Report : Brunch Sunday 1st Feb, 2009

At our brunch yesterday we discussed many topics as per usual :-)

TIPS & TRICKS

Read your website stats for a wealth of info

- what are the search terms (keywords) people are typing to find your website?
- can you use these keywords in pages you already have, or pages you can create?

Are you using Google Local? You should be

- a great way to free traffic AND new clients!
- go to http://www.google.com.au/local
- I think you can now add 10 photos plus a couple of videos
- what are you waiting for?? it's free :-)
- one of our members is getting tons of local traffic AND orders!

Add videos to YouTube etc

- use free software to create simple videos with your business message
- upload them to YouTube and the other huge list of video publishing sites
- we'll provide a list shortly
- let me know if you have any sites you currently use

Add your site to free local business directories

- search for 'free business directory sydney' (e.g. CraigsList, TrueLocal etc)
- make a list in a spreadsheet
- create a small advert and upload
- in your spreadsheet, track how frequently the free ads get deleted, make sure to update your ads regularly to ensure they keep sending you traffic
- one site we know of who recently did this increased traffic to her site AND got a huge ongoing response by phone with people calling for the service advertised
- do you already use any of these directories? send me the details to add the list I'm creating which will then be emailed to our group

Following the keyword blueprint to master the search engines?

- do you understand how/why/where to use keywords?
- if not, let me know - we're creating a simple blueprint to follow in easy steps

Got tips you want to share?

- let me know, we'll add them to this site

Ciao for now
Teena!