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Sign Up Traction: Design for Todays Internet Consumer
This is a remarkable slideshare presentation I wanted to share with you. As you can see, this really gets into the nitty gritty of the sign up process with an emphasis on turning visitors into sign ups. The slide show was created by Joshua Porter, founder of Bokardo, who specializes in Social Design. He not only does incredible design but in my opinion is amongst the most talented conversion optimization and user experience expert in his field. Designing For Social Traction View more documents from Joshua Porter.
The Business of SEO: What We Do
This Labor Day holiday weekend I met a bunch of new people and we began chatting about what exactly I did for a living. The bottom line is I don’t know exactly how to explain what I do to some people for a few reasons. First of all, some people are more versed with the online marketing stratosphere than others and they don’t want to be talked down to. Others don’t know how to correctly open a new tab in their firefox browser. Most people had heard of Search Engine Optimization, in fact, many people began spouting out buzzwords as if they had been in the thick of SEO for the past 10 years. They realized that they didn’t know […]
SEO Checklist – Google Ranking Factors
I have been interested in Internet Marketing since 2006 and as you can imagine have come across thousands of sites — some good and some bad. Along the way, I have bookmarked some really informative and thought provoking aritcles, over 3,500+ book marks to be exact covering a broad range of Online Marketing topics such as Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Reputation Management, PPC, Conversion Optimization, and so on. I have decided to share at least 1 of these links with you per week and I’m starting now with Google Ranking Factors – SEO Checklist. I found this web site way back in February of 2006 and it still looks as crappy today as it did 3 years ago […]
Facebook SEO – A Ranking Opportunity?
A little after noon today, Facebook announced on their blog that they will be allowing users to create facebook usernames to allow their friends, family, and co-workers to easily find their profiles on the social networking site. According to the post, on Friday, June 12th at 9:01pm people will be able to create custom URLs directly to their Facebook page. For example, the current direct link to my page is http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6801481, on June 12th I will be able to create a custom username for facebook. I will more than likely make my URL http://www.facebook.com/alex-becker/ or the like link directly to my Facebook profile. Here is an example of what users will see on June 12th when they login to FB:
SEO for Newbies
This is an excellent post about SEO for Dummies. If you are new to SEO or want to gain a stronger understanding this is the best place for you to start your quest. There are hundreds of helpful posts, tips, and tricks that are meant to help the novice SEO Dummy. If you are curious to learn more about SEO for beginners or the like please check out SEO Noobs for much more information!