Search Engine Optimization for Success
SEO--it's not as mysterious as it seems
Aug
07,
2010
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the holy grail for almost any website--and realizing success with SEO means that you're probably using some dark magic, right? What if you found out search engine optimization nirvana wasn't so mysterious after all? Delve into the five tenants of SEO as Merge unveils the fundamentals behind SEO to find out how to move your website up in the rankings.
What's the Coolest Thing that Happened To You on the Web this Week?
Jul
22,
2010
Did you get a big order through the web this week?
An email that made you smile?
A picture that made you cry?
Watch a movie, or a sporting event or TV show on the web?
Find the coolest pair of sunglasses?
Give $25 to an entrepreneur in Nicaragua (www.Kiva.org)?
Conduct a webinar to people from around the world?
Touch over 60,000 people through an electronic newsletter?
Change the life of someone who you'll never know or never meet (except maybe one day in heaven)?
...Outsourcing: Web Marketing on the Rise
Jul
19,
2010
As the economy picks back up, more companies are moving towards outsourcing their web marketing. From Web Design to Search Engine Optimization to Email Marketing functions, outsourcing to the web is on the rise.
At Merge, we practice what we preach. We outsource our IT duties to AcumenIT and our CFO role is provided by OnPoint (thank you to both). We get much more value out of outsourcing a niche skill set for a fraction of the investment in a full time person.
...Focus on Yourself
Don't let your competitors dictate your actions.
Jul
01,
2010
One can tend to worry about what the competition is doing and what he needs to change internally on his end to respond. Others, when building a website, will look at their competitors and copy them. Have you ever noticed that an industry's websites--say it's real estate, lawyers, CPA's, etc.--all look very much the same? They're worried about what the competition is doing and so they copy them.
Nothing great came out of copying somebody else. Instead, focus on yourself.
...The Web is Great: Read Your Book Anywhere
Web syncing makes book reading on multiple devices a breeze.
Jun
24,
2010
Sure, it's 2010 and we should have flying cars by now. But I still think it's cool that I'm reading a book (a real book) on my Blackberry. For Christmas, my wife bought me a Kindle, and I've read about two books on it since December. I would have read more, but my wife has seemed to have adopted the Kindle as her own.
That's ok.
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