I recently had a conversation with an pre-launch startup where they discussed how SEO was going to be really important for them. And to me, there seems to be a lot of confusion by founders of startups around search engine optimization (SEO) and how it works for a startup. I won't say that I'm truly an expert on SEO. Still having worked with a lot of different startups and especially a lot on SEO and especially long tail seo , I'm going They went on to describe a fairly common type of site that has some original content, but not much. They are in a space

Last weeks Social Media Club gathering focused on using SEO in your social media strategy’s.  Tony SEO Book.com SEO Toolbar SEO for Firefox Tags: Events Tony Adam, Jeffrey Henderson, Barbara Boser and Sean Percival were invited to share their tips and trade secrets. Here’s a little taste of what you missed:

SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. I always take a very different approach in early conversations.

While the economy in 2009 looks challenging for most companies, the outlook of marketing executives is rather bright and upbeat. Deborah Kania and her team at Brightworks Interactive have just released results of their survey of marketing executives' plans for 2009. Here are nine marketing trends you can expect during 2009: The survey covered both B-to-B and B-to-C companies, as well as a mix of large, medium, and small businesses, so the survey results represent a good cross-section of marketers. Marketing Trend #1: Increased use of digital media and a decrease

SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. I talk to a lot of founders of startups. My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. Normally the product is defined as a web site.

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools “ “If You Build It…They Will Come” may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company. Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered.

MarketTech Netcast - Episode 1 - To SEO or not to SEO from Ciaran Foley on Vimeo . Tags: Marketing Social Media marketing marketsnag seo social marketin Ciaran Foley (looksee.tv) and Debbie Machen (marketsnag.com) discuss the latest in online marketing and social media for small and medium-sized business. ...Tags:

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We recently attended the first Los Angeles installment of the Jane and Robot SEO meetup. Check out our interview with them and local SEO rock star Tony Adam below. Tags: Videos seo yaho Put on by Vanessa Fox and Nathan Buggia, these events focus on search engine - friendly design and optimization. Next, visit Search Engine Land for an extensive review and photos from the event over on Flickr .

Tonight at the Rubicon office in Santa Monica, SMCLA is hosting their panel “SEO in Your Social Media Strategy: Links and Other Tactics.” 8221; Watch some of LA tech’s  elite SEO experts talk about what they do best. Tony Adam - SEO Manager, Yahoo! Already versed in HTML ( how to make love )?  Then Then consider expanding your search engine optimization knowledge.