Strategies for a Web Presence SEO Outline

by Ron Foreman on November 1, 2011

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Ron Foreman, EmpowerYou.ca, ron.foreman@empoweryou.ca, Guest Speaker, November 1, 2011 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Search engine optimization (SEO), art and science of publishing information that ranks well in search engines. Top Google Result Gets 36.4% of Clicks [Study] Market Research Keyword Research Site Structure On Page Optimization Local Search [...]

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What will Big Telecom price gouging cost YOU?

by Ron Foreman on May 26, 2011

OpenMedia.ca has just released a thoroughly researched 150-page report that answers just that, and makes an indisputable case against closed, costly communications. Find it at http://openmedia.ca/plan. What if Canadians payed twice as much for Internet as our global counterparts? Well, we’re nearly there. And it won’t be long before this becomes a reality if we [...]

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Rick Mercer: Our Gouge-Based Heritage

by Ron Foreman on February 22, 2011

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Here are several SEO tips to help you optimize your website for search engines. Generally, but not always, the tips listed first below are more important that the later SEO tips. These SEO tips are designed to improve your organic (unpaid) search engine rankings. This is a fairly comprehensive list of SEO tips however if [...]

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Bookkeeping is a necessary evil for a small businesses. It’s got to be done but takes away from important face time with clients and prospects. Wave Accounting is an online accounting tool for small business owners. Designed for non-accountants it’s easier than a spreadsheet and more powerful. You can work from anywhere; log on using [...]

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Domains Available

by Ron Foreman on February 5, 2010

One of my clients no longer needs these domains and they are available for sale. RedThreadRetreat.com | RedThreadRetreat.org | RedThreadRetreat.ca If you are interested please contact me.

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Backing up your data

September 16, 2009

If you’re not on a network with a network administrator who backs up your data for you, and if you would find it very costly or inconvenient to lose the data on your computer such as your email archives, you should have a back procedure in place. If you store all your files on your [...]

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Some ideas about using your website to market yourself

September 10, 2009

1. Search Engine Optimization: Become an expert in your field, add lots of good content to your site, blog, Twitter, make speeches, write a book. Monitor your website traffic with Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools and tweak your site based on what you learn. Consider registering a domain name that has your keywords in [...]

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How to manage your passwords

August 17, 2009

Recently I received an email from a close friend saying he was in the UK, had lost his wallet, and the hotel wouldn’t return his passport until he paid his bill. Would I wire him $2,000? My first reaction was to try to help because the email appeared legit just like all the other emails [...]

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How to make an email address clickable on a web page

August 10, 2009

Here’s how to make your email address ‘clickable’ on a web page. Just add a ‘mailto:’ to the tag, like this: <a href=”mailto:you@youraddress.com”>Email me</a> (Note email address is made up, use your email address.) ———————— or to show your email address: <a href=”mailto:you@youraddress.com”>you@youraddress.com</a> ———————— or to include a subject for the subject line of the [...]

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