Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I recently had a conversation with an pre-launch startup where they discussed how SEO was going to be really important for them. They are in a space where there is lots of search traffic, but they didn't have anything particularly interesting to say about how they were going to get ranked. I won't say that I'm truly an expert on SEO.

SEO 150

SEO Startup Search Engine Optimization Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Anchor blog in your domain name.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the same page as the search results for widgets. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Obviously, some of this is just about technology--such as search engine optimization--and I think lots of readers are initially finding us through social media and search--but I also think that as the find a channel they are most interested in, they are coming back. Is this competitive with Modern Mom?

Networking 230

Networking Social Media Startup Search Engine Optimization 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135