to my site. It has been an invaluable method to helping my audience grow.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th April 2015, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 447 Re: Best Google Analytics course online??
Hi thet,
Google has a very thorough and well done course on Google Analytics that you can find here:
https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/explorer
I doubt you will find a better...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th April 2015, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,542 |
Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
12th April 2015, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,672 Re: Online acquisition
Here are some Google Analytics Benchmark Averages for Bounce Rate that might help you.
1. 40-60% Content websites
2. 30-50% Lead generation sites
3. 70-98% Blogs
4. 20-40% Retail sites
5....
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
11th April 2015, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,672 Re: Online acquisition
Absolutely not, having an abundance or even a majority of users from search is a good thing. There is more room for optimization there as well I would think.
As for your bounce rate, 55% isn't a...
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