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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th September 2018, 02:23 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 4,780
Posted By Putra kusuma
RE: What SEO strategy works best for you?

the best strategy that I rely on today is link building
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2017, 12:42 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 71
Posted By expmrb
Re: Keywords competition isn't looking for

It means to look for keywords which are of low competition. So, you can rank easily which is obviously hard if the competition is high.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 27th November 2017, 03:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 92
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Keep the site or try to sell?

In most cases, a site is only going to sell for, at most, two times the annual profit (not gross, but actual profit). Many sites only sell for 1.5 times or even one year's annual profit.

If you...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th August 2017, 06:26 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Linking out from the home page

My guess is they did the drop down links to highlight and put more emphasis on two locations that are most important to them, which is not all that bad of an idea. I've never done it that way either...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th August 2017, 09:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Linking out from the home page

I know.

That's why I suggested it.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th August 2017, 12:32 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Linking out from the home page

The way I like to do it for a business with multiple locations is to have a single location page that then links to all the locations.

That way you have a single link in the footer or menu of...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th August 2017, 03:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 208
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Linking out from the home page

That's not how nofollow works. Google changed it in 2009 to keep people from PR sculpting, which is exactly what you are talking about doing.

Nofollow doesn't preserve the linkjuice on the page....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th August 2017, 09:28 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 430
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Problem ranking an expired (and repurposed) domain

That would be incredibly stupid. You buy old domains because of the links they have.

You would have been better off trying to rank an internal page instead of the home page in my opinion.

With...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th August 2017, 08:46 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,030
Posted By yukon
Re: Proof that blog commenting is a waste of time?

Completely wrong.

You didn't rank anything with nofollow links.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th July 2017, 01:31 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 803
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: 5 months without visitors! Help me

I understand you are not going to get good writing in most cases for $5 unless you know where to look, and it certainly is not Fiverr.

However, I'm sure the seller did not advertise for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th July 2017, 10:45 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 369
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Backlinks with web 2.0's

That's a pretty good analogy. You find that somewhere or come up with that yourself?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th July 2017, 09:12 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 369
Posted By Mike Anthony
Re: Backlinks with web 2.0's

You are confused but not the first person to be confused on that.

web 2.0s have some high authority pages but that does not mean that if you get a page far away and unlinked from their authority...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th July 2017, 10:25 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,285
Posted By GordonJ
Quick THANKS to all the pros at the Offline Marketing forum.

You guys rock. Just one guy's opinion, you all are the only reason for visiting WF. This thread and what to sell door to door contains more useful content than most of the other forum's combined. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd July 2017, 02:12 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By Vex Vane
RE: Time to gain traffic

Main reason why a site is not ranking as well as it could is content and phrasing. Fonts do not matter to bots. They can blame fonts for bounce rate, not for ranking.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd July 2017, 07:08 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Time to gain traffic

Nobody is looking for this type of business on Facebook or Twitter.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2017, 11:29 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,573
Posted By Meharis
Re: If you had a cash cow...there's no way you'd show others how it is done

The book was given to me few months ago for my 21st birthday... ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2017, 10:57 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,573
Posted By Kurt
Re: If you had a cash cow...there's no way you'd show others how it is done

Don't worry about it...it's just a funny mistake that shows how old we both are... ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2017, 09:04 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,573
Posted By Meharis
Re: If you had a cash cow...there's no way you'd show others how it is done

Oh boy, quite embarrassing. That was a real bummer...
Thank you, again, Kurt.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th June 2017, 02:52 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By adgonlinesolution
RE: Time to gain traffic

just try to post on classified about your products and also share the products in product listing site. If you are selling products. You can do social promotion on daily basis.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th June 2017, 01:33 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By yukon
Re: Time to gain traffic

Common sense would be, do what's making money. Assuming you've actually spent $20k - $80k on nothing useful vs a single $1,200 Craigslist sale.

You're hypothetically in the hole a few grand,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 09:33 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By xeniux
RE: Time to gain traffic

I hope you dont put all your eggs in 1 basket.

