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                                              ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Title Page


Introduction

1% Factor

Search Engine Optimization

Online Market Research

On Site Optimization

Title Tags

Google Webmaster Tools

Brick and Mortar

Getting Ranked

Claiming Your Google Place

Using Video to Rank

Blogging

Conclusion




                             ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Introduction




The	
  purpose	
  of	
  this	
  book	
  is	
  to	
  teach	
   you	
   about	
  how	
  to	
  get	
  more	
  traffic	
  and	
  sales	
  to	
  your	
  
web-­‐site!	
  	
  I	
  am	
  going	
  to	
  try	
   to	
  break	
  it	
  down	
  into	
  some	
  ac<onable	
   steps	
  that	
  you	
  can	
  start	
  
implemen<ng	
  today	
   to	
   start	
  moving	
  your	
   site	
   up	
   higher	
   in	
   the	
   search	
   engines!	
   	
   Sound	
  
good?	
  	
  I	
  got	
   started	
  just	
   like	
  many	
  of	
  you	
   by	
  opening	
  up	
  my	
  own	
  online	
  retail	
  store.	
  	
  One	
  
of	
   the	
  first	
  things	
  I	
  learned	
  was	
   that	
  if	
   I	
  was	
   not	
  geDng	
  any	
  traffic,	
  I 	
  was	
  not	
  geDng	
   any	
  
sales.	
  	
   I	
  spent	
  a	
   lot	
  of	
   money	
  on	
   my	
  online	
  marke<ng	
  educa<on.	
  	
  	
   Within	
  about	
  6	
  months	
  
my	
   online	
  retail	
  site	
  was	
  ranking	
  number	
  one	
  in	
  Google	
  for	
  some	
  extremely	
  compe<<ve	
  
keywords	
   and	
   started	
   to	
   send	
   me	
   tens	
   of	
   thousands	
   of	
   visitors	
   every	
   month	
   to	
   my	
   site	
  
which	
   in	
  turn	
   resulted	
  in	
  a	
   lot	
  of	
   sales!	
   	
   AKer	
  running	
  my	
  online	
  retail	
  business	
   for	
  a	
   few	
  
years,	
   I	
  decided	
   to	
   start	
  my	
   own	
   SEO	
   Company	
   called	
   StartRankingNow	
   so	
   I	
  could	
   help	
  
other	
  retail	
  businesses	
  achieve	
  their	
  own	
  success.	
  




                                                       ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Introduction




      In	
   January	
  of	
  this	
  year,	
  I	
  started	
  to	
   work	
  with	
  Wedlock	
  Magazine	
  as	
  their	
  SEO	
  Manager!	
             	
  
It’s	
  mission	
  is	
  to	
  teach	
  marke<ng	
  to	
  those	
  in	
  the	
  wedding	
  industry	
  through	
   a 	
  monthly	
  print	
  
magazine,	
   bi-­‐monthly	
   Webinars	
   and	
   a	
   forum	
   where	
   members	
   can	
   get	
   their	
   marke<ng	
  
ques<ons	
  answered	
  usually	
  within	
   a 	
  few	
  hours,	
  and	
  I	
  will	
  talk	
  to	
   you	
  more	
  about	
  that	
  in	
  this	
  
book.	
  	
   So,	
  I	
  am	
  going	
  to	
  try	
  to	
  make	
  it	
  simple	
  and	
  effec<ve	
  so	
   that	
  about	
  this	
  <me	
  next	
  year,	
  
you	
  are	
   going	
  to	
  be	
   that	
   person	
  who	
  stands	
  up	
   and	
  says	
  that	
  your	
  business	
   has	
   exploded	
  as	
  
a	
  direct	
  result	
  of	
  the	
  things	
  that	
  you	
  will	
  learn	
  here	
  in	
  this	
  book!	
  




                                                       ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
1% Factor




Before	
  geDng	
  started,	
  I 	
  would	
   like	
  you	
  to	
  ask	
  yourself	
  a	
  ques<on.	
   	
  The	
  ques<on	
  is	
  this:	
  Is	
  
your	
  site	
  currently	
  making	
  you	
  money?	
  	
  If	
  not,	
  why	
  not?	
  The	
  other	
  day,	
  I	
  was	
  reading	
  a 	
  book	
  
and	
   it	
   reminded	
   me	
  of	
   the	
  1%	
   factor.	
   	
  Did	
   you	
   know	
   that	
   sta<s<cs	
   show	
   that	
   if	
   you	
   only	
  
improve	
  by	
  1%	
  every	
   day,	
  within	
  70	
  days,	
  you	
  will	
  have	
  doubled	
  your	
  produc<vity?	
  	
  So	
  what	
  
we	
  are	
  going	
  to	
  do	
  is	
  give	
  you	
  some	
  <ps!	
  	
   My	
  number	
  one	
  goal	
   for	
  you	
  is	
   for	
   you	
  to	
  be	
   able	
  
to	
  implement	
  these	
  <ps	
  and	
  strategies	
   yourself.	
  	
   A	
  lot	
  of	
  <mes,	
  when	
  we	
  learn	
  so	
  much,	
  	
  we	
  
are	
  not	
  sure	
  where	
   to	
  start	
  and	
  we	
  get	
  so	
   overwhelmed	
   with	
  informa<on	
  that	
  we	
  don’t	
   put	
  
anything	
  into	
  prac<ce.	
  	
   So,	
  today,	
  as	
   you	
  are	
  reading	
  this,	
  ask	
  yourself,	
  what	
  is	
  my	
  1%	
  that	
  I	
  
can	
  change,	
  that	
  I	
   can	
   improve,	
  that	
  I 	
  can	
   implement?	
   	
   Then	
  focus	
  on	
  that	
  1%...	
  That	
  small	
  
incremental	
   change…	
   knowing	
   that	
   as	
   you	
   do,	
   you	
   are	
   moving	
   forward	
   to	
   double	
   your	
  
produc<vity,	
  double	
  your	
  marke<ng,	
  and	
  double	
  your	
  sales!	
  So	
  let’s	
  get	
  started!




                                                          ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Search Engine Optimization




Do	
   you	
   know	
  what	
   SEO	
   stands	
   for?	
   	
   SEO	
   stands	
   for	
   Search	
   Engine	
   Op<miza<on.	
   So	
   what	
  
we’re	
   going	
   to	
   talk	
   about	
   today	
   is	
   how	
   to	
   get	
   your	
   site	
   to	
   the	
   first	
   page	
   of	
   Google	
   and	
  
possibly	
  even	
  the	
  first	
  three	
  posi<ons	
  for	
  a	
  keyword.	
  We	
  have	
   some	
  clients	
  that	
  are	
  realtors	
  
and	
  if	
  you	
  talk	
  to	
  any	
  realtor	
   they	
  will	
   tell	
  you	
  that	
  the	
  #1	
  factor	
  in	
  buying	
  a	
  house	
  is	
  always	
  
loca<on,	
  loca<on,	
  loca<on!	
   	
   SEO	
  works	
  exactly	
  the	
  same	
  way!	
  	
  If	
  your	
   site	
  is	
   ranked	
  in	
  the	
  
top	
  1-­‐3	
  spots,	
  you	
  are	
   going	
  to	
  get	
  all	
   the	
   traffic	
  to	
  your	
  site.	
  If	
  your	
  site	
   is	
  buried	
   on	
  page	
  
forty-­‐four,	
  the	
  only	
  traffic	
  you	
   will	
  get	
  is	
  if	
  someone	
  types	
  in	
  your	
  website	
  address	
   or	
  finds	
  it	
  
by	
   your	
   business	
   name.	
   The	
   problem	
   is	
   that	
   people	
   are	
   not	
   searching	
   the	
   Internet	
  for	
   a	
  
business	
  name;	
  they	
  are	
   searching	
  for	
  what	
  we	
  call	
  "keywords."	
  	
  That	
  is	
  going	
  to	
   be	
  one	
  of	
  
the	
  first	
  things	
  we	
  cover	
  today!	
  	
   Don’t	
  worry	
  if	
  all	
  of	
  this	
  sounds	
  unfamiliar.	
  	
  By	
  the	
   <me	
  you	
  
finish	
   reading	
   this,	
  you	
   are	
  going	
  to	
  know	
  what	
  a	
  keyword	
   is,	
  what	
  keywords	
  you	
   need	
   to	
  
focus	
  on	
  to	
   get	
  you	
  the	
   most	
  traffic,	
  and	
  exactly	
  what	
   you	
   need	
  to	
  do	
   to	
  get	
   to	
  those	
  most	
  
trafficked	
  spots	
  on	
  the	
  internet!

                                                          ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Online Market Research




In	
   business	
   school,	
   one	
   of	
   the	
   things	
   they	
   teach	
   you	
   is	
   the	
   importance	
   of	
   doing	
   market	
  
research	
  before	
   star<ng	
  a	
  new	
  business	
   or	
   launching	
  a	
  new	
   product!	
  Before	
  releasing	
   any	
  
new	
   products,	
   Apple	
   and	
   similar	
   companies	
   spend	
   hundreds	
   of	
   thousands	
   of	
   dollars	
   on	
  
market	
  research	
   to	
   find	
   out	
  what	
  people	
  want.	
  They	
   have	
   study	
   groups,	
  test	
  groups,	
   and	
  
they	
   also	
  create	
  prototypes	
  of	
  their	
  products	
  to	
   make	
  sure	
  they	
  will	
  meet	
  the	
  needs	
  of	
  their	
  
consumers.	
   	
   Market	
   research	
   is	
   numbers	
   driven.	
   	
   It	
   is	
   all	
   about	
  finding	
   out	
   what	
   people	
  
want	
  and	
  then	
  mee<ng	
  their	
  needs.	
  On	
  the	
   Internet,	
  we	
  call	
  this	
  market	
  research	
  "keyword	
  
research."	
   	
   Keyword	
   research	
   is	
   finding	
  out	
  what	
   keywords	
   people	
   are	
  typing	
  into	
   search	
  
engines	
  such	
  as	
  Google,	
  Yahoo,	
  and	
  Bing	
  when	
  they	
  are	
  looking	
  for	
  a	
  product	
  or	
  service.
Keyword	
   research	
   is	
   also	
   numbers	
   driven	
   and	
   there	
   are	
   a	
   lot	
   of	
   tools	
   that	
   will	
   show	
   us	
  
approximately	
   how	
   many	
   <mes	
   a	
   keyword	
   is	
   searched	
   per	
   month.	
   	
   The	
   more	
   <mes	
   a	
  
keyword	
  is	
  searched	
  for,	
  the	
  greater	
  the	
  demand	
  is	
  for	
  that	
  product	
  or	
  service.	
  	
   The	
  key	
  to	
  a	
  
successful	
   online	
   marke<ng	
   campaign	
   is	
   to	
   find	
   keywords	
   with	
   a	
   high	
   demand	
   and	
  
preferably	
  a	
  low	
  compe<<on.




                                                      ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  	
   We	
   are	
   going	
   to	
   use	
   the	
   example	
   with	
   the	
  
                                                                            keywords	
  “San	
  Diego	
  wedding	
  flowers”	
  just	
  because	
  
                                                                            I	
   am	
   from	
   San	
   Diego	
   area.	
   	
   There	
   is	
   a	
   completely	
  
                                                                            free	
  tool	
  out	
   there	
  called	
   Google	
  Keyword	
  Tool	
  that	
  
                                                                            is	
   available	
   to	
   you	
   within	
   your	
   Google	
   Adwords	
  
                                                                            account.	
   	
   You	
   can	
   sign	
   up	
   right	
   with	
   your	
   google	
  
                                                                            account	
   and	
   if	
   you	
   have	
   gmail	
   you	
   already	
   have	
   a	
  
                                                                            google	
   account.	
   	
   Just	
   do	
   a	
   search	
   for	
   Google	
  
                                                                            Keyword	
   Tool	
   and	
   you	
   will	
   be	
   able	
  to	
   use	
   this	
   tool	
  
                                                                            completely	
   free.	
   	
   What	
   this	
   tool	
   does	
   is	
   show	
   you	
  
exactly	
   how	
  many	
   <mes	
   someone	
   is	
   searching	
   for	
   your	
   par<cular	
   product	
   or	
   service	
  on	
   the	
  
web.	
  	
  So,	
  in	
  this	
  example,	
  I 	
  did	
  a	
   search	
  for	
  the	
  keyword	
  "San	
  Diego	
   wedding	
  flowers."	
  	
   What	
  I	
  
found	
  Is	
   that	
  the	
  keyword	
  “San	
  Diego	
  florist”	
   is	
  searched	
  22%	
   MORE	
  than	
  the	
  plural	
  version	
  of	
  
“San	
  Diego	
  florists”.	
  	
  What	
  this	
  means	
   is	
  that	
  the	
  keyword	
  that	
   I 	
  want	
  to	
  focus	
   my	
  marke<ng	
  
efforts	
   on	
   is	
   “San	
   Diego	
   florist."	
   	
   	
   San	
   diego	
   wedding	
   flowers	
   also	
   has	
   1000	
   searches	
   per	
  
month,	
   whereas,	
   the	
   keyword	
   “San	
   Diego	
   wedding	
   flower”	
   has	
   so	
   few	
   that	
   it	
   is	
   not	
   even	
  
registering!	
   	
  The	
  keyword	
   “wedding	
  florist”	
   has	
  368,000	
   searches	
  per	
  month	
  while	
  the	
  plural	
  
version	
  has	
  only	
   60,500.	
  	
  This	
   is	
   509%	
  MORE.	
  	
   You	
  can	
  do	
  this	
  research	
  for	
  any	
  market	
  and	
  the	
  
best	
  part	
  is	
   that	
  this	
   tool	
   is	
   completely	
   free.	
   	
   As	
   a	
   bonus	
   for	
  you	
   advanced	
   users	
   out	
   there,	
  
many	
  <mes	
  I	
  get	
  asked	
  by	
  people	
  in	
  smaller	
  areas	
   about	
  how	
  they	
  can	
  figure	
   out	
   exactly	
  what	
  
keywords	
   to	
   focus	
   on	
   as	
   they	
   are	
   not	
  sure	
  people	
   are	
  looking	
  for	
  their	
   product	
  or	
  service	
  in	
  
their	
  town	
  even!	
   	
  In	
  these	
  cases,	
  what	
   I 	
  like	
   to	
   do	
   is	
   to	
  run	
  an	
   actual	
   pay	
  per	
  click	
   campaign	
  
with	
  Google	
  Adwords	
   but	
  do	
  it	
  in	
   such	
  a	
  way	
  to	
   target	
  just	
  a	
  specific	
   town	
  or	
  city.	
   	
  So,	
  when	
  
you	
   setup	
   your	
  campaign	
   in	
   Google	
   Adwords,	
  and	
   again,	
  this	
   is	
   for	
   the	
  advanced	
   users,	
   but	
  
when	
   you	
   set	
   it	
   up,	
   you	
   can	
   change	
   the	
   seDngs	
   so	
   your	
   campaign	
   only	
   runs	
   in	
   a	
   specific	
  
geographical	
  loca<on.	
  	
  What	
  you	
  can	
  do	
  then	
  is	
  to	
  put	
  in	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  different	
  keywords…	
  in	
   fact,	
  it	
  
is	
  beker	
  to	
   put	
  in	
  as	
  many	
   different	
  keywords	
   as	
  possible,	
  and	
  then	
  set	
  your	
  daily	
   budget	
  to	
   be	
  
something	
  low	
  like	
   fiKy	
  dollars	
  a	
  day	
  and	
  then	
   just	
  let	
  the	
  campaign	
  run	
   for	
  two	
   to	
  three	
  days	
  
or	
  so.	
  	
  AKer	
  two	
  to	
  three	
  days,	
  what	
  you	
  are	
  going	
  to	
  have	
  is	
  some	
  data	
  that	
  is	
  going	
  to	
   tell	
  you	
  
the	
  exact	
  keywords	
  that	
  people	
  are	
  searching	
  for	
  in	
   your	
  specific	
  local	
  area!	
  	
   This	
  is	
  going	
  to	
   be	
  
gold	
   because	
  then	
  you	
  can	
  focus	
   on	
   just	
   the	
  keywords	
   that	
  people	
   are	
  searching	
  for	
   in	
  YOUR	
  
area!
                                                            ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
On Site Optimization




Now	
  that	
  you	
  have	
  determined	
   which	
  keywords	
  to	
  focus	
  on,	
  the	
  next	
  step	
   is	
  to	
  do	
   what	
  we	
  
call	
  "on	
  site	
  op<miza<on."	
  	
  On	
  site	
  op<miza<on	
  are	
  the	
  changes	
  that	
  you	
  make	
   to	
  your	
  own	
  
site	
  to	
   make	
  it	
  show	
  up	
  higher	
  in	
  the	
  search	
  engines.	
   	
  Off	
   site	
  op<miza<on	
   is	
  what	
  we	
  are	
  
going	
  to	
  be	
  talking	
  about	
  next	
  and	
   it	
  primarily	
  consists	
   of	
  building	
  links	
  to	
  your	
  site.	
  	
   Off	
   site	
  
op<miza<on	
   is	
   anything	
  you	
   do	
   to	
   help	
  your	
  site	
  get	
  ranked	
   higher	
  on	
   the	
  search	
   engines	
  
that	
  is	
   not	
  directly	
  ON	
  your	
  site.	
  	
  Both	
  on	
   site	
   and	
  off	
  site	
  are	
  important,	
  but	
   most	
  top	
  SEO	
  
experts	
   agree,	
  on	
   site	
   SEO	
   should	
   account	
   for	
   ten	
   to	
   twenty	
   percent	
   of	
   your	
   <me	
   spent	
  
marke<ng	
  your	
  site	
  and	
  off	
  site	
  SEO	
  should	
  account	
  for	
  the	
  other	
  eighty	
  to	
  ninety	
  percent.	
  	
