How Much Work Gets Done On Your SEO Packages?
A question that I often receive is “Just how much work do you do per month on your SEO packages?” We currently offer four main packages: our silver, gold, platinum, and diamond SEO packages which are respectively currently priced $297, $597, $897, and $1,197 per month (our monthly SEO packages can be viewed here). A …
Fact vs Fiction About Companies That Blog
Blog, blog, blog!!! There’s so many rumors out there about blogs, so in this post we’re going to explain what’s fact and what’s fiction as well as outline a few best practices for blogging as a business owner. First off, I have to say that having a blog is critical to any business these days. …
What Can A Gold Mine Teach Us About SEO?
Over the weekend I was flipping through TV channels and came across a show about mining gold. There was nothing else really on, so I started to watch it a little as I’ve seen bits and pieces of this show in the past. It was towards the end of the season of gold mining in …
Niche Traffic – The Most Important Part Of SEO
People ask me all the time “What’s the most important aspect of SEO?” There’s hundreds of technical aspects of SEO that are critical to any campaign, but the most important part of SEO has nothing to do with the campaign itself– it has to do with your keywords. Just What Exactly Is Niche Traffic? There’s …
The Cost Advantage Of Specialization
Let’s face it–there’s a lot of information out there on the internet. In fact, there’s information out there about literally everything you could possibly want to know–it’s often just a matter of finding it. The internet is an excellent resource for information on DIY projects, how to articles, and instructional videos. But the reality is …
Simple SEO Group Stands For Great Customer Service
We get it. There’s tens of thousands of other web design and SEO companies out there. And there’s thousands of companies that are priced within your budget. And there’s hundreds that will do a good job. But as far as I’m concerned, there’s only one company that will do a great FANTASTIC job on your project, and that’s …
“Not Provided” Keywords In Google Analytics
“Not Provided” keywords in Google Analytics are causing a BIG headache for internet marketing firms and business owners alike. Through this article we’ll explain why these keywords are showing up in your Google Analytics reports as “not provided” and explain exactly what “not provided” means. What Is It And Why? In October, 2011, Google announced …
Choosing An SEO Company : How To Find The Right One
It might sound like an easy task– you’re looking for an SEO company to help improve your business’ website rankings. There’s thousands of SEO companies out there, but for nearly every SEO company there’s an SEO horror story behind them. From companies run overseas that steal your money to companies that are US based that …
Why Does My Website Need SEO?
I heard a great quote just the other day that got me thinking about why websites actually need SEO and inspired me to dedicate an entire blog post just to this one quote and concept. In an ideal world, we would spend a few hundred dollars on a basic website or a few thousand dollars …
Your One Stop Guide To SEO (Part 3) Time Frame
In part 3 of our one stop guide to SEO series, we’re going to get realistic about the time frame associated with SEO (and yes, we are giving you the truth about time frames not the stuff that SEO sales people feed you to get you to sign up). In short there’s no way to …
Your One Stop Guide To SEO (Part 2) Why SEO Works For You
In part 2 of our one stop guide to SEO series, we’re going to talk more about how and why SEO will or will not work for your small business. A lot of people feel SEO doesn’t work for small businesses. It’s one of the biggest myths out there about SEO. While yes, there are …
Your One Stop Guide To SEO (Part 1) Myth Busting
In the world of SEO, there’s a few questions that seem to always pop up but I’ve really never seen one good place to go to get answers to all these questions. Until now that is. We’re putting together a small series that will literally be your one stop guide to SEO. All the questions …
How To Get Referrals For Your Small Business
We’re heard it a million times “If you want to grow your business, the best way is through referrals”. But you provide an excellent product or service at an excellent price and have satisfied customers but still–why aren’t you seeing the amount of referrals you would like to see? Let’s face it–it isn’t easy by …
Yet Another Small Business SEO Example
We’re always posting results of our small business SEO efforts. Today we’re going to take a look at the Google Analytics account of a small business that has been doing SEO with us for about 8 months on their company’s website. We’ve seen some improvements over the entire campaign however the last month, things really …
Google Panda Rankings Dropped Example
Did your rankings drop after the Google Panda update? A lot of websites lost their first page rankings after this update–and the main reason has to do with content. I was fortunate enough to be contacted this week by a small business owner who has a website that dropped sharply in rankings after the Google …
Business Ethics And Honesty For Small Business
A handshake. For anyone who was around in the business world 25+ years ago, a handshake was like offering your first born as collateral. Forget the 100 page contracts, the “Sign here, here, and in 20 other places”, and the concern over not getting paid for a job. Sure there were plenty of flaws and …
Why It’s Important To Diversify With SEO
Earlier this year the official Google Panda update rolled out. This update hit websites in every niche and destroyed the rankings of websites that didn’t have quality links and didn’t have quality content. Up until the Panda update it was pretty darn easy to get a site ranked in search engines because “black hat” methods …
Introducing Rank Tracker: A New Feature For Our SEO Clients
We’re always trying to blaze the trail in the SEO world and provide our clients with the best possible services and tools at the most affordable prices and we’ve done it yet again. Introducing Simple SEO Group’s new Rank Tracker feature–a free tool available exclusively to our SEO clients. The Rank Tracker is just one …
How Long Should A Blog Post Be?
