Trademark Productions, Inc. specializes in website and software development, particularly in search engine marketing through SEO and PPC strategies. Their offerings include targeted online advertising solutions to enhance business visibility and drive traffic. Potential clients are advised on SEO best practices, emphasizing the importance of on-page and off-page factors, keyword selection, and effective campaign management.

2. Who is TM?Trademark Productions, Inc. is a full service website and software development company.SEOMG, the Search Engine Marketing Group within TM specializes in Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing and Online Advertising.

3. Who have we worked with?Website Development E-Commerce Online Marketing Business PlansConsulting Copywriting Database Driven Software

4. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Engine Marketing BenefitsSearch engines represent a very unique medium, which allows you to precisely target an interested audience.In other media, the audience is looking at something, and your advertisement is a distraction.Searchers are looking for something, and are far more likely to respond to an appropriately targeted offer.

5. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Engine Marketing OptionsSearch Engine Optimization (SEO): Optimizing the content of your website to appear on the free side of search engine results.Pay Per Click (PPC): Cost-Per-Action advertising targeting the “sponsored listings” on search engine results.Blended Strategy / Search Engine Marketing: Utilizing both SEO and PPC to maximize your exposure to search engine users.

6. What is Pay-Per-Click?Pay per click (PPC) is an advertising technique used on websites, advertising networks, and search engines.Advertisers bid on "keywords" that they believe their target market (people they think would be interested in their offer) would type in the search bar when they are looking for their type of product or service. For example, if an advertiser sells red widgets, he/she would bid on the keyword "red widgets", hoping a user would type those words in the search bar, see their ad, click on it and buy. These ads are called "sponsored links" or "sponsored ads" and appear next to and sometimes above the natural or organic results on the page. The advertiser pays only when the user clicks on the ad.While many companies exist in this space, Google Ad Words and Yahoo! Search Marketing, which was formerly Overture, are the largest network operators as of 2006. In the spring of 2006, MSN started beta testing their own PPC service, MSN adCenter. Depending on the search engine, minimum prices per click start at US$0.01 (up to US$0.50). Very popular search terms can cost much more on popular engines. Abuse of the pay per click model can result in click fraud.

7. What is Pay-Per-Click?

8. Banner / Interactive Advertising

9. What is Pay-Per-Click?Campaigns can be placed in a number of online sites and broken down to be extremely targeted: Keyword Targeted

10. Site Targeted

11. Demographic Targeted

12. Gender, Age, Income, etc.

13. Traffic Targeted

14. Geographic Targeted

15. Countries & Territories

16. Regions & Cities

17. Language Targeted

18. Topic Targeted

19. Tennis, Formula One Auto Racing, etc.

20. Category Targeted

21. Animals, Auto, Entertainment, Food & Drink, etc.Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comPay Per Click Advertising - ProsPredictability - maintain control of costs, operate under a fixed or variable budget, adjust investment seasonally.Immediate and predictable results - start advertising today, get traffic today. For the most part, the PPC advertiser can control where their site appears in search results.Geo-targeting: the ability to restrict advertising to local markets, or deliver different ads to different geographic regions.Tracking ROI is relatively easy. Feedback from PPC campaign results drives ROI higher over time, and can even help with SEO strategy.With a well designed site already in place, minimal “on site” changes are required - just add landing pages.

22. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comPay Per Click Advertising - ConsROI is heavily dependent on the Website’s ability to convert traffic into sales.Requires an ongoing commitment to measuring, managing, and refining the campaign.Traffic can be brought in immediately, but optimizing and refining a campaign can take months.Depending on the scope of the campaign, developing creatives (ad copy and headlines) can be expensive.PPC may be far more expensive than SEO, although effective PPC campaigns can actually cost less.

