http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com 503-997-6935 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:45:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WWS is looking for someone who is skilled with the Flip Camera software and can edit videos from flip camera. Task include: Edit video delivered Put video to music Add text info to video opening and close that will be provided.  If you are qualified send us a couple samples of your work and your rate.\ Thanks Mary@workingwebsolutions.com http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/video-marketing/flip-camera-video-editor-job-opening/ by Mary Killelea, Dec. 8, 2009  The Criteria the search engines use to rank pages can be categorized into two groups: On page factors:  You control this Off site factors:  This is where a internet marketing strategy is crucial Onsite SEO: Factors: Title Tag Words on your page Domain Name HTML design URLS Offsite SEO: Factors: Incoming Links Anchor text links Page rank of sites Authority Sites Your marketing ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/on-and-off-site-search-engine-optimization/ by Mary Killelea Dec 8, 2009 Decide on the one search phrase you want your page to rank for. Title your page with a variation of the phrase you want it to rank for. Create a headline on your page that re-enforces the title of your page Write your page content for consumers, but ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/7-sure-fire-ways-to-rank-for-a-targeted-keyword-term/ by Mary Killelea Dec 3, 2009   With the incredible high user base, expect more Facebook changes to come... Here is a excerpt from a recent letter to facebook users that Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook wrote,  "Facebook has grown, some of these regional networks now have millions of members and we've concluded that this is ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/facebook/facebook-now-has-more-than-350-million-users/ by Mary Killelea November 8, 2009 Portland Web Design Here is a list of 13 great sites/tools that are FREE to help you with online market research. Be smart and do your market research. https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal http://www.google.com/trends http://www.google.com/insights/search/ http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ http://labs.wordtracker.com/keyword-questions  http://technorati.com/search http://www.google.com/alerts http://www.spyfu.com/ http://www.nichewatch.com/ http://pulse.ebay.com/ http://new-pulse.ebay.com/ http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.shopping.com/top_searches http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/free-internet-marketing-research-tools/ by Mary Killelea November 6, 2009 One of the first steps in having an online business or web site  is choosing the URL. The URL is the web address that someone types in when going to  a website. The URL you use for your business is important and you should definately ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/portland-web-design-picking-out-a-url/ by Mary Killelea November 3, 2009   Did you know? 80% of users scan pages (users don't read every word) - Lesson: Write for your audience and the medium in which you are delivering your message Only 10% of people look at the web page below the fold. - Lesson: put your most important info on ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/web-design-things-to-think-about/ by Mary Killelea October 28, 2009 Just like having a website it doesn't matter if you have the coolest website or fan page you can't expect people to just find you without putting in some effort .. you have to MARKET your business online. So here are some great tips on how ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/seo-facebook-tips-to-increase-traffic-to-your-business-fan-page/ by Mary Killelea October 19, 2009 Let me begin with DON'T PARTICIPATE IN SPAM!  There are people out there that may try and lure you with empty promises or enticements that seem to good to be true. Stay away from them. The simple explanation of spam is it's a tactic of manipulation vs. optimization.  It's deception vs. ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/portland-seo-search-engines-fine-spam/ by Mary Killelea October 19, 2009  Search Engines don't store web pages, - they index the text on those pages Search Engines don't search the web - they search only some within their index - so if you are not in their index you are not going to appear in their search results. Search ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/portland-seo-basic-search-tips/ by Mary Killelea, September 14, 2009 You can now tag friends & Pages in status updates on Facebook Ex: tag your friend in your post. To tag Mary, start the post with @Mary (a drop down menu will appear so you can select which Mary - This is nice because if ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/great-new-tagging-feature-on-facebook/ Quick Text Acronym Reference Guide (QTARG) Acronyms for text users, online users or just parents who want to know a second language that their children speak and use. Enjoy our collection of over 500 Acronyms that we have come across and defined for you. Organized alphabetically for quick reference use.   