SEO Training Module - Article Marketing

I've posted a new page to more fully explain the SEO training module that covers article marketing.

This is a training module, but it's also a service I provide. In a nutshell, article marketing is the process of writing informational articles and publishing them online (usually through an article distribution website like EzineArticles.com).

The goal of article marketing is to increase link popularity, website traffic, online PR and general awareness. Yes, articles can do all that! Why do you think I've written so many articles?

Please contact me if you have questions about this SEO training / service.

-Brandon

SEO Training Now Available Online

Just a quick post to update you on the virtual SEO training I now offer. The following press release went out a few days ago:

SEO Training Now Available Over the Web

Austin search engine optimization consultant uses screen-sharing technology to provide SEO training across the U.S. and Canada.

Austin, Texas - January 6, 2007 -- Brandon Cornett provides SEO services in Austin, Texas, but he has always wanted to extend his reach beyond driving distance. That's where screen-sharing technology came into the picture. Using such technology, Cornett now provides search engine optimization (SEO) training in real time to anyone in the United States or Canada, right over the Internet. Read the full story.

Organic Search Increases Web Traffic by 337%

I always tell clients how significant it is to show up within the first couple pages of Google search results. I've always collected case studies and tidbits of data to support the claim.

Now there's even more data to back it up, thanks to a company called Oneupweb. Like any good SEO company should do, Oneupweb conducted some data-based research to show the traffic gains for websites entering the top of Google search results.

One notable metric -- a 337 percent increase in traffic once a website reached the first page of Google for its key phrases. [View chart]

Read more about it

Food for thought (and justification for professional SEO services)!

Until next time,

~Brandon

How Do Search Engines Rank Websites?

Some SEO folks spend a lot of time and effort worrying about the latest tweaks to search engine algorithms.

Not me. I take a different approach to search engine optimization. I don't even think about search engines until I've built a quality website with plenty of great content.

Why?

Because a search engine will never sign up for your newsletter, purchase your products or services, or participate in your online community. Product first. People second. Search engines third. That's my mantra for Internet marketing.

Search engines are a path to your audience ... but they are not your audience.

Of course, once you've built that fabulous website, it certainly helps if search engines can find it, crawl through, and evaluate it. So here's some information to help you understand the technical side of search engine ranking.

• How search engines work
• How search engines rank websites
• Professional SEO training

Questions or comments?
If you have questions about this topic, or would like to know more about Internet marketing and SEO, feel free to contact me.

Brandon Cornett
Austin SEO Consultant