  




                                                        ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
The	
   best	
   part	
   about	
   on	
   site	
   SEO	
   is	
   that	
   you	
   can	
   do	
   most	
  
                                                            everything	
  you	
   need	
   to	
   do	
   in	
   about	
  one	
   day	
   and	
   in	
   a	
  lot	
   of	
  
                                                            cases	
  just	
  half	
  a	
   day.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  have	
   a 	
  huge	
  site	
  with	
  thousands	
  
                                                            of	
   pages	
   it	
   might	
   take	
   longer,	
  but	
   even	
   then	
   a	
  programmer	
  
                                                            who	
  knows	
  their	
  stuff	
  can	
   do	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  these	
  changes.	
  	
  So	
  what	
  
                                                            we	
   are	
  going	
   to	
   cover	
   in	
   the	
   next	
   few	
   minutes	
   are	
   changes	
  
                                                            that	
   you	
   can	
   make	
   on	
   your	
   own	
   site	
   right	
   now	
   yourself,	
   or	
  
                                                            send	
   an	
   email	
   to	
   your	
   webmaster	
   telling	
  him	
   what	
   changes	
  
                                                            you	
  want	
  done.	
  	
  

                                                                         Title Tags
                                                                                                                                           Don’t	
   do	
   it	
   right	
  
                                                                                                                                           now,	
   but	
   the	
   next	
  
                                                                                                                                           <me	
   you	
   open	
   up	
  
                                                                                                                                           your	
   website	
   take	
  
                                                                                                                                           a	
  look	
  at	
  the	
  words	
  
                                                                                                                                           that	
   show	
   up	
   at	
  
                                                                                                                                           the	
   top	
   of	
   your	
  
                                                                                                                                           browser.	
   	
   Those	
  
                                                                                                                                           w o r d s	
   a r e	
   t h e	
  
                                                                                                                                           words	
   that	
   you	
   or	
  
                                                                                                                                           your	
   Webmaster	
  
                                                                                                                                           have	
   placed	
   within	
  
                                                                                                                                           the	
   code	
   of	
   your	
  
                                                                                                                                           site	
   in	
   a	
   place	
  
                                                                                                                                           called	
   the	
   Title	
  
                                                                                                                                           Tag.	
   	
  Now	
  the	
  <tle	
  
                                                                                                                                           tag	
   is	
   the	
   absolute	
  
                                                                                                                                           most	
   important	
  
part	
   of	
  all	
   that	
  we	
  will	
  be	
   discussing	
  about	
  on	
   site	
  SEO	
  and	
  should	
   be	
  the	
  very	
  first	
   thing	
  you	
  
take	
  a	
  look	
  at	
  fixing	
  on	
  your	
  site.	
  	
  A	
  lot	
  of	
   websites	
  get	
  this	
   wrong.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  put	
  into	
  ac<on	
  what	
  I	
  
am	
  about	
  to	
  tell	
  you	
   right	
  now,	
  your	
  site	
  will	
   be	
  more	
  op<mized	
  for	
  the	
  search	
   engines	
   than	
  
the	
  majority	
  of	
  other	
  wedding	
  sites	
  out	
  there!	
  



                                                              ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
This	
   is	
   an	
   example	
   of	
   a	
  
                                                                                                                            website	
   that	
  has	
  the	
   <tle	
   tags	
  
                                                                                                                            setup	
   correctly.	
   	
  If	
   you	
   check	
  
                                                                                                                            out	
   the	
   browser	
   you	
   will	
   see	
  
                                                                                                                            that	
   their	
   keyword	
   “Wedding	
  
                                                                                                                            Aisle	
   Runner”	
   is	
   showing	
   up	
  
                                                                                                                            right	
   there	
   in	
   the	
   browser.	
      	
  
                                                                                                                            This	
  is	
  how	
   you	
   can	
  know	
   for	
  
                                                                                                                            certain	
  that	
  your	
  <tle	
  tags 	
  are	
  
                                                                                                                            setup	
   correctly	
   so	
   you	
   don’t	
  
                                                                                                                            have	
   to	
   learn	
   how	
   to	
   read	
  
                                                                                                                            techie	
  html	
  code!	
  	
  One	
  thing	
  I	
  
                                                                                                                            also	
  want	
  to	
  point	
  out	
  here	
   is	
  
                                                                                                                            that	
   the	
   keywords	
  in	
   the	
   <tle	
  
                                                                                                                            tag	
   are	
   also	
  what	
   show	
   up	
   in	
  
the	
   search	
  results.	
   	
   In	
   other	
   words,	
  any	
  <me	
  your	
  website	
   shows	
  up	
  in	
  the	
  search	
  results	
  for	
  one	
  of	
  
your	
   keywords	
   that	
   you	
   are	
   op<mizing	
   for,	
   whatever	
  your	
  keywords	
  are	
   in	
  your	
  <tle	
   tag,	
   is 	
  what	
   is	
  
going	
   to	
   show	
   up	
   in	
   the	
   search	
   results.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   so	
   important	
   because	
   you	
   can	
   use	
   this	
   to	
   your	
  
advantage	
   to	
  get	
   a	
  higher	
  click	
  through	
   rate	
  to	
  your	
  site	
   even	
  if	
  your	
  site	
   is	
  not	
   yet	
  ranked	
  number	
  
one	
  for	
   your	
   keywords.	
   	
  This	
  is	
  a 	
  perfect	
  example	
  of	
  this.	
   	
   Do	
  any	
  of	
  you	
   watch	
  Shark	
  Tank?	
   	
  If	
   you	
  
don’t	
   you	
   should	
   check	
   it	
   out!	
   	
  I	
  want	
   to	
   write	
   a	
  blog	
   post	
   called	
  What	
   Shark	
   Tank	
   has	
  taught	
   me	
  
about	
  my	
   Wedding	
  Business!	
  	
  Even	
  though	
  I 	
  don’t	
   always	
  agree	
  with	
  their	
  decisions	
  on	
  who	
  to	
  fund	
  or	
  
not,	
  their	
  show	
  gives 	
  you	
  a	
  perspec<ve	
  on	
  the	
  type	
   of	
  ques<ons	
  investors	
  might	
  ask	
  to	
  determine	
  if	
  
your	
  business	
  is	
  worth	
  inves<ng	
  in	
  or	
  not.	
  	
  In	
  this	
  case,	
   the	
   Original 	
  Runner	
  Company	
  was	
  actually	
  ON	
  
the	
  show	
  The	
   Shark	
  Tank	
  	
  I 	
  happened	
  to	
  see	
  that	
  episode	
   and	
   I	
  could	
  NOT	
  believe	
  they	
  did	
  not	
  see	
   the	
  
poten<al	
  for	
  this	
  business!	
   	
  So,	
   the	
   owner	
  of	
  this	
  website	
   has	
  placed	
  "As	
  Seen	
   on	
  Shark	
  Tank"	
  right	
  
there	
  in	
  the	
  <tle	
  tag	
  of	
  their	
  home	
  page.	
  	
   This 	
  is	
  awesome	
  because	
  they	
  are	
  using	
   their	
  publicity	
  from	
  
The	
  Shark	
  Tank	
  and	
  also	
  The	
  View	
  to	
  increase	
  their	
  click	
  through	
  rate	
  on	
  the	
  search	
  results.	
  	
  What	
  that	
  
means	
  is 	
  when	
   someone	
  types	
  in	
  one	
   of	
  their	
  keywords,	
   let’s	
  just	
  say	
  “wedding	
   aisle	
  runners”	
  for	
  an	
  
example,	
  and	
   saying	
   that	
  their	
  site	
  was	
  ranked	
  number	
   two	
  in	
  Google	
   and	
  their	
  compe<tor,	
  who	
   did	
  
NOT	
  appear	
  on	
  The	
  Shark	
  Tank	
   or	
  the	
  View,	
  was	
  ranked	
  number	
  one.	
  	
  	
  If	
  someone	
  viewed	
   the	
   search	
  
results,	
  they	
  would	
  be	
  more	
   likely	
  to	
  click	
  on	
  this	
  lis<ng	
  as	
  it	
  has	
  the	
  credibility	
  and	
  authority	
  from	
   The	
  
Shark	
  Tank	
   right	
   there	
   in	
   their	
   Title	
   tag	
   and	
   the	
   credibility	
   and	
   authority	
   from	
   The	
   View	
   also	
  right	
  
there	
  in	
  another	
  tag	
  called	
  the	
  Meta	
  Descrip<on	
  Tag!

                                                                ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
H e r e	
   i s	
   a n o t h e r	
  
example	
   of	
   a	
   site	
  
doing	
   this	
   correctly!	
           	
  
T h i s	
   s i t e	
   i s	
  
op<mizing	
   for	
   the	
  
keywords	
   “ordained	
  
non-­‐denomina<onal	
  
wedding	
   officiant”	
  
and	
  they	
   have	
   those	
  
keywords	
  in	
  the	
   <tle	
  
tag	
   which	
   we	
   have	
  
discussed	
  and	
  also	
  in	
  
the	
   meta	
   tag	
   and	
  
also	
   within	
   the	
   text	
  
of	
   their	
   website!	
               	
  
We	
   touched	
   on	
   the	
  
Meta	
  descrip<on	
  tag	
  a	
  second	
   ago,	
   but	
   let’s	
  discuss 	
  this	
  a	
  likle	
   more.	
   	
  The	
   Meta	
   descrip<on	
  tag	
   is	
  
another	
  tag	
   within	
   the	
   html 	
  code	
   of	
   your	
   website	
   that	
   also	
   allows	
  you	
   to	
   tell 	
  the	
   search	
   engines	
  
exactly	
  what	
  your	
  site	
  is	
  about.	
  	
  Think	
  of	
  this	
  as	
  food	
  for	
  the	
  search	
  engine	
   spiders.	
  	
  All	
  search	
  engines	
  
have	
  what	
   we	
  call	
  spiders	
  that	
  go	
   out	
  and	
  crawl	
  the	
   different	
   sites	
  on	
   the	
  Internet.	
   	
  The	
  spiders	
  find	
  
other	
  sites	
  by	
  links	
  and	
  that	
  is	
  something	
  that	
  we	
  are	
  going	
  to	
  cover	
  in	
   a 	
  few	
  moments,	
  but	
  for	
  now	
  
just	
  know	
  that	
  the	
  spiders	
  find	
  the	
  sites	
  by	
  links	
  to	
  other	
  sites	
  and	
  then	
   the	
   keywords	
  on	
  the	
   sites	
  are	
  
like	
   food	
  to	
   the	
   spiders	
  that	
   tell	
  the	
   spiders	
  what	
   each	
   site	
   is	
  about.	
   	
   The	
   spiders 	
  then	
  go	
   back	
   to	
  
Google	
   and	
   Google	
   in	
   turn	
   ranks 	
  each	
   site	
   by	
   what	
   informa<on	
   the	
   spider	
   found	
   out!	
   	
   The	
   more	
  
keywords	
  you	
  have	
  on	
  your	
  site,	
   the	
   more	
  likely	
  it	
  is 	
  that	
   your	
  site	
  will	
  get	
   ranked	
  for	
  your	
  keywords.	
       	
  
So	
   the	
   Meta	
  descrip<on	
   tag	
   is	
  another	
   piece	
   of	
   code	
   on	
   your	
  site	
   where	
   you	
   can	
   write	
   a	
  unique	
  
descrip<on	
   for	
   each	
   of	
   your	
   pages	
   and	
   tell 	
   Google	
   exactly	
   what	
   your	
   site	
   is 	
   about.	
   	
   The	
   meta	
  
descrip<on	
   tag	
  usually	
  shows	
  up	
  in	
  the	
   search	
   results	
  right	
   under	
   the	
  <tle	
   tag	
  so	
  this	
  is 	
  also	
  a	
   good	
  
place	
  to	
  put	
  not	
   only	
  some	
   keywords,	
  but	
  other	
  key	
  informa<on	
  about	
   your	
  business	
  to	
  increase	
  click	
  
through	
  rate.	
  	
  Also,	
  some<mes	
  Google	
  will	
  pull	
  the	
   first	
  paragraph	
   of	
  text	
  that	
  shows	
  up	
   on	
   your	
  site,	
  
so	
  this	
  is	
  why	
  it	
  is	
  also	
  extremely	
  important	
  that	
   your	
  keywords	
  show	
   up	
  in	
  the	
   first	
  sentence	
   or	
   two	
  
on	
   your	
   site!	
   	
   Such	
   is	
   the	
   case	
   in	
   this	
   example.	
   	
   You	
   can	
   see	
   that	
   the	
   content	
   under	
   A	
   Brief	
  
Introduc<on	
   on	
  the	
  site	
   is	
  exactly	
   the	
  same	
   as	
  the	
   content	
  showing	
  up	
  in	
  the	
   descrip<on	
  area	
  on	
   the	
  
Google	
  search	
  result.	
  	
  
                                                               ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Google Webmaster Tools




So	
   now	
   that	
  we	
   have	
   discussed	
   how	
   important	
  it	
  is	
   for	
   each	
   page	
   on	
   your	
  site	
  to	
   have	
  a	
  
unique	
  <tle	
  tag	
  and	
  a	
  unique	
  descrip<on	
  tag,	
  let’s	
  go	
  back	
   to	
  the	
  tool	
  that	
  I	
  was	
  discussing	
  a	
  
likle	
  bit	
   earlier:	
  Google	
   Webmaster	
  Tools!	
  	
  With	
   Google	
  webmaster	
  tools,	
  which	
  again	
   is	
  a	
  
completely	
  free	
  tool	
  available	
   to	
   anyone	
  with	
  a	
  gmail	
  account,	
  you	
  can	
  install	
  a	
  likle	
  piece	
  
of	
   code	
   onto	
   your	
   site	
   and	
   Google	
   will	
   spider	
  your	
  site	
   and	
   tell	
   you	
   how	
   many	
   duplicate	
  
meta	
   tag	
   descrip<ons	
   and	
   exactly	
   how	
   many	
   missing	
  or	
   duplicate	
   <tle	
   tags	
   you	
   have	
   on	
  
your	
   site.	
  	
  Once	
  you	
  open	
  up	
  the	
  results	
  you	
  can	
  also	
   click	
  on	
  the	
  blue	
   underlined	
  links	
   and	
  
it	
   will	
   show	
   you	
   the	
   exact	
   urls	
   of	
   the	
   pages	
   on	
   your	
   site	
   that	
   need	
   work	
   on.	
   	
   This	
   is	
  
something	
  that	
  will	
   take	
  a	
   few	
  minutes	
  to	
   run	
  and	
  once	
   you	
   run	
  it,	
  you	
  can	
  go	
   in	
  and	
  write	
  
some	
  unique	
  <tle	
  tags	
  and	
   unique	
  Meta	
  descrip<on	
   tags	
   for	
  all	
  of	
   the	
  pages	
   on	
   your	
  site.	
                 	
  
AKer	
  you	
  make	
  the	
   changes	
  on	
  your	
  site	
  and	
  once	
  the	
  spider	
  from	
   Google	
  re-­‐visits	
  your	
  site,	
  
usually	
   within	
   a	
  few	
   days,	
  this	
   report	
   will	
   be	
   updated	
   and	
   you	
   should	
   see	
   0	
   in	
   all	
   of	
   the	
  
rows.	
  	
   If	
  you	
  don’t,	
   just	
  go	
   in	
  and	
  make	
  some	
  more	
   changes	
   and	
   then	
   check	
  back	
  again	
  in	
  a	
  
few	
  days.	
   	
  This	
   is	
   something	
  that	
  you	
  will	
   want	
   to	
   set	
  on	
  your	
  calendar	
  to	
   do	
  every	
  ninety	
  
days	
  or	
  so	
   or	
  even	
   more	
   oKen	
   if	
   you	
  are	
  adding	
   a 	
  lot	
   of	
  content	
  and	
  new	
  pages	
  to	
  your	
   site	
  
on	
  a	
  regular	
  basis.	
  	
  	
  
                                                          ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Brick and Mortar




Let’s	
  review!	
  	
   So	
  far	
   we	
  have	
  covered	
   how	
  to	
   do	
  market	
  research	
  with	
  the	
  Google	
  Keyword	
  
tool,	
   how	
   to	
   use	
   Google	
   webmaster	
   tools	
   to	
   determine	
   if	
   your	
   site	
   is	
   suffering	
   from	
  
duplicate	
   <tle	
   tags	
   or	
   duplicate	
   meta	
   descrip<on	
   tags,	
   how	
   to	
   feed	
   the	
   search	
   engine	
  
spiders	
  by	
  having	
  keywords	
  in	
  your	
  content,	
  and	
  how	
  to	
   increase	
   your	
  click	
  through	
  rate	
  on	
  
the	
  search	
   results	
  by	
   having	
  “borrowed	
   credibility”	
  statements	
   in	
   the	
  <tle	
  and	
  descrip<on	
  
tags!	
  	
   And	
  we	
   are	
  just	
  geDng	
  started!	
  	
  Everything	
   that	
   we	
  have	
  covered	
   so	
  far	
   is	
  applicable	
  
to	
   all	
   sites	
   on	
   the	
   Internet.	
   	
   What	
   I	
   want	
   to	
   touch	
   on	
   for	
   the	
   next	
   few	
   moments	
   is	
  
specifically	
  for	
  businesses	
   that	
  have	
  a	
  brick	
  and	
  mortar	
   loca<on	
  that	
  customers	
   can	
  walk	
  in	
  
and	
  make	
  purchases.	
  	
  This	
  would	
  be	
  anyone	
  with	
  a	
  physical	
  loca<on	
  such	
  as	
  a	
   florist,	
  or	
  an	
  
event	
  venue,	
  or	
   a	
  wedding	
   dress	
   store	
   and	
   so	
   on.	
   	
   For	
   those	
   of	
   you	
   without	
  a	
   brick	
   and	
  
mortar,	
   can	
   I	
   assume	
   that	
   you	
   are	
   offering	
   services	
   to	
   your	
   clients	
   such	
   as	
   a	
   wedding	
  
consultant	
   or	
   maybe	
   an	
   online	
   wedding	
   directory?	
   	
   For	
   those	
   of	
   you	
   without	
   a	
   physical	
  
loca<on,	
  what	
  we	
  are	
  going	
  to	
   cover	
  right	
  now	
  can	
  also	
   work	
   for	
  you	
   but	
  you	
  will	
  need	
   to	
  
get	
  a	
  virtual	
   office	
  address	
   such	
   as	
   an	
   address	
   at	
  a	
  Regas.	
   	
