Timberline Gardens is located here in Arvada, Colorado. Timberline Gardens is one of the premiere Denver Garden Centers. Timberline Gardens did not have much of a web presence and they are getting a badly needed website rewrite along with on page SEO efforts and a full dose of social media to help them in the Google searches.
Timberline Gardens are specialists in native plants and grow their nursery stock right here in Colorado-ensuring that their plants are acclimated to our climate! They have a beautiful facility with all the nursery items you could need for your Denver planting needs. They also have essentials like top soil, gravel and materials for water ponds.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
SEO Plugins for WordPress
Check out this Mashable article on the 20 best SEO Plugins for WordPress. I'm not familiar with each and every one of these but you can pick and choose. My favorite to date is the All in One SEO Plugin. I love this SEO tool and would be lost without it.
If you blog-SEO is on your radar, or should be and these tools will make your live easier. Thanks to Brett Borders for the heads up!
If you blog-SEO is on your radar, or should be and these tools will make your live easier. Thanks to Brett Borders for the heads up!
Domain Names and SEO
I received a call from a client here in Denver, Colorado. He is in the process of writing a book and was agonizing over just the right domain name. He wants to do a blog and his book is along the lines of abundance. He wanted to know from a SEO perspective if it would be better to use his name or a descriptive domain name with keywords.
From a personal standpoint I like to use domain names that are descriptive of what you do or offer and have a great keyword or two. I say that for a couple of reasons: keywords in your domain will never hurt and hopefully it will keep you on track to the theme of the blog. For example, if my blog title is Denver SEO Speaker-I need to keep with that general theme in order to have a meaningful presence in the searches. Conversely, if my domain name were Steve Mertz I could be all over the board in my writing. The most important thing to remember is to use keyword rich titles in your blog posts and support those titles with unique content that actually uses the keywords and phrases you want to rank for.
Last point-when you have people link to your blog ask them to use descriptive keywords that are relevant to your SEO efforts. There is no substitute for quality inbound links that include your important keywords.
Here is an interesting article and comments from Problogger on How to Choose a Domain Name.
From a personal standpoint I like to use domain names that are descriptive of what you do or offer and have a great keyword or two. I say that for a couple of reasons: keywords in your domain will never hurt and hopefully it will keep you on track to the theme of the blog. For example, if my blog title is Denver SEO Speaker-I need to keep with that general theme in order to have a meaningful presence in the searches. Conversely, if my domain name were Steve Mertz I could be all over the board in my writing. The most important thing to remember is to use keyword rich titles in your blog posts and support those titles with unique content that actually uses the keywords and phrases you want to rank for.
Last point-when you have people link to your blog ask them to use descriptive keywords that are relevant to your SEO efforts. There is no substitute for quality inbound links that include your important keywords.
Here is an interesting article and comments from Problogger on How to Choose a Domain Name.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Google Adwords
When speaking to audiences on Search engine optimization (SEO) the question of AdWords inevitably comes up. Some folks claim that AdWords is SEO... I'm not in that camp but Google AdWords can be a useful tool while you are working on your organic search results.
The New York Times recently had an article talking about marketers honing the focus of search ads. They were interviewing Jessica Jensen of the site Low Impact Living. She says she has not cut back spending on search advertising and says: "I can't stop advertising, so instead I'm spending every dollar and dime efficiently."
She mentions that during last year's holidays, she marketed products such as energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures. This year she's all about products that help cut utility bills-seems to me like we are talking about similar items. While AdWords do allow you to turn on a dime a refocus your marketing efforts; it appears that a good SEO campaign could also help her efforts.
At the end of the day, if she's spending $20,000 a month on AdWords more power to her-so long as she is netting $50,000! Use AdWords correctly and they can help but don't forget about solid SEO strategies that have withstood the test of time.
The New York Times recently had an article talking about marketers honing the focus of search ads. They were interviewing Jessica Jensen of the site Low Impact Living. She says she has not cut back spending on search advertising and says: "I can't stop advertising, so instead I'm spending every dollar and dime efficiently."
She mentions that during last year's holidays, she marketed products such as energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures. This year she's all about products that help cut utility bills-seems to me like we are talking about similar items. While AdWords do allow you to turn on a dime a refocus your marketing efforts; it appears that a good SEO campaign could also help her efforts.
At the end of the day, if she's spending $20,000 a month on AdWords more power to her-so long as she is netting $50,000! Use AdWords correctly and they can help but don't forget about solid SEO strategies that have withstood the test of time.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
SEO and Social Sites
Here are a few of my favorite social sites to help promote your online presence.
