Search engine optimization doesn’t matter at all in your business and in this video I’m going to explain exactly why. Hi, I’m Mikel Erdman, President and CEO of MySmartBlog.com and let met tell you, search engine optimization, it really doesn’t matter in the vast majority of businesses in America or around the world today. Here’s the truth, most businesses, especially small business or service-based businesses for things like real estate and the mortgage industry are done by referral. In … [Read more...]
Blog SEO: How to Make Your Blog More Search Engine Friendly
Whether you're running a blog to promote your legal practice or you have an e-commerce store and you derive a significant amount of business through blogging, having a grasp of search engine optimization or "SEO" and how to optimize your blog for search engines will help you to attract new visitor traffic. In today's post we'll explore blog SEO and how to make your blog posts a bit more search engine friendly. Use Fast, High-Quality Hosting Have you ever tried to load a webpage or blog only to … [Read more...]
A Look at Google’s “Mobile Friendly” Search Update Released in April and How It Impacts Your Blog
Google is by far the leading search engine in the world, and it regularly makes updates to provide its users with a better overall experience. Recently, it announced a change to its algorithms that impacts local searches by mobile users. This change has the ability to impact businesses positively or negatively based on different factors, so it is important to learn more about the new Google changes and to make any updates necessary to your own website to promote a better overall result. A … [Read more...]
Should Loan Officers And Real Estate Agents Pay For Search Engine Optimization?
So this is always one of the hottest topics and questions that I get about setting up a blog or content marketing strategy for mortgage loan officers and real estate agents. They always ask... "How is this blogging thing going to get me to the top of the search results in Google for my local keywords?" or "I want to be on top of Google (who really is "on top of Google, anyways?) for Scottsdale homes for sale, Dallas FHA home loans, Philadelphia first time home buyer... How is your system … [Read more...]
Search Engine Optimization Training For Real Estate Agents
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is always on the mind of Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Loan Officers who are trying to improve their presence online and in their local markets. Many people have asked me how to get better SEO results with their SMARTblog Marketing System. This free video training will show you the step-by-step, line-by-line edits that were made to a piece of our content which went to the front page of Google in just a few hours after updating. Here's a sample of what we … [Read more...]