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The Importance of SEO, and Can You Do It Yourself?
Jan 14th
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Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) is a rapidly growing form of internet marketing. SEO companies spring up almost overnight, but inside the ever-changing online world many of them die just as quickly.
Why is SEO such a booming business? As more commerce moves online, it’s only natural that marketing should move with it. Since billions use search engines daily, being found by search engines is obviously a vital part of every organization’s online marketing strategy.
Is SEO important for YOUR website? The answer is a certainly YES for commercial or informational websites; probably not as much for personal sites. The bottom line however - If you want people to find your site themselves, SEO is important. If you plan to make money from lots of people visiting your site, then SEO becomes not only important but essential.
The next question becomes, is SEO something you can do yourself? That depends. SEO requires basic knowledge of a website’s tags, an ability to learn which keywords to focus on, an ability to incorporate keywords into rich, informative articles that readers value, and other items. It also involves the ability to get backlinks to your site — a critical part of SEO.
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Business Tips for a Web Content Writer or Graphic Designer
Dec 15th
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At Hat Trick Associates, we like to share information that better prepares ourselves and even our competitors when it comes to successful web content writing and other online services. (Why? Because we often partner with other freelancers in what we do, and education is a primary goal for our company) When being a freelancer things can go wrong because we haven’t properly prepared. Today we have put together a list of sort of rules to follow as a web freelancer or web content writer, let us know which of these you follow and which ones you wish you knew before something bad happened.
Always get a deposit
This is a tricky one but a must. It is important that they give you a percent of the price up front to insure you get paid for your work. The typical rate is from 25% to 50% depending on the size of the project. However this can back fire for clients as I’m sure its happened to most of you, I recently hired someone to redesign WebDesignDev and I paid 50%, when he showed me the design I told him I liked the concept but it lacked design, he turned on me More >
Tips to Becoming a Better Becoming a Better Web Content Writer
Sep 27th
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There are always many business owners, marketers and others who wish to improve their writing skills as they create and distribute their web content online, and even for those that don’t plan on making writing a profession, there are still good ways to hone your skills to become more effective with your ability to communicate via the written word. Here are 3 good ways to evaluate your writing skills.
Write the Article, Then Come Back in 2-3 Days
A great way to know if your writing is at the highest level is to write about a topic that you’re passionate about, and then step back and leave it for a bit. Come back later to review what you’ve created two to three days later. You can’t truly evaluate the quality of your written piece if you review it right after you finish writing. The tendency to be emotionally attached to your own web content writing is too strong at this point, and can affect your judgment on the piece. If you write a blog, publish your article or essay, and then come back to it when your emotional connection has subsided. This can allow you to be in a better position to make More >