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		<title>Google+, Is It An Alternative To Facebook?</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2012/01/26/google-is-it-an-alternative-to-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Authority SEO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Plus is Google&#8217;s version of Facebook. Today, 90 million people are using it. Google + is taking off, although it is a far cry from the amount of Facebook users but give it time it only been 6 months and there is already a crowd. Google+ for Business The most important reason that one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google Plus is Google&#8217;s version of Facebook. Today, 90 million people are using it. Google + is taking off, although it is a far cry from the amount of Facebook users but give it time it only been 6 months and there is already a crowd. Google+ for Business The most important reason that one should have to get your business on Google+ is simple. Google owns Google Plus and Google products tend to rank well. What this means for you is that your search engine visibility stands to either noticeably improve or gradually decline by not including yourself.</p>
<p>Another reason you need to be on Google + is the new “Search Plus Your World” algorithm (Search+), which uses data collected from user who have logged in to their Google+ account. The search results that display will be promoting people and businesses alike on Google+. The personalization of search and the growth of social marketing are 2 subjects we here at AuthoritySeo have been talking about for 4-5 years. Google is moving more and more to delivering search results based on personalization signals that include elements of user engagement. Yes, this is still relatively early-stage, but make no mistake, new patterns are being established for the long term. Now, more than ever it is important to make sure you have your online strategy in place.</p>
<p><strong> Advantages of Google+ Pages for Business</strong></p>
<p>Although related changes to search results were an easy prediction several months ago, there’s now plenty more visible evidence from recent Google algorithm updates that demonstrate the importance of Google+ practices effecting search results both inside and outside the Google+ environment. It takes a lot of work to maintain status updates and community response on an active Facebook fan page. Google does not index Facebook posts, and updates and neither does Facebook. Great Facebook updates and wall posts are here today and hidden tomorrow.</p>
<p>Lets say you have a awesome Facebook post that stirs up hundreds of commments, great but all of that original content is lost in the ethos in a matter of days on a active Facebook page. It will soon vanish with no commonly known way for anyone to look for or happen upon it in the future. On Google Plus like Facebook, you’ll see updates from those you follow in your Circle. But here is the critical difference, unlike Facebook, the content in your Google+ posts may turn into highly ranked search results on Google. Is it fair? no. It is important yes. For those on Facebook who could careless is their post about getting new shoes gets ranked, this is meanlingless to them, but to the business owner or fan page owner who is trying to market their business or themselves this is a critical difference. Google + posts will be providing keyword and topic-relevant search engine visibility that improves based on your “Author Rank” and content-specific engagement levels.</p>
<p>A second key advantage relates to how you can target your messaging and more directly interact with your followers, organizing those you follow into the circles (groups) of your choosing. Google+ has done a good job of enabling a fairly intuitive way to track and engage with segments of an audience curated by you.</p>
<p><strong>This is what we do.</strong></p>
<p>As a client of Authority SEO.com we take the time to learn the advantages of new social and internet marketing sites. We then implement those for our clients. As a business you can spend valuable resources, money, and time on websites that will yield very little results or in the end wind up being worthless. Contact AutoritySEO.com today to set up a consulation and review of your online or offline business.</p>
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		<title>Gold Scams To Avoid</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/12/14/gold-scams-to-avoid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Authority SEO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently there are many gold scams out there.  At ITM Trading we care and take interest in our clients and we want to help many people avoid them.  There are companies out there that don’t share the same beliefs. When a product is hot on the market there always seems to be a scam that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Currently there are many gold scams out there.  At ITM Trading we care and take interest in our clients and we want to help many people avoid them.  There are companies out there that don’t share the same beliefs.</p>