For a limited time The QTARG ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/quick-text-acronym-reference-guide/ by Mary Killelea, September 6, 2009  One of the most important things is to check the Cache date of linking page and make sure Google has visited it recently. Acquiring quality links to a site is a major part of any SEO effort.  If you are good at SEO then you take certain steps in acquiring ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/link-building-tips/ Do you need a video to help promote your business? Check out these recent videos produced by our Video Production Partner ORDER YOUR BUSINESS VIDEO COMMERCIAL NOW! Benefits of Video Online video increases brand awareness, drives online engagement ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/video-marketing/how-to-create-a-business-video/ by Mary Killelea, August 28, 2009   How was the catchy name Twitter picked? When cofounder Biz Stone saw the application that Jack Dorsey created in 2006 he was reminded of the way birds communicate: "Short bursts of information...Everyone is chirping, having a good time." In response, Stone came up with 'twttr', and the ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/seo-trivia/seo-trivia-how-twitter-got-its-name/ by Mary Killelea, August 27, 2009 Origin of the name "Google" In searchging the web for the story of the origin of the search engine and company name "Google" I have found this one by David Koller to  be the most intersting,  based on his understanding of the genesis of the name. "The source of my information is ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/seo-trivia-origin-of-the-name-google/ by Mary Killelea August 24, 2009  Whether you are concentrating your seo on Local Search or not it is a very important segment of SEO that every business owner with or without a website should pay attention to if you want customers to find you. Here is a link to David Mimh's ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/top-local-search-factors-to-target-to-gain-ranking/ by Mary Killelea, August 20, 2009  As you know the power of video is undeniable. It generates traffic It's an opportunity to presell your visitors, build a relationship, build trust with your users so they are more comfortable with you brand and are more likely to convert. It increases your search engine ranking - ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/using-video-to-increase-traffic-and-increase-sales/ by Mary Killelea, August 20, 2009 Don't search for  "Keyword Phrase" and  "Submit Site" for potential links. Most, if not all results will be garbage Avoid 3 way linking schemes. Google is getting better at detecting and discounting these links. Reciprocal Linking.  It's effective when done right. Instead of trying to get ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/12-link-building-rules-to-follow/ by Mary Killelea, August 19, 2009 I don't know much about this company but this looks like a great job for anyone into Online Marketing.  If you have a job lead send it to me and I'll post all legit job openings here on the site - I think it's important ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-development-job-leads/seo-job-lead-online-marketing-specialist/ by Mary Killelea August 18, 2009 Today is a busy day I've already written 3 posts and had two client calls all before 9am. It seems ever since the launch of my newly redesigned site Working Web Solutions,  We have a new sense of rebirth and new energy. I know that seems a little ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/working-web-solutions-redesigned-and-positioned-for-the-future/ By Mary Killelea August 13, 2009  My new internet marketing tool is  Hootsuite ( http://hootsuite.com ) The great thing about Hootsuite is it allows you to streamline your internet marketing efforts. It allows you to still be broad in your reach but saves you precious time!  And it's FREE.  We are truly ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/hootsuite-a-wonderful-time-saving-social-media-tool-for-internet-marketing/ By Mary Killelea August 13, 2009  Facebook's U.S. users grew by 14% in July ALONE! - While metrics from other analytics firms say Facebook’s US growth slowed in July, new data just in from comScore actually tells the opposite story. According to comScore, Facebook’s traffic to its main site grew by ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/facebook-growing-with-no-end-in-site/ by Mary Killelea on August 9, 2009 This week Twitter servers were down for a bit due to a server attack. Then those that were freaking out went to facebook and caused their server to go down for  a bit too. Even though it doesn't seem like a big deal for twitter ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/online-marketing-strategy/the-importance-of-having-a-diverse-marketing-strategy/ By Mary Killelea August 6, 2009 If you have a business page and want to take a look at it's effectiveness in your engagements with your fans or recent ads check out the new stats. (Insights Page) This is directly from the Insights page from Face book fan page it's located on the left side ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/analytics-for-facebook-fan-pages-8-great-apps/ In order to be included in Yahoo's Directory you need to pay for inclusion for them to guarantee you a listing. I am not an advocate for paying to get listed in any directory. However there are some directories that the pros just out weigh the cons and this is ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/how-to-get-listed-in-yahoo-to-pay-or-not-to-pay/ Video statistics that show the power of online video ads: 80% of web users will watch video at least once a month. 