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Hundreds of thousands of websites were recently affected by the change Google made in their ranking algorithm. It’s being called the “Panda” update. If your website ranking fell it’s time to get some expert advice. Waiting for it to come back might not be the best strategy.
Here are the codes and format you need to send a text message to someone from your email. You can also use this with the forms at your website (cc:). Cool stuff!
Have questions about your Internet marketing? Having trouble getting top ranked with Google, thinking about a new website and need some direction? Here are answers to questions people have asked me recently? 
Is your website design killing your business? When asked why people distrusted a website, 94% cited DESIGN problems. If you’re not getting the results you want, or you need a new website that properly represents the high-quality products or services you offer, I can help. 
Share your ideas, ask questions, get help with a sticky situation, and more, at the Wedding Business Today Crowdsource. Don’t know what a CROWDSOURCE is? Stop by and take a look. It’s easy and it’s free.
About.ME caught my attention recently. It’s probably something you want to register for and use. It’s got the right domain name (ala “Google”) and some cool tools to help you manage your online visibility and social media connections. 
Q: Chris, we’re very happy that we took your advice and now use Google Anayltics to monitor our website traffic and our blog traffic (we installed it there too!). You mentioned that we can schedule reports to automatically be sent to us via email, saving us the time of logging into Google Analytics every time we want to review our traffic, but I can’t find that option. I bet you know where it is?
Each of the search engines are a little different when it comes to what they are looking for. Generally speaking, I optimize for Google and the others, Yahoo! and Bing, more or less follow. But it’s good to understand what each are looking for. Here are links to the individual guidelines.
I talk to a lot of people who are telling me they’re having trouble closing the inquiries they get from their website. Even if you’re a seasoned closer, sometimes a little refresher course is helpful. 
Here are some of my favorite Internet marketing and business building tools. For all intents and purposes, I am a one-man-show. Without the 
Recently I talked about conversion, turning more of the brides and grooms who visit your website or blog into inquiries, phone calls, and sales. 
Conversion is when a bride or groom visiting your website does something you want them to. In most cases, they make an online inquiry or call you on the phone. If you have traffic but aren’t getting inquiries and phone calls, you have a conversion problem.
I help business owners and managers in the wedding industry use the Internet
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