Small Steps to SEO Success

“You need to be in shape to get to the top, and stay there”. This was the slogan for a television ad that ran in the 1970’s, showing a group of competitors climbing the stairs of a skyskraper.

I always was amazed with that commercial, probably because where I grew up, the tallest building was a mere 13 stories, so a race to the top of a CN Tower or Empire State Building was an incredible idea.

What does this have to do with SEO?

Everything. Your website also needs to be in shape in order to get to the top of the search engines.
By doing the research and finding out what the people who are surfing are actually looking for in a website like your’s is one of the most important steps that you can take in your quest for being the best. If the language describing your products or services isn’t written in the way the folks out there are thinking about when making a search, the sad fact is that they’ll never find you. If you have lots of products that have nearly the same functionality and you haven’t taken the time to determine the differentiations that a buyer is looking for, it’s going to be hard to make a sale.You should take a good hard look at your website and then look at your competitor’s sites too. Make some analysis and determine Think about websites that you really love, and find out what is the X-Factor that makes the difference. Discover how you can set yourself apart from the crowd of websites, while finding ways to get the crowd to come.

Just as in real life, it isn’t always easy to get into shape. There are lots of reasons why people don’t get into shape: they believe they don’t have enough time, they are embarassed by how out of shape they are and think that getting in shape would be to lofty a feat; they think it would cost too much money, there are many excuses.

The same holds true for webmasters and their websites: they may have obstacles too. But when you break it down into small steps to success, you will be able to achieve. And with each step, you’ll gain strength and soon you’ll be strong enough to climb a skyskraper.



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11 Responses to “Small Steps to SEO Success”

  1. Deborah Says:

    Baby steps … a great piece of advice Mig. It can turn something that appears too daunting to attempt into what will eventually become reality if implemented.

  2. Colleen Says:

    Hi Deborah,
    Exactly. Webmasters need to take on SEO as a long-term plan and not with a short term, get rich quick approach.

    Colleen

  3. Theatons Toys Says:

    Thanks for the SEO tips.
    I think SEO is definatly all about achieving long term results.. unfortunatly most clients don’t want to pay per hour / per day if results aren’t going to come for weeks / months.

  4. Kenneth Lee Says:

    Thanks for the great SEO tips. Yeah, like Colleen and Theatons Toys say, SEO is a long term goal. I have got this SEO plugin installed on my system but sometimes my laziness causes me to ignore the great tool. :/

  5. Tony Says:

    Very interesting read. Thanks for the tips and advice!

  6. Jeremy Says:

    SEO is a great way to get free traffic to any website. There some great tips on here about getting it done.

  7. Digital Compass Says:

    In last 5 years so , market has become so competitive in terms of search engine ranking, so you need to research more and keep an eye on your competitors.

  8. Property Blog Says:

    That are some interesting thoughts that you shared with us, you are completely right about SEO, its all about long term results.

  9. Leigh Says:

    Wonderful SEO tips. Thanks for this helpful blog. It’s much appreciated.

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    I am still learning a lot about SEO so I am glad to find blogs like this that will help inform me of things.

  11. Will Says:

    Thanks for these helpful tips on SEO. It’s appreciated.

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