search engine optimization

5 beginner tools for internet marketing

December 5th, 2008 7 Comments

While these recommendations are fairly basic, and many may feel that they go without saying, I wanted to highlight them here:
#1) Your own domain name
Domain names usually cost about $10 per year from sites like GoDaddy.com. Do a bit of research and try to register your business name or an easily remembered domain name. Shorter [...]

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Local search marketing & social media experimentation

December 4th, 2008 2 Comments

I’m running a few experiments that some of you may be interested in. The first is in regards to getting your business to rank well for local or regional searches. Searches like “website development + Bozeman, MT“. Currently, Manifest Creative ranks 5th for this keyword search on Google.com.
Following the excellent advice of search marketing guru [...]

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