30% visited the advertiser’s physical store. 55% visited the advertiser’s Web site after viewing the video. 24% made a purchase after viewing the video. Video is very powerful you can see the use ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/why-use-video-to-help-promote-your-business/ by Mary Killelea July 8, 2009  Today I was the guest on Bido, www.bido.com is an auction site. It was a ton of fun chatting with users and talking about direct navigation, keyword research and my portfolio of domains. Bido is the Internet's first Social Auction Platform. It's the best way to sell ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/check-out-the-hot-new-domain-auction-site/ I am currently working on putting together an Internet marketing strategy for one of my clients.  There are a lot of standard points to follow but it is important to treat each customer uniquely as their goals are unique to their own business goals.  So use your tool box of ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/online-marketing-strategy/internet-marketing-strategy/ by Mary Killelea, July 1, 2009 Here are some facebook marketing tips, guidelines and facebook facts that I share with my clients: (1) Create a profile -People cannot befriend someone who doesn't have a profile. Create a profile today and use your own photo and be real.   You can create multiple levels ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-sem/tips-for-marketing-on-facebook/ Rubicon is an educational technology services firm known for its leadership in the field of curriculum management.  The firm partners with public and private schools throughout the world to plan and implement Web-based curriculum mapping using Atlas, the curriculum management program developed by Rubicon. Seamless integration with Akili,  the firms' ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-development-job-leads/portland-web-development-job-lead/ So once again the gold rush begins with marketers rushing to take advantage of this opportunity to select your unique keyword rich username for your facebook url.  I selected www.facebook.com/onlinemarketingservice and I have to say I wish I had selected another one so please choose wisely. Before you login into facebook and click ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-sem/updating-your-facebook-username/ Whether you text on your phone or you text on Twitter here is the 411 on what's what! Top 50 most commonly used acronyms on texting gadgets including your Iphones and Twitter. AAF - As a friend AAP - Always a pleasure ACK - Acknowledge ALAP - As late as possible AML - All my love ASAP - ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/text-acronyms/an-essential-glossary-of-the-top-50-texting-twitter-acronyms/ Check out this insider video. It’s by a guy with a business that has submitted more than 3 million Web videos in two years–so he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to cameras. He calls it “The Video Camera Buyer’s Guide: What to Buy and Where to Get It.” http://www.TrafficGeyser.com/cmd.php?Clk=2911418&u=www.siteproweb.com/lead/video-camera-guide He’s ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/video-marketing/make-serious-money-with-the-right-video-camera/ Okay so you have a twitter account and you tweet often and have people you follow and others who follow you.  Really, whether you are a marketer or not, the idea of finding others who tweet about the same stuff you like is of interest.  Now if you are a ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/maximizing-twitter-power-hash-this/ So I was not totally surprised at this list except for #10 come on.. seriously Jimmy Fallon?? I guess I need to watch his show more to get him.  Another one that was a bit of a surprise was #6 - John Mayer.  I'd rather see Connen or David Lettermen on there ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/top-10-people-of-interest-on-twitter-do-you-agree/ Working Web Solutions has helped my website start to take off.  Before I hired them as my SEO team the traffic to my site was very low. The traffic has more then tripled and I have now received orders from my site. Conversions is our ultimate goal. I highly recommend ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/new-seo-client-testimonial/ So one of the most important things you can do when it comes to the success of your site is to first do KEYWORD RESEARCH!Why is Keyword Research so important? Because you can waste a lot of time and money designing your site, writing copy for your site, and optimizing ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/offering-keyword-research-thats-worth-it/ Rahaf Harfoush, a member of Obama's Social Media Team, was the Keynote for this year's Innotech and it was one of the best speaking engagements I've ever been to. Rahaf who I am assuming is in her late twenties early 30's was articulate, charismatic, and captivating.  She had the audience mesmerized ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-sem/innotechs-speaker-rahaf-harfoush-was-captivating/ Today I thought I'd write to other web developers and SEO marketers, If your like me and follow other online marketers you can be over whelmed with all of them coming at you with this or that get rich jargon.  