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Jack D. Deal is the owner of Deal Business Consulting. He can be contacted at jddeal@jddeal.com Related articles can be found at http://www.jddeal.com and http://www.freeandinquiringmind.typepad.com
Articles by this Author
Measure Your Search Marketing Efforts with a Weekly Googleprint
- By Jack Deal
- Published Monday 18th 2008
- Search Engine Marketing
- Unrated
The basics don't change very much and they are most important; change your homepage with fresh, original content daily, focus on keywords and keyword strings and publish, link and backlink as much as possible. Avoid scams and spam.
The Death of Small Rental Offices and Stores
- By Jack Deal
- Published Tuesday 12th 2008
- Small Business
- Unrated
The old adage: Location, Location, Location takes new meaning in a search society. Being found now has a very different implication. For many small and medium sized businesses, their location is no longer physical.
The simple fact is that the local C of Cs are delivering less and less value to their members. Unless they are able to redefine their mission and find ways to bring greater value, they will simply go the obsolete route of newspaper advertising.
How Local Search Technology is Changing Our Sense of Community
- By Jack Deal
- Published Tuesday 5th 2008
- Search Engine Marketing
- Unrated
In the past we chose our friends and business dealings with those we physically knew. Today, with local search technology, we can choose our friends and business dealings with anyone connected to cyberspace.
Why San Francisco is the Best City in the World
- By Jack Deal
- Published Friday 1st 2008
- Destinations
- Unrated
There must be 10,000 small businesses along Mission Street; many with storefronts barely 10 feet across. You name it, they sell it and in every ethnic variety. And with such a mix.
Twitter is showing us a very important and revealing aspect of our humanity: a mind is not necessary for self expression. Or, as we say out here in California, "No es necessario!"
Why do businesses bother with promotional materials? The simple reason is they work by spreading messages, themes and images and keeping those messages in front of those that have been targeted.
Clearly if your website does not match up to your marketing strategy and plan there will be a disconnect. If your website is "disconnected" from your marketing plan you will join the millions of business owners and professionals that have static websites that are more like newspaper or magazine ads.
Spontaneous Idea Generation is the Key to Creativity and Innovation
- By Jack Deal
- Published Friday 23rd 2008
- Psychology
- Unrated
If these four conditions do not exist then the likelihood of creativity is diminished. Having all four conditions met unfortunately does not insure creativity. Too bad.
What saved me were the string of polite, knowledgeable employees that despite the absurdity of the systems they were working under, were able to work around that and get my problem solved.
A skilled interviewer can work keywords and phrases into the interview text. When the interview is published and distributed, these keyword and phrases will be picked up by the search engines and help you with your marketing search term domination campaigns.
It's my friends in the South and Midwest that are crying "foul." These folks are white, Reagan Democrats or Arnold Republicans. They are centrist, patriotic and by many experts the so-called swing vote.
The poor vote one way and the rich another. Those neither rich nor poor get caught square in the middle or "middle class" as it is often called. The Twilight Zone might be a more appropriate name.
Is Your Own Personal "Comfort Zone" Holding You Back?
- By Jack Deal
- Published Friday 18th 2008
- Personal Development
- Unrated
Is the concept of "resting on our laurels" simply another way of saying the comfort zone has been reached and "that's all folks?"
How Internal Corruption Prevents the Economic Development of Indigenous Peoples
- By Jack Deal
- Published Tuesday 15th 2008
- Government
- Unrated
So in the end it is largely an indigenous thing; a version of the theme "we have met the enemy and they are us".
New York Times Fooled by Mexican Populist Demagogue
- By Jack Deal
- Published Thursday 10th 2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
Maybe it would be helpful and a good idea for the New York Times to take a real look at Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and not just report what they would like to believe.
But buyer beware said one realtor, the truth is both the banks and construction companies are sending in their own 'dummy bidders' to drive up the auction price.
Why Search Engine Algorithms are Emphasizing Quality Content
- By Jack Deal
- Published Tuesday 8th 2008
- Internet Marketing
- Unrated
The question to ask is not what metatags to use but what content is of interest to your prospective customers and clients?
With these innovations has come a second wave revolution that is changing the way business operates today. As always, the issue is which companies take advantage of these opportunities and which do not.
Human nature being what it is they weren't interested in selling when times were good; they waited until they became somewhat desperate. The lesson Julie and Michael learned too late was sell while the business valuation is at its highest.