<p>When a product is hot on the market there always seems to be a scam that comes with it.  Criminals and scammers take advantage of these instances just to make a quick buck.  Most often these scam companies try to get you to wire them money for a product or send them your coins which then leaves you with nothing cause that company suddenly disappears.  Reputable companies will not do this.  Always do research about a specific company or ask around.  You may be referred to a honest company who is willing to help you not scam you.  There are great companies out there who offer knowledge and are honest about their fees upfront.  For more information on a company you can check the BBB, PCGS, NGC and ANA before investing.  Just remember some complaints are normal cause nobody or company is perfect.</p>
<p>There are also companies out there that do false advertising.  They claim they have rare coins only to find out they are very common coins.  They could be graded bullion coins to increase premiums, which you should never invest in or coins being sold close to bullion value for high percentage markups.  Compare <a href="http://www.itmtrading.com">gold prices</a> at different companies to obtain the best price.  Some companies are there to help you answer all your questions like ITM Trading while others offer little or no information and others charge more for one on one consulting.</p>
<p>Being in the gold business, we here at ITM Trading always get phone calls about selling gold jewelry or junk gold which is known as cash for gold.  There are a lot of these cash for gold companies popping up everywhere.  All companies are out to make a profit.  Be careful with these places.  The payout they give you depends on business to business.  Some will offer as low as 40% with the average being 50-75%.  So again, do your research.</p>
<p>The gold market has different products available, which include bullion coins, bars and rare gold coins.  Keep your goals in mind before investing in the product that is best for you.  Contact ITM Trading to have all your questions answered.</p>
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		<title>Authority SEO Internet Marketing Company and Service Video</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/04/26/authority-seo-internet-marketing-company-and-service-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Authority SEO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Authority SEO shows you online what Internet marketing services are and where your business or website will show up when a potential customers searchers for your business. &#160;]]></description>
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<p>Authority SEO shows you online what Internet marketing services are and where your business or website will show up when a potential customers searchers for your business.</p>
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		<title>Is your business Seasonal?</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/03/24/is-your-business-seasonal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are all kinds of businesses out there. Many are online and many are offline. Some stay busy year round and some are seasonal. Generally you know when your business is seasonal, but are you doing everything you can to do maximize your revenue during that period that you are doing your greatest amount of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are all kinds of businesses out there. Many are online and many are offline. Some stay busy year round and some are seasonal. Generally you know when your business is seasonal, but are you doing everything you can to do maximize your revenue during that period that you are doing your greatest amount of business. Most businesses do not, rather they usually spend their revenue on their slow periods to try to<strong> increase business</strong>. That is not a bad idea but you should not take your busy season for granted.</p>
<p>That busy season is when you have the most customers looking for your service or goods so why not capture the maximum amount of customers possible. Think of Internet marketing in your busy season as throwing out a large net when the school of fish is next to your boat, rather than throwing your net out when there are only a few stragglers swimming around. You are going to get a lot more fish when your net hits the large school of fish.</p>
<p> Lets say your in the <a title="Wedding Dress Business" href="http://www.romanticgowns.com">wedding dress business </a>such as RomanticGowns.com. Their busy season is Jan-June, so it only makes sense to have your maximum exposure on the internet when the majority of brides to be are looking for dresses. Or say you are in the ice cream sales business. Certainly people eat ice cream in the winter but you don&#8217;t see lines at the ice cream shop when its 30 degrees out but visit that shop on the 4th of July and see what a difference a few months makes. So when demand is high it is time to be in place to capture the largest amount of customers possible.</p>
<p>AuthoritySEO.com has research software that analyzes search queries and gives us the terms and phrases that customers are searching for and shows us patterns of increases and decreases in search volume. We know when you market is hot and when it&#8217;s not and we get positioned to take advantage of the high times. This practise thanks, software, skill and experience in the Internet marketing industry to make the most out of your busy season.</p>
<p>Call AuthoritySEO.com and let us be your revenue generating partner.</p>
