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If you look at my blog I have really struggled with really good (low / no cost) blog images. I came across this guys site today - it's totally devoted to great blog images and has a lot of great content on it - http://www.betterblogimages.com/the-1-blogger-friendly-website-for-finding-citing-free-images/

Another good article on the subject - http://www.incomediary.com/how-to-use-photos-in-your-blog-to-make-it-more-interesting

And my favorite on the subject I have come across in awhile - http://www.incomediary.com/how-to-make-your-blog-posts-stunningly-beautiful-images

Good luck!

Matthew

I'm sorry, I'm not clear what your question is.... I would imagine everybody's % of organic traffic varies depending on how they promote their business. Myself it is about 40% organic, 20% direct, 30% referral and 10% campaign. I would REALLY like to increase my campaign (email marketing) so I am less dependent on Google.

You should be teaching a CLASS on building a following on Social Media - holy cow! Those are some fantastic numbers! Mind sharing a couple tips on how you built that kind of following!? How long did that take you if you don't mind me asking?

I am new to guest posting myself but just joined MyBlogGuest and just learned of an enormous list of sites to guest post on if you are interested (cant vouch for this list but there is 500 of them to check out) http://www.buzzblogger.com/500-places-to-syndicate-your-content/

All my best,

Matthew

From what I can gather blogging serves the following purposes. (Please correct me if I miss an important step) To clarify this is just in reference to a blog on an Internet marketing website so purely from a BUSINESS perspective.

• Creating fresh, relevant content on a regular basis (around the right keywords) is key for great traffic and rankings

• Building a following

....... With the intent of turning a % of that following into customers (primarily through affiliate links on your site or consulting of some kind - seo, link building, writing)

• Establishing yourself as an 'authority'

...... This, coupled with your great rankings and traffic from bullet #1 makes it possible to charge a great deal of money and get it because, hey, you are an authority

My intention isn't to make light of any of the AMAZING, talented people who spend a great deal of time and energy giving back to this incredible, dynamic industry via their blogs (and deserve to makes gobs of cash!)

Did I miss a step? Is this the road to success?

Thanks for chiming in! Have a great weekend!

Matthew

I have a client I am doing SEO work for. He sells a system that helps people win at video keno. He sells a system for like $200 that shows people step by step how to play and win. Its a good site and he has a ton of verified winnings. My point in saying that, its not a fly-by-night system he wrote in his basement. I know - gambling, not easy for SEO.

I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner. Wouldn't this potentially be perfect for affiliate marketing? He offers a good commission to whoever sends him traffic if they buy.

If anybody could direct me to a resource or two that is reputable and would handle as much of the set up and management of this I would be very grateful!

Thank you!

Matthew

My hardwood flooring client just added carpet, luxury vinyl, ceramic tile, area rugs, design, and ceramic tile to his lineup - joy, joy. He really thought the months and months of working together and creating a bunch of solid, original content and promoting it and building links and seeing great results for Hardwood Flooring means he would instantly rank well for ALL flooring.

I digress, sorry.

I am trying to understand the on page reports a little better. When I grade the new carpet page on his site for the keyword 'carpet' it comes back with an A - when I grade it for 'Carpet, city name' it comes back with an F. Which should I be targeting for best results?

95% of my clients are concerned about local results and not getting business other than within 20-30 miles of their office. Any guidance in understanding on how BEST to utilize the on page reporting would be greatly appreciated! (I did watch the video and check out the guide)

Thank you in advance for your time!

Matthew

I just found this the other day, it has a lot of directions you can go in to find content ideas - http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/blog-ideas-for-posts-tools.html

Good luck!

Karl, just curious, why would you create a custom report vs. the initial screen that comes up?

So it isn't so overwhelming?

I just spent the last couple hours trying to create an attractive custom report - its not nearly as good looking at the initial screen.

I have done some searching for how to make good looking custom reports and not making much progress.

Thanks for answering guys - this has been very helpful!

Matthew

I have done a ton of research and I am struggling to find an easy to use, easy to understand site / tool that will allow my clients to log in and see basic information about their website traffic, rankings, referring sites, etc. in an ATTRACTIVE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND layout.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Seomoz (my true favorite) Raven, webceo, and so many others are powerful tools - I don't need that, just looking for an attractive place to log in and view their stats, that's it.

Thank you - have a great rest of the week!

Matthew

Anybody using this for their clients? It looks pretty impressive but their pricing isn't clear at all. I had to Google details on their pricing and ended on Quora to learn its $500 a month for a pro account FOR ONE USER. I was shocked. It must be pretty amazing for this kind of money per account.

Anybody using this for their SEO clients?