Just how long should a blog post be? It’s one of those questions that I honestly get asked all the time–both from a reading perspective as well as an SEO perspective. In this article we’re going to talk a little more about writing blog posts, how long a blog post should be, and how to …
Getting Credit For Your Small Business
There’s no way to live or function these days without a credit card, especially for a small business. A credit card is a lifeline for many–allowing them the luxury of getting what they need today and paying for it tomorrow. This isn’t an article to lecture you on how you should or shouldn’t use a …
Stop For One Moment Today
First of all happy Friday- the weekend is almost here. We’re all busy–especially at the end of the week trying to wrap up all our projects, return all our phone calls, respond to all our emails–and as we talked about in yesterday’s blog post being a small business owner or employee at a small business …
Local SEO vs National SEO
There’s two main types of SEO out there– local SEO and national SEO–and depending on the geographical area you serve you’re going to want to make sure you choose the right type of SEO. Most SEO companies focus only on national website SEO. This is helpful for companies that offer their products/services over the internet …
Results After 1 Year Of SEO
We’ve had some clients with us for a long time, and one of our clients just hit their 1 year anniversary with us, so I want to share their results after 1 year of SEO. This client (whose website we are not going to reveal for privacy reasons) is in the financial services industry and …
Are You A Tired Small Business Owner?
Owning a small business isn’t an easy task. There are days that I would much rather be in charge of a large, publicly owned company where my own money, life, and well being aren’t on the line every single day. But there’s a gratification that also comes from owning a small business– at the end …
Google’s 13th Birthday
Today marks the 13th birthday of search engine giant Google. Back on September 27, 1998, when websites were basically all text based, search engine giant Google saw a need for indexing websites and creating a database of all the websites out there on the web. 13 years later they have transformed into one of the …
Why Use WordPress?
Wordpress is a buzzing topic for web designers, and more and more websites are being powered today by WordPress. But why use WordPress for your website? Wordpress is by far the most popular content management system (CMS) on the internet today. Simple SEO Group utilizes WordPress on the back end to power our website and …
10 DIY Projects You Shouldn’t Take On As A Small Business Owner
Since our previous post about ma and pa business owners doing their own web design and ending up with absolutely awful websites ended up being so popular, I thought I would take some time to put together a post dedicated to 10 DIY projects that you should NEVER take on by yourself and also include …
Facebook F8 Announcements And Changes
Facebook got started around 2004, introduced photos in 2005, added the news feed in 2006, added a real time stream in 2008, the like button in 2009, and has continued to make changes in 2010 and 2011. In 2004, Facebook had a mere 10 million users. Today there are nearly 800 million users and growing …
The Importance Of A Professional Website
Okay–so there’s A LOT of ma and pa type small businesses out there that setup their own website–more power to you. I have to applaud the motivation and dedication that these business owners have. But here’s the problem–99.999% of these websites end up looking absolutely terrible! I can think of at least a dozen examples …
Simple SEO Group Website Redesign
We’re extremely excited to roll out the all new Simple SEO Group website! This new website layout and theme combines a crisp, clean look with an extremely high level of usability and function. A special thanks to Aric Smith, our web design manager, for overseeing this project and getting things up and running. It’s been …
How Many People Click On Google Ads?
Have you ever wondered just how many people click on Google ads? Google themselves have admitted in the past that less than 25% of their users will ever click on a pay-per-click ad on their platform. The reality is the vast majority of users are clicking on organic search results. How Many People Click On …
Small Business SEO and Why You Should Start TODAY!
It’s important to get started with your small business SEO campaign TODAY! Why you may ask? Two main reasons: Competition and Seasonality Competition is the number one factor in SEO and determines how much time and money it will take to rank for a keyword. Every single day that your small business decides to skip …
Where Does Your Website Traffic Come From?
Do you know where your company’s website traffic is coming from, and more importantly do you know where your conversions are coming from? Small business owners often trust their web design firm to setup everything they need to have a good website. But good web design isn’t just designing a site, it’s giving the site …
How To Avoid Insane Online Lawsuits
There are some absolutely insane lawsuits out there in the internet. I read a few months ago of a small at home business that is being sued for $10 million. There’s a lot of ways to get yourself in a lot of trouble on the internet, and as a disclaimer before you read this post, …
How Long Does SEO Take?
The number one question in the world of small business SEO is How Long Does SEO Take? There’s no straight answer for that, but let’s take a quick look at two scenarios to help answer the question of how long does SEO take: How Long Does SEO Take? Scenario 1: You are a small business …
SEO Friendly Website Design
If I only had a nickel for every time I saw a website that was designed with no thought given to SEO…I probably wouldn’t be working for an SEO company right now and would be retired on a private island in the Caribbean. No seriously I’m not even kidding. SEO Friendly Website Design If you’re …
How To Use Social Media & Facebook For Marketing
There’s already thousands of articles on the internet explaining how to use Facebook for marketing purposes, but I really feel most of them do a terrible job explaining how to actually market on sites like Facebook. They leave vague comments like “Engage your audience” or “Start communicating with users” but no one is bold enough …
What Is The Main Difference Between SEO and PPC
SEO and PPC are two words thrown around all the time in the online marketing world, but there are very distinct differences between SEO and PPC, and in our opinion there’s one option that is more profitable for the majority of small businesses. Let’s first examine what SEO and PPC actually are then compare the …
A Must Read For All Small Business Owners
This article is going to be a little long but it is a must read for ALL small business owners. I repeat this article is a must read for all small business owners. No one knows your small business better than you. Most of you have poured your time, money, energy, blood, sweat, and tears …
Why SEO Delivers A Higher ROI Than Other Marketing
The yellow pages used to be the number one place for businesses to advertise. There’s a good reason behind this. Do you know what it is? Let’s first step back and think about some other forms of advertising. Direct mail, cold calling, telemarketing, billboards, radio ads, TV ads, banner ads, yelling from the rooftop of …