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		<title>My business can not afford Internet Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/03/15/my-business-can-not-afford-internet-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money is tight for every business and no matter how the current administration tries to spin the economic news, things are not getting better, at least not yet. If your business is savvy enough to survive this economy and climate then obviously your service or product is in demand enough to do well when consumers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Money is tight for every business and no matter how the current administration tries to spin the economic news, things are not getting better, at least not yet. If your business is savvy enough to survive this economy and climate then obviously your service or product is in demand enough to do well when consumers have more money to spend.</p>
<p>So how can you position yourself now to be ready when things do turn around? Search engine optimization of your website and Internet marketing of your business is a cost effective way to increase your website traffic and your business traffic. But your saying you have priced quality SEO/SEM and it is out of range of your advertising budget. There are solutions and options to help every business no matter what budget you have. If $299 is out of your price range then most likely your business is not going to survive, but if you can afford $299 you can dramatically<a title="Online Presense" href="http://www.authorityseo.com"> increase your presence online</a>. This can be a 1 time cost but at AuthoritySEO.com we recommend and continuous approach to marketing online. $299 per month can help your business gather more and more traffic and customers each month. It really has a snowball effect. SEO/SEM builds upon itself and the work that is done last month does not disappear but survives and is added to by each subsequent month.</p>
<p>There are a vast number tools at our disposal that can help your online or offline business benefit from the tremendous power of the internet. Call AuthoritySeo today to see how we can help your business make more money.</p>
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		<title>How to Use Online Video as a Marketing Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/02/06/how-to-use-online-video-as-a-marketing-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online video marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly everyone in the world has heard of online video, internet video, viral videos, or whatever terminology is being used to describe it, it is mostly know as YouTube. Perhaps you have watched video online, possibly you have been in some of the videos that are posted on Youtube. Users post videos of everything, funny [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nearly everyone in the world has heard of <strong>online video</strong>, <a title="Internet marketing with video" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/authorityseo" target="_blank">internet video</a>, viral videos, or whatever terminology is being used to describe it, it is mostly know as YouTube. Perhaps you have watched video online, possibly you have been in some of the videos that are posted on Youtube. Users post videos of everything, funny stuff, tutorials, accidents, you name it they got it. So how can people watching videos online benefit your website or your business? It can help it immensely. Videos can go viral, which means they spread incredibly fast throughout the Internet and get seen my millions. A video does not have to go viral to be effective for your business. Putting out information, or instructional, entertaining or even a funny video can eventually be seen by millions and on the videos you can link to your site, say your your websites web address, put text overlays on your video with your business name and put captions in with your business name. Videos show up in search engine ranking and all the major search engines have video search engines that just serve up videos</p>
<p>Authority SEO has been creating videos for online use for their clients for over 5 years. The videos we have created for our clients have been viewed by over 5 millions viewers. That is some power marketing and here is the greatest thing, it is cheap! The average cost for us to shoot a video for, do the editing and syndication for YouTube and other video websites is only about $1000.  That is a lot of bang for your buck. No radio, TV or newspaper advertising campaign has the potential to reach millions and will continue to reach viewers for years to come. Once a radio or TV stop showing no one will ever see it again, but online video will remain online for a long long time.</p>
<p>Video marketing may be the most cost effective form of advertising EVER! It is word of mouth advertising on a world wide scale. To get more information on how AuthoritySEO.com can help you reach more customers give us a call.</p>
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		<title>Why Every Small Business Can Benefit from Hiring an SEO Consultant</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/01/25/why-every-small-business-can-benefit-from-hiring-an-seo-consultant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Authority SEO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, almost every small or local business has a website with some web presence.  The question then becomes how do you drive targeted traffic to your website that converts to sales or leads?  This is a common question kicked around many boardroom meetings which leads to do the work in house or hire an outside [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now, almost every small or local business has a website with some web presence.  The question then becomes how do you drive targeted traffic to your website that converts to sales or leads?  This is a common question kicked around many boardroom meetings which leads to do the work in house or hire an outside <a href="http://www.authorityseo.com">Internet marketing company</a>.</p>
