Five Basic Client Questions for Future Internet Marketing Experts (PART I)

Internet marketing experts are a dime a dozen nowadays. Internet marketing is quickly becoming a lucrative business, with search engine optimization practitioners earning as much as $80,000-90,000/year. However, it takes experience and expertise to stay long in the internet marketing business, not to mention a portfolio of long term and highly-satisfied clients who can back…

Visa Joins the E-commerce World by Launching Its New Digital Wallet

Visa becomes another force to reckon with in the e-commerce world as it launches its new digital wallet. The new digital wallet is an e-commerce solution pioneered by Visa to allow consumers to pay for goods and services with just a click on their smartphones. With Visa set to launch another promising e-commerce solution, the…

In-house Team VS SEO Firms: Why Hiring Professional Search Engine Optimization Practitioners Is Better

Having a dedicated SEO team is not even a question for online businesses nowadays. The big question is whether to build an in-house SEO team or outsource professional search engine optimization practitioners to do internet marketing campaigns that are tailored to a client’s needs. Here are some of the reasons why companies should hire internet…

Enhance Your Blog: Tips on How to Effectively Use Images

What makes a fairytale storybook unforgettable? Of course there needs to be a Prince Charming and a “happily-ever-after” ending, but what else? Engaging animation and pictures would do wonders. If they were pop-out images, even better.  The same concept holds true to blogs as well, minus the magic mirrors and dragons. Having relevant and engaging…

Twitter Tips: Connecting with local customers

It is no secret that Twitter can help you interact with customers and expose your business to potential clients, but how do you connect with the right people?  Directly connecting with customers in your area of business is crucial, since you will most likely benefit more from these people than those from Bangkok, Thailand, 8263…

How URL Shorteners Can Affect Search Engine Optimization

With Twitter and Facebook’s 140 and 420-character limit, respectively, it is easy to see the reason why some users prefer to use URL shorteners when sharing links to fans, friends, and followers. In terms of search engine optimization wherein optimizing links by placing keywords is advisable, it is important to know how URL shorteners can…

Set Your Press Release Apart by Making It SEO-Friendly

Writing a press release serves the same purpose of producing a blog when it comes to SEO. A press release is another means of link building, a credible one at that. Writing an SEO-friendly press release and submitting it to the top 5 leading wire services in the United States – Business Wire, Marketwire, PrimeNewswire,…

How Lucrative is the SEO Business Exactly? What It Pays to Be an SEO Specialist

Crandall Associates, Inc. has recently released its 2011 edition of its annual “Online Marketing Salary Guide” and discovered that search engine optimization (SEO) specialists are now earning a base salary of $59,100 this year. This is approximately $9,000 more than what the firm reported a year ago, which revealed that last year, SEO specialists earned…