Archive for March 2009

7 things you should know about SEO

Here are the 7 SEO mistakes we find are made a lot:
1. Targeting the wrong keywords & lack of keywords in the content
2. Ignoring the Title tag
3. A full Flash website, where a html one would do
4. Lack of consistency and maintenance
5. Concentrating too much on meta tags
6. Using only Images for Headings
7. Back link spamming
I will elaborate on some of these in future blog posts.

Alan

Can you network if you can’t talk?

I had an interesting experience today at a morning network meeting.

I have lost most of my voice to a sore throat and really didn’t want to miss a networking event. So I created a bunch of PowerPoint slides the night before with the usual questions and answers that you go through at these events and stuck it on my mobile phone. I even created some specific slides for people I knew would be there and that I had to talk to.

I did have to start talking eventually to get somewhere in some of the conversations, which my voice suffered for, but it gave me a good insight into what I may need to prepare for the next time and in my other sales material.

It has also showed me how to be more efficient in communicating my message in the future when I can talk again.

Something to think about, without talking, can you describe your sales information as short bullet points that will effectively get your message across to someone who knows nothing about what you do?

Alan

thought provoking

I am part of a group on LinkedIn and someone called Paul Hunter posted this link

A great thought provoking video.
Alan