Blogging Speaker in Las Vegas, Nevada

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 28-08-2008

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I will be in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 20, 2008. It will be my pleasure to speak at the National Speakers Association/Las Vegas Chapter. You do not have to be a member to attend this day of SEO tips, Website strategy and website optimization ideas.

Regular readers of this blog know that my favorite weapon for helping you Read the rest of this entry »

SEO Speaker in Boston

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 19-08-2008

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I will have the pleasure of speaking at National Speakers Association/New England Chapter. The date will be Saturday September 13, 2008. You do not have to be a member of NSA/New England to attend the meeting.

We will be covering blogs, website strategies Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to SEO Speakers

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 14-08-2008

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If you got redirected over here from SEO for startups-Welcome! As you can see, I’m cleaning house and making this domain more relevant and specific to my SEO speaking on blogs and websites. Thanks for your patience and if you were linking to me please consider relinking here at SEO Speakers.

Thanks for your support and patience.

Steve Mertz

Google Insights

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 06-08-2008

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I gave Google Insights a test run this morning-impressive! Let’s look at a specific example. I put the phrase professional speakers into Google insights search. It gives you a graphic representation of the search volume for the phrase professional speakers since 2004.

It then lets you know the regional interest for the term Read the rest of this entry »

Website Strategy Speaker

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 25-06-2008

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If you put the term website strategy into Google sets you get some great results such as:

search engine optimization, website design, seo, internet marketing services and more. As a small business owner these are all very relevant Read the rest of this entry »

Watch Winders Succeed Without Proper SEO

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 20-06-2008

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If you are spending $10,000 or more on a mechanical watch-chances are good you will also be purchasing a watch winder to keep that beauty wound when you are not wearing it. One of the leading manufacturers of automatic watch winders is a company called Orbita. While they have some of the most gorgeous watch winders-they have very interesting SEO efforts for these premium winders. Case in point-their home page is a world map with the infamous “please click your region.” Read the rest of this entry »

Denver SEOs Should Focus on Conversions?

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 09-06-2008

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Eric Enge of Ramblings About SEO had an article back in April talking about SEOs Should Focus on Conversions.

Eric is one of my favorite reads and I always enjoy his point of view. He mentions the usual suspects that SEO firms might report to clinets including:
Technical SEO changes made
New links obtained
Rankings reports etc…

All things clients like to hear but at the end of the day he argues that:

What matters most to clients is increasing their conversions (e.g. sign-ups, leads, contact me requests, or e-commerce transactions). It should also be what matters most to you.

Eric, you are right on the money! An SEO firm can work it’s tail off for a client-including getting them on the first page of a Google search-but they will always say “show me the money”. As I mentioned yesterday when talking about the firm selling automatic watch winders; they show up well in searches but their site is not very user friendly! Other firms are just not offering quality or unique goods and services but guess who is going to get blamed if they don’t get conversions?

I think Eric is right about focusing on conversions but I’d add one more thing: pick your clients very carefully. Will they listen to all of your advice-SEO and Marketing?
Are you passionate about their product or service? For me personally, I have to believe in the product or service in order to produce maximum results for a clients online success!

10 Free Things to Optimize Your Blog or Website for SEO

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 12-05-2008

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nsa coloradoOn Friday I had the pleasure of sharing SEO tips with the National Speakers Association-Colorado Chapter. If you ever want to have a chance to show up on the first page of a Google search-remember this cardinal rule: Google rewards you for unique and authoritative content! Here are the website optimization tips Read the rest of this entry »

SEO Speaker

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 05-05-2008

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What if you could hire the expertise of a SEO speaker for a discount of 50%? Would you do do it knowing that you were going to get the same world class presentation and your attendees would think you were a hero for bringing in a search engine optimization speaker? Of course you would-and with the Euro equaling 1.54 U.S. Dollars my International clients are getting the bargain of a life time! Unlike Giselle, the winner of the genetic lottery-I don’t require my fee in Euros! I still accept U.S. dollars for my SEO keynotes as well as my Website Optimization Workshops.

If you need an SEO speaker on short notice-don’t hesitate to call and I’ll do my best to accommodate your needs and deliver a memorable and repeatable program to your association or organization. My SEO keynotes and workshops are customized to your specific needs and you can expect the highest quality presentation and a 50% discount:

Our owners and members rated your presentation as EXCELLENT and included comments that you were very easy to understand and follow. Overall, the presentation exceeded our expectations as well as our members’ expectations. Our Board of Directors met briefly afterwards and stated that you were one of the best speakers they have ever had and complimented me on finding you to speak.

Steve Mertz
U.S. Dollars Still Accepted

SEO and Startups

Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Steve on 08-04-2008

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I found a great article by Randfish on Startups and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It’s called I’m Getting Pretty Tired of Startup Advice that Doesn’t Include Any Mention of SEO-amen!! Randfish is commenting on several articles talking about SEO and makes this cogent observation:

Let me be clear on this point-not one of those posts has the word “SEO” in it, nor makes any clear reference to getting traffic from search engines. I’m forced to ask myself-are these people idiots? Well, are you? Read the rest of this entry »