<p>A few years ago it was very difficult for local and <a href="http://www.authorityseo.com/2010/10/01/zen-cart-small-business-web-design-zen-cart-programmer/">small businesses</a> to compete online.  This is not the case anymore as the especially Google has a series of advantages for small business especially when a customer searches in their area.  Also, now Google has become the new Yellow Pages where almost everyone uses it to find the items, services, and products they are looking for.</p>
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<h3>Authority SEO has over 250 dedicated people creating links for our clients every month.</h3>
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<p><strong>Top 5 Reasons Every Small Business Can Benefit from Hiring an SEO Consulant</strong></p>
<p><strong>Effective Strategy Implementation</strong></p>
<p>Yes, you as a business owner can read every blog post you can find and every book on the shelf about Internet marketing to equip yourself with the knowledge to market your website online.  The reality is that most business owners who pay attention have some idea of the things that would like to see with their website.  The real benefit to an SEO consultant is implementation the right strategy and making it work.</p>
<p>You may have heard the term link building before.  It is what gives your website power to rank high in search engine rankings.  An effective SEO consultant already has proven methods that have been shown to work for websites to rank for major keywords which take out the guess work.</p>
<p><strong>Complete Link Building Campaigns</strong></p>
<p>As mentioned above <a href="http://www.authorityseo.com/tag/link-building">link building</a> is vital to the success of your website and the ability to rank for thousands of competitive terms online.  What you may not know is that there is more than one way to generate targeted links to your site.  Authority SEO uses a mix of over a dozen different proven methods for natural link building that supports your website in becoming a revenue generating portal.<br />
The other key is not just the different mix of link building though the ability to do it a thousand times.  You cannot fake Google with some automated link generation.  Any product that promotes instant link building or rankings by submitting them to search engines is being less than truthful about the results.  Natural link building that works take real people creating high quality links.  Authority SEO has over 250 dedicated people creating links for our clients every month.</p>
<p><strong>Your Campaign Stays Up to Date</strong></p>
<p>If you haven’t noticed things change rapidly online.  A good SEO consultant can keep your Internet marketing campaign utilizing the best and latest tactics for a successful website.  As I am writing this online reviews are playing a huge role in the ability for a website to rank and that has all come about in the last 60 days.  This is one example of how with Authority SEO you can stay ahead of the curve as it relates to what is important for search engine optimization.</p>
<p><strong>Increase Your Conversion Percentage</strong></p>
<p>What does ranking for the best keyword in your industry do if you don’t convert it to a sale or lead.  How your website converts your traffic is just as important as getting the traffic itself.  This is one of the reasons you won’t hear people from Authority SEO selling keyword rankings.  We work with your entire online campaign from web visitor to completion of sale to maximize your return on investment (ROI).</p>
<p><strong>Everyone Needs Support</strong></p>
<p>Most people want to be able to do things themselves though you are in business to sell or promote your products or services; not to be SEO consultants.  The best companies know how to find the best people to meet all the needs of their growing business.  Authority SEO works as an Internet Revenue Generating Partner.  We work with you and your current team to find the best strategies to turn your website into a profit center.</p>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing Done Right!</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/01/25/affiliate-marketing-done-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Every business with a website is always wondering, How can I get more traffic to my website and how can I get more customers out of that traffic, and make more money? This question is practically the same for every website business. Fortunately there are many ways to increase your traffic and convert that traffic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Every business with a website is always wondering, How can I get more traffic to my website and how can I get more customers out of that traffic, and make more money? This question is practically the same for every website business. Fortunately there are many ways to increase your traffic and convert that traffic into paying customers.</p>
