How To Get On Google 1st page – Social Media Juander INC

With all the advances in technology your business can go from being a thought to an real business with a website, logo and business cards within a day. When I started my business over 3 years ago I was amazed at how much I could get done with Vistaprint. I was able to get 500 business cards for about $10.00! There are many more services available to small business owner’s today. Moo.com is the new Vistaprint offering custom cards. As soon as you register your domain you will be inundated with requests for your money to save you time. SEO Strategy companies offering you free assessments of your site, Online listing services offering to get you listed on over 50 sites with just a click of a button. You know you need to optimize your site, but do you need to pay an arm and a leg for it? One of the best ways to gain page rank organically is to have back links, or links to your site, thus increasing the relevance and page rank of your site based on the referring sites linked to it. I have received many requests to pay to have my site back linked to a network of sites to improve my ranking quickly. I was tempted, but I wanted to see what the experts thought about link building so I did a little research and here are the results.

To understand the need for back linking you have to understand the usage or importance of a link. If you compare the internet to the US, your site would be considered a great hole in the wall microbrewery. I’m in Washington D.C. but you are in northern California. The Natural Bohemian (Natty Boh) brewery is just a short drive up 295, it’s convenient easily accessible and familiar so I buy from them constantly. A friend from California comes to visit and brings a 6 pack of your beer from California and I am hooked. I go online and buy a case, and the next time I visit California I make it a point to visit the actual brewery. My friend from California supplied that link that lead me to your brewery. This is the same with back links to your site, if your site is new no one is referring to your site for information or for services so your relevance is low. My friend created a link to your brewery/site. My friend was a trusted source so the conversion rate was high. This is the same thing as with link building links from influencers, authorities on the industry and educators confirm the relevance of your site. But how do you build these links? Moz.com has a detailed strategy that goes the natural route but is very effective.

1.) Natural Editorial Links: These are other sources linking to your site as a resource.

2.)Manual Outreach: These are links that you manual contact a blogger, website etc and ask a back link to your site.

3.)Self Created: These are links that are created by sites that have guest book sign-ins or blog comments. These can be plentiful but

have low value.

If you are looking at the list you can see how daunting a task link building can be. With that in mind, most SEO Strategist and Small Business owners will opt for the pay per link model. Google, Bing and other Search Engine frown upon this option. The reason being, you may be linked to low quality sites that may not be related to your site simply trying to trick the system. As most Web Masters and SEO Consultants know, Google’s refresh will always catch up to you. If is found that you have paid for link building then your site will be effected significantly.

Although the thought of paying for such a task seems wise, the consequences could be extreme. It takes a long time to build relevant quality links, but manually building links is the only way to go. The best way to achieve this is to create quality, useful content and others will link to your site. You may not be able to afford the cost of the alternative.

Juan De Cruz, Jr.

http://www.socialmediajuander.com

jdecruz@socialmediajuander.com

(240) 479-0082

Social Media Marketing Consulting — The Curious Link Between Chain Music and Social Media

I am a self-confessed Hip-Hop head. I reached my Hip Hop heyday in the 90’s with groups such as Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde and De La Soul. This form of Hip Hop was called “conscious” rap because of the content, thought and movement that was a product of the music of the time. Studio Gangsta Rappers were shunned and your rep was based on the music you produced, not a marketing campaign. As a 42-year-old Social Media Marketing Consultant I struggle to stay true to my Hip Hop roots, or move on to Classic Jazz? I can not relate to today’s version of Hip Hop “Chain Music”. No content, no point, just a catchy heavy base beat and a gold chain.

When you look at the current Digital Marketing landscape……one could say it’s gone the way of “Chain Music”! Social Media is “en vogue” so companies jumped in flooding timelines with shameless sales plugs and pitches. Forbes Magazine wrote about the importance of Social Media for Small Business as far back as 2011. Over that span of time the Social Media Marketing Industry has changed immensely. It was the connection that was important…….an online interaction that creates an in person engagement. With the introduction of Facebook Ads and other products, you can pay for Likes and Followers. It’s no longer about building an organic online community, it’s about paying to get into the timelines of the masses. Social Media has gone the way of the Google Search Consultant…”but you have 50,000 impressions!” When numbers become the game in Social Media, failure is imminent. When there is no true content, people will eventually learn the truth. There are those Social Media Marketing Consultants and Agencies that get it right. They realize that just setting up an “Enter to Win an iPad” link isn’t true traffic. When I see companies and marketing consultants that get it right, I remain hopeful for our industry. Despite all the filters that keep your message out of timelines unless you pay to play……..we can still be heard if you have the rigtht content, the right message and the right audience.

Just as my hope in the Social Media Marketing industry is renewed from time to time, my hope in Hip Hop is renewed when I hear song’s like Wale’s “Chain Music”. Wale is a Washington D.C. Metro area native and has been on the scene for years but he didn’t receive the national recognition he deserved until he inked a deal with MMG. Although Wale’s message hasn’t changed, his delivery has……a line from Chain Music states, “tried to give you light and a message, but you’d rather have some VVS’ (diamonds). He realized that the culture of the Chain Music era is a necessary evil, just as Social Media is a necessary evil for businesses. If there is no engagement, no connection, no information exchange……..Social Media Marketers may as well trade their corporate suits in for gold chains.

Juan De Cruz, Jr.

Social Media Marketing, SEO/SEM, e-Mail Marketing Consulting

http://www.socialmediajuander.com

(240) 479-0082

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