   A	
  post	
   office	
   box	
  won’t	
  work!	
  	
  
You	
   need	
   an	
   actual	
   address	
  where,	
  poten<ally,	
  customers	
  could	
   meet	
  you	
  in	
   person.	
   	
  You	
  
could	
   use	
   your	
   home	
   address	
   for	
   this	
   of	
   course,	
   just	
  know	
   that	
  your	
   home	
   address	
   may	
  
appear	
   in	
   the	
   search	
   results	
   and	
   in	
   some	
   cases	
   even	
   a	
   picture	
   of	
   your	
   home	
   from	
   the	
  
Google	
  maps	
  might	
  even	
  show	
  up!	
  	
  

                                                       ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Brick and Mortar




When	
  someone	
  does	
  a 	
  search	
  for	
  certain	
  keywords,	
  Google	
   has 	
  determined	
  that	
  at	
  least	
   for	
  some	
  
keywords,	
  the	
   intent	
   is	
  to	
  find	
  a	
  local	
   business.	
   	
  So	
  what	
   they	
   have	
   done	
   is	
  they	
   have	
   integrated	
  
within	
   their	
   search	
   results	
   a	
   way	
   to	
   show	
   sites	
   that	
   they	
   know	
   are	
   local	
   brick	
   and	
   mortar.	
             	
  
Remember,	
  Google	
   is	
  a	
  business,	
   and	
   their	
  business	
  is	
  to	
  get	
  as	
  many	
  people	
   to	
  use	
  their	
   search	
  
engine	
  as	
  possible	
  so	
  that	
  they	
   can	
  sell	
  adver<sing.	
  	
  In	
  order	
  to	
  do	
  that,	
  they	
  have	
   to	
  have	
   the	
  best	
  
results	
  as	
   possible	
   for	
   the	
   users.	
   	
  If,	
   for	
   example,	
   someone	
   searched	
   for	
  “wedding	
   flowers”	
   that	
  
may	
   or	
  may	
   not	
   mean	
  that	
  someone	
   is	
  looking	
   for	
  a	
  local 	
  store	
   but	
   on	
   the	
  other	
  hand,	
  someone	
  
that	
  searched	
  for	
  “wedding	
   flowers	
  San	
  Diego”,	
  you	
  can	
  preky	
  much	
  assume	
  they	
  are	
  looking	
  for	
  a	
  
local 	
  business.	
   	
   When	
  someone	
  searches	
   with	
  a	
  keyword	
  plus	
  a 	
  local	
  search	
  query	
   such	
  as	
  a 	
  city	
  
name,	
  Google	
  shows	
  what	
   we	
  call	
  local	
  search	
  results.	
   	
  The	
   local	
  search	
   results	
  usually	
  result	
  in	
  a	
  
map	
  lis<ng	
  on	
  the	
  same	
  page	
  or	
  at	
  a	
  minimum	
   they	
  have	
   the	
  red	
  balloons	
  showing	
   up	
  in	
  the	
   search	
  
results	
  next	
  to	
  the	
   local	
  search	
  results	
  lis<ngs.	
   	
  The	
   local	
  search	
  results	
  are	
  usually	
  stacked	
  within	
  
the	
  organic	
  results.	
  	
  In	
  this	
  example	
   we	
  have	
  google	
  pay	
  per	
  click	
  ads 	
  showing	
  up	
  on	
  the	
   top	
  and	
  on	
  
the	
  right	
   side,	
  the	
  local	
  search	
  results	
  trigged	
  a	
  map	
   lis<ng	
  on	
   the	
  top	
  right.	
  	
  The	
  first	
   result	
  in	
   the	
  
middle	
   right	
   below	
   the	
   pay	
   per	
  click	
  lis<ng	
   is	
  an	
  organic	
  lis<ng.	
   	
   In	
  other	
   words,	
   the	
   site	
   Google	
  
says	
  is	
  most	
  about	
  those	
   keywords.	
   	
   We	
   know	
  that	
  that	
   is	
   not	
   a	
  local	
  lis<ng	
   as	
   there	
  is	
  not	
  a	
  red	
  
balloon	
  next	
   to	
  it.	
  	
  Under	
  that	
   lis<ng	
   we	
  do	
   have	
   two	
  local	
  search	
  results	
  and	
  another	
  interes<ng	
  
thing	
  is	
  that	
  the	
  pay	
  per	
  click	
  ads	
  are	
  also	
  showing	
  as	
  blue	
  balloons	
  on	
  top	
  of	
  the	
  map.	
  	
  

                                                             ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Getting Ranked




   Local	
   SEO	
   is	
   extremely	
   powerful	
   for	
   local	
   businesses	
   as	
   it	
   is	
   easier	
  and	
   faster	
  to	
   rank	
   for	
  
local	
  search	
  terms	
   that	
   it	
  is	
  for	
  na<onal	
  or	
  global	
  search	
  terms.	
  	
  In	
  fact,	
  I	
  am	
  going	
  to	
  reveal	
  to	
  
you	
  right	
  now	
   the	
  three	
   main	
  things	
   you	
  need	
   to	
   do	
   to	
   get	
  ranked	
   in	
  the	
  local	
  search	
  results.	
    	
  
And	
  unless	
  all	
  of	
  your	
  compe<tors	
   from	
  your	
   city	
  are	
  here	
   also	
  listening,	
  if	
   you	
  put	
  into	
  ac<on	
  
the	
   three	
   things	
   I	
   am	
   going	
   to	
   share,	
   you	
   will	
   be	
   outranking	
   your	
   compe<tors	
   in	
   the	
   local	
  
search	
  results	
  in	
  a	
  very	
  short	
  <me.	
  	
   Also,	
  as	
  you	
  are	
  implemen<ng	
  these	
   strategies	
  for	
  geDng	
  
ranked	
   in	
   the	
  local	
   search,	
  you	
   are	
  also	
   helping	
  your	
  site	
  to	
  get	
  ranked	
   in	
   the	
  organic	
   search	
  
results.	
   	
   Remember	
   the	
   1%?	
   This	
   could	
   be	
   your	
   1%	
   today	
   that	
  will	
   put	
   you	
   on	
   the	
   path	
   to	
  
double	
  your	
  marke<ng	
  results	
  and	
  doubling	
  your	
  sales	
  in	
  the	
  next	
  seventy	
  days!




                                                          ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
The	
  first	
  thing	
  you	
   need	
   to	
   do	
   to	
  
get	
   ranked	
   in	
   Google	
  Local	
   is	
   to	
  put	
  
your	
   address	
   on	
   all	
  of	
   the	
  pages	
   on	
  
your	
  site!	
  	
  If	
  you	
  only	
  service	
  a	
  local	
  
geographic	
   area,	
  then	
   also	
   consider	
  
puDng	
  the	
  local	
  search	
  term	
  right	
  in	
  
your	
   <tle	
   tag	
   and	
   Meta	
   descrip<on	
  
tag	
  as	
   well.	
   	
   If	
   you	
   service	
  clients	
  in	
  
mul<ple	
   geographic	
   areas	
   then	
   put	
  
the	
  main	
  area	
  on	
  the	
  footer	
  of	
  every	
  
single	
   page.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   also	
   where	
   a	
  
likle	
   bit	
   of	
   market	
   research	
   will	
   be	
  
very	
  helpful.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  go	
  back	
  to	
  what	
  
we	
  talked	
  about	
  in	
  the	
  beginning	
  about	
  puDng	
   your	
   keywords	
  into	
  the	
  Google	
  keyword	
   tool,	
  
what	
  you	
  can	
  do	
  is	
   put	
  your	
  main	
   keyword	
   plus	
   local	
  search	
  queries	
  and	
  see	
  which	
  ci<es	
   have	
  
the	
   most	
  search	
   results.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   a	
   very	
   powerful	
   technique	
  to	
   help	
   you	
   to	
   determine	
   which	
  
local	
   areas	
   to	
   target	
   first	
   with	
   your	
   marke<ng	
   budget.	
   	
   AKer	
   doing	
   the	
   research	
   with	
   the	
  
Google	
   keyword	
   tool,	
  make	
  a	
   list	
  of	
   the	
   top	
   ten	
   areas	
   that	
  people	
  search	
   for	
   a	
   DJ	
   in	
   in	
   this	
  
example,	
  and	
  then	
  in	
   the	
  footer	
  you	
  can	
  put	
  in	
   city	
  1	
  DJs,	
  city	
  2	
  DJs,	
  city	
  3	
  DJs	
  and	
  make	
  those	
  
all	
  clickable	
  links	
  that	
  go	
  to	
  another	
  page	
  on	
  your	
   site	
   just	
  about	
   each	
  of	
  those	
  ci<es	
   or	
   areas.	
     	
  
Each	
   of	
  those	
  ten	
   or	
  so	
   pages	
   have	
  a	
  500-­‐1000	
  word	
  or	
  more	
   ar<cle	
   that	
  uses	
   the	
  city	
   1	
  DJs	
  
keyword	
  throughout	
  the	
  ar<cle	
   and	
  has	
   pictures	
  and	
  <ps	
  all	
   about	
  venues	
  or	
  vendors	
  in	
  each	
  
of	
  those	
  areas.	
  	
   Be	
  sure	
  to	
   put	
   in	
  vendors	
  or	
  venues	
  you	
  have	
  a	
   working	
  rela<onship	
   with	
  and	
  
not	
   your	
   compe<tors!	
   	
   You	
   could	
   also	
   put	
   in	
   pictures	
   of	
   your	
   company	
   working	
   in	
   those	
  
specific	
  local	
  areas!	
   	
  If	
   you	
   actually	
  have	
  different	
   physical	
  loca<ons	
   that	
  service	
  customers,	
  I	
  
recommend	
   you	
   build	
   out	
  a	
  separate	
   website	
   for	
   each	
   brick	
  and	
  mortar	
   store	
  and	
  also	
   have	
  
one	
  corporate	
  site	
  that	
  links	
  to	
  all	
  of	
   the	
  individual	
  sites.	
  	
   This	
  will	
   help	
  you	
  to	
  have	
  more	
  links	
  
to	
  your	
  main	
  corporate	
  site	
   and	
  also	
   help	
  you	
  to	
  get	
   more	
  targeted	
  search	
  results	
  for	
  each	
  of	
  
your	
  local	
  businesses.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  have	
  more	
  than	
  ten	
  or	
  so	
  businesses	
  you	
  can	
  do	
   the	
  same	
  thing	
  
but	
  with	
  a	
  database	
  driven	
  site	
  that	
  builds	
  out	
  a 	
  subdomain	
  lis<ng	
  for	
  each	
  of	
   your	
  stores.	
  That	
  
is	
  something	
  preky	
  advanced	
  but	
  also	
  easy	
  to	
  implement	
  for	
  an	
  experienced	
  programmer.	
  	
  For	
  
the	
   majority	
  however,	
  the	
  only	
  thing	
   you	
  need	
  to	
   do	
  is	
  to	
  get	
  your	
   address	
   on	
  all	
  of	
  the	
  pages	
  
of	
  your	
  site!

                                                           ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Claiming Your Google Place




The	
   next	
  thing	
  that	
   I	
  am	
   going	
   to	
   show	
   you	
   is	
   something	
   that	
  even	
   today	
   a	
  lot	
   of	
   business	
  
owners	
   are	
   s<ll	
   not	
   doing	
   and	
   those	
   who	
   are,	
   are	
   not	
   doing	
   correctly!	
   	
   As	
   stated	
   earlier,	
  
Google	
   wants	
   to	
   show	
   the	
   best	
   results	
   to	
   its	
   users	
   so	
   it	
  has	
   set	
   up	
   a	
   way	
   for	
   local	
   business	
  
owners	
  to	
   announce	
   to	
   Google	
  that	
  they	
   have	
  a	
  local	
  business.	
   	
  They	
  have	
  even	
   set	
   it	
  up	
   so	
  
that	
   you	
   can	
  publish	
   photos,	
  videos,	
   your	
  store	
  hours,	
   and	
  even	
  a	
  link	
  to	
   your	
  main	
   website!	
                  	
  
This	
   is	
   extremely	
   valuable	
  because	
  what	
  you	
  put	
  in	
   here	
  will	
  show	
   up	
   on	
   Google	
  maps	
  when	
  
someone	
   is	
   doing	
   a	
   search	
   on	
   their	
   smartphone	
   as	
   they	
   are	
   driving	
   around.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   very	
  
valuable	
  as	
  someone	
  driving	
  around	
  looking	
  for	
  a	
   business	
  is	
  even	
  MORE	
  likely	
  to	
   buy!	
  	
  Even	
  
more,	
   if	
   you	
   can	
   get	
   your	
   customers	
   to	
   leave	
   reviews	
   and	
   checkins	
   on	
   your	
   business	
   lis<ng	
  
they	
  will	
  be	
  even	
  MORE	
  inclined	
  to	
  purchase	
  from	
  you	
  even	
  if	
  your	
  prices	
   are	
  higher!	
  We	
  are	
  
going	
   to	
   cover	
   reviews	
   and	
   checkins	
   in	
   a	
   second,	
   but	
   first	
   let’s	
   look	
   at	
   how	
   to	
   claim	
   your	
  
Google	
  places	
  page!




                                                             ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Google	
   places	
   is	
   where	
   you	
   can	
   claim	
  
                                                                                               your	
   lis<ng	
   of	
   your	
   brick	
   and	
   mortar	
  
                                                                                               store	
  from	
  Google.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  have	
  a	
   gmail	
  
                                                                                               account,	
   you	
   can	
   go	
   to	
   Google	
   Places	
  
                                                                                               and	
  just	
  hit	
  Get	
  Started	
  and	
  it	
  will	
  walk	
  
                                                                                               you	
  through	
  the	
   process	
  to	
   claim	
  your	
  
                                                                                               lis<ng.	
   	
  When	
   you	
  do	
  this,	
  Google	
   will	
  
                                                                                               send	
   a	
   postcard	
   out	
   to	
   your	
   place	
   of	
  
                                                                                               business	
   with	
   a	
   likle	
   code	
   on	
   it.	
   	
   You	
  
                                                                                               will	
   have	
   to	
   place	
   that	
  code	
  onto	
  your	
  
                                                                                               account	
   before	
   your	
   lis<ng	
   shows	
   as	
  
                                                                                               ac<ve	
  and	
  before	
   any	
  changes	
  that	
  you	
  
make	
  are	
  live	
  on	
  the	
  Internet.	
  	
   This	
  is	
  very	
  powerful	
   as	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
   <mes	
  in	
  the	
  local	
  search	
  results;	
  
there	
   will	
   even	
   be	
   unclaimed	
   businesses	
   that	
   show	
   up	
   in	
   the	
   search	
   results.	
   	
   When	
   this	
  
happens,	
  you	
   are	
   GOLD!	
   	
   Just	
   go	
   in	
   and	
   setup	
   your	
   lis<ng,	
   add	
   in	
   as	
   much	
   informa<on	
   as	
  
possible,	
  and	
  very	
  quickly	
  your	
  site	
  will	
  improve	
  in	
  the	
  local	
  search	
  results.	
  	
  I 	
  am	
  going	
  to	
  show	
  
you	
   in	
   a	
   second	
   what	
   an	
   op<mized	
   lis<ng	
  looks	
   like,	
   but	
   also	
   in	
   the	
   same	
   place	
   on	
   Google	
  
places,	
   your	
  customers	
   can	
   login	
   and	
   leave	
   reviews.	
   	
   Most	
  of	
   the	
   <me	
  they	
   can	
   also	
   do	
   this	
  
directly	
  from	
  Google	
  Maps	
  on	
  their	
  smartphone.	
  	
  A	
  good	
  idea	
  for	
   ANY	
  local	
  business	
  is	
  to	
   have	
  
some	
   signage	
   up	
   where	
   you	
   show	
   customers	
   exactly	
   how,	
   step	
   by	
   step,	
   they	
   can	
   leave	
   a	
  
review	
  for	
  your	
  business	
  right	
  from	
   their	
  
smartphone!	
   	
   	
  I	
   have	
   even	
   seen	
   where	
  
some	
   businesses	
   have	
   offers	
   for	
   free	
  
stuff	
   for	
   leaving	
   reviews	
   or	
   liking	
   their	
  
Facebook	
  page!	
  	
  Very	
  smart!




                                                               ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Your	
   Google	
   lis<ng	
   is	
   probably	
   the	
  
                                                                                               second	
   most	
   valuable	
   piece	
   of	
   real	
  
                                                                                               estate	
   on	
   the	
   Internet	
   for	
   your	
  
                                                                                               business,	
   second	
   only	
   to	
   your	
   own	
  
                                                                                               website.	
  	
  You	
  definitely	
   want	
  to	
  spend	
  
                                                                                               some	
   <me	
   making	
   sure	
   this	
   page	
   is	
  
                                                                                               op<mized	
   for	
   Google	
   and	
   the	
   search	
  
                                                                                               spiders	
   in	
   the	
   same	
   way	
   that	
   we	
  
                                                                                               discussed	
   making	
   changes	
   on	
   your	
  
                                                                                               own	
  site.	
  	
   Some	
  of	
  the	
   most	
  powerful	
  




changes	
   that	
   you	
   can	
   make	
   on	
   your	
  
Google	
  lis<ng	
  is	
   to	
  make	
  sure	
  that	
  your	
  
keywords	
   show	
   up	
   in	
   the	
   <tle	
   of	
   your	
  
lis<ng	
   and	
   in	
   the	
   descrip<on	
   of	
   your	
  
lis<ng.	
  	
   This	
  is	
  the	
  same	
  as	
  making	
  sure	
  
your	
   keywords	
   show	
   up	
   in	
   your	
   Title	
  
Tags	
   and	
   Meta	
   Tag	
   Descrip<on.	
   	
   And	
                                                                  just	
   like	
   you	
   can	
  
op<mize	
   a	
  page	
   on	
   your	
   site	
   for	
   up	
   to	
                                                        three	
   keywords,	
   a	
  
great	
   idea	
   that	
   will	
   help	
   you	
   to	
   stay	
                                                           a h e a d	
   o f	
   y o u r	
  
compe<tors	
   is	
   to	
   work	
   in	
   mul<ple	
   keywords	
   into	
   the	
  descrip<on	
   of	
   your	
   business!	
   	
