This is a case study published by SeoLinkwheelers, and was originally referred to me by Shoemoney. What I like about this case study is that it highlights some of the steps needed to perform proper keyword research and then shows you the results that you can get when keyword research is done well.
SeoLinkwheelers Case Study
Let me know in the comments if you have questions. Enjoy!

CNN of course, completely misses the point of the entire presentation. They focus on the lamest parts of the presentation instead of on the real meat of the presentation.
CNN focuses on the advertising aspects of what he said, completely missing the part about mobile phones being the primary gateway to the internet for a lot of people in emerging economies.
Seeing as how Carlos Slim Helu (owner of Telefonos de Mexico) just unseated Bill Gates as the richest person on the planet, methinks that there may be something to this …

In his inimitable style, Gary Varynerchuk shows us step by step how to get advertisers for our blogs, or podcasts etc.
Basically, here are the steps:

Find companies that are already advertising on Google, Bing or whatever.
Go to the advertiser’s site, click around and find their contact information
Reach out to them and tell them why your blog/show would be a good fit for their ad money
Convince them that your channel is a good place for their ad. At the very least, get an affiliate deal with them
Popurls is your friend
Never underestimate the …

An article published on Newsweek says that the low productivity of Latin American countries is to blame for the region’s low per capita income and lack of development. The Inter-American Development bank (IDB) appears to have sponsored the study.

Photo Credit: thejourney1972 (away until april)
That article, is a complete load of manure. Let me tell you why.
The study period is from 1960 to sometime in the past, but we’re not told the exact end of the study period. Apparently, it’s not important for us know.
Also:

It makes reference to a “typical” …

MarketingLatinos caught up with Arik Renee Avila at the premier of his new movie entitled “Upon a Midnight Clear”.
Arik is well known in the anime industry for his animated movie shorts but has also done interactive movies at Walt Disney World’s Epcot Center, and other projects with Sony, Motorola, Lennox, Compaq, IBM and AMD. (just to name a few).
Be sure to follow this rising latino as he makes his mark in the cinematic arena with his new release Upon a Midnight Clear.
You can follow Arik Avila on Facebook or check …

As a general rule, most people, spammers included, want to avoid looking like spammers. Despite that, a lot of innocent people end up looking like spammers because they do spammy things.
Here are 3 things to do if you want to avoid looking like a spammer:

Avoid keyword stuffing. What does that mean? It means avoid putting too many of your keywords in your posts. You should also avoid having your key words close together. So, pay attention to the density of your target words to the rest of your …

I’ve been paying a lot more attention to the social media space down south of the US border and beyond.
For the most part, it appears that social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook and making some decent inroads into Latin America.
No, I do not have empirical data for you to use to verify my assertion, all I have is anecdotal data from seeing more and more people tweeting in Spanish and seeing more and more of my family members on Facebook.
I realize that this is not a representative sample, but …

I am a big believer in article marketing. If you’re looking to generate traffic to your website, writing articles and then posting those articles on various sites is the cheapest and quickest way to get visitors to your website.
There are a lot of nuances when it comes to article marketing. For example, 90% of the success of your article depends on the title. If your article doesn’t have a good title, people won’t open it and read it. Yes, you should provide good content in your article body, but …

As a long time student of SEO, aka Search Engine Optimization, I’ve read a lot of blogs, read a lot of books, listened to various recordings, attended events etc. I have noticed that there are certain traits that all of the good and successful SEO practitioners seem to share.
By “good and successful” I mean that they pay their bills by performing SEO work full time, with legitimate clients and that you can see have a high profile within the community. Admittedly, by my own definition, I am not a …

Sometimes, search engine optimization is more art than it is science. To quote former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld “we have known known, known unknowns and unknown unknowns.” Sometimes, you may even need a little bit of help like in this Dilbert strip:

Looks like Asok will be around for awhile since that other guy wasn’t quick enough to pick up on the gist of the conversation.