A Free Phone Option
That’s right. I said free. If you have a Google Account, you can sign up for Google Voice. You could have your Google Voice number ring all of your phones in your office. The first one to pick up gets the call. You can even have Google Voice screen your callers. If you don’t want to talk to that particular person, you can press a button to send them to voicemail. What’s neat is that you can hear the voicemail AS they’re leaving it, and you can press a button to stop the voicemail and talk to them. It’s almost like an answering machine except that...
Read MoreWho links to your competitors?
One way to get links is to find out who is linking to your competitors. Recently, I just stumbled upon two backlink checkers, Backlink Watch and Link Diganosis. Backlink Watch doesn’t require you install anything, but it is loaded with advertisements. Nevertheless, it does the job and will give you the website that is linking to you along with the text used in the link. Link Diagnosis doesn’t have all of the advertisments that Backlink Watch has, but it requires that you install a plug-in for the Mozilla Firefox browser. If you don’t us Mozilla Firefox to browse the...
Read MorePurchase Additional Domain Names and Forward Them
If you want your website to be accessed by multiple domain names, then you can. Having multiple domain names will give your visitors more ways to find you. For my personal training side gig, I have three domain names registered. I have my main domain name, Fightaholic.com, but I forward another domain name, NewnanMMA.com, to Fightaholic.com. I give MMA lessons in the Newnan, GA area, and Newnan and MMA are both in the first domain name. You could also use your other domain names to point to other pages of your website. If you own a dentistry, you could purchase the name...
Read MoreSearch Engine Optimization Explained in Plain English
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, not to the search engines. Words matter a lot to search engines. Watch the video below:
Read MoreGoogle Places Listing
What is it? Your Google Places listing shows up above the organic search listings. No, it’s not the paid ads. It’s free, and you can even add images to it. Take a look at the image below: I typed in the keywords “Personal Training Newnan GA” to come up with this page. I do personal training on the side, and all of my leads come through search engine listings. I’m pretty sure my Google Places listing is responsible for a lot of those leads. If you want to see your Google Places listing, you can type in your company name followed by its city and state. Your...
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