I love the feature where you can add in Yahoo answers and Quora feed for their main keyword right into the dashboard.

Thanks!

Matthew

Hello,

Because I am newish at this...how can they be getting these 850 links from each domain or just from 1 domain?

And can you also explain how they have these links that are nofollow?

I have tried this in Open Site Explorer, looking at the Linking Root Domains and it is only showing 48 there.

I used Ahrefs and it only shows 30 domains.

When I look at the Competitive Domain Analysis Summary, under Root Domain Metrics, it shows they have 25,000 total links? Where is this number coming from?

My SEO / Internet marketing business (I also have contractors that handle web design and development) is going well and growing and I am interested in attending one of the many conferences. (SEO is my passion but I am more of a marketing guy than super technical) I was hoping for a little bit of advice from somebody who has been to some of them where would be good to start.

Where should I start? I am in Wichita, KS. which is in the middle of the US (bring on the yellow brick road and Dorothy jokes) and don't plan to leave the country for one.

PUBCON, SES, SMX, SEARCHFEST, MOXCON, PUBCON......

Thank you very MUCH for any advice. Super appreciate it!

Matthew

I normally use open site explorer to identify links that competitors of my clients have and sometimes this gives me what I call 'some low hanging fruit' to go after. (and of course links that are more challenging to get)

I don't know why this didn't occur to me sooner. If my client is a chiropractor why not look at the links for 50 or 100 of the top rankings chiropractic sites all over the US? This would HAVE to uncover a wealth of blogs to comment on that have good authority, great industry associations, publications, forums - a whole wealth of items.

It made me wonder how many people use site explorer like I have been (top 3-4 competitors that your client has) or identifying links pointing to LOTS of competitors? How do you use it?

Couldn't you almost base an entire link building campaign using OSE? Why would this be a bad idea if not?

Just some random thoughts. THE WEEKEND IS ALMOST HERE - Have a great day everybody!

Can I find out how many of a competitors 25k links are coming from which domains?You can see in the image I uploaded, the first competitior, Suzuki of Wichita, they have 25,000 total links.

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Ok, I have my PILE of business cards from Chamber of Commerce meetings and different networking events I have attended.

I have 8-10 blogs that are worth sharing on my website - www.sawwebmarketing.com (I realize that's a pathetically low number)

I am committing to and excited about blogging MUCH more starting today! I have a huge list of ideas.

I am adding a signup to my site and putting up a pop up to collect addresses.

I have 15-18 clients that are paying me for ongoing seo / Internet marketing (or simply had my team build a new site for them)

AND AN ACCOUNT WITH AWEBER I HAVE USED ONCE!

Where do I start!? Any advice? I want to start building a LIST of subscribers and grow my list by sharing great advice, strategies and tips to help people put their website to work.

A) Send one email to EVERYBODY (ongoing clients, past clients, contacts who subscribe, website visitors, blog subscribers) or customize my messages for different groups?

B) Put whatever I want to share on my blog and share it via social media AND send an email to my list inviting them to check out what I posted so I get the most bang for my time? (LINKS BABY!)

I feel like an idiot I haven't got on this sooner but truly ANY ADVICE from somebody who has been there and done it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Thank you!

Matthew

http://sawwebmarketing.com/internet-marketing-blog/

I have been a member of the seomoz community for about a year now and my business is growing like crazy and doing very well and I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everybody that has responded to my questions and freak outs this past year or so

I have always known when I get in a bind and really not sure what the right answer is I can turn to this group and somebody (or 4 somebodys) will jump in and help out with genuine, solid advice.

I got my first BIG CLIENT last week (at least big to me) Its a car lot that committed to paying me 2k a month for SEO / Internet marketing consulting. 2 grand a month might not be significant to many of you but I am still small enough this is a very welcome addition to my list of $3-500 month clients

Car lots as I am sure many of you know spend a FORTUNE on traditional advertising and if I help them in producing significant results this could really lead to something!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP THIS PAST YEAR OR SO!

Happy Easter,

Matthew

I'm sorry. I should have been more clear. No, their domain name didn't change. Thank you very much for all the responses! You gave me some things to think about. I will give it a little time.

Thanks again!

I helped a client redesign their new website and we just went live a couple weeks ago. This morning I checked his campaign and 53 keywords fell DRAMATICALLY. Like 35-50 places down in Google for dozens of keywords!?

I haven't ever seen a drop that's so dramatic when putting up a new site.

Have you ever seen this? Will they bounce back? This site isn't significantly different than the last one.

We did forward two other domains to this new site but that wouldn't make a difference, would it?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Matthew

awesome! thanks alot