   You	
   can	
  
also	
  upload	
  up	
  to	
  ten	
  pictures.	
  	
   One	
   thing	
  that	
  most	
  SEO	
  experts	
  even	
  forget	
  is	
  that	
  it	
  is	
  always	
  
beker	
   to	
   upload	
   original	
   pictures	
   and	
   not	
   just	
   stock	
   photos	
   purchased	
   from	
   a	
   stock	
  
photography	
  site	
  or	
  photos	
   provided	
   by	
  a	
  manufacturer.	
  	
  Any<me	
  you	
  can	
  take	
   new	
  pictures	
  
either	
   yourself	
  or	
  even	
  just	
  modify	
  the	
  pictures	
  with	
  photoshop	
   to	
  make	
  them	
  beker	
  will	
  help	
  
give	
   you	
   the	
   edge	
   over	
   your	
   compe<tors.	
   	
   Pictures	
   of	
   your	
   actual	
   physical	
   loca<on,	
   your	
  
signage	
  and	
   even	
  customers	
  at	
  your	
  place	
  of	
   business	
  are	
  great	
   pictures	
  to	
  upload	
  not	
  just	
  for	
  
Google,	
   but	
   also	
   because	
   when	
   someone	
   searches	
   for	
   your	
   place	
   of	
   business	
   on	
   their	
  
smartphone,	
  they	
  are	
   going	
  to	
  be	
  able	
   to	
  see	
   those	
  pictures	
  and	
  if	
   they	
  are	
  awesome,	
  like	
   they	
  
should	
   be,	
   it	
   will	
   increase	
   your	
   foot	
   traffic	
   also.	
   	
   Also	
   be	
   sure	
   to	
   <tle	
   your	
   pictures	
   with	
  
keywords	
   and	
   here	
   is	
   where	
   you	
   can	
   get	
   crea<ve	
   and	
   try	
   to	
   add	
   in	
   as	
   many	
   keywords	
   as	
  
possible.	
  	
   So,	
  for	
   example,	
  name	
  of	
  the	
  pictures	
  Wedding	
  Flowers	
  San	
  Diego,	
  and	
  another	
  one	
  
Wedding	
  florist	
  San	
  Diego,	
  and	
  for	
  another	
  Wedding	
  bouquet.	
  

                                                            ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
You	
   can	
   also	
  upload	
  videos.	
  	
  If	
  you	
  have	
  not	
              app	
  downloaded	
  on	
   their	
  phone	
  and	
  check	
  it	
  
had	
   a	
  professional	
   video	
   done	
  of	
  your	
  place	
                    first	
   before	
   going	
   to	
   a	
   place	
   of	
   business.	
         	
  
of	
   business,	
   this	
   is	
   something	
   you	
   can	
   get	
                 When	
  you	
  open	
  up	
  Yelp	
  on	
  your	
   smartphone	
  
done	
  for	
  a	
  few	
  hundred	
  dollars	
  and	
  use	
  over	
                    you	
  can	
   type	
   in	
   a	
  keyword	
   and	
   then	
  choose	
  
and	
  over	
  again.	
  	
   But	
  don’t	
  let	
  that	
  stop	
  you.	
              the	
   loca<on	
   to	
   be	
   where	
   your	
   business	
   is	
  
You	
  can	
  always	
  take	
  pictures	
  of	
  your	
  place	
  of	
                  located.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   a	
   really	
   good	
   idea	
   so	
   that	
  
business,	
   upload	
   them	
   to	
   inexpensive	
                                   y o u	
   c a n	
   g a t h e r	
   s o m e	
   c o m p e < < v e	
  
soKware	
  called	
  Animoto	
   where	
  you	
  can	
  also	
                           intelligence.	
   	
   Don’t	
   just	
   look	
   at	
   the	
   lis<ngs	
  
edit	
  them,	
   add	
  some	
  background	
  music,	
  and	
                           for	
   your	
   keyword,	
   you	
   can	
   also	
   check	
   out	
  
save	
  as	
   a 	
  video.	
  	
  It	
  takes	
  less	
  than	
  an	
  hour	
  to	
     what	
   others	
   are	
   doing	
   just	
   in	
   the	
   wedding	
  
do	
   and	
   can	
   allow	
   you	
   to	
   have	
   a	
   video	
   to	
            industry	
   to	
   get	
  some	
  ideas!	
   	
  One	
   of	
  the	
  first	
  
upload	
   to	
   your	
   Google	
   lis<ng	
   quite	
   quickly.	
             	
     things	
   you	
   will	
   no<ce	
   is	
   that	
  there	
   are	
  a	
   lot	
  
If	
   not,	
  just	
  ask	
   your	
   neighbor’s	
   teenage	
   son	
                 of	
  reviews	
  and	
  also	
  check	
  in	
  offers!	
  	
  Check-­‐in	
  
that	
   probably	
   has	
   tons	
   of	
   experience	
                               offers	
   are	
   offers	
   to	
   your	
   customers	
   for	
  
uploading	
  youtube	
  videos.	
  	
  You	
  can	
  probably	
                          checking	
   in	
   with	
   their	
   smartphones	
   on	
   the	
  
find	
  a 	
  kid	
  willing	
  to	
  do	
  an	
   awesome	
   video	
  for	
             Yelp	
   app.	
   	
   A	
   lot	
   of	
   <mes,	
   people	
   will	
   leave	
  
your	
   business	
   for	
   less	
   than	
   a	
   hundred	
                          reviews	
   when	
  they	
   check-­‐in	
   making	
  this	
   is	
   a	
  
dollars!	
   	
   The	
   last	
   thing	
   you	
   want	
   to	
   make	
              great	
  way	
  to	
  get	
  reviews	
   for	
  your	
  business	
  as	
  
sure	
   is	
   that	
   your	
   lis<ng	
   is	
   owner	
   verified.	
          	
     well.	
   	
   A	
   check-­‐in	
   offer	
   could	
   be	
   something	
  
You	
   can	
  check	
  that	
  when	
   you	
   are	
   looking	
   at	
                like	
  a	
  percentage	
   off	
  of	
  their	
   order	
  or	
  a	
  free	
  
your	
  lis<ng	
  and	
  on	
   the	
  top	
  right	
  it	
  should	
  say	
             giK!	
   	
   Bing	
   and	
   Yahoo	
   are	
   more	
   similar	
   to	
  
owner	
  verified.	
   	
   If	
   it	
  doesn’t	
  then	
   you	
   need	
               Google	
   places.	
   	
   Bing	
   also	
   requires	
   you	
   to	
  
to	
   put	
   in	
   the	
   code	
   from	
   the	
   postcard	
   aKer	
              confirm	
  your	
   lis<ng	
  by	
  sending	
  out	
  a 	
  leker	
  to	
  
you	
   receive	
   it	
  or	
  some<mes	
   Google	
   creates	
                        your	
  place	
  of	
  business	
   with	
  a	
   code	
   that	
  you	
  
duplicate	
  lis<ngs.	
  	
  If	
  that	
  is	
   the	
  case,	
   there	
  is	
         then	
  have	
   to	
   place	
   onto	
  your	
  lis<ng.	
  	
  What	
  I	
  
a	
   place	
   right	
   there	
   to	
   report	
   to	
   get	
   the	
               really	
   like	
   about	
   Bing	
   however	
   is	
   you	
   can	
  
duplicate	
  lis<ng	
  removed.	
  	
                                                    post	
   up	
   to	
   ten	
   of	
   your	
   products	
   or	
   services	
  
                                                                                         within	
   your	
   lis<ng.	
   	
   Best	
   of	
   the	
   Web	
   and	
  
AKer	
  you	
  claim	
  your	
  Google	
  places,	
  there	
  are	
                      Horrog	
   are	
   two	
   of	
   the	
   more	
   important	
  
some	
  other	
  sites	
   you	
  want	
   to	
  also	
  make	
  sure	
                  directories	
  to	
  get	
  your	
  business	
  listed	
  at.	
  	
  
you	
  claim	
  your	
  lis<ngs	
  on.	
  	
  Some	
  of	
  the	
   more	
  
important	
  one’s	
   are	
   Yelp,	
   Bing,	
  Yahoo,	
  Best	
  
of	
   the	
   Web	
   and	
   Horrog.	
   	
   Yelp	
   is	
   really	
  
important	
   as	
   a	
   lot	
   of	
   people	
   have	
   the	
   Yelp	
  

                                                                ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
There	
  are	
  two	
  important	
   things 	
  to	
  remember	
  when	
  filling	
  out	
   your	
  lis<ngs	
  on	
  these	
   sites.	
  	
   One	
   is	
  to	
  fill	
  
out	
   as	
  much	
  informa<on	
   as	
  possible.	
   	
  Use	
   every	
  single	
  opportunity	
  you	
  have	
   to	
  put	
  more	
   informa<on	
  
about	
   your	
   business.	
   	
   When	
   possible,	
   also	
   include	
   reviews,	
   tes<monials,	
   and	
   pictures	
   of	
   happy	
  
customers!	
   	
  Also,	
   even	
  though	
   you	
  are	
   trying	
   to	
  put	
  in	
  keywords	
   into	
  your	
  lis<ngs,	
   always	
  be	
  sure	
  to	
  
write	
   for	
   your	
  customer	
  first.	
   	
  Don’t	
   keyword	
   stuff	
  your	
  lis<ngs	
   by	
   puDng	
   a	
  bunch	
  of	
  city	
  names	
  of	
  
areas	
   you	
   service	
   all	
   in	
   a	
   list	
   in	
   the	
   descrip<on	
   area	
   of	
   your	
   business	
  lis<ng,	
   but	
   rather,	
   work	
   the	
  
keywords	
  into	
   your	
   lis<ng	
   in	
   a	
   natural	
  way	
   that	
   will	
   compel 	
  people	
   to	
   want	
   to	
   visit	
   your	
   place	
   of	
  
business.	
   	
  A	
  good	
  idea	
  also,	
   is	
  to	
  work	
  in	
   the	
  URL	
   of	
  your	
  website	
   into	
   the	
  descrip<on.	
   	
  That	
   way,	
  if	
  
someone	
  wants	
  to	
  get	
  more	
   informa<on	
  about	
   your	
  business,	
  they	
  can	
   find	
  it	
   easily.	
  	
   The	
  second	
  thing	
  
you	
   always	
  want	
   to	
   make	
   sure	
   you	
   do	
   is 	
  have	
   a	
  link	
   back	
   to	
   your	
  main	
   website	
   within	
   the	
   lis<ng.	
  	
  
Usually	
  they	
  have	
  a	
  specific	
  place	
  that	
  they	
  allow	
  you	
  to	
  put	
  the	
  URL.

AKer	
   claiming	
   your	
   lis<ng	
   at	
   Google	
   and	
   the	
   other	
   five	
   main	
   sites,	
   a	
   way	
   to	
   stay	
   ahead	
   of	
   your	
  
compe<tors	
  is	
  to	
   work	
   on	
  submiDng	
   your	
  site	
   to	
   more	
   directories	
  on	
   a	
  monthly	
   or	
  even	
  a	
  weekly	
  
basis.	
   	
  There	
   are	
   new	
   one’s	
  coming	
  up	
   all 	
  the	
   <me	
   and	
  a	
  good	
  idea	
  is	
  to	
  also	
  look	
   for	
  some	
   specific	
  
wedding	
  directories	
  to	
  submit	
  your	
  site	
  to.	
  	
  Many	
  of	
  the	
  specific	
  wedding	
  directories	
  will	
  not	
  only	
  help	
  
you	
  with	
  your	
  search	
  rankings,	
  but	
  will	
  send	
  traffic	
  to	
  you	
  as	
  well.

The	
   third	
   thing	
   you	
  need	
  to	
  do	
  to	
  get	
  great	
  local 	
  search	
   results 	
  is	
  get	
   some	
   reviews	
  directly	
  on	
  your	
  
                                                                                                  Google	
   lis<ng.	
   	
   The	
  best	
   way	
  to	
  do	
  this	
  is	
  to	
  
                                                                                                  simply	
  ask	
  your	
  customers	
  to	
   give	
   you	
  those	
  
                                                                                                  reviews!	
   	
   We	
   covered	
   a	
   likle	
   bit	
   about	
   this	
  
                                                                                                  already.	
   	
  We	
  discussed	
  puDng	
  up	
   signage	
  at	
  
                                                                                                  your	
  place	
  of	
  business	
  showing	
  them	
  how	
  to	
  
                                                                                                  leave	
   reviews.	
   	
   This	
   is	
   going	
   to	
   work	
   more	
  
                                                                                                  and	
   more	
   as	
   a	
   lot	
   of	
   people	
   today	
   have	
  
                                                                                                  smartphones.	
   	
   If	
   you	
   have	
   a	
   lot	
   of	
   clients	
  
                                                                                                  without	
   smartphones,	
   be	
   sure	
   to	
   have	
   a	
  
                                                                                                  system	
   setup	
  to	
   collect	
  their	
  email 	
  addresses	
  
                                                                                                  so	
   you	
   can	
   email 	
   them	
   the	
   informa<on	
  
                                                                                                  about	
   how	
  to	
  leave	
   reviews	
  from	
   their	
  home	
  
                                                                                                  computers!	
   	
   In	
   fact,	
   no	
   maker	
   what,	
   you	
  
                                                                                                  should	
  have	
   a	
  system	
  setup	
  to	
   collect	
   email	
  
addresses 	
   from	
   your	
   clients	
   and	
   prospects,	
   but	
   that	
   is	
   another	
   presenta<on	
   on	
   email	
   marke<ng,	
  
something	
  that	
   we	
   also	
  cover	
   within	
  Wedlock	
  Magazine,	
   forums,	
   and	
  Webinars!	
   	
  I	
  think	
  we	
   actually	
  
have	
  one	
   scheduled	
  that	
  covers	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  this	
  especially	
   about	
  how	
  to	
  follow	
  up	
  with	
  your	
  customers	
  in	
  
an	
   automated	
   way	
   so	
  that	
   you	
  only	
   have	
   to	
  set	
   it	
   up	
   one	
   <me	
   and	
  then	
  they	
  get	
   emails	
  with	
  your	
  
marke<ng	
  messages	
  and	
  special	
  offers	
  automa<cally	
  delivered	
  to	
  them	
  on	
  a	
  weekly	
  basis.


                                                                 ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
So,	
  once	
  again,	
  let’s	
   review!	
  	
   Make	
  sure	
   your	
  address	
   is	
  on	
  each	
  page	
   of	
  your	
  website,	
  think	
  of	
  
your	
  Google	
  places	
  as	
  a	
  mini	
  website	
  and	
  op<mize	
  it	
  for	
  your	
  keywords	
  just	
  like	
  you	
   would	
  for	
  
your	
   main	
   site	
  by	
   keeping	
   the	
   keywords	
   in	
   the	
   <tle	
  tags	
   and	
   descrip<on	
   tags.	
   Add	
   as	
   many	
  
pictures	
   and	
   videos	
   as	
   possible	
   always	
   being	
   sure	
   to	
   add	
   unique	
   photos	
   and	
   not	
   use	
   stock	
  
photography.	
   	
   Don’t	
   forget	
   to	
   claim	
   your	
   business	
   lis<ngs	
   and	
   make	
   sure	
   they	
   are	
   owner	
  
verified	
  and	
  then	
  set	
  up	
  a	
  system	
  for	
  collec<ng	
  reviews	
  from	
  your	
  customers!	
  




                                                        ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Using Video to Rank




One	
  of	
  the	
   things	
   that	
  we	
   have	
   touched	
   on	
   but	
   have	
  not	
  gone	
  into	
   great	
  detail	
   yet	
  is	
   about	
  
video.	
  Using	
  video	
  to	
  get	
  ranked	
  for	
  local	
   search	
  terms	
  is	
  another	
   strategy	
  successfully	
   used	
  by	
  
many	
  websites.	
  	
   More	
  and	
  more,	
  people	
  want	
  to	
  see,	
  feel,	
  and	
  experience	
   before	
  they	
   make	
  a	
  
decision	
   to	
   purchase	
   something.	
   	
   By	
   having	
   video	
   on	
   your	
   site,	
   you	
   will	
   not	
   only	
   help	
   to	
  
increase	
  sales,	
  but	
  if	
  done	
  correctly,	
  you	
  can	
  publish	
   your	
  videos	
  on	
  video	
  sharing	
  sites	
  such	
  as	
  
Youtube	
   and	
   get	
   more	
  traffic	
  to	
  your	
  site	
  as	
  well.	
  	
  Now	
  videos	
  don’t	
  have	
  to	
   be	
   a 	
  complicated	
  
thing	
  with	
   a 	
  script	
  and	
  video	
  crew!	
  	
  A	
  video	
  can	
   be	
  as	
  simple	
  as	
  puDng	
  together	
   some	
  photos	
  
with	
  some	
  audio	
  and	
  conver<ng	
  it	
  to	
  a	
  video.	
  	
  There	
  are	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  tools	
  out	
  there	
  that	
  will	
  allow	
  
you	
   to	
  do	
  this	
  quickly	
  and	
  inexpensively,	
  but	
  if	
   you	
  have	
  never	
  made	
  a	
   video	
  it	
  is	
  probably	
  not	
  
the	
  best	
  use	
   of	
  your	
  <me	
   to	
  be	
  making	
   the	
  videos	
  yourself.	
  	
   What	
   I 	
  would	
  recommend	
  is	
  that	
  
you	
   checkout	
   some	
   of	
   the	
   job	
   board	
   sites	
   such	
   as	
   elance.com	
   or	
   odesk.com	
   and	
   put	
   up	
   a	
  
project	
   to	
   create	
  some	
   videos	
   and	
  tell	
  them	
  that	
   you	
   will	
   provide	
  the	
   photos	
   and	
  the	
  royalty	
  
free	
  music	
  to	
  use	
  and	
  let	
  them	
  do	
  the	
  rest!	
  	
