I Need More Traffic To My Website!
September 9, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Marketing Strategy Tips
“How do I get more traffic to my website?” This is a fairly common question I get from small business owners all the time. The problem is many of these folks tend to sit back and “hope” targeted and qualified traffic lands at their feet and buys their stuff. As my mentor Craig Garber will [...]
WordPress SEO: The 7 Best SEO WordPress Plugins For Small Businesses
September 2, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Blogging For Business Tips, SEO WordPress
If you’re a frequent reader of my blog you probably already know a website built with WordPress comes “out of the box” SEO friendly. However, if you’re the type of person who aspires to dominate your marketplace or niche, there are several WordPress Plugins for SEO that can help. This is a list of SEO [...]
Top 7 MUST Have WordPress Plugins For Business Owners
August 31, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Blogging For Business Tips
In my last post you discovered the ins and outs of WordPress plugins and how they help make websites more functional. Today I’d like to share with you the “Top 7 MUST Have WordPress Plugins For Business Owners.” This is NOT the “be all end all” list of plugins. This is just a list of [...]
SEO Tools-5 Free SEO Tools Every Business Owner Must Know!
August 26, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, SEO Tips, SEO Tools
As an SEO consultant I rely on a few different SEO tools to get client’s sites to the top of the search engines. Now most of these SEO tools you’ll have to pay for, however, there are a few tools out there you can use and the good news is… They’re totally FREE! So without [...]
WordPress For Business Owners-Get Control Of Your Website
July 23, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Blogging For Business Tips
One of the biggest frustrations for business owners online is NOT being in control of your website. I see this all the time as an SEO consultant where the business owner is held hostage by their webmaster or hosting company. For example, one of my clients had his website delayed for almost a year. This [...]
WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”- Warning! Read This Before Upgrading
June 18, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Blogging For Business Tips
If you’ve been an avid reader of mine for anytime, you’ll know my love affair with WordPress. In fact, WordPress is my “secret weapon” when it comes to getting websites ranking really high in the search engines for the products or services you’re selling. Well this week, WordPress announced it’s upgrade to WordPress 3.0 and [...]
SEO Results-Don’t Stress, It’s Just The Google Dance!
June 11, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, SEO Tips
As an SEO consultant, one of the services I provide my small business SEO clients are weekly SEO results reports. Now while this is a nice service to offer, sometimes it’s a blessing and a curse…here’s why. First, I want to be clear, SEO results are important and you have to measure them. All I’m [...]
Marketing With The Big Dogs: How Big Is Your Game?
June 7, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Marketing Strategy Tips
I spent this past weekend chauffeuring my daughter around to her basketball tournaments this weekend. My daughter, Gabrielle, plays for the U-11 team which is a mixture of 10 and 11 year old girls. Well this weekend, due to a scheduling snafu, our girls were forced to play the U-13 girls. The U-13 girls team [...]
7 Tips To Writing An Elevator Pitch For Your Website
April 30, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Marketing Strategy Tips
So over the last few days you’ve discovered why it’s important to have a elevator pitch for your website and the 7 ways to leverage your website’s elevator pitch. Today I’d like to wrap this series up and share with you 7 strategies to writing a powerful elevator pitch for your website. Now you don’t [...]
7 Ways To Leverage Your Website’s Elevator Pitch
April 28, 2010 by Bill Parlaman
Filed under Bill's Blog, Marketing Strategy Tips, Small Business SEO
So yesterday you discovered the importance of having a quality elevator pitch for your website. Today, I’d like to share with you 7 ways to leverage your website’s elevator pitch and increase traffic to your website or business blog. 1) Your website’s tag line. Having a clear and concise tag line on your website quickly [...]
