Hope you had a wonderful holiday and got what you wanted in your stocking.

Here is a great presentation on your 2009 Blueprint and are you ready to break the rules.

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/images/multifiles/articulate/webclinic-12-17-08/player.html

Great info on improving your conversion rate with testing.

Enjoy your day!

First I hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!

Here's a recap of things that happened in the Chicago SES.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632156

PPC Landing page tips.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632150

Tips for Local search.

http://www.clickz.com/3632121

Thoughts on what may happen in 2009

http://www.clickz.com/3632114

Design and your website.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/follansbee-graphics.htm

Enjoy your week!

Hope you are having a wonderful day - we just posted some tips for having fun around the holiday time at our sister site -

Fun things to do during Christmas.

We'll be taking a few weeks off as we enjoy the holidays and we hope you do the same!

I hope you are having a wonderful day! Below is the video I promised. Sorry it is late, I hope that you enjoy it. We'll continue our video tutorials on Jan. 7th.

Hopefully you had a wonderful weekend - the weather has been pretty wild around here, as I'm sure it has been in many parts of the country. Last week was in the 20's, yesterday in the 60's, today the 50's, tomorrow the 30's. Hopefully you are warm, safe, and have power!

SEO opportunities in down economic times.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632052

Ratings and reviews - how to join the conversation.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632068

We hope you have a wonderful day!

A very good introductory video for facebook.

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/1019/xfactor-facebook/

Ten ways to build your link campaign.

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/keyword-rich-links

Our microphone is kaput - so we'll work on getting that replaced - we should have the video for you by next week - if thing work out. Have a wonderful day!

Good Tuesday to you -

Some good info on how to format your newsletters.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/email/wilson-email-format1.htm

and if you're on shaky ground with your job here are some tips that may help you to be prepared.

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/11/26/10-tips-for-landing-your-next-job/

Enjoy your day!

We hope you are having a great week.

Some good notes on building a social community.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631904

Check out twit plug for some help getting the twitter word out.

http://twitplug.ning.com/

Enjoy your day!

As promised here are the first steps for making sure that you website is ready for any future changes. We'll be including a ton of different things, like adding video, using social networking and more. We'll work on adding videos to make it as easy as possible for you.

The first step in doing anything right is we want to be able to track how well we're doing. After all if we don't track things then how will we know when we're doing better.

The best way I've found to track things (and we've used them all ) is by using Google Analytics. It is super easy to use and tracks all the things we'll want to track. After all if you think about it don't you think they would include everything they find valuable in ranking your site?

Here is a video that will lead you step by step thru the sign up process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2785StVvas8

Next you'll want to make sure to add the code to all of your web pages. It's pretty simple to do that and they give good instructions on how to do that within the analytics site. The most important thing is that we want to make sure that the tracking is on all the pages.

Steps for this lesson.
1. Create a google analytics account.
2. Add the tracking code to all of the pages.

That's it - we'll talk next Weds and using analytics.

Tomorrow we'll be starting our series on getting your visitors more involved with your website. Every Weds. till we're finished we'll provide you information that will help.

If you use Google analytics then you'll enjoy this article.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/analytics/weber-ga-segment.htm

Some tactics you can use in an uncertain economy.

http://www.clickz.com/3631864

Have a wonderful day!

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a great time with friends and family (and for once I didn't eat too much turkey).

Some good info on Designing your small business website.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631829

Four things your ad should do.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/advertising/ad-tasks.htm

Enjoy your day!

Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend.

Couple of articles on Personal search - changes in how things are / will be ranked.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/17/seo-about-to-get-turned-on-its-ear

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631746

Some thoughts on Content optimization.

http://www.clickz.com/3631734

Marketing Tactics in a down economy

http://www.clickz.com/3631714

An excellent video on getting off your but and doing something (and in the meantime teaches you how to get some money for your blog).

http://garyvaynerchuk.com/2008/11/10/want-to-get-advertisers-on-your-blogvlog-go-and-get-it/

Since it's Thanksgiving week - we'll be posting sporadically.

Enjoy your day.

Couple of good interviews on 2.0

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-viewpoints/web2_2.php

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=2&issue=420&format=html

How the new President used 2.0

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631725

A good check list for your pay per click campaign.

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/trinity-of-ppc-success

Still talking about pay per clicks - here is a way to decrease that cost.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/churchill-dayparting.htm

Enjoy your day!

Some new info on Adwords -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631651

More tips on marketing with Adsense.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3631683

Six things you may be doing wrong and how to fix it.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631650

Good info on tracking things offline.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631707

Enjoy your Monday.

Some good comments on travel sites and how they are using social media.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631608

Happy Veterans Day!

Couple of good articles for your holiday marketing.

First a flash presentation -

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/images/multifiles/articulate/webclinic-10-30-08/player.html

Six suggested touch ups for your site.

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3631548

Marketing in a Down Economy

http://www.wilsonweb.com/misc/dwilson-marketing-economy.htm

Excellent marketing resources.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/marketing_consultants_toolbox/

Have a great day!

Some good info on Social networks and link building.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631560

Some good information on Knol -

http://www.marketingsherpa.com/article.php?ident=30905

Enjoy your day.

Using humor in your link work.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3631349

Optimizing your landing pages.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/ash-landing-page2.htm

Enjoy your day!