<p>Optimizing your website is one way to increase traffic, pay per click advertising is another, banner ads, conventional advertising, social marketing, pay per lead, can all increase your traffic but none of them can are guaranteed to increase sales. You take some risk with your investment, that it may not convert to paying customers. What if I were to tell you about a way that you could increase customers, increase traffic, and it only costs you money if you make a sale. This is guaranteed results and <strong><a title="Affiliate marketing manage" href="http://www.authorityseo.com/services-seo/" target="_blank">Affiliate marketing</a></strong> is the way to do this.</p>
<p>With Affiliate marketing you allow other websites to link to your website. These other websites or affiliates place a tracking code on your site and if the traffic they send you converts to a sale you pay them a percentage of the sale. It is truly pay for performance. There are few advertising opportunities in the online marketing world that can offer such low risk results. If the affiliates bring you traffic that does not convert to sales you pay nothing. One website that sells bodybuilding prohormones, LiveLeanToday.com has been using affiliate marketing for over 5 years with great results. They have generated a large group of affiliates and have increased their revenue by 20%.</p>
<p>So now your saying, Great I&#8217;ll go sign up now, but hold on there just a minute. Setting up an affiliate program is not just filling out a form, it takes work takes work, planning, connections, and strategy. Creating an affiliate program correctly takes a firm that has experience in affiliate marketing. They must have connections with &#8220;Super Affiliates&#8221;, these are affiliates with large websites or a large quantity of websites that can deliver a large amount of traffic to your website. Your affiliate manager must know how to create a marketing plan that will attract large number of affiliates. Designing graphics, setting the correct commission rate, keeping affiliates up to date of your businesses latest specials and new hot products, are all apart of an affiliate managers duties that if not performed and performed correctly your affiliate program will be just one of the other millions of programs out there that do nothing for your business.</p>
<p>AuthoritySEO.com has been handling affiliate accounts for over 11 years. We have been handling merchants and affiliates since the beginning of affiliate marketing. So you can reat assured we have seen and done it all. If you think you would like to increase your traffic, increase your sales, and only pay when you makes sales you need to contact AuthoritySEO.com today!</p>
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		<title>Why AuthoritySEO.com Is Rated #1 for Internet Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding The Needs Of Each and Every Internet Marketing Clients  In my many years of working with other Internet marketing firms in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and other cities,  is that one of the things that sets AuthoritySEO.com apart from other web marketing firms is its ability to understand the clients business. After listening to 1000&#8242;s clients and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Understanding The Needs Of Each and Every Internet Marketing Clients</strong></p>
<p> In my many years of working with other Internet marketing firms in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and other cities,  is that one of the things that sets AuthoritySEO.com apart from other web marketing firms is its ability to understand the clients business. After listening to 1000&#8242;s clients and prospective clients, an issue that causes many internet marketing plans to fall short of the expected goals from the clients point of view is the lack of understanding of the clients business.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>One important factor that we want every client, or potential client to understands is that by using AuthoritySEO.com as their internet marketing firm it is not as expense. I will repeat that again. <em>AuthoritySEO.com services is not an expense!</em> </strong></p></blockquote>
<p> Many SEO SEM buinesses in the Phoenix area tend to put their clients in the same cookie cutter marketing plan. Although this is going to yield some results it most likely will not yield the optimum results when it comes to exposure on the internet and generating relevant traffic for our customers website. You can not market a website that sell <a title="Organic cleaning products" href="http://www.karma-kleen.com" target="_blank">organic cleaning products </a>the same as a website that sell <a title="Ephedra Diet Pills" href="http://www.liveleantoday.com" target="_blank">ephedra diet pills</a>.</p>
<p><strong>You ask why not?</strong></p>
<p>There are many reasons why this can not and should not be done and I will discuss a few of them here.</p>
<p>Businesses have different demographics, so the customer that is looking to buy ephedra pills is not going to be visiting the web in the same areas as the person who is looking to invest in coins. Oh certainly a person who collects coins can use diet pills but they will be searching for these items in completely different places. So if you building a linking campaign for the coin seller it would not be beneficial to build those links on dieting websites, weight loss forums, health directories, fitness blogs&#8230;. The person looking to lose weight would not be surfing rare coin websites for weightloss information.</p>
