Warning Signs Your “Big Idea” May Die a Sad, Horrific Death
We made it to October! And before I start with my highly anticipated monthly newsletter—you know you look forward to it!—I want to announce that we’re going to have a little fun this month at Trademark...
View ArticleAdopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month
Admit it; you’ve been trained. You wake up each morning, place your spouse’s, girlfriend’s or boyfriend’s slippers next to the bed for them, fetch the morning paper for their reading pleasure and get...
View ArticleTrue or False Friday: SEO Do-It-Yourself Tools?
Q: SEO is an investment, so there aren’t any free do-it-yourself tools, True or False? A: False. SEO is a door with many locks, though, and not every free tool out there is going to open them all. Rest...
View ArticleIs That Trans-Fat Dripping From My Child’s Cheesy Pizza School Lunch?
Hey, it’s National School Lunch Week! Have you optimized your kid’s lunch lately? I’m probably showing my age here a little, but when I was in grade school, our lunches consisted of...
View ArticleSEO Nightmare Blogs – Part 2
In the deep of a twilight sleep, surrounded by ghostly cookies, welcome to our continued SEO spookies… I’m your Trademark Productions host, Dwight Zahringer and this is our second SEO nightmare...
View ArticleTrue or False Friday: Social Media on a Budget
Q: Social Media, though expensive, can be accomplished on a modest budget, True or False? A: True. It’s going to take some time and effort, though. You’ll want to take advantage of some free tools that...
View ArticleSEO Nightmare Blogs: Part 1 (Retracted For Park West Gallery)
Trademark Productions was contacted by letter on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by Jason D. Killips, an attorney from Young & Susser, P.C. representing Park West Galleries, Inc. regarding our SEO...
View ArticleSEO Nightmare Blogs – Part 3
In the bowels of a haunted hotel, covered in bedbug bites, welcome to our continued SEO frights… I’m your Trademark Productions host, Dwight Zahringer and this is our third SEO nightmare presented to...
View ArticleTrue or False Friday: SEO My Blogs? No Way!
Way! I mean…true. You can. You should. We’ve actually been blogging recently about social media and using SEO keywords in status updates, online profiles and in blogs. Why? Because if you’re looking to...
View ArticleSEO Nightmare Blogs – Part 4
nning through a waking graveyard, a demented witch in flight, welcome to our final SEO fright… I’m your Trademark Productions host, Dwight Zahringer and this is our fourth and final SEO nightmare...
View ArticleNational Adoption Month
Do you know what Babe Ruth, Debbie Harry, Malcolm X, Steve Jobs, Marilyn Monroe, Dr. Ruth and Faith Hill all have in common? Well, the title of this is probably a giveaway, but yes, they were adopted....
View ArticleBlack Friday Wars: Into the Cyber Dimension!
I remember a time when the family would gather around the television after feasting on our Thanksgiving dinner. We’d watch the news reporters interviewing people who’d started lining up outside stores...
View ArticleNational AIDS Awareness Month Kickoff
According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), there are more than 1 million HIV+ people living in the United States with more than 200,000 of those unaware that they’re even infected. Of the...
View ArticleHappy Holidays From the Folks at Trademark Productions!
Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Time off for family and friends. It’s that time of the year again and we at TM have a lot to be thankful for. So much, in fact, that we decided to share our individual...
View ArticleMaking A Case For Social Media
I’ve been looking back at 2010 and am just amazed at how far technology has come in a single year, but also how businesses have jumped on that technology in order to sell what they have to what they...
View ArticleTrue or False Friday: Videos Can Be SEOd
Let’s pretend for a moment that you’ve just had your site built or rebuilt and you have solid, sexy content. All the keywords are organically placed within the text on each page, the site loads...
View ArticleWhy Redesign An E-Commerce Site?
We offer our clients a plethora of services when it comes to designing an e-commerce site and it’s not because a long list looks good. Rather, it’s because I’ve been meeting with clients and potential...
View ArticleTrue or False Friday: Are You Able to Privatize Your Website Domain?
I want you to try something for me; go to a website that has a WhoIs feature, such as godaddy.com. Now I want you to search for the most popular website domain you can think of. Once you do this,...
View ArticleCould Smartphones Be the End to Hero Shots?
When first learning about marketing, one of the first things marketers are taught is to make sure they have big flashy art throughout whatever they are trying to market/sell. This can be for sales...
View ArticleGoogle and the Farmer Update: Targeting Content Farms
Google rolled out a new algorithmic change last week that’s being labeled the “Farmer Update.” This update–one of the largest in recent years–was to target quality results in their search against...
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