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Effective Link Building Strategies & Tips – Part II

Effective Link Building Strategies & Tips – Part II

Part II - Link Building Tools Before we get into discussing link building tools lets remind ourselves again that the main purpose of building links to our website is primarily to increase traffic as well as a better response from potential visitors.  However we also do it ...

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Effective Link Building Strategies & Tips – Part III

Effective Link Building Strategies & Tips – Part III

Part III - Link Building in SEO Wiki I know some of you out there may have never heard of SEO wiki or the SEO Wiki Effect?  I've done a lot of research on this topic and you'll be surprised that its really not all ...

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WordPress 3.0.1 Download

WordPress 3.0.1 Download

Maintenance Release Only Don't fret my friend....the WordPress 3.0.1 is merely a maintenance release to address about 50 minor issues.  I had a half a dozen clients email me, skype me and instant message me in a panic. Considering there were over 11 million downloads of WordPress ...

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Website Design for $5.95 a Month

Website Design for $5.95 a Month

The most common question I get in my SEO Consulting, Web Design and One On One Coaching practice is "Why is it so expensive to get a Website Designed and Built?  The easiest answer I can give is that it really isn't that expensive!!  Most ...

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Recent WordPress 3.0 Download Release!

Recent WordPress 3.0 Download Release!

WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress is finally on the market.  It took nearly half a year with over 218 contributors to get it out.  I've had the opportunity to test it on 9 different websites and you're going to love all the ...

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Effective Link Building Strategies & Tips

A huge amount of attention has been focused on link building and with good reason!  There are many many reasons why you should incorporate link building strategies into your overall strategies to bring more traffic to your website.  However, not all traffic is always good just like not all link building strategies are good or effective.  Your overall goal should be to bring specific and a more focused type of traffic in order to get the most bang for your time and effort.  Most of you know that it takes a huge amount of time to integrate these strategies.

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How To Make Money Blogging With The Right Keywords

Rick Cano - Cano ConsultingI’m often asked why Blog?  Very simple and not at all very hard to understand if you understand marketing and promoting technique’s online.  Blogger’s online have tapped into one of the fastest ways of getting traffic.  Ah, but it’s not just any old traffic….it’s a specific audience they’re trying to direct to their blog and website!  You see, most people setting up a new business online think that all you need to do is bring “traffic.” But its not general traffic we need to get, it’s a specific audience we’re looking for.  By tapping into specific keywords we’re able to direct a specific audience to our blog and website.

Before you can start blogging about a specific topic you really need to have a set of keywords to at least begin your blog.  You need the right keywords and to get the right keywords you need a very good tool that makes this process very simple, straight forward and very quick!

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Building A Customized Website – WordPress

Rick Cano - Cano ConsultingFrom time to time I will post an occasional “recommendation” or “testimonial” from a recent client simply because the project may have been a very unique project such as this one.  I was contracted to build a very unique and artistic web creation with certain parameters and I had to stay within those parameters.

However, instead of telling you what the parameters are let me give you a list of customized items I coded or embed the code within this WordPress website:

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Websites and its Weaknesses

Rick Cano - Cano ConsultingIf you recall a few weeks ago I provided a test case in which I showed you how a website performed or lack thereof!

One of the largest myths I run into in my private practice is that a majority of clients I talk to think that content alone is the driving force for traffic?  Yes, it is one of the elements needed but not the sole element.

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What is Content Creation

Rick Cano - Cano ConsultingWe can get pretty technical when discussing “content” but for the sake of clarity and efficiency we’re going to explain it in one sentence!  Then we’ll show you the different ways of finding content to add to your website.

Content is merely a page within a website that is usually coupled with typewritten information, links and images!  It can’t be that simple…well I hate to break it to you but it is.

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Website Analysis Results

Rick Cano - Cano ConsultingTest Case number 1: Client Name:  Bert, Website Type:  OpenCart, Years:  1 1/2 years, Sales:  Averaging 2 sales per month

Problems and Issues: In our first conversation over the phone Bert tells me that he’s not getting very much traffic and that most of his sales are coming from his own efforts by word of mouth.  He explains that he has lots of really good niche words and his content is pretty strong.  However his monthly average traffic is a mere 150 visits.

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