<p> One of the biggest advantages of having AuthoritySEO.com do the marketing for your website is the amount of research that is involved before anything is done to your site. Our SEO SEM professionals do hours upon hours of research on your industry, your potential customers, and all the terms of your particular genre of business.</p>
<p><strong>How do we do this?</strong></p>
<p> We do this through several methods. One is talking with you in our intial interview and follow up interviews to get your prospective and details on your customer. We then do extensive keyword research to fully understand what words and phrases your potential customer is using when searching to procure a business service in your particular area. We gather this information in several ways using very sophisicated software that does latent semantic indexing of many of your competitors websites that rank higher than your website. We use keyword research software that gives us the keywords and phrases that are being searched, how many times they are searched and how much competition there is competing for those keywords. We then take all of this information and formulate a marketing plan for you and your budget.</p>
<p> If you are working on a limited budget we may find it best not go after the biggest words in your industry. To do so may cost more than you are wiling to pay and would not produce the reults you had antisipated. Instead we analysis the date and find keywords and keywords pharses that will deliver more traffic and more potential customers for less money. Many of our clients do want to rank to the largest terms and although the cost may be higher the results are worth the investment. One important factor that we want every client, or potential client to understands is that by using AuthoritySEO.com as their internet marketing firm it is not as expense. I will repeat that again. <em>AuthoritySEO.com services is not an expense!</em>  What we do for all of our clients is increase their revenue. That is correct, we increase your revenue. Every client we take on we increase their revenue more than what our services cost. Also our service is not designed to reach a level and then flatten out, no it is actually quite the oposite. We build on existing growth and success and move forward from there. So if you are looking to hire an internet markeeting firm that takes your bottom line as seriously as you do then give one of our SEO professionals a call at (866) 610-1655 to see how we can become your revenue generating partner. Authority SEO.com works with websites all over the country from Los Angeles to New York as the work is done through the internet, phone, internet and teleconferencing we can help your business grow no matter were you are located.</p>
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		<title>Affordable SEO SEM SMM PPC Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who owns a website either has heard of the benefits of SEO or will hear about it. If you have heard of it then you may know of the endless list of benefits that search engine optimization provides a website. Then most likely you have been searching for the cheapest SEO agency that you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone who owns a website either has heard of the benefits of SEO or will hear about it. If you have heard of it then you may know of the endless list of benefits that search engine optimization provides a website. Then most likely you have been searching for the cheapest SEO agency that you can find. You may have heard from others that you can get it for very little investment, well unfortunately that is <em>misinformation</em>.</p>
<p>You see SEO search engine optimization, SEM search engine marketing, SMM social media marketing are labor intensive and they require a skill set that is not easily acquired. For example, I could give you a book that explains how to ride a bike. You could read the book but unless you already knew how to ride a bike you would be hard pressed to jump on a bike for the first time and start riding, in fact you could get hurt. The same goes for SEO, SEM, SMM you could read a book but unless you have practised it and have the skill set for it you could get hurt.</p>
<p>Social media marketing is an art. Without proper execution and without a high standard of mastery to execute proper procedures, the entire point of hiring an SEO agency would be worthless, not to mention it will be a complete waste of money.</p>
<p><strong>Unethical SEO, SEM, SMM firms</strong></p>
<p>It is unfortunate that there are unethical SEO agencies scattered all over the internet waiting for the unaware businesses. If ever you fall into the hands of these providers, you would surely lose a lot of money and your website can even get banned by most search engines. If this happens you could ruin your company&#8221;s reputation or worse lose your business.</p>
<p>There are a lot of big companies that fall into the tricks of these unethical SEO agencies, they were merely looking for ways to get bigger discounts  on SEO  SEM SMM, and they ended up with tragic result. It is best that you look in to each of these seo / sem providers before paying for their services. Check to see how long they have been in business. Speak with current and past clients. Check to see if they rank on the internet as well. If they can&#8217;t rank their own site how can they get yours ranked?</p>