   If	
   you	
  do	
  have	
  a 	
  staff	
  member	
  that	
  can	
  be	
  crea<ng	
  
videos,	
  the	
   easiest	
  soKware	
   that	
  is	
  commonly	
  used	
   is	
   called	
  Animoto.	
  	
   Once	
  you	
   create	
  your	
  
video,	
  the	
  next	
  step	
   is	
  to	
  upload	
  it	
  to	
  some	
   of	
  the	
  video	
  sharing	
  sites.	
  	
  You	
  can	
  use	
  tools	
  such	
  
as	
  Traffic	
  Geyser	
  to	
   distribute	
  to	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  sites	
  all	
   at	
  once.	
  	
  Since	
  we	
   normally	
  only	
  upload	
   to	
  the	
  
top	
  three	
  to	
  five	
  sites,	
  you	
  can	
  also	
  just	
  upload	
  them	
  manually.	
  	
  If	
   you	
  upload	
  to	
  Youtube,	
  you	
  
can	
   then	
  also	
  embed	
  the	
   youtube	
  url	
  into	
   your	
  website.	
  	
   When	
  you	
  are	
   uploading	
  videos,	
  you	
  
also	
  need	
  to	
  be	
  sure	
   to	
  op<mize	
  your	
  videos	
  just	
  like	
  we	
  learned	
  about	
  op<mizing	
  our	
  website	
  
and	
  our	
  mini	
  lis<ngs	
  on	
  Google	
  places	
  and	
  other	
  directories!

                                                           ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Using Video to Rank




One	
  of	
   the	
  best	
  advantages	
   of	
   crea<ng	
  videos	
  with	
   local	
   search	
  terms	
   is	
  that	
  there	
  is	
  usually	
  
very	
  likle	
  compe<<on	
  and	
  you	
  will	
   be	
  able	
  to	
  get	
  ranked	
   quite	
  quickly!	
  	
  The	
  end	
   goal	
  of	
  each	
  
video	
  is	
  for	
  the	
  viewers	
  to	
   click	
  through	
  to	
  your	
   website	
  so	
   you	
   want	
  to	
  make	
  sure	
  that	
  your	
  
website	
  URL	
   is	
  one	
  of	
  the	
   first	
  things	
  that	
  appear	
  in	
  the	
  descrip<on	
  of	
  your	
  video.	
  	
  When	
  trying	
  
to	
   decide	
   what	
   sites	
   to	
   upload	
   to	
   the	
   top	
   one’s	
   are	
   youtube,	
   DailyMo<on,	
   Vimeo,	
   and	
  
Metacafe.	
   	
  You	
   should	
   also	
   do	
  a	
   search	
  to	
   see	
   what	
  sites	
   show	
  up	
  as	
   hos<ng	
   videos	
   in	
   your	
  
market	
   and	
   make	
   sure	
   you	
   also	
   have	
   a	
   presence	
  on	
   those	
   sites.	
   	
   You	
   can	
   upload	
   the	
   same	
  
videos	
   to	
  mul<ple	
  sites.	
   	
  But	
  if	
  you	
   do	
   that,	
  change	
  the	
   <tle	
   of	
   the	
  videos	
   or	
  the	
  descrip<on	
  
just	
  enough	
  so	
  it	
  does	
  not	
  exactly	
  duplicate	
  what	
  you	
  published	
  on	
  another	
  site.	
  	
  




                                                        ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Youtube	
   videos	
   rank	
   high	
   on	
                                                  Google	
   based	
   on	
   how	
   many	
  
people	
   view	
   your	
   videos	
   and	
                                                  if	
   they	
   are	
   leaving	
   comments	
  
or	
   not.	
  	
   So,	
  be	
  sure	
  to	
   have	
  all	
                                  your	
   staff	
   members	
   watch	
  
your	
  videos	
   and	
  also	
   to	
   leave	
                                              comments	
   not	
   only	
   on	
   your	
  
company	
   youtube	
   channel	
                                                              but	
   also	
   have	
   someone	
   login	
  
to	
   your	
   youtube	
   account	
  and	
                                                   leave	
   comments	
   on	
   other	
  
people’s	
   videos,	
  preferably	
   in	
                                                    the	
   wedding	
   industry.	
   	
   This	
  
w o r k s	
   o u t	
   k i n d	
   o f	
   l i k e	
                                          r e c i p r o c a l	
   c o m m e n < n g	
  
because	
  once	
   someone	
  sees	
  you	
   leK	
   a 	
  comment	
  on	
  their	
  videos,	
   the	
  most	
   natural	
   thing	
  is	
   to	
  
go	
  check	
  out	
  your	
  videos	
  and	
  return	
  the	
  favor	
  by	
  leaving	
  comments	
  on	
  your	
  videos	
  as	
  well!	
  

One	
  of	
   the	
  factors	
   of	
   the	
  google	
  algorithm	
   that	
  determines	
  
whether	
  or	
  not	
  your	
  site	
  ranks	
  high	
  is	
  the	
  <me	
  people	
  spend	
  
on	
  your	
  site.	
  	
   Now	
  don’t	
  quote	
  me	
  on	
  this,	
  but	
  in	
  my	
  opinion	
  
it	
  is	
   well	
   worth	
  the	
   investment	
  to	
   have	
  a	
  really	
   high	
   quality	
  
video	
  made	
  that	
  calls	
  aken<on	
  to	
  the	
  visitor	
  and	
   gets	
  them	
  
to	
  click	
   on	
   that	
  video.	
  	
   Just	
  those	
  extra	
  few	
  seconds	
  they	
  are	
  
on	
  the	
  site	
  can	
  help	
   your	
  site	
  exponen<ally!	
  	
  Here	
  are	
  some	
  
examples	
  of	
  websites	
   doing	
  this	
  the	
  right	
  way!	
  	
  Some	
  have	
  videos	
  showing	
  up	
   on	
   the	
  top	
  right,	
  
some	
  on	
  the	
  leK,	
  some	
  in	
  the	
  middle	
  of	
  the	
  content	
   area.	
  	
  So,	
  how	
   does	
   crea<ng	
  a	
  video	
   and	
  
                                                         submiDng	
  it	
  to	
  other	
  sites	
  like	
   youtube	
   help	
  your	
   SEO?	
   	
  It	
  helps	
  
                                                         in	
   two	
   ways!	
   	
   First,	
   your	
   videos	
   can	
   get	
   ranked	
   in	
   the	
   video	
  
                                                         search	
  results!	
   	
  This	
   is	
  helpful	
  to	
  send	
  more	
  traffic	
  to	
  your	
  site!	
                     	
  
                                                         Second,	
  on	
   all	
  of	
  the	
  sites	
  where	
  you	
  can	
  publish	
   a	
   video,	
   both	
  
                                                         in	
   the	
  profile	
  area	
  and	
  also	
  in	
  the	
  descrip<on	
  area	
  of	
  each	
   video,	
  
                                                         you	
   can	
   add	
   in	
   a	
   link	
   to	
   your	
   site!	
   	
   It	
   is	
   best	
   to	
   get	
   as	
   many	
  
                                                         different	
  links	
  from	
  as	
  many	
  different	
  sources	
  as	
  possible!	
  




                                                                  ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Blogging




So,	
  now	
  that	
  we	
  have	
  done	
  some	
  keyword	
  research,	
  fixed	
   our	
  <tle	
  tags	
  and	
   meta	
  descrip<on	
  
tags,	
   claimed	
   our	
   Google	
   places	
   lis<ng	
   and	
   setup	
   accounts	
   on	
   Yahoo,	
  Bing,	
  Botw,	
   Yelp,	
   and	
  
Horrog	
  as	
  well	
   as	
  other	
  directories,	
  created	
  a	
  video,	
  submiked	
   it	
  to	
  the	
  video	
  sharing	
  sites	
  and	
  
placed	
   a	
  high	
  quality	
  video	
  on	
  our	
  own	
   site,	
   the	
  next	
  thing	
  I	
  am	
  going	
  to	
  teach	
  you	
  is	
   how	
  to	
  
build	
   links	
  to	
  your	
  site	
  by	
   blogging!	
   	
   	
  For	
   those	
  of	
  you	
  are	
  not	
   sure	
  what	
  a	
  blog	
   is,	
  a	
  blog	
  is	
  a	
  
content	
  management	
  system	
  that	
  allows	
   business	
  owners	
  to	
  easily	
  publish	
  content	
  to	
  the	
   web	
  
with	
   “a	
   what	
   you	
   see	
   is	
   what	
   you	
   get”	
   editor	
   very	
   similar	
   to	
   a	
   Word	
   document.	
   	
   In	
   other	
  
words,	
  if	
  you	
  can	
  use	
  Word,	
  then	
  you	
   can	
  write	
  and	
  publish	
  a	
  blog	
  post!	
  	
   It	
   is	
   that	
   simple!	
  	
   The	
  
blogging	
  plarorm	
   of	
   choice	
   by	
   SEO	
   experts	
   is	
   Wordpress.	
   Your	
   blog	
  should	
   definitely	
   be	
   on	
  
your	
   own	
   domain	
   and	
   not	
  setup	
   as	
   a	
   subdomain	
   of	
   Wordpress.	
   	
   So	
   for	
   example,	
  your	
  blog	
  
should	
  be	
   on	
  www.yoursite.com/blog,	
  and	
  not	
  on	
   yoursite.wordpress.com.	
   	
  Your	
  Webmaster	
  
can	
   visit	
  wordpress.org	
   and	
   download	
   Wordpress	
   that	
   your	
   Webmaster	
   can	
   install	
   on	
   your	
  
hos<ng	
  account	
  as	
   a	
  subdomain	
   of	
  your	
  own	
  site.	
  	
  Some	
  hosts	
   will	
  even	
  setup	
  Wordpress	
  on	
  
your	
  own	
  domain	
  with	
  a	
  click	
  of	
  a	
  bukon.	
  One	
   really	
  great	
  thing	
  about	
  Wordpress	
  is	
  that	
  there	
  
are	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  free	
  plug-­‐ins	
   out	
   there	
  that	
  once	
  installed	
   will	
  automa<cally	
   make	
   your	
  site	
  SEO	
  
friendly.	
  

                                                               ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
Blogging	
  is	
   extremely	
  important	
  and	
   there	
  are	
  a	
  couple	
  of	
  
reasons	
   why	
   you	
   should	
   have	
   a	
   blog.	
   	
   The	
   first	
   one	
   is	
  
because	
   it	
   gives	
   your	
   company	
   a	
   voice	
   and	
   a	
   face!	
   	
   A	
  
famous	
   marketer	
   said:	
   “People	
   don’t	
   buy	
   from	
   websites,	
  
they	
   buy	
   from	
   people!”	
   	
   A	
  blog	
   is	
   much	
   more	
  than	
   just	
   a	
  
place	
   to	
   add	
   advertorial	
   content	
   to	
   your	
   site,	
  but	
  rather	
   a	
  
place	
   to	
   showcase	
   your	
   company	
   image	
   and	
   personality!	
                     	
  
Zappos	
   is	
   a	
   great	
  example	
   of	
   this.	
   	
   If	
   you	
   check	
   out	
  their	
  
blog,	
  what	
   you	
   will	
  find	
   is	
   that	
  they	
   not	
  only	
   have	
  ar<cles	
  
about	
  their	
  products,	
  but	
   they	
  also	
   have	
  interviews	
  of	
   industry	
  experts	
   from	
  trade	
  shows	
   and	
  
spotlights	
  on	
  their	
  employees!	
  

One	
  of	
  the	
  reasons	
  that	
  their	
  blog	
  is	
  so	
  effec<ve	
  is	
  that	
  they	
  are	
  pos<ng	
  two	
  to	
  four	
   blog	
  posts	
  
per	
   day	
   on	
   their	
   blog!	
   	
   This	
   is	
   huge.	
   	
   Zappos	
   is	
   so	
   successful	
   because	
   they	
   “get”	
   Internet	
  
marke<ng	
   and	
   they	
   realize	
   the	
   power	
   of	
   a	
   blog.	
   	
   They	
   understand	
   and	
   we	
   are	
  going	
  to	
   talk	
  
about	
  this	
  in	
   a 	
  second	
  but	
  Zappos	
   understands	
  that	
  if	
  they	
  blog	
   on	
  a	
  consistent	
  basis,	
  that	
  the	
  
Google	
  spider	
  is	
  going	
  to	
  visit	
   their	
  site	
  more	
  oKen.	
  	
  If	
  you	
   check	
  out	
  their	
   blog	
  posts,	
  you	
  will	
  
also	
   see	
   that	
  they	
   “get”	
  the	
  power	
  of	
   internal	
  linking.	
  	
  We	
  are	
  going	
  to	
  cover	
  internal	
   linking	
  
                                                             more	
  in	
  just	
  a	
  second!

                                                       The	
   second	
   reason	
   blogging	
   is	
   so	
   extremely	
   important,	
  
                                                       especially	
   in	
   the	
   day	
   and	
   age	
   we	
   live	
   in,	
   is	
   because	
   of	
  
                                                       reputa<on	
   management!	
   	
  With	
   twiker,	
  Facebook	
   and	
   online	
  
                                                       review	
   sites	
   like	
  Yelp,	
  a	
  blog	
  enables	
  you	
  to	
  publish	
  knowledge	
  
                                                       and	
   informa<on	
   and	
   control	
   your	
  message	
  to	
   your	
  audience.	
                 	
  
                                                       It	
  also	
  allows	
   you	
  to	
  respond	
  quickly	
   to	
  customers	
  and	
  answer	
  
                                                       ques<ons.	
   	
   And	
   we	
   are	
   going	
  to	
   talk	
   about	
  this	
   in	
   a	
   second,	
  
                                                       but	
  it	
   is	
   extremely	
   important	
  for	
   you	
   to	
   establish	
   a	
   presence	
  
                                                       for	
  your	
  business	
  on	
  twiker	
  and	
  Facebook	
  not	
  just	
  to	
  promote	
  
your	
   products,	
  but	
  to	
  be	
  where	
  your	
   audience	
  is.	
  	
  Some<mes	
   your	
  clients	
  will	
  have	
  a	
   problem	
  
with	
   an	
   order	
   and	
   instead	
   of	
   calling	
   or	
   emailing,	
  they	
   will	
   search	
   on	
   twiker	
  or	
  Facebook	
   for	
  
your	
  business	
   and	
  contact	
  you	
  there!	
   	
   This	
   is	
  geDng	
  a	
  likle	
  into	
  social	
  media,	
  but	
  some<mes	
  
people	
  ask,	
  what	
  is	
   the	
  return	
  on	
  investment	
  of	
   social	
   media,	
  well,	
  the	
  answer	
  is	
   what	
  is	
   the	
  
ROI	
   of	
   the	
  phone?	
  You	
  can’t	
  measure	
   it	
  but	
   it	
  is	
   a	
  tool	
   that	
  every	
   business	
   owner	
   has.	
   	
  Your	
  
customers	
  are	
  already	
  using	
  these	
  tools	
  and	
  as	
  a	
  business	
   owner,	
  you	
  need	
   to	
  be	
  also!	
  	
  So,	
  all	
  
that	
  was	
  extra!	
  	
  




                                                          ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
The	
   third	
   purpose	
   of	
   a	
   blog	
   is	
   not	
   only	
   the	
   SEO	
  
benefit	
   that	
   you	
   can	
   get	
   by	
   building	
  links	
   to	
   the	
  
pages	
   on	
  your	
  site,	
  but	
  also,	
  if	
   done	
  correctly,	
  you	
  
can	
   drive	
   traffic	
   to	
   your	
   site!	
   	
   Let	
   me	
   tell	
   you	
   a	
  
story	
  about	
  a 	
  guy	
  named	
  Marcus	
  Sheridan,	
  CEO	
  of	
  
River	
   Pools	
   and	
   Spas.	
   	
   In	
   2005	
   his	
   company	
   was	
  
failing,	
   and	
   he	
   just	
   found	
   out	
   that	
   someone	
  
embezzled	
   $200,000	
   from	
   his	
   company	
   and	
   that	
  
the	
   IRS	
   was	
   aKer	
  him	
   and	
   his	
   partners	
   with	
   liens	
  
on	
   their	
   homes.	
   	
   By	
   November	
   of	
   2008	
   aKer	
  
figh<ng	
  for	
   3	
   years	
   to	
   keep	
   his	
   business	
   alive	
   and	
   to	
   get	
   out	
   of	
   the	
   hole	
   they	
   were	
   in,	
   the	
  
economy	
   tanked.	
   	
  In	
   March	
  2009	
  he	
  started	
   to	
  learn	
   about	
  blogging.	
   	
   By	
   November	
   of	
   2009	
  
most	
  of	
  his	
  compe<tors	
   were	
  out	
  of	
  business	
  but	
   his	
  company	
   was	
   thriving,	
  finishing	
  the	
  year	
  
off	
  successfully!	
   	
   By	
  September	
  2010,	
  his	
  site	
  was	
  the	
  number	
  one	
  site	
  in	
  the	
   industry	
  and	
   he	
  
accredits	
   this	
   to	
   the	
   blogging	
   he	
   has	
   been	
   doing	
   over	
   the	
   last	
   18	
   months.	
   	
   To	
   date	
   his	
  
adver<sing	
   budget	
   has	
   dropped	
   from	
   $250,000	
   to	
   $18,000	
   per	
   year	
   and	
   the	
   business	
  
                                                                          con<nues	
  to	
  grow!	
  	
   Wouldn’t	
  you	
   like	
  that	
  to	
  be	
  your	
  
                                                                          story?	
  It	
   can!	
  	
  So	
  how	
  does	
   Marcus	
   blog?	
   	
  His	
   simple	
  
                                                                          strategy	
   is	
   this:	
   He	
   an<cipates	
   his	
   customer’s	
  
                                                                          ques<ons,	
  and	
  answers	
  them	
  on	
  his	
  blog!	
  	
  Amazing.	
  	
