Is This Why You Failed at Local Internet Marketing?

Local internet marketing is a dirty business, especially if you’re in a competitive niche.  Many local companies do everything right – practice good organic SEO, have a well-organized and optimized Google Place page, have updated profiles on Yahoo, Yelp, YP, Foursquare, etc. And yet…these same local businesses don’t rank well for local keywords.

So what’s going wrong?

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Complete Guide to Writing a Blog Post (2/4)

Writing web copy is very different from normal writing.  Web copy must be concise, scannable, eye-catching, and organized.  In Part 1, of the Complete Guide to Writing a Blog Post we discussed how to make your content unique and useful.  In this section, I’ll provide some of the leading tips on writing for SEO performance, including writing effective titles in your WordPress Posts and organizing the content for improved SEO.

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Complete Guide to Writing a Blog Post (1/4)

So you have a blog, now what?  Well, the key to a successful blog is great content.  As the veterans used to say, “content is king”.  But writing a blog post successfully can be a daunting task.  Where do I get started?  What do I write about?  Why aren’t people reading my articles?  This complete guide to writing a blog post will help answer these questions and provide simple, step by step instructions on how to start building an audience and getting the traffic your site deserves.

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