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Search Engine Optimization Techniques that Make You Money

Written by Mark Gubuan

Topic: Marketing StrategyPublished March 13, 2010
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SEO techniques or SEO strategies are always evolving. And we're beginning to struggle to understand everything. In spite of this, the foundation behind search engine optimization is unchanged. And the reason why they're not changing is because they are business principles. The business principle that I would like to focus on here is the principle of branding. How about we begin with an easy question, what is a brand? To me, a brand is something that can be easily identified. To some, a brand can be what you've always known as a child or the taste of your My point is that people identify with brands they know. Brand recogintion can be your biggest asset to your business. Take companies like, Intel, Coke, Nike for example. They all have highly recongizable brands. But in addition to knowing these specific brands have a sense of quality, consistency, and most importantly market share. They don't just own market share, they dominate it. Don't forget that brand recognition can also be your biggest enemy. Take for instance, any scandal that occurs with a famous celebrity who has |endorsements with popular brands. This celebrity is instantly disassociated with the company or taken off of current promotions. More often than not, they have public relations representatives releasing a canned statement. It's because the companies feel that negative scandals can discredit the brand. Corporations don't want to be associated with anything that gives the brand a bad name. So how does this relate to search engine optimization techniques? By using the proper search engine optimization techniques, we can apply the How can you do this quickly and easily? A secret of mine is to seek out the top experts, find out what they're giving away for free and follow exactly what they do. brand recognition. Here are some of the best search engine optimization techniques that I've found. 1. Know Your Brand - What does it represent? Quality, consistency, freedom, money, pride, happiness, etc. If you're creating a brand from scratch, this part should not be taken lightly. By knowing how you define your brand, you should have a good idea about how you'll market your business. 2. Reasearch Your Relevant Keywords - After you've settled on a vision for what your brand will be, research ALL relevant keywords as soon as possible. This is imperative as it defines your strategy and mindset. Search engines will find keywords based on where you place them on your You want to place them in title tags, meta descriptions and header tags. You've got to use keywords throughout your content and in all of your articles. But make sure they are RELEVANT. Or else the search engines will not rank you well. By knowing your brand you know what keywords to rank for therefore you can position yourself as a leader in that particular niche. 3. Linkbacks - Using linkbacks are important to branding. It is imperative if you want to brand yourself as a leader. Because becoming a leader whether it be in network marketing or in business in You do not want to take this simple strategy for granted. Think of your entire online presence as a series of interlocking pieces. Or better yet, a web. All of your sites are connected to each other. Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, Twitter, Blog, Ezine, etc. Having links that link back to one another creating a web will make the search Once you begin to rank higher for your websites, you will have positioned yourself as a leader and your brand will now be associated with expertise. So what you do is when you write articles, blog posts, comments, etc. make sure you create a signature link. Caveat: Don't try to sell here. Just create a resource for people to get more information. 4. Get a website - Does this sound too simple? Well some have no idea that this is a critical step. Do you already have a website? Well you're a step ahead of the game. Great job. If you don't have one, you have to get one. Here's what you do. Go to GoDaddy.comand buy one. They're relatively affordable. Don't like GoDaddy.com? You can always google other websites. This way you can protect your brand. The last thing you want is for someone else to have your domain name and put up

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Search engine optimization techniques are being taught at SEO Networker. Mark Gubuan is an accountant turned entrepreneur. Currently working a 9-5 he writes articles on his free time while generating free leads for his network marketing business. To learn more about what he does go to www.MarkGubuan.com