<p>If you have a limited budget but need SEO services, then you should look for SEO packages offered by high quality SEO providers. You can usually get a better price overall when you use the SEO firm for several services such as; PPC management, social profile set up, local marketing, affiliate management, link building. Most internet marketing firms will construct a package that will be most effective for you.</p>
<p>2 things that are crucial to growing your online presense are content and link building. You should understand that to do this you must establish a lot of one way relevant links, a few back links, and an occasssional reciprocated links. To do that it will take a lot of time and effort from the SEO agency you wish to hire, a quality SEO service can give a really quick turn around but not so quick that you can expect a two weeks time frame, if any SEO agency promises you a couple of weeks turn around, then they are what we are trying to avoid or unethical SEO provider.</p>
<p>A high quality SEO service will use all white hat tactics that can help promote your site without using other available options that could in turn ban your website from top search engines. Some unethical SEO service providers even do some tricks that would make the search engine disqualify your website from appearing to all searches. If this happens your website will be completely irrelevant. It is best to do some research, wait a while longer and invest a bit more than give these unethical SEO an opportunity to ruin your entire online business.</p>
<p>If you are in search for one of the world&#8217;s best SEO, SEM, SMM, PPC managements providers with 12 years experience, then you may want to check out <a title="Authority SEO In Phoenix" href="http://www.authorityseo.com" target="_blank">Authority SEO.com in Phoenix AZ</a>. They have affordable but effective SEO packages.</p>
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		<title>Marketing Your Phoenix Business On The Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.authorityseo.com/2011/01/07/marketing-your-phoenix-business-on-the-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Al Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current situation of the US economy has been dealt a harsh blow and there are very few places in the country that has not felt the pain of it. Phoenix is no exception to the economic down turn. Many online and off-line businesses have found it difficult to maintain their level of income let [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The current situation of the US economy has been dealt a harsh blow and there are very few places in the country that has not felt the pain of it. Phoenix is no exception to the economic down turn. Many online and off-line businesses have found it difficult to maintain their level of income let alone grow their business. No matter what the Obama people tell or how they try to spin in on the media, the economy, people and small businesses are still hurting and will continue to suffer or a while.</p>
<p>That is why it is even more important to<a title="market your business in phoenix" href="http://www.authorityseo.com" target="_blank"> market your business in the Phoenix </a>area more wisely. Marketing your business on the internet is more critical now than ever. Many businesses such as lawyers, doctors, hair salons, dry cleaners and others often think that there is no need to have a website or to market themselves online because much of the business does not come from there. Well they could not be more wrong.</p>
<p>Many other businesses feel that they cannot afford to pay for marketing online or a pay per click advertising campaign is not going to give them the return on invest that they are looking for. Here is why you can afford to market online and why you cannot afford not to. Consumers are using smart phones more and more to do search. This search often results with lists of local businesses. If you have no internet marketing plan you will not be found by any of these phones.</p>
<p>&#8220;How can I afford to pay for a marketing plan?&#8221;  This is what is so great about the current status of search. The search engines (SE&#8217;s) now are serving up search results that specifically list local businesses. The way they do that is by knowing your location. When you login to the internet your internet connection is given and IP address. This stands for internet position address. This address tells the SE&#8217;s to deliver results that would be most relevant to what keywords you searched for. For instance, if you were chandler and used your phone to search for a sushi restaurant, the results that would be returned would be for sushi restaurants that were in Chandler or located near by.  It would do no good for the SE&#8217;s to give me Sushi restaurants in Mesa or Flagstaff. This is the future of search and if you&#8217;re not on the web you are missing 100% of these potential customer.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have $10,000.00 to have a website built and get it marketed on the internet.&#8221;  There is not need for that in many cases. If you are not selling a product online you still need to be found on the net and AuthoritySEO.com can get your Phoenix business marketed on the web, through a profile of your business, online maps, and GPS for around $300. Ask yourself, is it worth $300 to miss all of the potential traffic? Call us today to see how we can get you found!</p>
<p>Cal</p>
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