This post on SEOmoz by far is one of the best explanations of: What to focus on for SEO Why to focus on it What KPI's to measure What KPI's to ignore Success for SEO's in the future Watch the video at the link and listen and watch for these specific statements: "Getting us all the way down from these what I call "leading indicator metrics" down to the business KPIs. Business KPIs, the things that indicate t ...

"Wow" is the first reaction as BlueGlass was the company I looked to as an agency who is doing it right.  They have a great content marketing strategy around their brand and have a solid set of focused services to offer their clients and a talented team to execute on those services.  So what happened is the questions that are being asked. Is SEO Scalable? This blog post from Search Engine Round Table does s ...

I am active on a few SEO and Marketing forums and I'm concerned. There are new members coming on to these forums and I see the same old stuff being shoveled every day. "10 billion SEO back links to your site for 1 cent." The Bad: Ok I am exaggerating a bit - but only a little bit.  It has really gotten out of control.  Google has done a great job in cleaning up their SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) as t ...

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This article was written by Tim Williams - but man did it hit home!  I have used these words so many times and with online marketing evolving to the level it has today - its a reality.  Not only is it a reality - this is how all marketing initiatives should be run in every company - no exceptions. Marketing is now fully quant-based.  If you are not running quant-based programs then I truly believe you shoul ...