Comments for Compete On Web http://www.competeonweb.com Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Link Builder- Links From Industry Organizations by Jon Tucker http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/link-builder-industry-organizations/#comment-141 Jon Tucker Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:39:15 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=451#comment-141 Hi Holly. While this may help you get more backlinks, they're typically pretty weak backlinks and are not going to help you rank higher. A good rule of thumb is that if it's really easy to get the backlink (i.e. buy 1,000 links for $5), then it's probably not going to be that effective. A better solution is to figure out ways to give great content to industry related blogs that would include links back to your sites (i.e. guest posting) or leverage other aspects of your business to get links- check out the post from today <a href="www.competeonweb.com/blog/seo-website-badge" rel="nofollow">www.competeonweb.com/blog/seo-website-badge</a> for a good example. Hi Holly. While this may help you get more backlinks, they’re typically pretty weak backlinks and are not going to help you rank higher. A good rule of thumb is that if it’s really easy to get the backlink (i.e. buy 1,000 links for $5), then it’s probably not going to be that effective. A better solution is to figure out ways to give great content to industry related blogs that would include links back to your sites (i.e. guest posting) or leverage other aspects of your business to get links- check out the post from today http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/seo-website-badge for a good example.

]]> Comment on Link Builder- Links From Industry Organizations by pinktoenails http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/link-builder-industry-organizations/#comment-140 pinktoenails Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:33:35 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=451#comment-140 I found this on fiverr will it help me get more backlinks? http://fiverr.com/mtfashley/submit-your-link-or-website-to-10000-index-directorys Thanks Holly I found this on fiverr will it help me get more backlinks?
http://fiverr.com/mtfashley/submit-your-link-or-website-to-10000-index-directorys

Thanks
Holly

]]> Comment on Get Links from Your Contacts with a Website Badge by Jon Tucker http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/seo-website-badge/#comment-139 Jon Tucker Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:05:18 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=905#comment-139 Hi Ashley- this is a GREAT idea. It's actually perfect for a badge campaign. Feel free to get in touch as you roll it out. Looking fwd to chatting soon. Hi Ashley- this is a GREAT idea. It’s actually perfect for a badge campaign. Feel free to get in touch as you roll it out. Looking fwd to chatting soon.

]]> Comment on Get Links from Your Contacts with a Website Badge by Ashley http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/seo-website-badge/#comment-138 Ashley Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:03:57 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=905#comment-138 Jon, I run a series of photography workshops in NY and think I could use this tactic with my students- maybe a certification badge after they’ve completed the course that communicates their experience to potential photography clients? What do you think? I’ll get in touch via email in a few days as I brainstorm this a bit more- maybe we can work together on it. Jon, I run a series of photography workshops in NY and think I could use this tactic with my students- maybe a certification badge after they’ve completed the course that communicates their experience to potential photography clients? What do you think? I’ll get in touch via email in a few days as I brainstorm this a bit more- maybe we can work together on it.

]]> Comment on How to Measure SEO Performance by Jon Tucker http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/measure-seo-performance/#comment-126 Jon Tucker Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:44:28 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=865#comment-126 Thanks for commenting Ryan- glad you found this helpful. RE: "how do you tie sales into all of this?" What I would recommend is setting up Google Analytics Goals for various things on your site, one of which would be a successful sale. This will enable you to see how many sales were generated directly within Google Analytics. Because this data is in Analytics, you can then segment only SEO related traffic (i.e. non-brand organic search traffic) so that you can see exactly how many sales came from SEO traffic versus other marketing campaigns you're doing. In fact, you can even see which specific keywords someone typed on Google generated your sales. If you need help setting up Google Analytics Goals, let me know- would be happy to point you in the right direction! Thanks for commenting Ryan- glad you found this helpful.

RE: “how do you tie sales into all of this?”
What I would recommend is setting up Google Analytics Goals for various things on your site, one of which would be a successful sale. This will enable you to see how many sales were generated directly within Google Analytics. Because this data is in Analytics, you can then segment only SEO related traffic (i.e. non-brand organic search traffic) so that you can see exactly how many sales came from SEO traffic versus other marketing campaigns you’re doing. In fact, you can even see which specific keywords someone typed on Google generated your sales.

If you need help setting up Google Analytics Goals, let me know- would be happy to point you in the right direction!

]]> Comment on How to Measure SEO Performance by Ryan http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/measure-seo-performance/#comment-125 Ryan Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:41:23 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=865#comment-125 We've been doing various marketing tactics online for awhile (PPC, email, etc.) and have recently been considering SEO. It definitely seems like a bit of a dark art, but the metrics you laid out are really helpful for us in terms of understanding what metrics to focus on in the early days of the campaign. How do you tie sales into all of this though? We’ve been doing various marketing tactics online for awhile (PPC, email, etc.) and have recently been considering SEO. It definitely seems like a bit of a dark art, but the metrics you laid out are really helpful for us in terms of understanding what metrics to focus on in the early days of the campaign. How do you tie sales into all of this though?

]]> Comment on Link Building Services by Social Media Link Tagging in Google Analytics http://www.competeonweb.com/services/link-building-services/#comment-95 Social Media Link Tagging in Google Analytics Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:39:29 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/#comment-95 [...] based in California with clients across the US and Canada. In addition to managing the agency’s link building services, Jon operates a number of online businesses of his own and is active in the California startup [...] [...] based in California with clients across the US and Canada. In addition to managing the agency’s link building services, Jon operates a number of online businesses of his own and is active in the California startup [...]

]]> Comment on Leverage Your Daily Emails for Website Traffic by Jon Tucker http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/email-signature-traffic/#comment-91 Jon Tucker Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:23:58 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=707#comment-91 Thanks Mike- good to hear from you and hope all is well with you as well. Thanks Mike- good to hear from you and hope all is well with you as well.

]]> Comment on Going to an Event? “Live Blog” While You’re There by Rosemary http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/live-blog-event/#comment-86 Rosemary Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:55:15 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=787#comment-86 I guess you'll want to place a twitter icon to your blog. Just marked down this url, but I had to complete it manually. Simply my 2 cents. My blog: rachat de credit <a href="http://www.rachatdecredit.net" rel="nofollow">www.rachatdecredit.net</a> I guess you’ll want to place a twitter icon to your blog. Just marked down this url, but I had to complete it manually. Simply my 2 cents.

My blog:
rachat de credit http://www.rachatdecredit.net

]]> Comment on Leverage Your Daily Emails for Website Traffic by Mike Cloke http://www.competeonweb.com/blog/email-signature-traffic/#comment-59 Mike Cloke Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:52:31 +0000 http://www.competeonweb.com/?p=707#comment-59 Hey Jon, Hope you are well. Almost a year since we were at SEO Moz! Thanks for the blog post, it inspired me to change my email signature :) Mike Hey Jon,

Hope you are well.

Almost a year since we were at SEO Moz!

Thanks for the blog post, it inspired me to change my email signature :)

Mike

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