  If	
  
                                                                          you	
  don’t	
  do	
   anything	
   else,	
  if	
   I	
   had	
  to	
   say,	
  what	
  ONE	
  
                                                                          thing	
   could	
   change	
   your	
   business,	
   it	
   would	
   be	
   this:	
  
                                                                          An<cipate	
   your	
   customer’s	
   ques<ons	
   and	
   then	
  
                                                                          answer	
  them	
  on	
  your	
  blog!




                                                            ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
We	
   have	
   now	
   discussed	
            right	
   under	
   Elegant	
   Wedding	
                       kind	
  of	
  difficult	
  to	
  understand	
  
the	
   three	
   main	
   reasons	
   to	
           Accessories	
   for	
   Your	
   Special	
                      as	
  the	
   blog	
  is	
  on	
  your	
  site	
  and	
  
blog	
  are	
   to	
  give	
  your	
  company	
       Day,	
   we	
   see	
   that	
   they	
   are	
                 you	
   are	
   also	
   building	
   links	
   to	
  
a	
   voice	
   and	
   face,	
   reputa<on	
         working	
   in	
   their	
   keywords	
                         your	
   site,	
   but	
   this	
   is	
   actually	
  
management,	
   and	
   the	
   traffic	
               right	
   into	
   the	
   text	
   of	
   their	
              one	
   of	
   the	
   most	
   overlooked	
  
benefit	
   by	
   an<cipa<ng	
   your	
               blog	
   post,	
   but	
   not	
   only	
   that	
              and	
  easiest	
   way	
  to	
  build	
  links.	
    	
  
c l i e n t s	
   q u e s < o n s	
   a n d	
         they	
   are	
   linking	
   them	
   to	
   the	
              It	
  is	
  so	
  overlooked	
  that	
  even	
  a	
  
answering	
  them	
  on	
  your	
  blog.	
     	
     pages	
   on	
   their	
   site	
   that	
   they	
             lot	
   of	
   SEO	
   consultants	
   skip	
  
What	
   we	
   have	
   not	
   yet	
   really	
     are	
   trying	
   to	
   rank	
   for	
   those	
              this	
  step!	
  	
  
covered	
   is	
   the	
   SEO	
   benefit	
  of	
     specific	
   keywords!	
   	
   This	
   is	
  
a	
   blog!	
   	
   Here	
   are	
   some	
          exactly	
   what	
   you	
   want	
   to	
   do	
  
examples	
   of	
  some	
  bridal	
  sites	
          and	
   the	
   best	
   part,	
  is	
   that	
  it	
  is	
  
that	
   are	
   doing	
   this	
   correctly!	
  
                                               	
     the	
  fastest	
  and	
  easiest	
  way	
  to	
  
In	
   the	
   example	
   on	
   the	
   top	
       build	
  links	
  to	
  your	
  site.	
  	
   This	
  is	
  

                                                         ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
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Outsmarting Google: An SEO Workshop for SEO Pros with Nicole Munoz

