Small Business SEM

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts during November. If you’re new to SBS, this is a monthly feature and will lead to something fun in a couple months. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the archives. Only rule is that my own posts are not eligible.
Small Business

Chris Brogan: Small [...]

Search-related companies always seem to make newsy announcements when there are industry events going on, and this week is no exception: The Kelsey/SES Local show is going on down in Los Angeles, and there have been a bunch of local search-related announcements.
CitySearch is partnering with Merchant Circle, which is no surprise given IAC’s recent investment [...]

This is a brief interruption to our regular SBS programming to let you know that my employer is hiring! Haven’t you always thought it would be cool to work with me?
The position listed is “Search Engine Optimization Manager.” Yes, that’s my title. No, I’m not leaving. You can read more about the opportunity [...]

We spend so much time talking about what your SEO provider should and shouldn’t do, what strategies and tactics the SEO provider may or may not employ on your SEO campaign, what makes a great SEO provider, and so forth. Let’s talk about the other side of the equation: What should the client do? If [...]

After every trip, whether for business or pleasure, one of the first things I do when I get home is get online and write some reviews. I review the hotels and restaurants I visited. If I used a shuttle service or visited some other service business, I might review them, too. I’ll write my reviews [...]

November 23, 2006: Happy Thanksgiving

Originally uploaded by Matt McGee

This is what the dinner table looked like for Thanksgiving 2006. It’ll look about the same tomorrow, and I can’t wait. Once we start eating, our Thanksgiving tradition includes the four of us (we have two kids) [...]

There are countless companies that target real estate agencies and individual agents, offering “complete web site packages” and “custom solutions” that always include “search engine optimization” so you can “maximize your traffic and sell more houses.”
Barf.
You want to see what they’re offering? I got my hands on one of their marketing sheets, and here’s [...]

On the chance that some of my readers don’t have Karl Ribas’ blog bookmarked (why not?!), let me point you over his way for …
An Interview with Matt McGee
We covered a lot of stuff. (That’s a euphemism for I’m a wordy S.O.B.) And the best thing, for me, about doing this kind of thing, [...]