Don't get me wrong there are some really great ones ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/for-internet-marketers-learn-from-the-best/ Want to build links and brand indentity and increase traffic ~ Yah me too. Here's how I do it. Submit content tothe top 5 article directories: making sure each is unique and original ~ Sounds harder than it is.. just change bits and parts title should be unique to each article ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/our-13-essential-tactics-to-increase-traffic-and-inbound-links-to-your-site/ The Portland chapter of Social Media Club, SEMpdx and Software Association of Oregon had the first annual SoMē Awards to recognize outstanding Social Media projects and the people who created them. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the Awards that night but I heard from Ericka, Andrea and others that it turned out ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/and-the-winner-of-the-first-ever-some-award-goes-to/ Okay as I mentioned Twitter is catching on like wild fire people are outsourcing people now to ghost twitter for them. Now what the fun is that. Here is a great article on Ghost Twittering. 35 twitter tips from those that tweet   Want to dress up your twitter space check out www.mytweetspace.com Get your news ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/interesting-twitter-facts/ There are some really great events throughout the year locally for Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Online Marketing networking usually I don't make it to too many of these type of events because I feel there is so much information and so many resources available to you online that I am very ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/45/ The purpose to Network thru social media resources is to build awareness to you or your product or brand. In addition having a following of fans is critical to the potential power of your efforts. If you watch CNN or The Insider you now see everyone promoting their twitter page and encouraging you ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/three-great-resources-for-networking/ I normally don't get into endorsing things or giving away all my best secrets but this is almost too good to keep to myself and I in some sort of way want everyone to benefit from this tool. It's that good!  I started working with Traffic Geyser doing video promotion ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/43/ After trying to play the domain game for a couple years now I finally had a live one on the line and sold a domain for $2000.00 not a bad return on my $7.95 investment, However, the other 140 domains I have still sit there with no nibbles.  So like many, I got ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-domains-for-sale/making-money-from-selling-domains-is-it-possible/ With 175 Million monthly users on Facebook I recently heard Ed Dale say it's like people aren't on the internet anymore they are on facebook.  There are 750,000 new users signing up daily. Now what marketer doesn't want a piece of that.  Recently FB announced that their fan pages would be ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-sem/big-news-for-facebook-marketers-following-the-twitter-trend/ Here is BIG NEWS -- THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCEMENT IN SEO PRACTICES written by Rand from SEOmoz. Rand is SEOmoz's CEO, and co-founder, as well as the primary blogger for the site and the architect of most of the tools and resources, so in my opinion it's hard to say it better then him ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/huge-advancement-in-seo-practices-can-you-say-no-more-duplicate-content/ From  11/13/08 to 01/24/09 I posted on average at least 3 daily posts talking about the upcoming School Auction and either talking about what items we had or what we still wanted also thanking donors for their items and specific details about the event. The response from my efforts was wonderful - ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/trying-to-utilize-my-facebook-network-for-school-auction/ Read this great article that shows just how Obama leveraged the online world of social media to spread his message and GET VOTES. http://mashable.com/2008/11/04/president-elect-obama-looking-back-as-we-move-forward/ Anyone doubting the power of social media really needs to wake up! http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/social-media/social-media-helps-win-a-campaign/ Definitions of Authority site on the Web: a measure of the quality (in the all-powerful opinion of the search engine company) of a given site, gauged by some combination of size ... from www.abelgraphic.co.uk/glossary.php A site that is deemed by a search engine to be authoratative in it's chosen field of subject ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/authority-sites-what-they-are-and-how-to-use-them/ Important things to consider when looking at site's SEO Are the web pages linking to your web page relevant to the search term "YOUR GOING AFTER"? How fast does your web page get new links pointing to it? Do the web sites which link to your page belong to the same content category? Since ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/factors-that-could-be-preventing-you-from-top-ranking/ So I have spent the last 3 days and past 5 hours debugging a problem that I have been having with a client's site since Saturday.  