If you want to see real result, you need to get organic traffic through SEO (onpage/offpage) and optimizing the keywords + speed of your website.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2017, 02:54 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,573
Posted By Steve B
Re: If you had a cash cow...there's no way you'd show others how it is done

I author a book that does extremely well. I am happy to discuss exactly how I created it and encourage others to do the same as I did by writing their own book.

How is my sharing the information...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th June 2017, 02:26 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 528
Posted By andre james
RE: Time to gain traffic

My heart goes out to you as I have been in a similar situation and would have continued to be so had I not requested a breakdown of where all my budget was going. At the time I struggled to make time...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th June 2017, 09:51 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 545
Posted By Wile E Coyote
RE: Planning to Start Digital Ads Agency

I'm not trying to be rude, but if you don't even know what your agency should be doing for clients, are you really ready to start your own agency?

Demo documentation on what? Processes other...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd June 2017, 08:17 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,285
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Increasing sales at vacuum cleaner store

If you are just thinking about your individual sales, then marketing advice won't help you. The chances of you convincing your store owner to spend money on marketing are nil. I'm assuming this is...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd June 2017, 03:18 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,285
Posted By umc
Re: Increasing sales at vacuum cleaner store

Calling Claude Whitaker.......
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th June 2017, 11:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 378
Posted By yukon
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th June 2017, 05:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 614
Posted By MikeFriedman
Re: Traditional SEO Dying

If you have little or no advertising budget, you probably should not be starting a business.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2017, 08:23 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 329
Posted By yukon
Re: ecommerce SEO

So you're selling SEO and don't have a clue how to do SEO?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th May 2017, 08:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 121
Posted By Mike Anthony
Re: What's a reasonable price for buying/selling text links?

Better to buy whole domains. You have total control and long term works out cheaper. bare minimum head over to expired domains .net but learn how to analyze the domains or you could end up getting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st February 2017, 04:51 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,957
Posted By fabyoga
Re: How long for backlinks to take effect on ranking?

What is the matter with this forum?? Why are people responding with the same obvious generic and quite useless responses 5times when it was already specified that it is a high authority link. It is...
Forum: Copywriting 27th January 2017, 07:19 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 3,981
Posted By yukon
Re: Is the Age of Copywriters Over?

No, I didn't miss the point. There's no AI.

There's IF Else, that's all.

Nobody has a computer that can think. They have datasets and conditional code.

This isn't The War of the Worlds...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd November 2016, 10:46 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 160
Posted By Mike Anthony
RE: What to do if your client has a strong competitor?

2 and 3 might be reason enough if you are takking about a local result. Lcal results are determined by region and the competitor has more local signals

More interesting question to me is why...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th October 2016, 09:01 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 590
Posted By Mike Anthony
Re: Cannot get a site to rank at all - What am I missing?

If you are Wendy then you need some help.

If you were hired by Wendy then you need to give the money back.
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2016, 08:07 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,796
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Strip Club Marketing Ideas!!

This is true.

When I opened my first vacuum cleaner store in 1988, a radio advertising rep showed up, and I decided we needed a slogan. I told her it should be "If It Sucks, We Sell It".

She...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th June 2016, 05:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,796
Posted By Ron Lafuddy
Re: Strip Club Marketing Ideas!!

What's this about competition? Did someone else open a vacuum porn franchise in Wooster?
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th June 2016, 11:40 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,796
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Strip Club Marketing Ideas!!

Neither do I. I don't need the competition.
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 07:56 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 321
Posted By tryinhere
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

Why do you not have an experienced sales manger looking after and doing the yards with these guys, you just deal with one person the sales manager, he deals with the rest and gets the results needed...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 07:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 321
Posted By Oziboomer
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

We always had issues breaking into the display home market.

Not that we were in construction but we supplied wall art and other associated decor.

For a long time we tried different approaches...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 02:47 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 978
Posted By eccj
Re: What services and solutions do customers actually want?

Ain't that the truth.

