Very soon, you will see changes to this SEO blog.

In an effort to have more of a business platform for blogging, I’ve jumped on-board with Compendium Blogware. They have fabulous functionality for business blogs, are dynamite for Universities and Colleges and have a user-friendly “admin” section for any experience level.

Their commitment to the blog optimization is impressive - no plug-ins, no learning curve… a great platform for any size business.

Once you get signed up, it only takes about 10 days to get started w/your blog.

Check out Compendium Blogware for your business.

If you are reading this and want to contact me with questions and/or want a direct CB contact name, email me. vdc(at)seo-web-consulting(dot)com.

An interesting, insightful piece by Paul Worthington - A Control Freak’s Guide to Social Media Influence - a good read!!

Social media marketing can be successfully executed with any business or organization. I’ve worked with clients who, concerned about brand and feeling “out-of-control” with the social media platforms, have shied away from social media altogether.

But it CAN be done if you can think creatively - and outside the box in some instances! And it can be quite powerful for brand and online word-of-mouth buzz.

Till next time,
Valerie

So shame on me… I do not practice what I preach every day to my clients about blogging and building community and relationships thru blogging… I’m not blogging. :o(

Do I want to be? YES. Do I want to expand this element of business? YES. Do I want to build my own social community? YES. So what’s stopping me?

Time.

I did not make any New Year’s Resolutions… and it IS the latter part of March… but stating now, I’m going to attempt to MAKE the time to blog - even if it’s simply the same length as my Twitter posts (follow me on Twitter!)… it will be a good start… and I must practice what I preach - at least, right? :o)

I’m not so ambitious to think that it will be daily, but perhaps 2-3 times/week? And honestly, the industry heavies that blog and Twitter all day long canNOT possibly be doing the hands-on work of a conultant. So that said, I will practice what I preach from this moment forward, but cannot promise blog posts will be long-wnded diatribes about any one topic… but more like Twitter ramblings. :o)

I’m re-committing and on that note, I leave you with:
INNER NEWNESS:
“The whole idea is to drink from your own fountain of released wisdom.” V.H. Cosmic Command

Till next time,
Valerie

If you Twitter, you can follow @smx to get SMX East updates… not at SMX East this time…. opted for PubCon in November

We’ve lost pagerank on this last update and can’t ever really know why - no matter how much we know, how careful and knowledgeable we are… it will always be somewhat unjust and a total mystery.

Lee Odden wrote a GREAT piece “Get Better Returns on your Conference Investment“… some valuable tips from many of the elite speakers and organizers of the conferences we all attend…

A GREAT guest post from Everett Sizemore on Graywolf’s SEO Blog on finding sponsorship link opporunities (but not stopping there!). A good tips resource (and reminder) for those working on link building projects…

A great Search Engine Watch article by Mark Jackson. I think we all have a beef with this type of practice… but it certainly happens in every industry. Check out the responses on Sphinn.

A really good article by Craig Aaron and S. Derek Turner: Save the Internet

Worth the read…

Also check out and get involved:

www.SaveTheInternet.com

www.InternetForEveryone.org

So you want to place forms on your site for people to submit inquires regarding your product or service? Then you deal with a shit-load of spam from the idiots out there who have nothing better to do w/their time!

Use CAPTCHA!!!!! It’s the best spam fighter available to website and business owners.

CAPTCHA even works on “hiding” email addresses…

And the price is right… it’s FREE.