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  • homesocial

    Introducing homesocial.net, A Real Estate Network/Blogging Platform

    July 13th, 2011 | Web Design | Todd Helvik | 1 Comment

    What is it? It’s a real estate specific blogging/networking tool. What’s it do? homesocial.net members will have the ability to connect with friends and post status/activity updates much like Facebook, follow other members like Twitter and most importantly, have their very own professional designed blog based on the #1 blogging platform in the world, WordPress. [...]

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  • stupidseo

    SEO companies proposing SEO work to SEO companies

    May 9th, 2011 | SEO | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    Title confuse you? I hope it did but read it a few times and it should make sense and yes it is very true. First off, I get multiple emails on a daily basis asking to outsource work, usually from companies in India but it seems people on our own shores are starting to get [...]

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  • yextreputation

    Your online reputation matters…

    January 31st, 2011 | Business Tips, Random | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    Wish you could monitor your online reputation? You can. Yext came out with a very simple, yet needed tool for local businesses. You can view, add, verify and monitor your listings around popular local directories with options for email alerts when changes occur, reviews are left or changes to your profile are submitted. Below is [...]

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  • seo-eggs

    Don’t put all your SEO eggs in one basket

    December 27th, 2010 | SEO | Todd Helvik | 1 Comment

    Far too often seo companies charge fixed amounts based on the number of keywords you want optimized or base their “packages” on a certain number of keywords. It is definitely one way of going about driving traffic to your site but I strongly disagree with it. Get your SEO strategy laid out first and foremost [...]

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  • seo-per-click

    SEO Per Click – A different kind of SEO

    July 26th, 2010 | SEO, Web Design | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    SEO Per Click Launched You’ve heard of SEO (search engine optimization and PPC (pay per click) but this is a brand new concept. SEO Per Click will deliver traffic to your website or you don’t pay a dime. So what’s the catch? That’s the beauty of this concept, there isn’t one. You submit your website [...]

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  • lebron-miami

    LeBron to Miami: Owner Reaction

    July 8th, 2010 | Sports | Todd Helvik | 1 Comment

    As all of you I’m sure have heard by now, “King James” is heading down to South Beach and I can’t say that I blame him. What he did takes a lot of guts, to leave his home town and life-long friends and family to go take a viable shot at winning an NBA title. [...]

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  • multiple-domains

    Multiple Domains/Landing Pages & SEO

    June 11th, 2010 | SEO | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    A client asked me today about setting up separate websites/landing pages that all link back to his site and was hoping to help the popularity of his website in the SERPS(search engine results pages). I figured this was as good of time as any to elaborate a little more on this topic. This type of [...]

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  • greyson-chance-ellen

    Young Singer Discovered by Ellen, Greyson Chance

    May 26th, 2010 | Music Videos, Random, TV, Videos | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    Pretty crazy I must say. This story is about a 6th grade kid with 3 years of piano lessons and zero vocal training. He was captured on film at the school talent show covering a popular song by Lady Gaga called Paparazzi. Ellen and over 20 million other people have taken notice via YouTube of [...]

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  • blog

    Do I need a blog on my website?

    May 4th, 2010 | SEO, Web Design | Todd Helvik | No Comments

    No you don’t need one, but if you like traffic and potential customers having new avenues to get to your site then incorporating a blog might be a good idea. As Google continues to evolve with social media and up-to-the-minutes results visible in search engines via Twitter you’re shooting yourself in the foot if you’re [...]

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  • seo-gone-bad

    SEO Gone Bad

    April 16th, 2010 | SEO | Todd Helvik | 3 Comments

    It’s getting pretty ugly out there in the SEO world. Everyday I come across more and more website owners and even so-called “SEO Companies” that don’t truly understand what SEO is about. I’ll throw out a quick example and since I’m in the seo/design industry I’ll use one referencing what I do and we’ll choose [...]

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