That is unless you've been trying to get the client to leave because he drives you crazy.
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 12:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 321
Posted By Chris-
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

I offer a service which can get you leads, accurately targeted to your product, geo-targeted (by state or Zip in the US), etc. at good prices.

I don't seem to be able to PM you, so please email me...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2016, 11:41 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 978
Posted By animal44
Re: What services and solutions do customers actually want?

The short version is that SEO has a bad name and I wanted to make the decision a no brainer, so I came up with "free SEO". We'd run the customer reactivation and the resulting funds would pay for the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th June 2016, 10:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 321
Posted By savidge4
Re: Reaching Home Builders & Construction Companies

The biggest question you need an answer to right now... "Who is currently getting the business?" And from there you can start probing some more questions.. Why? what dynamic is there aside from...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th June 2016, 02:36 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 978
Posted By marciayudkin
Re: What services and solutions do customers actually want?

Getting knocked back doesn't necessarily lead to failure. If you've opened a door, and started a conversation, it can lead to success.

Here's an example from my previous career, freelancing for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th June 2016, 12:31 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 394
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: How many times should i send out my advertisment by mail?

I don't mean this personally.

But I've heard this so many times. It takes these variations;
"It takes 5 closing attempts to make a sale"
"They need to see your ad 5 times before they by"
"It...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th June 2016, 03:52 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 394
Posted By umc
Re: How many times should i send out my advertisment by mail?

Man AAA sent me a huge packet the other day, one if the nicest mailers I've ever seen, and I'm already a member. I should have posted it here just for kicks.

You'd have to really have something...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th June 2016, 02:28 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 394
Posted By bob ross
Re: How many times should i send out my advertisment by mail?

I have never seen a successful MCA or alternative to AAA type roadside assistance mailing and I have printed/mailed many over the years for people, if that helps.
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th June 2016, 10:36 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 394
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: How many times should i send out my advertisment by mail?

You see how much profit each mailing makes. You stop mailing to the same list, when it stops being profitable. Every mailing should make a profit.
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th June 2016, 10:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 394
Posted By animal44
Re: How many times should i send out my advertisment by mail?

That's rubbish... If you don't get a response from the first mailing, it's very unlikely that you'll get any response from subsequent mailings... and you'll be wasting your money...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd June 2016, 09:02 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 314
Posted By eccj
Re: How to bring local marketing products to market?

You are not wanting to be a consultant you are wanting to be a product salesman.

Big difference.

Consultants consult. They don't sell websites, etc. They sell their consulting.
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th June 2016, 01:16 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 499
Posted By Robscom
Re: Coldcalling to sell mats?

I am NOT trying to be snarky or rude, but...

...how are you going to make the transition from mat salesman to selling web design? They will view you as a mat salesman.

I don't think your...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th June 2016, 09:39 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 499
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Re: Coldcalling to sell mats?

Can I interject here and say I wonder if this is the best product the OP could be offering?

I mean, what's the upsell? Where the money? Can mats support the lifestyle you want?

If you're able...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th June 2016, 10:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 499
Posted By yukon
Re: Coldcalling to sell mats?

Easy, do a mat mockup with the business name/logo in photoshop.

Example:



http://s33.postimg.org/tqc5cefj3/4444.png
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th June 2016, 03:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 314
Posted By Mark Singletary
Re: How to bring local marketing products to market?

Your consulting clients are going to have the same questions.

Doctor Jones is going to want to know how to market his practice.

Plumber Smith is going to want to know how to build a list of...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th May 2016, 05:08 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,880
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: 100 cold call a day challenge,

Will; Damn proud of you. Appointments fall through. It happens to all of us. The part I bolded? That's selling.




Yup; Appointments are just promises that can be broken. When I sold in the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th May 2016, 09:19 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,880
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: 100 cold call a day challenge,

I hear "Cold calling is a numbers game" and "Sales is a numbers game". I agree, but only in one specific way. If you call twice as many equally qualified prospects, you'll make twice the...
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