  • 1. ggg Wedding MBA ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 2. Wedding MBA field, including, but not limited to, any money using the techniques in this Copyright © 2011 financial or legal matters. Under no program or these materials. Your level www.startrankingnow.com. All rights circumstances will Nicole Munoz, of success in attaining results is reserved. Nicole Munoz, www.startrankingnow, or any of its dependent upon a number of factors www.startrankingnow.com. representatives or contractors be liable including your skill, knowledge, ability, These materials contain proprietary for any special or consequential dedication, personality, market, content and must not be duplicated, damages that result from the use of, or audience, business ethics business excerpted or distributed without the inability to use, the information or focus, business goals, partners, luck, written permission. strategies communicated through these and financial situation. Because these No portion of these materials may be materials or any services provided prior factors differ according to individuals, shared or reproduced in any manner to or following the receipt of these we cannot guarantee your success, under any circumstance whatsoever materials, even if advised of the income level, or ability to earn revenue, without advance written permission. possibility of such damages. You alone nor can we state that any results are responsible and accountable for suggested in these materials are typical. For permissions requests, contact: your decisions, actions and results in Any forward-looking or financial www.startrankingnow.com life, and by your use of these materials, statements outlined here are simply nicole@startrankingnow.com you agree not to attempt to hold us illustrative and not promises for actual liable for any such decisions, actions or performance. These statements and the Legal and Earnings Disclaimer results, at any time, under any strategies offered in these materials are We have to tell you this stuff and it’s circumstances. simply our opinion or experience. So important. No portion of this material We’ve taken every effort to ensure we again, as stipulated by law, no future is intended to offer professional legal, accurately represent these strategies guarantees can be made that you will medical, personal or financial advice. and their potential to help you grow achieve any results or income from our The information contained herein your business. However, we do not information and we offer no cannot replace or substitute for the purport this as a “get rich scheme” and professional legal or financial advice. services of trained professionals in any there is no guarantee that you will earn ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 3. Title Page Introduction 1% Factor Search Engine Optimization Online Market Research On Site Optimization Title Tags Google Webmaster Tools Brick and Mortar Getting Ranked Claiming Your Google Place Using Video to Rank Blogging Conclusion ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 5. Introduction The  purpose  of  this  book  is  to  teach   you   about  how  to  get  more  traffic  and  sales  to  your   web-­‐site!    I  am  going  to  try   to  break  it  down  into  some  ac<onable   steps  that  you  can  start   implemen<ng  today   to   start  moving  your   site   up   higher   in   the   search   engines!     Sound   good?    I  got   started  just   like  many  of  you   by  opening  up  my  own  online  retail  store.    One   of   the  first  things  I  learned  was   that  if   I  was   not  geDng  any  traffic,  I  was  not  geDng   any   sales.     I  spent  a   lot  of   money  on   my  online  marke<ng  educa<on.       Within  about  6  months   my   online  retail  site  was  ranking  number  one  in  Google  for  some  extremely  compe<<ve   keywords   and   started   to   send   me   tens   of   thousands   of   visitors   every   month   to   my   site   which   in  turn   resulted  in  a   lot  of   sales!     AKer  running  my  online  retail  business   for  a   few   years,   I  decided   to   start  my   own   SEO   Company   called   StartRankingNow   so   I  could   help   other  retail  businesses  achieve  their  own  success.   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 6. Introduction In   January  of  this  year,  I  started  to   work  with  Wedlock  Magazine  as  their  SEO  Manager!     It’s  mission  is  to  teach  marke<ng  to  those  in  the  wedding  industry  through   a  monthly  print   magazine,   bi-­‐monthly   Webinars   and   a   forum   where   members   can   get   their   marke<ng   ques<ons  answered  usually  within   a  few  hours,  and  I  will  talk  to   you  more  about  that  in  this   book.     So,  I  am  going  to  try  to  make  it  simple  and  effec<ve  so   that  about  this  <me  next  year,   you  are   going  to  be   that   person  who  stands  up   and  says  that  your  business   has   exploded  as   a  direct  result  of  the  things  that  you  will  learn  here  in  this  book!   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 7. 1% Factor Before  geDng  started,  I  would   like  you  to  ask  yourself  a  ques<on.    The  ques<on  is  this:  Is   your  site  currently  making  you  money?    If  not,  why  not?  The  other  day,  I  was  reading  a  book   and   it   reminded   me  of   the  1%   factor.    Did   you   know   that   sta<s<cs   show   that   if   you   only   improve  by  1%  every   day,  within  70  days,  you  will  have  doubled  your  produc<vity?    So  what   we  are  going  to  do  is  give  you  some  <ps!     My  number  one  goal   for  you  is   for   you  to  be   able   to  implement  these  <ps  and  strategies   yourself.     A  lot  of  <mes,  when  we  learn  so  much,    we   are  not  sure  where   to  start  and  we  get  so   overwhelmed   with  informa<on  that  we  don’t   put   anything  into  prac<ce.     So,  today,  as   you  are  reading  this,  ask  yourself,  what  is  my  1%  that  I   can  change,  that  I   can   improve,  that  I  can   implement?     Then  focus  on  that  1%...  That  small   incremental   change…   knowing   that   as   you   do,   you   are   moving   forward   to   double   your   produc<vity,  double  your  marke<ng,  and  double  your  sales!  So  let’s  get  started! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 8. Search Engine Optimization Do   you   know  what   SEO   stands   for?     SEO   stands   for   Search   Engine   Op<miza<on.   So   what   we’re   going   to   talk   about   today   is   how   to   get   your   site   to   the   first   page   of   Google   and   possibly  even  the  first  three  posi<ons  for  a  keyword.  We  have   some  clients  that  are  realtors   and  if  you  talk  to  any  realtor   they  will   tell  you  that  the  #1  factor  in  buying  a  house  is  always   loca<on,  loca<on,  loca<on!     SEO  works  exactly  the  same  way!    If  your   site  is   ranked  in  the   top  1-­‐3  spots,  you  are   going  to  get  all   the   traffic  to  your  site.  If  your  site   is  buried   on  page   forty-­‐four,  the  only  traffic  you   will  get  is  if  someone  types  in  your  website  address   or  finds  it   by   your   business   name.   The   problem   is   that   people   are   not   searching   the   Internet  for   a   business  name;  they  are   searching  for  what  we  call  "keywords."    That  is  going  to   be  one  of   the  first  things  we  cover  today!     Don’t  worry  if  all  of  this  sounds  unfamiliar.    By  the   <me  you   finish   reading   this,  you   are  going  to  know  what  a  keyword   is,  what  keywords  you   need   to   focus  on  to   get  you  the   most  traffic,  and  exactly  what   you   need  to  do   to  get   to  those  most   trafficked  spots  on  the  internet! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 9. Online Market Research In   business   school,   one   of   the   things   they   teach   you   is   the   importance   of   doing   market   research  before   star<ng  a  new  business   or   launching  a  new   product!  Before  releasing   any   new   products,   Apple   and   similar   companies   spend   hundreds   of   thousands   of   dollars   on   market  research   to   find   out  what  people  want.  They   have   study   groups,  test  groups,   and   they   also  create  prototypes  of  their  products  to   make  sure  they  will  meet  the  needs  of  their   consumers.     Market   research   is   numbers   driven.     It   is   all   about  finding   out   what   people   want  and  then  mee<ng  their  needs.  On  the   Internet,  we  call  this  market  research  "keyword   research."     Keyword   research   is   finding  out  what   keywords   people   are  typing  into   search   engines  such  as  Google,  Yahoo,  and  Bing  when  they  are  looking  for  a  product  or  service. Keyword   research   is   also   numbers   driven   and   there   are   a   lot   of   tools   that   will   show   us   approximately   how   many   <mes   a   keyword   is   searched   per   month.     The   more   <mes   a   keyword  is  searched  for,  the  greater  the  demand  is  for  that  product  or  service.     The  key  to  a   successful   online   marke<ng   campaign   is   to   find   keywords   with   a   high   demand   and   preferably  a  low  compe<<on. ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 10.     We   are   going   to   use   the   example   with   the   keywords  “San  Diego  wedding  flowers”  just  because   I   am   from   San   Diego   area.     There   is   a   completely   free  tool  out   there  called   Google  Keyword  Tool  that   is   available   to   you   within   your   Google   Adwords   account.     You   can   sign   up   right   with   your   google   account   and   if   you   have   gmail   you   already   have   a   google   account.     Just   do   a   search   for   Google   Keyword   Tool   and   you   will   be   able  to   use   this   tool   completely   free.     What   this   tool   does   is   show   you   exactly   how  many   <mes   someone   is   searching   for   your   par<cular   product   or   service  on   the   web.    So,  in  this  example,  I  did  a   search  for  the  keyword  "San  Diego   wedding  flowers."     What  I   found  Is   that  the  keyword  “San  Diego  florist”   is  searched  22%   MORE  than  the  plural  version  of   “San  Diego  florists”.    What  this  means   is  that  the  keyword  that   I  want  to  focus   my  marke<ng   efforts   on   is   “San   Diego   florist."       San   diego   wedding   flowers   also   has   1000   searches   per   month,   whereas,   the   keyword   “San   Diego   wedding   flower”   has   so   few   that   it   is   not   even   registering!    The  keyword   “wedding  florist”   has  368,000   searches  per  month  while  the  plural   version  has  only   60,500.    This   is   509%  MORE.     You  can  do  this  research  for  any  market  and  the   best  part  is   that  this   tool   is   completely   free.     As   a   bonus   for  you   advanced   users   out   there,   many  <mes  I  get  asked  by  people  in  smaller  areas   about  how  they  can  figure   out   exactly  what   keywords   to   focus   on   as   they   are   not  sure  people   are  looking  for  their   product  or  service  in   their  town  even!    In  these  cases,  what   I  like   to   do   is   to  run  an   actual   pay  per  click   campaign   with  Google  Adwords   but  do  it  in   such  a  way  to   target  just  a  specific   town  or  city.    So,  when   you   setup   your  campaign   in   Google   Adwords,  and   again,  this   is   for   the  advanced   users,   but   when   you   set   it   up,   you   can   change   the   seDngs   so   your   campaign   only   runs   in   a   specific   geographical  loca<on.    What  you  can  do  then  is  to  put  in  a  lot  of  different  keywords…  in   fact,  it   is  beker  to   put  in  as  many   different  keywords   as  possible,  and  then  set  your  daily   budget  to   be   something  low  like   fiKy  dollars  a  day  and  then   just  let  the  campaign  run   for  two   to  three  days   or  so.    AKer  two  to  three  days,  what  you  are  going  to  have  is  some  data  that  is  going  to   tell  you   the  exact  keywords  that  people  are  searching  for  in   your  specific  local  area!     This  is  going  to   be   gold   because  then  you  can  focus   on   just   the  keywords   that  people   are  searching  for   in  YOUR   area! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 11. On Site Optimization Now  that  you  have  determined   which  keywords  to  focus  on,  the  next  step   is  to  do   what  we   call  "on  site  op<miza<on."    On  site  op<miza<on  are  the  changes  that  you  make   to  your  own   site  to   make  it  show  up  higher  in  the  search  engines.    Off   site  op<miza<on   is  what  we  are   going  to  be  talking  about  next  and   it  primarily  consists   of  building  links  to  your  site.     Off   site   op<miza<on   is   anything  you   do   to   help  your  site  get  ranked   higher  on   the  search   engines   that  is   not  directly  ON  your  site.    Both  on   site   and  off  site  are  important,  but   most  top  SEO   experts   agree,  on   site   SEO   should   account   for   ten   to   twenty   percent   of   your   <me   spent   marke<ng  your  site  and  off  site  SEO  should  account  for  the  other  eighty  to  ninety  percent.     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 12. The   best   part   about   on   site   SEO   is   that   you   can   do   most   everything  you   need   to   do   in   about  one   day   and   in   a  lot   of   cases  just  half  a   day.    If  you  have   a  huge  site  with  thousands   of   pages   it   might   take   longer,  but   even   then   a  programmer   who  knows  their  stuff  can   do  a  lot  of  these  changes.    So  what   we   are  going   to   cover   in   the   next   few   minutes   are   changes   that   you   can   make   on   your   own   site   right   now   yourself,   or   send   an   email   to   your   webmaster   telling  him   what   changes   you  want  done.     Title Tags Don’t   do   it   right   now,   but   the   next   <me   you   open   up   your   website   take   a  look  at  the  words   that   show   up   at   the   top   of   your   browser.     Those   w o r d s   a r e   t h e   words   that   you   or   your   Webmaster   have   placed   within   the   code   of   your   site   in   a   place   called   the   Title   Tag.    Now  the  <tle   tag   is   the   absolute   most   important   part   of  all   that  we  will  be   discussing  about  on   site  SEO  and  should   be  the  very  first   thing  you   take  a  look  at  fixing  on  your  site.    A  lot  of   websites  get  this   wrong.    If  you  put  into  ac<on  what  I   am  about  to  tell  you   right  now,  your  site  will   be  more  op<mized  for  the  search   engines   than   the  majority  of  other  wedding  sites  out  there!   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 13. This   is   an   example   of   a   website   that  has  the   <tle   tags   setup   correctly.    If   you   check   out   the   browser   you   will   see   that   their   keyword   “Wedding   Aisle   Runner”   is   showing   up   right   there   in   the   browser.     This  is  how   you   can  know   for   certain  that  your  <tle  tags  are   setup   correctly   so   you   don’t   have   to   learn   how   to   read   techie  html  code!    One  thing  I   also  want  to  point  out  here   is   that   the   keywords  in   the   <tle   tag   are   also  what   show   up   in   the   search  results.     In   other   words,  any  <me  your  website   shows  up  in  the  search  results  for  one  of   your   keywords   that   you   are   op<mizing   for,   whatever  your  keywords  are   in  your  <tle   tag,   is  what   is   going   to   show   up   in   the   search   results.     This   is   so   important   because   you   can   use   this   to   your   advantage   to  get   a  higher  click  through   rate  to  your  site   even  if  your  site   is  not   yet  ranked  number   one  for   your   keywords.    This  is  a  perfect  example  of  this.     Do  any  of  you   watch  Shark  Tank?    If   you   don’t   you   should   check   it   out!    I  want   to   write   a  blog   post   called  What   Shark   Tank   has  taught   me   about  my   Wedding  Business!    Even  though  I  don’t   always  agree  with  their  decisions  on  who  to  fund  or   not,  their  show  gives  you  a  perspec<ve  on  the  type   of  ques<ons  investors  might  ask  to  determine  if   your  business  is  worth  inves<ng  in  or  not.    In  this  case,   the   Original  Runner  Company  was  actually  ON   the  show  The   Shark  Tank    I  happened  to  see  that  episode   and   I  could  NOT  believe  they  did  not  see   the   poten<al  for  this  business!    So,   the   owner  of  this  website   has  placed  "As  Seen   on  Shark  Tank"  right   there  in  the  <tle  tag  of  their  home  page.     This  is  awesome  because  they  are  using   their  publicity  from   The  Shark  Tank  and  also  The  View  to  increase  their  click  through  rate  on  the  search  results.    What  that   means  is  when   someone  types  in  one   of  their  keywords,   let’s  just  say  “wedding   aisle  runners”  for  an   example,  and   saying   that  their  site  was  ranked  number   two  in  Google   and  their  compe<tor,  who   did   NOT  appear  on  The  Shark  Tank   or  the  View,  was  ranked  number  one.      If  someone  viewed   the   search   results,  they  would  be  more   likely  to  click  on  this  lis<ng  as  it  has  the  credibility  and  authority  from   The   Shark  Tank   right   there   in   their   Title   tag   and   the   credibility   and   authority   from   The   View   also  right   there  in  another  tag  called  the  Meta  Descrip<on  Tag! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 14. H e r e   i s   a n o t h e r   example   of   a   site   doing   this   correctly!     T h i s   s i t e   i s   op<mizing   for   the   keywords   “ordained   non-­‐denomina<onal   wedding   officiant”   and  they   have   those   keywords  in  the   <tle   tag   which   we   have   discussed  and  also  in   the   meta   tag   and   also   within   the   text   of   their   website!     We   touched   on   the   Meta  descrip<on  tag  a  second   ago,   but   let’s  discuss  this  a  likle   more.    The   Meta   descrip<on  tag   is   another  tag   within   the   html  code   of   your   website   that   also   allows  you   to   tell  the   search   engines   exactly  what  your  site  is  about.    Think  of  this  as  food  for  the  search  engine   spiders.    All  search  engines   have  what   we  call  spiders  that  go   out  and  crawl  the   different   sites  on   the  Internet.    The  spiders  find   other  sites  by  links  and  that  is  something  that  we  are  going  to  cover  in   a  few  moments,  but  for  now   just  know  that  the  spiders  find  the  sites  by  links  to  other  sites  and  then   the   keywords  on  the   sites  are   like   food  to   the   spiders  that   tell  the   spiders  what   each   site   is  about.     The   spiders  then  go   back   to   Google   and   Google   in   turn   ranks  each   site   by   what   informa<on   the   spider   found   out!     The   more   keywords  you  have  on  your  site,   the   more  likely  it  is  that   your  site  will  get   ranked  for  your  keywords.     So   the   Meta  descrip<on   tag   is  another   piece   of   code   on   your  site   where   you   can   write   a  unique   descrip<on   for   each   of   your   pages   and   tell   Google   exactly   what   your   site   is   about.     The   meta   descrip<on   tag  usually  shows  up  in  the   search   results  right   under   the  <tle   tag  so  this  is  also  a   good   place  to  put  not   only  some   keywords,  but  other  key  informa<on  about   your  business  to  increase  click   through  rate.    Also,  some<mes  Google  will  pull  the   first  paragraph   of  text  that  shows  up   on   your  site,   so  this  is  why  it  is  also  extremely  important  that   your  keywords  show   up  in  the   first  sentence   or   two   on   your   site!     Such   is   the   case   in   this   example.     You   can   see   that   the   content   under   A   Brief   Introduc<on   on  the  site   is  exactly   the  same   as  the   content  showing  up  in  the   descrip<on  area  on   the   Google  search  result.     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 15. Google Webmaster Tools So   now   that  we   have   discussed   how   important  it  is   for   each   page   on   your  site  to   have  a   unique  <tle  tag  and  a  unique  descrip<on  tag,  let’s  go  back   to  the  tool  that  I  was  discussing  a   likle  bit   earlier:  Google   Webmaster  Tools!    With   Google  webmaster  tools,  which  again   is  a   completely  free  tool  available   to   anyone  with  a  gmail  account,  you  can  install  a  likle  piece   of   code   onto   your   site   and   Google   will   spider  your  site   and   tell   you   how   many   duplicate   meta   tag   descrip<ons   and   exactly   how   many   missing  or   duplicate   <tle   tags   you   have   on   your   site.    Once  you  open  up  the  results  you  can  also   click  on  the  blue   underlined  links   and   it   will   show   you   the   exact   urls   of   the   pages   on   your   site   that   need   work   on.     This   is   something  that  will   take  a   few  minutes  to   run  and  once   you   run  it,  you  can  go   in  and  write   some  unique  <tle  tags  and   unique  Meta  descrip<on   tags   for  all  of   the  pages   on   your  site.     AKer  you  make  the   changes  on  your  site  and  once  the  spider  from   Google  re-­‐visits  your  site,   usually   within   a  few   days,  this   report   will   be   updated   and   you   should   see   0   in   all   of   the   rows.     If  you  don’t,   just  go   in  and  make  some  more   changes   and   then   check  back  again  in  a   few  days.    This   is   something  that  you  will   want   to   set  on  your  calendar  to   do  every  ninety   days  or  so   or  even   more   oKen   if   you  are  adding   a  lot   of  content  and  new  pages  to  your   site   on  a  regular  basis.       ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 16. Brick and Mortar Let’s  review!     So  far   we  have  covered   how  to   do  market  research  with  the  Google  Keyword   tool,   how   to   use   Google   webmaster   tools   to   determine   if   your   site   is   suffering   from   duplicate   <tle   tags   or   duplicate   meta   descrip<on   tags,   how   to   feed   the   search   engine   spiders  by  having  keywords  in  your  content,  and  how  to   increase   your  click  through  rate  on   the  search   results  by   having  “borrowed   credibility”  statements   in   the  <tle  and  descrip<on   tags!     And  we   are  just  geDng  started!    Everything   that   we  have  covered   so  far   is  applicable   to   all   sites   on   the   Internet.     What   I   want   to   touch   on   for   the   next   few   moments   is   specifically  for  businesses   that  have  a  brick  and  mortar   loca<on  that  customers   can  walk  in   and  make  purchases.    This  would  be  anyone  with  a  physical  loca<on  such  as  a   florist,  or  an   event  venue,  or   a  wedding   dress   store   and   so   on.     For   those   of   you   without  a   brick   and   mortar,   can   I   assume   that   you   are   offering   services   to   your   clients   such   as   a   wedding   consultant   or   maybe   an   online   wedding   directory?     For   those   of   you   without   a   physical   loca<on,  what  we  are  going  to   cover  right  now  can  also   work   for  you   but  you  will  need   to   get  a  virtual   office  address   such   as   an   address   at  a  Regas.     A  post   office   box  won’t  work!     You   need   an   actual   address  where,  poten<ally,  customers  could   meet  you  in   person.    You   could   use   your   home   address   for   this   of   course,   just  know   that  your   home   address   may   appear   in   the   search   results   and   in   some   cases   even   a   picture   of   your   home   from   the   Google  maps  might  even  show  up!     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 17. Brick and Mortar When  someone  does  a  search  for  certain  keywords,  Google   has  determined  that  at  least   for  some   keywords,  the   intent   is  to  find  a  local   business.    So  what   they   have   done   is  they   have   integrated   within   their   search   results   a   way   to   show   sites   that   they   know   are   local   brick   and   mortar.     Remember,  Google   is  a  business,   and   their  business  is  to  get  as  many  people   to  use  their   search   engine  as  possible  so  that  they   can  sell  adver<sing.    In  order  to  do  that,  they  have   to  have   the  best   results  as   possible   for   the   users.    If,   for   example,   someone   searched   for  “wedding   flowers”   that   may   or  may   not   mean  that  someone   is  looking   for  a  local  store   but   on   the  other  hand,  someone   that  searched  for  “wedding   flowers  San  Diego”,  you  can  preky  much  assume  they  are  looking  for  a   local  business.     When  someone  searches   with  a  keyword  plus  a  local  search  query   such  as  a  city   name,  Google  shows  what   we  call  local  search  results.    The   local  search   results  usually  result  in  a   map  lis<ng  on  the  same  page  or  at  a  minimum   they  have   the  red  balloons  showing   up  in  the   search   results  next  to  the   local  search  results  lis<ngs.    The   local  search  results  are  usually  stacked  within   the  organic  results.    In  this  example   we  have  google  pay  per  click  ads  showing  up  on  the   top  and  on   the  right   side,  the  local  search  results  trigged  a  map   lis<ng  on   the  top  right.    The  first   result  in   the   middle   right   below   the   pay   per  click  lis<ng   is  an  organic  lis<ng.     In  other   words,   the   site   Google   says  is  most  about  those   keywords.     We   know  that  that   is   not   a  local  lis<ng   as   there  is  not  a  red   balloon  next   to  it.    Under  that   lis<ng   we  do   have   two  local  search  results  and  another  interes<ng   thing  is  that  the  pay  per  click  ads  are  also  showing  as  blue  balloons  on  top  of  the  map.     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 18. Getting Ranked Local   SEO   is   extremely   powerful   for   local   businesses   as   it   is   easier  and   faster  to   rank   for   local  search  terms   that   it  is  for  na<onal  or  global  search  terms.    In  fact,  I  am  going  to  reveal  to   you  right  now   the  three   main  things   you  need   to   do   to   get  ranked   in  the  local  search  results.     And  unless  all  of  your  compe<tors   from  your   city  are  here   also  listening,  if   you  put  into  ac<on   the   three   things   I   am   going   to   share,   you   will   be   outranking   your   compe<tors   in   the   local   search  results  in  a  very  short  <me.     Also,  as  you  are  implemen<ng  these   strategies  for  geDng   ranked   in   the  local   search,  you   are  also   helping  your  site  to  get  ranked   in   the  organic   search   results.     Remember   the   1%?   This   could   be   your   1%   today   that  will   put   you   on   the   path   to   double  your  marke<ng  results  and  doubling  your  sales  in  the  next  seventy  days! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 19. The  first  thing  you   need   to   do   to   get   ranked   in   Google  Local   is   to  put   your   address   on   all  of   the  pages   on   your  site!    If  you  only  service  a  local   geographic   area,  then   also   consider   puDng  the  local  search  term  right  in   your   <tle   tag   and   Meta   descrip<on   tag  as   well.     If   you   service  clients  in   mul<ple   geographic   areas   then   put   the  main  area  on  the  footer  of  every   single   page.     This   is   also   where   a   likle   bit   of   market   research   will   be   very  helpful.    If  you  go  back  to  what   we  talked  about  in  the  beginning  about  puDng   your   keywords  into  the  Google  keyword   tool,   what  you  can  do  is   put  your  main   keyword   plus   local  search  queries  and  see  which  ci<es   have   the   most  search   results.     This   is   a   very   powerful   technique  to   help   you   to   determine   which   local   areas   to   target   first   with   your   marke<ng   budget.     