3 Tips for a Strong Social and Community Team
Every company needs to be concerned about how they appear on social media channels. To start, you need to have a planned-out strategy for brand...
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Melissa is a Sr SEO Analyst at Cox Enterprises, a marketing consultant and the owner of SEO Aware, LLC. Melissa has been in the SEO indusstry for 15 years. She uses her psychology background to help businesses create effective social media strategies, social media teams, and the content that meets the marketing goals of the company.
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Meme Monday Labor Day Edition
It’s Labor Day! We hope that everyone is having a fabulous, long weekend. To add some fun, here is our Meme Monday Labor Day Edition...
Matt Cutts Meme Monday: @mattcutts
Our audience seems to really enjoy our search and social meme Mondays, but it is really important that we not forget the nerd of all...
The Content Omniverse [Infographic]
We all know content marketing is extremely important for an infinite amount of reasons, but do you know how much various forms of content are...
Matt Cutts Discusses 301 Redirect Limits on Websites
Matt Cutts explains that Google Webmaster Help has created 375 videos (at the time) to answer questions users have asked, and they have decided to do...
Search Meme Monday
The SEJ crew has been really surprised at the very positive response we get when we share search and social memes on Facebook. We know...
An Infographic to Show People How Big the SEO Industry Really Is
Blue Caribu released this infographic called, “How Big Is the SEO Industry on the Internet?” I like it because I feel like I can use...
Changing Jobs? Some Tips from Alan Bleiweiss
I have had lot of SEO/Internet marketing friends that have lost jobs or changed jobs and then had to move far away to a new...
Interview with Lynsey Little from Distilled
Our industry’s conferences are a lot of fun, and of course educational. In the past few years several companies, like Distilled, have been offering smaller...
How Display Drives Search [Infographic]
Pretarget’s infographic, Display Drives Search, could be very helpful and education to those that are new to display advertising. The infographic looks at how closely...
PPC Salary Guide via Infographic
ONWARD search created a great infographic called PPC Jobs Salary Guide that breaks down the “best job markets, the most in-demand job titles, and salary ranges...
Matt Cutts Says Do Not Block Googlebot From Crawling JavaScript and CSS
Matt starts by saying that this video is a short “Public Service Announcement” so I think you should pay close attention to everything he says....
A Timeline of Google Algorithm Changes & Updates [Infographic]
Outrider has offered a very informative and historical infographic that offers a timeline of Google Algorithm Changes. All SEO’s can use this IG as a...
The Complete Guide To Using The Brand New Buffer For LinkedIn
There are over 200 million Tweets being posted every day on Twitter. Another 4 billion items are shared on Facebook daily. But what about LinkedIn?...
Matt Cutts Explains How Google Handles Paid Directories [Video]
Have you ever wondered about how Google handles paid directories? Well, Matt Cutts answers the question “Are paid directories held to the same standards as...
How Offering Workshops Can Help You Bring In Clients Over Time
Because I own my own company I know how hard it can be to continually bring in new clients and keep a steady flow of...
An Interview with Jordan Kasteler About His New Social Media Marketing Book
Jordan Kasteler has had quite the career. He was the Senior SEO Analyst at Overstock.com, a co-founder of Search and Social, the SVP of Content...
Google’s Matt Cutts Explains Fetch as Googlebot in “Submit to Index via Google Webmaster Tools”
Matt explains this newer feature and tells you about all the options you have with Fetch as Googlebot.
9 Audiences Your Content Marketing Should Address
Everyone is different when it comes to interests, education, skill levels in different industries, etc. One of the biggest mistakes I see businesses and bloggers...
Matt Cutts Explains How SafeSearch Works
Google’s Matt Cutts answers a question about how SafeSearch works. The link Matt mentions is below the video. If you’re a website owner and you...
Need a Cheat Sheet for Social Media?
Well, Flowtown made a fantastic one and we want to share it with you. Now obviously many of us do not need this cheat sheet,...
Interview with Ryan Jones: Big Brand SEO, Social Media & More
Can You Tell Us About Your Current Job? I’m the Senior Search Strategist at Team Detroit. We’re a full service agency owned by WPP. I...
Interview with the Chris Boggs, President of SEMPO
I interviewed the Chris Boggs via telephone and it was a very exciting geek-like conversation. We discussed SEMPO and upcoming conferences where you can see...
[POLL] Have you ever unfriended a family member on Facebook? Have advice?
I know many people have at least one family member they would like to unfriend, but how does one do this without causing problems? Have...
Interview with Scott Cowley on SEO, Company Support and More
Scott Cowley is the in-house, SEO ninja at ZAGG. He is very smart, very funny and a real genuine person. I asked on Twitter what...
Interview with Annie Cushing on Google Analytics
Annie Cushing is the Director of Analytics for BlueGlass. She is the analytics ninja to listen to and follow on a Twitter. She also offers...
Interview #1 with Joanna Lord for PPC Beginners
Joanna Lord is the Director of Customer Acquisition at SEOmoz.org, a leading SEO software company out of Seattle, WA. While she currently heads up SEOmoz’s...
The Evolution of Facebook Features [INFOGRAPHIC]
GroSocial and Reid Johns created this infographic. Fantastic timeline of data to use for research.
Learn About Cloaking From Google’s Matt Cutts [Video]
Matt says he wanted to create the definitive cloaking video; I think this is a great educational video. You can learn more about cloaking in...
#Twilight Saga and Breaking Dawn Stats [SEJ Infographic]
Don’t Ever Underestimate the Power of Teen Fans It can be said that the Twilight demographic is probably the most internet savvy if you look...