A few more positive emails

Since my last “Think Tank” post, I have received a few more positive emails I wanted to share - all from different clients:

11-14-11, You are the man!

11-18-11, That’s exactly what I needed! Thank you!! That was fast!

12-07-11, thanks for all the hard work, I am really happy with this :)

12-09-11, Wow, very informative!  I agree that ”****” seems our best place to focus.

12-12-11, Thanks Dan, keep pushing and we all will have a great 2012.

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SEO “Think Tank”

About 15 years ago, I had a boss that really encouraged me in the area of being a “think tank” for him and could tell I enjoyed that immensly.  I even remember the statement, “you’ll make a great think tank for a company someday”.

Welcome to the world of SEO.  I now get to do this for several different companies and it is F-U-N.  Probably the funnest part of my job.  Especially when I get emails like I did this morning. 

10:13 a.m. - Yes indeed! I was just thinking about how grateful I am for the incredible turn around you have produced! You must know someone at Google. ;)

10:22 a.m. – Great idea!

10:28 a.m. – That is a great idea! We will be taking professional photos next week so we will be sure to include pictures for each (product) and create pages to represent them. 

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This wasn’t just one great idea sent to several clients – although I’ve been able to do that from time to time.  This was several things I’ve been dealing with for the past month or so – and they all just happened to respond minutes apart from each other.

Kinda fun!  ;-)

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Hay Meadows SEO 30 Second Elevator Pitch

Hay Meadows prides itself on being both affordable and extremely successful at helping websites rank in the top of the search engines.  We are a premier provider of SEO Services located in Seattle, WA. 

All search engine optimization services are month to month, cancelable at any time.  We DO NOT lock you into a contract like most SEO’s.

How can we help you?  Contact Us to get started TODAY!

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Commission Share SEO

From time to time I am asked about whether or not we would be interested in participating on a commission share basis for ongoing seo. 

The short answer is yes.

The long answer is that we obviously need to evaluate whether we think it will be a win-win situation in the short term and the long term.  We usually ask for an initial amount up-front to help get the ball rolling more quickly.  And once it is rolling along, we expect that you will be the one profiting the most in the end, after all, it is your business.

But money is money, and commission share seo is one alternative that we are  more than happy to consider.   Please feel free to think outside the box and make us an offer!

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Robots.txt – Life of a SEO (Saturday Night)

Well, my wife wanted to catch-up on her “chick flick” watching movies and gave me the thumbs up to work a couple hours tonight.  So what am I doing?  Making sure that all of my clients “robots.txt” files are up to snuff.  I choose to just stick to the basic command that says, come on by any and all search engines.  I figure the scum crawlers aren’t going to obey any commands you give them anyway.  So, here’s what I do:

User-agent: *

Disallow:

** Kinda funny thing just happened.  My wife asked me to close my office doors.  Guess I was typing too loud.  LOL.

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Seattle Search Engine Optimization

Are you interested in Seattle search engine optimization?  You will notice we are in the top ten for this search, but we didn’t get there by simply repeating seattle search engine optimization 100′s of times on our website.  Although yes, in this post, I am intentionally repeating search engine optimization seattle more times than I should. 

Pretty annoying, isn’t it?  How would you like this done to your business website?

Facts about Seattle Search Engine Optimization

Choose a seattle search engine optimization expert that is going to get you to the top of the search engines and still give your website the professionalism you require.  Choose Hay Meadows.  The best Search Engine Optimization expert in Seattle!

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Google goes even more local than before!

A couple months ago, Google incorporated “Google Places” into the natural organic search results where they will include reviews and testimonials from across the web.   Certainly as good a time as ever to keep an eye on your reputation management.

And just this past week, Google has boosted “Local” results even more by incorporating actual rankings based on user “auto-detected” location.  So if you search for ‘seo’ in Seattle, you will find Hay Meadows right up there!

Search for ‘golf’, ‘shoes’, ‘website design’, and you will find more localized rankings just below the fold (#4-#8 rankings).

As a SEO, it is now my job to make sure our clients have the best representation possible for this dramatic change in Google’s algorithm.  This really does change the game and SEO strategy. 

EXCELLENT time to have a competent SEO on your website development team!!!

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SEO Jump Start

Are you looking to give your business a jump start in 2011?  Well then, you have come to the right place.  Our search engine optimization services are designed to do just that. 

This case study, http://www.haymeadows.com/case-study.htm, describes how we were able to help a client succeed in an extremely competitive industry and all within a minimal start-up budget.  Several of the rankings examples listed on this page, http://www.haymeadows.com/seo-examples.htm, also started off on limited budgets.  Then found quickly that our seo services were more than paying for themselves and invested into going after even the most competitive phrases in their industry.  Eventually dominating.

Win - win – win.

Request a Quote today, http://www.haymeadows.com/contactus.htm.

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WordPress and SEO

As is typically the case, clients will often start looking for cost effective design solutions, so they can focus as much as possible on SEO.

I was recently asked by a client how I felt about WordPress and SEO.  Just wanted to pop in here real quick and give it a public, thumbs up.  WordPress allows for custom <title>, custom url’s, custom everything. 

With a good strategy, WordPress should be a perfect fit for any SEO.

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Simon Cowell Using a SEO for Reputation Management?

Reputation Management is in the news today, big time.  Looks like some folks think Simon Cowell is using a SEO to promote positive news stories about himself. Unfortunately for him, the Reputation Management firm he used must have made a blunder in somehow not covering their tracks. Maybe he should have hired us instead?

I think so. Heck, I wish. Talk about a good account! Regardless, I am glad to see Repuation Managenet in the news. We can help, simply contact us.

And really, who cares if he used a reputation management company? He has the money, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with promoting positive news stories. Nice work Simon Cowell. We’ll miss you on American Idol.

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