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The New Wordtracker Keyword Research Tool
When I started reviewing the new keyword research tool from Wordtracker, my first thought was each revision is dumbing down the tool more and more. I like being able to use negative keywords to reduce the number of results received and I liked being able to use wildcards in my research (this went away after the update previous to this one) the tool was simple and straight forward.
I admit I have not looked at the tool as closely as I should yet, but wanted to know what the benefits were of the new tool. I put it out on Twitter and immediately received Tweets from Wordtracker: (more…)
SEO Training Company Celebrates Five Years Teaching Online Marketing
Search Engine Academy Northwest opened its doors to SEO training in 2007 serving Portland, Oregon and people around the Pacific Northwest. Over the past five years this SEO training company has taught hundreds of business owners, marketing and PR professionals and job seekers the art and science of search engine optimization, social media marketing and more. (more…)
Internet Marketing Tips and Business Strategy
On December 14th, Search Engine Academy Northwest hosted our Two-Year Anniversary/Holiday Party/Member Appreciation Night. We exchanged gifts had a little nosh and ate cupcakes from Saint Cupcake. We had fun!
By far the best part of the evening is when members shared Internet Marketing Tips and Business Strategies for a chance to win a beautiful Pinot Noir from Willamette Vineyards. We had 11 takers and the winner was Luisa Simone of Tadpole Graphics! How’s that wine Luisa?
Anyhoo, I thought I would share the tips shared by our members. Merry Christ… oops I mean Happy Holidays! (more…)
Living In Oregon – Can you relate?
As an almost Native Oregonian, (born in Vancouver, Washington) I wanted to share this narrative by Jeff Foxworthy that was actually an email forward from my mother. We can all use a little levity from time to time so read on and comment on which ones you can relate to. I have added my comments below each sentence. (more…)
Interview with Colleen Wright on SoloPro Radio
On November 2nd, 2011; I was interviewed by Barbara Saunders on her radio show Solo Pro Radio on the Women for Women Network. Barbara Saunders is the Director of the International Association of Self-Employed Communication Professionals, Founder of the Solo Pro Academy, and the Solo Pro Success Coach. (more…)
Keyword Rich Domain Names: Big SEO Impact for Little Money
One of the best tactics that I implement when performing search engine optimization is finding a keyword rich domain name that has the business’ highly competitive keyword phrase in it. (more…)
Guidelines for Google SEO On-Page Optimization
There are certain actions one should perform when optimizing a page for Google. I am going to outline eight actions to follow when optimizing a page. Keep in mind that on-page optimization is page specific, so you will want to optimize one page per keyword phrase. (more…)
An Essay on What I Learned over Summer Vacation
Except it wasn’t summer vacation, it was coach training
I have never ever had a teacher ask me to write an essay about my summer vacation. In eighth grade, my teacher, Mrs. Creel had us create an entire book about our life. It was a full year project. We even bound the book and everything. I received an A- because I couldn’t figure out how to press a flower! Or more correctly, the flowers kept getting moldy. I gave up. I still have the book 30 years later. Producing this book is one accomplishment of which I have always been very proud and the closest I ever got to a summer vacation essay. (more…)
The First Bite is always the Best!
Eight Tips to build trust and keep your website visitors happy
On Tuesday I was invited to lunch with some folks at the Oregon Culinary Institute (OCI). What an amazing culinary school it is! If I didn’t know the restaurant was a training ground for future members of the culinary arts, I would have never known. This program is run very professionally and the food is amazing! (more…)