The first is Naymz. This is a good site to make contacts, expand your exposure and reputation management.
The next is LindedIn. A great site for increased exposure and if you are willing to work- a great source for making additional contacts to help build your business.
Another one is Amazon. It's a great place to review books, build community and work on reputation management.
How about Facebook-not just for kids!
Don't forget about the power of YouTube-a great tool for reputation management and SEO search results.
Enjoy!
Steve Mertz Denver SEO Speaker
The first is Naymz. This is a good site to make contacts, expand your exposure and reputation management.
The next is LindedIn. A great site for increased exposure and if you are willing to work- a great source for making additional contacts to help build your business.
Another one is Amazon. It's a great place to review books, build community and work on reputation management.
How about Facebook-not just for kids!
Don't forget about the power of YouTube-a great tool for reputation management and SEO search results.
Enjoy!
Steve Mertz Denver SEO Speaker
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Making Money Online
Well, it's finally happening-I'm writing my first book and will use my blog to publicize it and gain traction with the search engines! The book is called: Our Footprints are Different...But Our Hearts Are the Same. It's a children's book and is meant to be an inspirational story for those who incur a physical disability at an early age.
It will be fun to incorporate all of my SEO strategies to drive readers to my blog and hopefully book sales-let the games begin!!
It will be fun to incorporate all of my SEO strategies to drive readers to my blog and hopefully book sales-let the games begin!!
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Blog Writing for SEO Content
If you are a small business owner and not happy with the performance of your blog-call us! We provide blog writing services. We can write blog posts for you. These posts are written for your keywords and phrases.
There is no substitute for unique and quality content on your blog. The content can drive traffic to your website or turn visitors of your blog into paying customers! All of the blog post are customized for your business and no one else. They are optimized for the search engines and written by SEO professionals.
The content we write is customized for you and your potential customers. Every small business owner wants to know how to appear on the first page of Google without paying Google for Ad Words. While we do not guarantee placement in Google searches we can offer you examples of our work and the additional revenues our clients enjoy because of better search results.
Don't fall asleep doing a Google search for your website or blog...Call us for a custom program.
Steve Mertz
Custom Blog Writing
There is no substitute for unique and quality content on your blog. The content can drive traffic to your website or turn visitors of your blog into paying customers! All of the blog post are customized for your business and no one else. They are optimized for the search engines and written by SEO professionals.
The content we write is customized for you and your potential customers. Every small business owner wants to know how to appear on the first page of Google without paying Google for Ad Words. While we do not guarantee placement in Google searches we can offer you examples of our work and the additional revenues our clients enjoy because of better search results.
Don't fall asleep doing a Google search for your website or blog...Call us for a custom program.
Steve Mertz
Custom Blog Writing
Thursday, August 28, 2008
SEO Speaker Boston Bound
SEO speaker will be headed to Boston, Massachusetts on September 13th, 2008. I have the pleasure of speaking to the National Speakers Association/New England Chapter. This will be a great meeting and the general public can attend the meeting.
The meeting will be all about SEO for blogs and websites. I will also discuss website strategies and social networking.
I have several requests for private consultations on SEO. If you would like to meet privately call me at 303-619-8972 or shoot me an email: Steve at seospeakers.com
I hope to see you in Boston!
Steve Mertz
Website Strategy Speaker
The meeting will be all about SEO for blogs and websites. I will also discuss website strategies and social networking.
I have several requests for private consultations on SEO. If you would like to meet privately call me at 303-619-8972 or shoot me an email: Steve at seospeakers.com
I hope to see you in Boston!
Steve Mertz
Website Strategy Speaker
Blog and Website Optimization
Steve Mertz-SEO speaker is headed to Las Vegas, Nevada on September, 20, 2008. It will be my pleasure to spend the day with National Speakers Association/Las Vegas Chapter. They have asked me to speak on how to increase your presence in a Google search and most importantly-how to turn visitors into customers!
I'll spend some time sharing website optimization tips and website strategies. My expertise is not coding websites but rather how to write for the search engines and potential clients as well. My favorite weapons of choice are blogs. We will talk about how blogs support your online marketing efforts and why I'm such a fan of WordPress.
Social media will also be a topic of discussion. This is not really new news but for some it is and there is a right way to use social media to drive potential customers to your website or blogs.
You do not have to be a member of the Las Vegas Chapter to attend the meeting-so if you are a small business owner and want to learn how to bring your marketing program online...here's your chance!
Steve Mertz
SEO Speaker
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