Steven Ayres's (realestategrowth) Blog

Twenty years ago businesses had an exponentially smaller number of ways to connect with customers. And advertising mediums were typically high cost and prohibitive to many small businesses. So with the advent of the search engine came a novel and affordable vehicle that all businesses could use t...

This is a common question and in most cases the answer is no.  The most likely thing that will happen is that Google will simply not count links that they have identified as coming from spam sources. The one thing you really need to careful about are taking part in sites or services that offer pu...

Have you ever wondered where your site ranks for certain Google Search terms.  Well my company has added a free search rank tool on our site.  Just click here: SEO Rank Tool and enter your key search terms with your blog or site URL. Trust me, this is super useful.

Your conversion rate is a measure of the number of potential customers that go on to buy. In the context of a website, it is usually the percentage of visitors that make a purchase. Many websites concentrate solely on increasing the number of visitors they have, when often they have fairly simple...

Seasoned professionals in the arena of online marketing know it's sometimes better to use keywords that target potential customers who are "late" in the buying cycle. So, how do you find out what these keywords are? ...and why are they so important? In professional terms, what we are talking abou...

•Top 10 positions at Google increase web site traffic 5 to 10 times. •Search engines are the most popular source for new products and services •64% of Internet users go to search engines to research a product or service. •99% of all Internet traffic is generated by 1% of all web sites. •98% of we...

My online firm and what we do. We believe that companies must do three essential things in order to compete in the modern market place:•    Portray online professionalism and a defined message. •    Convey a clear call to action. •    Be easily found by search engines. At Rocket 55 we are passion...

My friend gave me a DVD last week of ambient art.  It is around one hour of all of Van Gogh's art work.  Amazing stuff.  So I loaned it to my girl friend, who is a realtor, and it has apparently "radically dressed up her showings.  She pops it into the DVD player before an open house starts and t...

Organic search results, why do you need them? After all, you’ve been doing these PPC campaigns with Google AdWords and you are getting first page results. Why would you bother putting in the work and money on your website for organic results? The answer to this is because 70-80% of people complet...

Ok, If you are easily offended do not watch this. But, if you are driven crazy by the constant airing of the Sham Wow commercial you may find this very amusing.  I did at least. And if you do get mad, i warned you and don't want to hear about it. Sham Wow Parody