AKer   doing   the   research   with   the   Google   keyword   tool,  make  a   list  of   the   top   ten   areas   that  people  search   for   a   DJ   in   in   this   example,  and  then  in   the  footer  you  can  put  in   city  1  DJs,  city  2  DJs,  city  3  DJs  and  make  those   all  clickable  links  that  go  to  another  page  on  your   site   just  about   each  of  those  ci<es   or   areas.     Each   of  those  ten   or  so   pages   have  a  500-­‐1000  word  or  more   ar<cle   that  uses   the  city   1  DJs   keyword  throughout  the  ar<cle   and  has   pictures  and  <ps  all   about  venues  or  vendors  in  each   of  those  areas.     Be  sure  to   put   in  vendors  or  venues  you  have  a   working  rela<onship   with  and   not   your   compe<tors!     You   could   also   put   in   pictures   of   your   company   working   in   those   specific  local  areas!    If   you   actually  have  different   physical  loca<ons   that  service  customers,  I   recommend   you   build   out  a  separate   website   for   each   brick  and  mortar   store  and  also   have   one  corporate  site  that  links  to  all  of   the  individual  sites.     This  will   help  you  to  have  more  links   to  your  main  corporate  site   and  also   help  you  to  get   more  targeted  search  results  for  each  of   your  local  businesses.    If  you  have  more  than  ten  or  so  businesses  you  can  do   the  same  thing   but  with  a  database  driven  site  that  builds  out  a  subdomain  lis<ng  for  each  of   your  stores.  That   is  something  preky  advanced  but  also  easy  to  implement  for  an  experienced  programmer.    For   the   majority  however,  the  only  thing   you  need  to   do  is  to  get  your   address   on  all  of  the  pages   of  your  site! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 20. Claiming Your Google Place The   next  thing  that   I  am   going   to   show   you   is   something   that  even   today   a  lot   of   business   owners   are   s<ll   not   doing   and   those   who   are,   are   not   doing   correctly!     As   stated   earlier,   Google   wants   to   show   the   best   results   to   its   users   so   it  has   set   up   a   way   for   local   business   owners  to   announce   to   Google  that  they   have  a  local  business.    They  have  even   set   it  up   so   that   you   can  publish   photos,  videos,   your  store  hours,   and  even  a  link  to   your  main   website!     This   is   extremely   valuable  because  what  you  put  in   here  will  show   up   on   Google  maps  when   someone   is   doing   a   search   on   their   smartphone   as   they   are   driving   around.     This   is   very   valuable  as  someone  driving  around  looking  for  a   business  is  even  MORE  likely  to   buy!    Even   more,   if   you   can   get   your   customers   to   leave   reviews   and   checkins   on   your   business   lis<ng   they  will  be  even  MORE  inclined  to  purchase  from  you  even  if  your  prices   are  higher!  We  are   going   to   cover   reviews   and   checkins   in   a   second,   but   first   let’s   look   at   how   to   claim   your   Google  places  page! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 21. Google   places   is   where   you   can   claim   your   lis<ng   of   your   brick   and   mortar   store  from  Google.    If  you  have  a   gmail   account,   you   can   go   to   Google   Places   and  just  hit  Get  Started  and  it  will  walk   you  through  the   process  to   claim  your   lis<ng.    When   you  do  this,  Google   will   send   a   postcard   out   to   your   place   of   business   with   a   likle   code   on   it.     You   will   have   to   place   that  code  onto  your   account   before   your   lis<ng   shows   as   ac<ve  and  before   any  changes  that  you   make  are  live  on  the  Internet.     This  is  very  powerful   as  a  lot  of   <mes  in  the  local  search  results;   there   will   even   be   unclaimed   businesses   that   show   up   in   the   search   results.     When   this   happens,  you   are   GOLD!     Just   go   in   and   setup   your   lis<ng,   add   in   as   much   informa<on   as   possible,  and  very  quickly  your  site  will  improve  in  the  local  search  results.    I  am  going  to  show   you   in   a   second   what   an   op<mized   lis<ng  looks   like,   but   also   in   the   same   place   on   Google   places,   your  customers   can   login   and   leave   reviews.     Most  of   the   <me  they   can   also   do   this   directly  from  Google  Maps  on  their  smartphone.    A  good  idea  for   ANY  local  business  is  to   have   some   signage   up   where   you   show   customers   exactly   how,   step   by   step,   they   can   leave   a   review  for  your  business  right  from   their   smartphone!      I   have   even   seen   where   some   businesses   have   offers   for   free   stuff   for   leaving   reviews   or   liking   their   Facebook  page!    Very  smart! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 22. Your   Google   lis<ng   is   probably   the   second   most   valuable   piece   of   real   estate   on   the   Internet   for   your   business,   second   only   to   your   own   website.    You  definitely   want  to  spend   some   <me   making   sure   this   page   is   op<mized   for   Google   and   the   search   spiders   in   the   same   way   that   we   discussed   making   changes   on   your   own  site.     Some  of  the   most  powerful   changes   that   you   can   make   on   your   Google  lis<ng  is   to  make  sure  that  your   keywords   show   up   in   the   <tle   of   your   lis<ng   and   in   the   descrip<on   of   your   lis<ng.     This  is  the  same  as  making  sure   your   keywords   show   up   in   your   Title   Tags   and   Meta   Tag   Descrip<on.     And   just   like   you   can   op<mize   a  page   on   your   site   for   up   to   three   keywords,   a   great   idea   that   will   help   you   to   stay   a h e a d   o f   y o u r   compe<tors   is   to   work   in   mul<ple   keywords   into   the  descrip<on   of   your   business!     You   can   also  upload  up  to  ten  pictures.     One   thing  that  most  SEO  experts  even  forget  is  that  it  is  always   beker   to   upload   original   pictures   and   not   just   stock   photos   purchased   from   a   stock   photography  site  or  photos   provided   by  a  manufacturer.    Any<me  you  can  take   new  pictures   either   yourself  or  even  just  modify  the  pictures  with  photoshop   to  make  them  beker  will  help   give   you   the   edge   over   your   compe<tors.     Pictures   of   your   actual   physical   loca<on,   your   signage  and   even  customers  at  your  place  of   business  are  great   pictures  to  upload  not  just  for   Google,   but   also   because   when   someone   searches   for   your   place   of   business   on   their   smartphone,  they  are   going  to  be  able   to  see   those  pictures  and  if   they  are  awesome,  like   they   should   be,   it   will   increase   your   foot   traffic   also.     Also   be   sure   to   <tle   your   pictures   with   keywords   and   here   is   where   you   can   get   crea<ve   and   try   to   add   in   as   many   keywords   as   possible.     So,  for   example,  name  of  the  pictures  Wedding  Flowers  San  Diego,  and  another  one   Wedding  florist  San  Diego,  and  for  another  Wedding  bouquet.   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 23. You   can   also  upload  videos.    If  you  have  not   app  downloaded  on   their  phone  and  check  it   had   a  professional   video   done  of  your  place   first   before   going   to   a   place   of   business.     of   business,   this   is   something   you   can   get   When  you  open  up  Yelp  on  your   smartphone   done  for  a  few  hundred  dollars  and  use  over   you  can   type   in   a  keyword   and   then  choose   and  over  again.     But  don’t  let  that  stop  you.   the   loca<on   to   be   where   your   business   is   You  can  always  take  pictures  of  your  place  of   located.     This   is   a   really   good   idea   so   that   business,   upload   them   to   inexpensive   y o u   c a n   g a t h e r   s o m e   c o m p e < < v e   soKware  called  Animoto   where  you  can  also   intelligence.     Don’t   just   look   at   the   lis<ngs   edit  them,   add  some  background  music,  and   for   your   keyword,   you   can   also   check   out   save  as   a  video.    It  takes  less  than  an  hour  to   what   others   are   doing   just   in   the   wedding   do   and   can   allow   you   to   have   a   video   to   industry   to   get  some  ideas!    One   of  the  first   upload   to   your   Google   lis<ng   quite   quickly.     things   you   will   no<ce   is   that  there   are  a   lot   If   not,  just  ask   your   neighbor’s   teenage   son   of  reviews  and  also  check  in  offers!    Check-­‐in   that   probably   has   tons   of   experience   offers   are   offers   to   your   customers   for   uploading  youtube  videos.    You  can  probably   checking   in   with   their   smartphones   on   the   find  a  kid  willing  to  do  an   awesome   video  for   Yelp   app.     A   lot   of   <mes,   people   will   leave   your   business   for   less   than   a   hundred   reviews   when  they   check-­‐in   making  this   is   a   dollars!     The   last   thing   you   want   to   make   great  way  to  get  reviews   for  your  business  as   sure   is   that   your   lis<ng   is   owner   verified.     well.     A   check-­‐in   offer   could   be   something   You   can  check  that  when   you   are   looking   at   like  a  percentage   off  of  their   order  or  a  free   your  lis<ng  and  on   the  top  right  it  should  say   giK!     Bing   and   Yahoo   are   more   similar   to   owner  verified.     If   it  doesn’t  then   you   need   Google   places.     Bing   also   requires   you   to   to   put   in   the   code   from   the   postcard   aKer   confirm  your   lis<ng  by  sending  out  a  leker  to   you   receive   it  or  some<mes   Google   creates   your  place  of  business   with  a   code   that  you   duplicate  lis<ngs.    If  that  is   the  case,   there  is   then  have   to   place   onto  your  lis<ng.    What  I   a   place   right   there   to   report   to   get   the   really   like   about   Bing   however   is   you   can   duplicate  lis<ng  removed.     post   up   to   ten   of   your   products   or   services   within   your   lis<ng.     Best   of   the   Web   and   AKer  you  claim  your  Google  places,  there  are   Horrog   are   two   of   the   more   important   some  other  sites   you  want   to  also  make  sure   directories  to  get  your  business  listed  at.     you  claim  your  lis<ngs  on.    Some  of  the   more   important  one’s   are   Yelp,   Bing,  Yahoo,  Best   of   the   Web   and   Horrog.     Yelp   is   really   important   as   a   lot   of   people   have   the   Yelp   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 24. There  are  two  important   things  to  remember  when  filling  out   your  lis<ngs  on  these   sites.     One   is  to  fill   out   as  much  informa<on   as  possible.    Use   every  single  opportunity  you  have   to  put  more   informa<on   about   your   business.     When   possible,   also   include   reviews,   tes<monials,   and   pictures   of   happy   customers!    Also,   even  though   you  are   trying   to  put  in  keywords   into  your  lis<ngs,   always  be  sure  to   write   for   your  customer  first.    Don’t   keyword   stuff  your  lis<ngs   by   puDng   a  bunch  of  city  names  of   areas   you   service   all   in   a   list   in   the   descrip<on   area   of   your   business  lis<ng,   but   rather,   work   the   keywords  into   your   lis<ng   in   a   natural  way   that   will   compel  people   to   want   to   visit   your   place   of   business.    A  good  idea  also,   is  to  work  in   the  URL   of  your  website   into   the  descrip<on.    That   way,  if   someone  wants  to  get  more   informa<on  about   your  business,  they  can   find  it   easily.     The  second  thing   you   always  want   to   make   sure   you   do   is  have   a  link   back   to   your  main   website   within   the   lis<ng.     Usually  they  have  a  specific  place  that  they  allow  you  to  put  the  URL. AKer   claiming   your   lis<ng   at   Google   and   the   other   five   main   sites,   a   way   to   stay   ahead   of   your   compe<tors  is  to   work   on  submiDng   your  site   to   more   directories  on   a  monthly   or  even  a  weekly   basis.    There   are   new   one’s  coming  up   all  the   <me   and  a  good  idea  is  to  also  look   for  some   specific   wedding  directories  to  submit  your  site  to.    Many  of  the  specific  wedding  directories  will  not  only  help   you  with  your  search  rankings,  but  will  send  traffic  to  you  as  well. The   third   thing   you  need  to  do  to  get  great  local  search   results  is  get   some   reviews  directly  on  your   Google   lis<ng.     The  best   way  to  do  this  is  to   simply  ask  your  customers  to   give   you  those   reviews!     We   covered   a   likle   bit   about   this   already.    We  discussed  puDng  up   signage  at   your  place  of  business  showing  them  how  to   leave   reviews.     This   is   going   to   work   more   and   more   as   a   lot   of   people   today   have   smartphones.     If   you   have   a   lot   of   clients   without   smartphones,   be   sure   to   have   a   system   setup  to   collect  their  email  addresses   so   you   can   email   them   the   informa<on   about   how  to  leave   reviews  from   their  home   computers!     In   fact,   no   maker   what,   you   should  have   a  system  setup  to   collect   email   addresses   from   your   clients   and   prospects,   but   that   is   another   presenta<on   on   email   marke<ng,   something  that   we   also  cover   within  Wedlock  Magazine,   forums,   and  Webinars!    I  think  we   actually   have  one   scheduled  that  covers  a  lot  of  this  especially   about  how  to  follow  up  with  your  customers  in   an   automated   way   so  that   you  only   have   to  set   it   up   one   <me   and  then  they  get   emails  with  your   marke<ng  messages  and  special  offers  automa<cally  delivered  to  them  on  a  weekly  basis. ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 25. So,  once  again,  let’s   review!     Make  sure   your  address   is  on  each  page   of  your  website,  think  of   your  Google  places  as  a  mini  website  and  op<mize  it  for  your  keywords  just  like  you   would  for   your   main   site  by   keeping   the   keywords   in   the   <tle  tags   and   descrip<on   tags.   Add   as   many   pictures   and   videos   as   possible   always   being   sure   to   add   unique   photos   and   not   use   stock   photography.     Don’t   forget   to   claim   your   business   lis<ngs   and   make   sure   they   are   owner   verified  and  then  set  up  a  system  for  collec<ng  reviews  from  your  customers!   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 26. Using Video to Rank One  of  the   things   that  we   have   touched   on   but   have  not  gone  into   great  detail   yet  is   about   video.  Using  video  to  get  ranked  for  local   search  terms  is  another   strategy  successfully   used  by   many  websites.     More  and  more,  people  want  to  see,  feel,  and  experience   before  they   make  a   decision   to   purchase   something.     By   having   video   on   your   site,   you   will   not   only   help   to   increase  sales,  but  if  done  correctly,  you  can  publish   your  videos  on  video  sharing  sites  such  as   Youtube   and   get   more  traffic  to  your  site  as  well.    Now  videos  don’t  have  to   be   a  complicated   thing  with   a  script  and  video  crew!    A  video  can   be  as  simple  as  puDng  together   some  photos   with  some  audio  and  conver<ng  it  to  a  video.    There  are  a  lot  of  tools  out  there  that  will  allow   you   to  do  this  quickly  and  inexpensively,  but  if   you  have  never  made  a   video  it  is  probably  not   the  best  use   of  your  <me   to  be  making   the  videos  yourself.     What   I  would  recommend  is  that   you   checkout   some   of   the   job   board   sites   such   as   elance.com   or   odesk.com   and   put   up   a   project   to   create  some   videos   and  tell  them  that   you   will   provide  the   photos   and  the  royalty   free  music  to  use  and  let  them  do  the  rest!     If   you  do  have  a  staff  member  that  can  be  crea<ng   videos,  the   easiest  soKware   that  is  commonly  used   is   called  Animoto.     Once  you   create  your   video,  the  next  step   is  to  upload  it  to  some   of  the  video  sharing  sites.    You  can  use  tools  such   as  Traffic  Geyser  to   distribute  to  a  lot  of  sites  all   at  once.    Since  we   normally  only  upload   to  the   top  three  to  five  sites,  you  can  also  just  upload  them  manually.    If   you  upload  to  Youtube,  you   can   then  also  embed  the   youtube  url  into   your  website.     When  you  are   uploading  videos,  you   also  need  to  be  sure   to  op<mize  your  videos  just  like  we  learned  about  op<mizing  our  website   and  our  mini  lis<ngs  on  Google  places  and  other  directories! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 27. Using Video to Rank One  of   the  best  advantages   of   crea<ng  videos  with   local   search  terms   is  that  there  is  usually   very  likle  compe<<on  and  you  will   be  able  to  get  ranked   quite  quickly!    The  end   goal  of  each   video  is  for  the  viewers  to   click  through  to  your   website  so   you   want  to  make  sure  that  your   website  URL   is  one  of  the   first  things  that  appear  in  the  descrip<on  of  your  video.    When  trying   to   decide   what   sites   to   upload   to   the   top   one’s   are   youtube,   DailyMo<on,   Vimeo,   and   Metacafe.    You   should   also   do  a   search  to   see   what  sites   show  up  as   hos<ng   videos   in   your   market   and   make   sure   you   also   have   a   presence  on   those   sites.     You   can   upload   the   same   videos   to  mul<ple  sites.    But  if  you   do   that,  change  the   <tle   of   the  videos   or  the  descrip<on   just  enough  so  it  does  not  exactly  duplicate  what  you  published  on  another  site.     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 28. Youtube   videos   rank   high   on   Google   based   on   how   many   people   view   your   videos   and   if   they   are   leaving   comments   or   not.     So,  be  sure  to   have  all   your   staff   members   watch   your  videos   and  also   to   leave   comments   not   only   on   your   company   youtube   channel   but   also   have   someone   login   to   your   youtube   account  and   leave   comments   on   other   people’s   videos,  preferably   in   the   wedding   industry.     This   w o r k s   o u t   k i n d   o f   l i k e   r e c i p r o c a l   c o m m e n < n g   because  once   someone  sees  you   leK   a  comment  on  their  videos,   the  most   natural   thing  is   to   go  check  out  your  videos  and  return  the  favor  by  leaving  comments  on  your  videos  as  well!   One  of   the  factors   of   the  google  algorithm   that  determines   whether  or  not  your  site  ranks  high  is  the  <me  people  spend   on  your  site.     Now  don’t  quote  me  on  this,  but  in  my  opinion   it  is   well   worth  the   investment  to   have  a  really   high   quality   video  made  that  calls  aken<on  to  the  visitor  and   gets  them   to  click   on   that  video.     Just  those  extra  few  seconds  they  are   on  the  site  can  help   your  site  exponen<ally!    Here  are  some   examples  of  websites   doing  this  the  right  way!    Some  have  videos  showing  up   on   the  top  right,   some  on  the  leK,  some  in  the  middle  of  the  content   area.    So,  how   does   crea<ng  a  video   and   submiDng  it  to  other  sites  like   youtube   help  your   SEO?    It  helps   in   two   ways!     First,   your   videos   can   get   ranked   in   the   video   search  results!    This   is  helpful  to  send  more  traffic  to  your  site!     Second,  on   all  of  the  sites  where  you  can  publish   a   video,   both   in   the  profile  area  and  also  in  the  descrip<on  area  of  each   video,   you   can   add   in   a   link   to   your   site!     It   is   best   to   get   as   many   different  links  from  as  many  different  sources  as  possible!   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 29. Blogging So,  now  that  we  have  done  some  keyword  research,  fixed   our  <tle  tags  and   meta  descrip<on   tags,   claimed   our   Google   places   lis<ng   and   setup   accounts   on   Yahoo,  Bing,  Botw,   Yelp,   and   Horrog  as  well   as  other  directories,  created  a  video,  submiked   it  to  the  video  sharing  sites  and   placed   a  high  quality  video  on  our  own   site,   the  next  thing  I  am  going  to  teach  you  is   how  to   build   links  to  your  site  by   blogging!      For   those  of  you  are  not   sure  what  a  blog   is,  a  blog  is  a   content  management  system  that  allows   business  owners  to  easily  publish  content  to  the   web   with   “a   what   you   see   is   what   you   get”   editor   very   similar   to   a   Word   document.     In   other   words,  if  you  can  use  Word,  then  you   can  write  and  publish  a  blog  post!     It   is   that   simple!     The   blogging  plarorm   of   choice   by   SEO   experts   is   Wordpress.   Your   blog  should   definitely   be   on   your   own   domain   and   not  setup   as   a   subdomain   of   Wordpress.     So   for   example,  your  blog   should  be   on  www.yoursite.com/blog,  and  not  on   yoursite.wordpress.com.    Your  Webmaster   can   visit  wordpress.org   and   download   Wordpress   that   your   Webmaster   can   install   on   your   hos<ng  account  as   a  subdomain   of  your  own  site.    Some  hosts   will  even  setup  Wordpress  on   your  own  domain  with  a  click  of  a  bukon.  One   really  great  thing  about  Wordpress  is  that  there   are  a  lot  of  free  plug-­‐ins   out   there  that  once  installed   will  automa<cally   make   your  site  SEO   friendly.   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 30. Blogging  is   extremely  important  and   there  are  a  couple  of   reasons   why   you   should   have   a   blog.     The   first   one   is   because   it   gives   your   company   a   voice   and   a   face!     A   famous   marketer   said:   “People   don’t   buy   from   websites,   they   buy   from   people!”     A  blog   is   much   more  than   just   a   place   to   add   advertorial   content   to   your   site,  but  rather   a   place   to   showcase   your   company   image   and   personality!     Zappos   is   a   great  example   of   this.     If   you   check   out  their   blog,  what   you   will  find   is   that  they   not  only   have  ar<cles   about  their  products,  but   they  also   have  interviews  of   industry  experts   from  trade  shows   and   spotlights  on  their  employees!   One  of  the  reasons  that  their  blog  is  so  effec<ve  is  that  they  are  pos<ng  two  to  four   blog  posts   per   day   on   their   blog!     This   is   huge.     Zappos   is   so   successful   because   they   “get”   Internet   marke<ng   and   they   realize   the   power   of   a   blog.     They   understand   and   we   are  going  to   talk   about  this  in   a  second  but  Zappos   understands  that  if  they  blog   on  a  consistent  basis,  that  the   Google  spider  is  going  to  visit   their  site  more  oKen.    If  you   check  out  their   blog  posts,  you  will   also   see   that  they   “get”  the  power  of   internal  linking.    We  are  going  to  cover  internal   linking   more  in  just  a  second! The   second   reason   blogging   is   so   extremely   important,   especially   in   the   day   and   age   we   live   in,   is   because   of   reputa<on   management!    With   twiker,  Facebook   and   online   review   sites   like  Yelp,  a  blog  enables  you  to  publish  knowledge   and   informa<on   and   control   your  message  to   your  audience.     It  also  allows   you  to  respond  quickly   to  customers  and  answer   ques<ons.     And   we   are   going  to   talk   about  this   in   a   second,   but  it   is   extremely   important  for   you   to   establish   a   presence   for  your  business  on  twiker  and  Facebook  not  just  to  promote   your   products,  but  to  be  where  your   audience  is.    Some<mes   your  clients  will  have  a   problem   with   an   order   and   instead   of   calling   or   emailing,  they   will   search   on   twiker  or  Facebook   for   your  business   and  contact  you  there!     This   is  geDng  a  likle  into  social  media,  but  some<mes   people  ask,  what  is   the  return  on  investment  of   social   media,  well,  the  answer  is   what  is   the   ROI   of   the  phone?  You  can’t  measure   it  but   it  is   a  tool   that  every   business   owner   has.    Your   customers  are  already  using  these  tools  and  as  a  business   owner,  you  need   to  be  also!    So,  all   that  was  extra!     ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 31. The   third   purpose   of   a   blog   is   not   only   the   SEO   benefit   that   you   can   get   by   building  links   to   the   pages   on  your  site,  but  also,  if   done  correctly,  you   can   drive   traffic   to   your   site!     Let   me   tell   you   a   story  about  a  guy  named  Marcus  Sheridan,  CEO  of   River   Pools   and   Spas.     In   2005   his   company   was   failing,   and   he   just   found   out   that   someone   embezzled   $200,000   from   his   company   and   that   the   IRS   was   aKer  him   and   his   partners   with   liens   on   their   homes.     By   November   of   2008   aKer   figh<ng  for   3   years   to   keep   his   business   alive   and   to   get   out   of   the   hole   they   were   in,   the   economy   tanked.    In   March  2009  he  started   to  learn   about  blogging.     By   November   of   2009   most  of  his  compe<tors   were  out  of  business  but   his  company   was   thriving,  finishing  the  year   off  successfully!     By  September  2010,  his  site  was  the  number  one  site  in  the   industry  and   he   accredits   this   to   the   blogging   he   has   been   doing   over   the   last   18   months.     To   date   his   adver<sing   budget   has   dropped   from   $250,000   to   $18,000   per   year   and   the   business   con<nues  to  grow!     Wouldn’t  you   like  that  to  be  your   story?  It   can!    So  how  does   Marcus   blog?    His   simple   strategy   is   this:   He   an<cipates   his   customer’s   ques<ons,  and  answers  them  on  his  blog!    Amazing.    If   you  don’t  do   anything   else,  if   I   had  to   say,  what  ONE   thing   could   change   your   business,   it   would   be   this:   An<cipate   your   customer’s   ques<ons   and   then   answer  them  on  your  blog! ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com
  • 32. We   have   now   discussed   right   under   Elegant   Wedding   kind  of  difficult  to  understand   the   three   main   reasons   to   Accessories   for   Your   Special   as  the   blog  is  on  your  site  and   blog  are   to  give  your  company   Day,   we   see   that   they   are   you   are   also   building   links   to   a   voice   and   face,   reputa<on   working   in   their   keywords   your   site,   but   this   is   actually   management,   and   the   traffic   right   into   the   text   of   their   one   of   the   most   overlooked   benefit   by   an<cipa<ng   your   blog   post,   but   not   only   that   and  easiest   way  to  build  links.     c l i e n t s   q u e s < o n s   a n d   they   are   linking   them   to   the   It  is  so  overlooked  that  even  a   answering  them  on  your  blog.     pages   on   their   site   that   they   lot   of   SEO   consultants   skip   What   we   have   not   yet   really   are   trying   to   rank   for   those   this  step!     covered   is   the   SEO   benefit  of   specific   keywords!     This   is   a   blog!     Here   are   some   exactly   what   you   want   to   do   examples   of  some  bridal  sites   and   the   best   part,  is   that  it  is   that   are   doing   this   correctly!     the  fastest  and  easiest  way  to   In   the   example   on   the   top   build  links  to  your  site.     This  is   ©2011 www.startrankingnow.com