23. SEO / Natural ListingsSearch engine optimization (SEO) as a subset of search engine marketing seeks to improve the number and quality of visitors to a web site from "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. The quality of visitor traffic can be measured by how often a visitor using a specific keyword leads to a desired conversion action, such as making a purchase or requesting further information. In effect, SEO is marketing by appealing first to machine algorithms to increase search engine relevance and secondly to human visitors. The term SEO can also refer to "search engine optimizers", an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients.A range of strategies and techniques are employed in SEO, including changes to a site's code (referred to as "on page factors") and getting links from other sites (referred to as "off page factors"). These techniques include two broad categories: techniques that search engines recommend as part of good design, and those techniques that search engines do not approve of and attempt to minimize the effect of, referred to as spamdexing. Some industry commentators classify these methods, and the practitioners who utilize them, as either "white hat SEO", or "black hat SEO".In all, the success of SEO is dependant on how the large search engines see your site useful to their end users who search on specific keywords to find what they are looking for.

24. SEO / Natural Listings

25. SEO / Natural Listings

26. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Engine Optimization - ProsLeverage your site’s natural advantages – content, popularity, linking relationshipsCan deliver substantial benefits at a very low cost, especially for a “content rich” siteRequires minimal ongoing activity for most sitesInitial investment in SEO can pay off for years to come

27. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Engine Optimization - ConsSEO influences, but does not control, the search engine results - there are no guarantees.Delayed results - after the initial SEO effort, expect to wait at least 2-3 months for significant traffic.Risk of becoming overly dependent on “free” traffic, because results are variable over time.Some modifications to site are required; extent of changes dependent on many factors. A professional SEO consultant can help find the best path to results and ROI.Poorly executed SEO campaigns can lead to search engine penalties and long term harm to the organization’s online presence.

28. What Users See

29. What Search Engines See

30. SEO/SEMProcessSet specific goals – “What are your goals?”Research – Where is / What is the Competition doing?Current Conditions – Is your site SEO friendly?Strategy & Tactics – Create a Game Plan, Implement itAnalytics– Track Results, Modify Campaign

31. It’s not Black MagicSet Goals – “What are they?”

32. Research – Where is / What is the Competition doing?

33. Current Conditions – Is your site SEO friendly?

34. Strategy & Tactics – Create a Game Plan, Implement it

35. Analytics – Track Results, Modify CampaignOnline Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWhere do I start?Determine if you have the time, patience and can afford doing SEO to your site.Understand your value of time. Sometimes people leave out their actual cost of their time!Be prepared to crawl before you can run. SEO takes time to learn and implement. Results are not overnight!

36. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comQuick SEO Overview for Your WebsiteLet’s get you set-up to review your website. The key is having the best tools at your fingertips!Use Firefox. It is a clean browser and displays websites the way they are meant to be seen. www.mozilla.com/firefox There are versions for Windows and Mac.Once installed go to http:// tools.seobook.com/seo-toolbar and download the Firefox plugin. Install and restart Firefox.If you are a web developer or do play with Dreamweaver at times it would be helpful to install the Web Developer Toolbar. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60

37. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 1: Where do I rank?Analytics. If you have them great! If not sign-up for Google Analytics – it’s free and powerful.Keywords – list 5 keyword phrases that you feel you should be ranked for. They can be a product or a term. (I like to rank for “Web Design”)Do a search for each keyword in Google. Note the amount of competition for each.List where you are, and where your competitors are.GO!

38. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 2: My resultsHow did things pan out?Are listed where you need to be? Why do you think?What is the title and description say for your listing? What about your competitors? Any bolded words?Is the competition ahead of you? Why do you think?What does you site look like? Does it compare with the competition?Are these even the right keywords?*if you have analytics you can see how your being found already!

39. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 3: Shock and AweConfused yet?Go to Google and type in the search bar site:www.YOURDOMAINNAME.comHow do those results look? How many? Are they similar or different?Now try a competitors domain name. How do you two match up?Go to Yahoo! search bar and type linkdomain:www.YOURDOMAIN.comHow do those results look? How many? Are they similar or different?

40. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 4: Understand the DataWhat the search results say, Site: and LinkDomain:Title Tags & the importance of keyword selectionSpecific for each page; don’t exceed 60 characters including spaces; readable for humansMeta Description Tags – are they unique, keywords present and written for humans? 150 characters max including spaces!Where are your links coming from?Are they relevant external sites? Are they interior?

45. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 5: What to do?Come up with keywords that best suit your needs; Google Keyword ToolPick your battles – how much competition?Plural vs. Singular; Synonyms; alternative wording, lingo and geo-specific terms (pop vs. soda)Make your list; Broad terms, Tough and easily achievableBroad: CarTough: Chevy VoltEasy: Warren Michigan Chevy Volt Dealer

46. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 6: Title TagsMake sure that your title tag includes your keyword (a greater weighting is given to key phrases at the left of the title tag)A compelling call-to-action might help you get a better click-through rate in Google search engine results pages.Make title tag unique on each page (Google Webmaster Tools can help you detect problems with the title tags)Avoid keyword stuffing in your page title.

47. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 7: Headings (H1, H2, H3)Using your keyword in H1 or H2 has some positive effects on SEO<h1> is the most important heading - use it only once or twice per document and include your keyword thereInclude different keywords in subheadings within the documentAvoid keyword stuffing in any of heading tags

48. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 8: Body TextMake sure that the keyword you are targeting really is in your body textPut main keywords closer to the top of the documentAvoid keyword stuffing in body text and don't hide text through colour by blending text color with background colorAvoid too high keyword density (>10%) as it may lead to penalty (use synonyms, related words and LSI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_semantic_analysis ) words - http://quintura.com/ will help you find them)Pay attention to keyword density

49. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 9: URL / DomainDomain name: If possible, put your main keyword in the domain nameFor SEO it seems that there is no difference between delimiting words in domain name or writing them together. From marketing standpoint it's better not to delimit words in domain name with dashes because of word of mouth marketing.URL: Make "user-friendly" urls; put your keywords there and leave out stop words (http://www.ranks.nl/resources/stopwords.html) like "I", "a", "an" etc. Also try to avoid special characters like "&", "?", "=", "$", "%", "^" in the URL.Avoid keyword stuffing in URLs and try to keep them within a reasonable length.

50. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 10: SiteMap / Robots.txtSitemap is a file or multiple files that list URLs for a website.It is important to submit your sitemap to Google Webmaster ToolsIt is important to include a link to sitemap file in your robots.txt file. If you want to put sitemap on different domain you must put a link to it in your robots.txt file. All information about sitemaps - http://www.sitemaps.org/ You can also submit your sitemap to Yahoo! Site Explorer and MSN Live Webmaster Center. If you don't have a sitemap, try sitemap generatorsRobots.txt is a file on your site that tells web spiders (like Googlebot) how to behave on your site.Robots.txt should contain a link to your sitemap (for example: Sitemap: http://www.tmprod.com/sitemap.xml) . All information about robots.txt - http://www.robotstxt.org/

51. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 11: Meta DescriptionMake sure that the keyword you are targeting really is in your meta descriptionCreate unique meta description for every pagePut your keyword closer to the start of the meta descriptionA compelling call-to-action in meta description might help you get a better click-through rate in Google search engine results pages.Avoid keyword stuffing in meta descriptionKeep the lenght of meta description under 160 characters (15 - 20 words) to make sure that your message isn't truncated in Google SERPs.Make meta description different from page title (<title>).

52. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 12: LinksFor internal linking - put nofollow attribute on links to unimportant pages (from SEO standpoint - like "Privacy Policy", "Contact us" and other pages)Put keywords in anchor textsIf link anchor is an image then put anchor text in image's "alt" attributeAvoid keyword stuffing in anchor textsAvoid using un-related phrases like "click here" or "more..." in anchor textsLinking to similar external sites will help search engines to determine your site's themeCheck your anchor texts and nofollow attributes

53. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 13: Load Time100% Valid code is great but most of the time search engine spiders can process invalid code as well.Using less <table> tags may result in faster page loadHaving smaller HTML will result in faster page loadAvoid broken images on your site as it slows down page load (click on the "Load time" link to get list of broken images on site)Put CSS in external files. If you can combine all CSS information into one file it will make your page load fasterPut JavaScript code in external files. If you can combine all JavaScript code information into one file it will make your page load fasterIf you are using common JS libraries (like jquery, prototype, moo tools and others) use Google Ajax Libraries API

54. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 14: ImagesUse "alt" texts to describe the image - for accessibility and SEO reasonsDon't overuse "alt" texts, for example, don't add them to spacer images or layout of imagesPut keywords in "alt" texts if they make sense in the contextYou can also use keywords in filenames (write keywords together or seperate them with dashes)Avoid keyword stuffing in "alt" texts or filenames

55. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStep 15: Other things to considerFirst Impression – make it SEO friendly but don’t forget the customer!a. Accessibility / Spider ability (no CSS, JavaScript, Cookies)b. Robots.txtc. Crawl Test – Is your site accessible?d. Browse as GoogleBot – (cloaking, can you see the same as a user, Google healthcheck)e. Sitesearch / Brandsearchf. Google cache (is content there, content the same)g. Duplicate content (are you providing confusing info to search engines)h. No www vs. wwwi. Check all domains (sitedomainip check, multiple sites have the same content on ip) j. URL’s – (structure, length, keyword rich)k. Title Tags (unique ea page, descriptive)l. Content Review (enough content, header tags with key phrasesm. Meta tags (stuffing, proper length)n. Redirects (http headers {http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/}, non www vs. www)o. Internal Linking – (# of links, anchortext, no vs. do follow, TOS, Privacy)p. Geolocation – (Where is IP, domain, local address, Google Local)q. External Linking – (what looks bad, anchor text, deep linking, look natural, paid links)r. Symantec HTML – (bulky size, crawl rate, alt tags, images, poorly formatted code)

56. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWhy Hire A Professional?Thorough assessment of business needs and current state.SEO professionals can help determine the most cost-effective methods of making needed site modifications.Professional PPC campaign management can greatly increase ROI, and reduce startup costs.Focus: Is search engine marketing really your core business?

57. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Engine Marketing ProcessStage 1: Business AssessmentStage 2: Keyword StrategyStage 3: Pay-Per-ClickStage 4: Website OptimizationStage 5: Link BuildingStage 6: Tracking and Refinement

58. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comBusiness AssessmentKey Business IssuesEstablish Business GoalsIdentify Key PlayersExamine Current MetricsConduct Site ReviewKeyword Brainstorming

59. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comKeyword Strategy Search Term DiscoveryKeyword MetricsAssess RelevanceSearch Term SelectionEstablish PrioritiesDetermine Methods

60. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comPay Per ClickInitial Keyword StrategyDevelop Ad Copy and HeadlinesTesting PhaseAdd Negative MatchingAdd Exact MatchingTrack and Refine

61. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWebsite OptimizationMap Keywords to ContentSite Structure and OrganizationModify Page TemplatesSEO Copywriting and RewritesOptimize Internal LinksSet Up Tracking System

62. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comLink BuildingKeyword Strategy ReviewDirectory SubmissionsPress ReleasesLink PartnershipsLink-Based AdvertisingAffiliate Program

63. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTracking & RefinementFor SEO, Begin at 2 monthsFor PPC, From Day 1Identify Key Search TermsIdentify Performance GapsCost-Benefit AnalysisRefine Strategy

64. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSocial MediaWhat are best practices?Which sites to use?Get a game plan! Goals!Set a budget & include time!Track and refine!

65. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comThe Gold Rush of the 21st CenturyWhat I am notgoing to talk about in detail:

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67. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comQuick Survey• Facebook?• Flickr?• Linked In?• StumbleUpon?• Digg?• Reddit?• Have you ever searched for something on Wikipedia?• Yahoo?• Google?• Do you read blogs?• Do you use a RSS reader like Google or Bloglines?• Have you submitted content to a social network?• Do you or a client of yours do social media marketing?

68. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWhat is Social Media?“Social media describes the online technologies and practices that people use to share content, opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives,and media themselves.”Social media is…EditablePopularConversationFastHistorical

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70. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWhy should you care?With the proliferation of niche sites and communities on the Internet, it’s becoming increasingly important to target long-tail search terms and casta wide net.…and guess what?Google Cares too!

71. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comHow are Search Engines Changing?• Social Network EndorsementsMethods and systems for endorsing search results• Use of Trends and Bursty Topics System and method for monitoring evolution over time of temporal content• User Distributed Search Results User Distributed Search Results• Dual Trustrank Yahoo’s augmented relevance ranking by community participation

72. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comHow? Search Google for Obama!Results return:1. Books2. Official website with “site links”3. Wikipedia4. Senate.gov5. News results6. Senate podcasts7. MySpace8. Snopes (urban legend site with huge community following)9. YouTube videos

73. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSearch Google for “Dramatic Chipmunk”http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS234US234&q=dramatic+chipmunk&btnG=Search Results return…..Embedded You Tube videoWikipedia article3-10. More video and social network resultsFrom that came….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw&feature=related

74. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSocial Media Big Players• 14,000,000+ Professionals• 500,000+ Senior Executives• Executives from 498 Fortune 500 companies• 65,000 new Professionals every week• Average Household Income: $130,000+• Average experience level: 15 yrs

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76. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comSocial Media Big PlayersGuy Kawasaki’s 11 Ways to Use LinkedIn:1. Increase your visibility.2. Improve your connectability.3. Improve your Google PageRank.4. Enhance your search engine results.5. Perform blind, “reverse,” and company reference checks.6. Increase the relevancy of your job search.7. Make your interview go smoother.8. Gauge the health of a company.9. Gauge the health of an industry.10. Track startups.11. Ask for advice. (LinkedIn Answers)

77. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comWikipediaMore than a third of American adult internetusers (36%) consult the citizen-generatedonline encyclopedia Wikipedia.• Credibility has been called into question.• Regardless, Wikipedia receives top placement on Google and almost 10% of daily Internet users visit the site.

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80. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comHow you can use WikipediaCreate unbiased articles about your company, executives and important news stories > Web site traffic increase• Cross-reference your articles with related articles > New user discovery• Reputation management > Subscribe to updates to monitor changes > Manage photos, links, content, etc.

81. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comStumbleUponMore than 8.4 million usersFireFox Browser Plug-in

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83. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comHow you can use StumbleUponSubmit articles, photos and videosGet the Firefox Plug-inForce friends to stumble your articlesJoin groupsAdd friendsReview friendsGrab successful stories and add to digg, reddit and other social networks

84. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterMarketing Opportunities• Build a company profile• Network with users• Post links to articles (on the social network you want them to action with)• Become an authority in your space / industry• Can be branded – carry a message

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87. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterRule #1 – Ready, Aim, Fire!Social networks reward early adopters. The rabbit wins every time.The first to the top of the mountain wins. This is why our agency focused on the internet, building web sites and executing online marketing programs back in the late 90’s. We realized back then that the “new media” (totally played-out phrase) is online marketing and SEO would always be a service that has a long term shelf life.

88. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterRule #2 – Join in all, participate in a fewGet your name before someone else does. http://www.knowem.comWhile it may be good to have an account in all the networks, it sometimes can sometimes have adverse effects. If prospective customers are searching for you, your company or for your services and one of the network profiles happen to appear in a search result what are the chances that the profile is stagnant or shows that you have not updated for months? Would that be the type of person that I would want to work on my business with?

89. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterRule #3 – Personal Brand OptimizationOptimize your personal brand, but focus!Continuity is good and a lot of social network profiles are crawled and indexed by Google. PBO everywhere is good but do you have the time? Will every network be beneficial? Attach metrics and see what you are actually getting from each source.

90. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterRule #4 – Don’t pitch! Have a conversationI once heard that for every 10 tweets only 1-2 should be about you, your company or sales. I believe that this is a good rule to follow.Have a conversation. Have a goal going in. Modify and sway your conversation to be helpful and rewarding to the reader / friend.

91. Online Business Development & Marketing316 1/2 South Main St. Suite 204 . Royal Oak, MI 48307PH 248.586.9210 | FX 248.582.9212 | www.tmprod.comTwitterRule #5 – Feed the AnimalsYou have no interest in last Tuesdays’ USA Today.Your networks need content to survive. This needs to be updated regularly and relevant to what is going on. Google loves fresh content and so do your readers!

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