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Archive for the ‘Copywriting’ Category

Turning Traffic into Conversions

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Branding with wordsSo you’re ranking high on search engines – great! The traffic’s finally pouring in. As online marketing specialists, that’s something October 17 Media helps many organizations achieve. However, too many businesses on the Web overlook a key factor that helps turn this traffic into profits. What’s the missing ingredient? Strategically developed web content that connects with your visitors.

Sure, a thousand visitors a day to your business’ website is appealing. But what good is it if the vast majority of visitors immediately abandon your site, leaving you with no leads or sales?

Web Copy Plus LogoSo what makes web content effective with visitors? To get the scoop, we chatted with Vancouver web writer Rick Sloboda. He’s the Senior Web Copywriter at Webcopyplus, which provides optimized web copy to businesses big and small, from AT&T to local fitness trainers. Rick also teaches web writing courses and conducts web content studies with the likes of Yale University.
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A blog doesn’t write itself! An interview with blogger Mike Desjardins of ViRTUS Inc.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Mike Dejardins blogger at ViRTUS
At October 17 Media we install blogs for our clients and they all have the best of intentions to update, promote and interact with their blogs from the start. But after a few posts the excitement usually wanes and the content quality and frequency inevitably starts to lag.

We understand that it’s hard to keep focus and find the motivation but blogs provide long term gain and you’ve got to stick with it!

So, we’ve found a relatively new-to-the scene Vancouver blogger (his first post was November 4th, 2008), but he’s done an excellent job of staying on top of regular blogging and promoting his blog. We’re hoping this exceptional blogger will help motivate and inspire you to GET BLOGGING!

WHO’S THE BLOGGER? Mike Desjardins, “Driver” at ViRTUS Inc.
WHERE’S THE BLOG: www.mikedesjardins.com: A blog on Business Strategy, Corporate Culture & Technology
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10 ways to dream up new blog posts!

Friday, December 5th, 2008

1. Comments:
Check your comments for ideas. Visitors often bring up topics you can expand upon, explain or even argue with. Try to choose comments that have sparked animated discussions or debates. This means that your visitors are already interested in the topic.

2. Interview:
Bring in the ‘expert’ and get their thoughts with an informative interview. It could be just 5 questions long and you could even interview them via email!

3. Define:
Plenty of technical posts are laden with jargon and broad reviews. Pick something specific and explain it.
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Free Internal Linking Strategy Plugin for Wordpress

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Internet Marketing Health Check

In my last article about internal linking strategy for search engine optimization, I spoke about how using keywords to link internally to your site not only helps visitors find what they’re looking for but also encourages Google to associate your site with those key phrases.

I digress.

I found this really cool free internal linking plugin for wordpress.

When you write/edit a post, you’ll see “Custom linked keywords for this post” section below the post area. That’s where you add your words and desired URL location.

Need help installing it? Or just need a blog? give us a yelp!.

Making a blog post? Don’t forget the internal linking SEO strategy!

Friday, August 1st, 2008

One of the major elements of SEO that’s often undervalued is internal linking. When done right, internal linking not only encourages visitors to stay longer on your website, but more importantly, it can improve your search engine rankings.

So, content is key. Link within your content!

When websites link to other sites on the internet, search engines like Google and Yahoo pass value for the terms/ phrases used in the link “anchor text”. Anchor text is the highlighted text when your mouse hovers over a link. Often when people think about linking strategies, they focus on improving and increasing their number of inbound links and they pay special attention to what the anchor text communicates.

But this isn’t the only type of linking strategy you should count on. Rather, contextual *internal* links can also be effective in helping to improve a site’s ranking for certain keywords and phrases.
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October 17 Media specializes in website development, paid search advertising, social media and viral marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and email marketing.