CAN YOU SAY FRUSTRATING!  After trouble shooting a number of possiblities I am pretty confident Ihave figured out the reason for the problem. The problem: Unable ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/could-it-be-the-site-is-black-listed/ This week I attended the advanced seo series taught by Colleen Wright of the Search Engine Academy of Oregon.  I am a firm believer that you should never stop learning and you can be knowledgable in your subject of interest but once you think you know it all you are in ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/seo-learning/ Interested in SEO?  Here is a great article to check out The short attention span of web searchers: most never read past 3 results I have also read that it's better to be positioned in the 3rd spot vs. the #1 result.  So the pressure is on more than ever before to deliver ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/busy-lives-changing-the-value-of-top-placements-on-google/ Now that I have your attention really the most important rule to remember when participating in facebook, my space, twitter, squidoo, linked in, merchant circle, hub pages and the other thousand of social networks that are taking over the internet is DON'T BE A PITCH PERSON, DON'T FOCUS ON SELLING ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/the-most-important-rule-for-participating-in-social-media/ A few years back me and a colleague of mine were going back and forth holding the number one position in the local market for Portland web design and Portland SEO, and it was amazing to watch our efforts change from day to day. Most of what was true back ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/the-power-of-local-searches/ Today I met with a new potential client and had done my due dillegence before the meeting and had broken down all the services and their cost. The client and I met for lunch and it was a very nice time. However I caught myself going on and on about all ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/client-interface/ Last night as a I was sending my thank yous to new followers on Twitter and updating my Status on Facebook and accepting new friends there and checking out my space (which I have to say isn't my favorite) Facebook seems to be so much more user friendly and less ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-internet-marketing/loving-social-media-to-connect-with-mentors/ Well we have successfully returned from our very first Disneyland trip. The whole time I am walking around bewildered as to how much money the fine folks at Disneyland are making off parents like me who just want to give their children the best. To give them this dream vacation ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/family-time/surviving-disneyland/ Secrets from the cave. So this post is gonna be dedicated to sharing my favorite resources that I have found to be very beneficial and very helpful in learning more about Search Engine Optimization. There are some basics about SEO that remain consistent but the method of optimizing your site for ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/secrets-from-my-cave/ Going to this year just made so much sense since everyone wants to learn more about getting good rankings. The group that was in attendance seems to have grown from last year or should I at least say from the InnoTech event, which just tells you more companies & ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/this-years-pdx-search-fest/ Here is Vicki Genfan's Cause of you Video I have been promoting this Video this week and just look at the results. Video is so powerful in getting good natural search engine ranking for specific key word terms. It's amazing how fast videos will get you to the top of the ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/video-marketing/happy-mothers-day-cause-of-you-by-vicki-genfan/ Even though a one way inbound link has more weight in terms of ranking.. It is still totally worth exchanging links with similiar sites of interest. If page rank is what you're after then the best advice is to beg, plead and buy links from related authority sites. The ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/reciprocal-linking-is-it-still-worth-it/ Growing up my dad told me .. if you learned something new then you had a good day. Luckily in the world of Online Marketing everyday can be a good day! So lately I've been seeing, reading and hearing alot about Twitter. By now with all the coverage you probably ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/what-i-learned-today/ I was pleasantly surprised that the first day was field with worth while information but an overall review for me, which was encouraging to know that even if I am not in an agency I am able to obtain, learn and apply all the best current practices. Which sometime ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-seo/overview-of-the-innotech-emarketing-track/ Welcome to our first post.. it's a new fun adventure. Come along for the ride. Portland Web Design has been a passion of mine for 5 years now and I am happy to say we are growing bigger each year. SEO has taken over the web with it's twists and turns ... http://www.portlandwebdesignblog.com/portland-web-design/hello-world/