Thursday, September 20, 2007

Advanced SEO

Emerald and I spent yesterday morning at a seminar entitled 'Advanced SEO'.

I got the reassurance that I'm doing the right things along with some more suggestions on how to improve further. Emerald got a good basic knowledge of what it's all about.

The bare bones of it were that firstly it's very important to do your keyword research. Finding the right keywords for each page of your website is vital - get it wrong and it could cost you your business - get it right and quality traffic will come flooding in!.

When you consider that there are now in excess of 2.1 trillion web pages out there you don't want to get lost. A well optimised web page will help you be seen in the natural rankings 'above the fold'! That is to be seen in the first 5 results on Google. And a good Adwords campaign doesn't do any harm either.

We hope to be bringing you some more tips over the next few weeks when we get a quiet spot!

Meantime if anybody has any questions about SEO or Networking then we'd love to hear them!

Friday, September 14, 2007

Summer Sunshine?

Well, a really great meeting. Plenty of new faces and a few old ones too.

And help was at hand when one member needed a particular vehicle for a special event - ask and you'll receive! Actually not quite the car but solid advice on where to look for the specialist vehicle they require.

A presentation by ClarityClarity's Keith Ayres broke the evening up. After discussion with other members it has been proposed that we hold the occasional presentation geared towards helping business.

The first of these will be on 'Better Networking Skills' and will be delivered by Agnes Fitzgerald of Linkage Point. This will be strictly 'no sell' but aimed at providing good solid advice to aid your networking efforts and make them more profitable.

Anybody interested in being there for this should contact WBa to register your interest. When we have finalised a date we'll let you know.

It is sure to be a great evening knowing Agnes and her rather quirky sense of humour. Learning should be fun and Agnes has always made it so for me.

We look forward to seeing you all next month - 10th October!