SEO lies, folk lore and old wives tales

SEO is hard enough to understand without all of the bad information out there.

You can save a lot of time if you don't waste time on the misinformation.



I thought it would be fun to start a thread listing all of the bad information we've heard over the years that people have wasted time on.



One of my favorites is a guy that told me that all of his links must be Google blue because it was proven that color increases click through ratios, and helps his SEO with better search placement.

Never mind the fact that his site was a train wreck in both design and content.

When I suggested that maybe he spend more time on the credibility of his information, he told me it didn't matter. Apparently Google blue holds mystical powers.



The truth is that Google did do a study on which colors people click more on their search result and ad links, and Google blue did win and is what they use, but the study never ventured into proving that was the case on all websites, nor that sites who use that color on their internal links get better placement.



But that didn't stop a bunch of hacks from disseminating that bad info all over the web.



What are some others that you've heard over the years?

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Business is going well and I'm excited to see it grow. I'm definitely interested in any advice and guidance From anyone.

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Introducing Nathan

Hi guys,



How are you all?



So a bit about me…



I have recently moved from the big smoke of Sydney, six hours north, to Armidale in NSW and I absolutely love it here. After a six month whirl wind adventure around Australia, my wife and I fell in love with rural Australia and decided to move.



Before making the move I use to be a marketing manager for a mortgage broking company in Sydney. I was good at it and I loved building up teams of people to make an exceptional company.



However, my passion lies in helping people.



I have been a men’s group facilitator for about 5 years. I have also worked as a life/mens coach on the side for the last 2 years with a number of personal development companies around Sydney.



As a coach I specialise in helping men master their relationships with their women & their work. (however I have definitely helped a lot of women too).



It’s time for me to branch out. I have a very clear vision with what I want to create, and part of that is to build up my own business.



So that brings me to this forum.



I’m here because I want to learn how to create an online business from the ground up and all the nitty gritty details that are involved. I’m looking for guidance, support, and to lend my knowledge and expertise to those that can benefit.



It is a pleasure to be on the site. I hope you guys can help get my feet grounded and show me the ropes and in return I hope I can help out any newbie (or even some of the old hats) from my experience



Nathan

My Business Journey

Hey all,



I thought it would be great to create a post that records my journey with building my Coaching Business.



The purpose of this is to journal my progress, keep myself accountable and get feedback from you guys. Once I've created a successful business it can help others by showing them what I faced and how I overcame it.



Where I am at right now.



So at the moment I am still working a 9-5 job here in Armidale. I spend about 1 hour each morning on my business before work, and try to organise any coaching or business calls after work. The weekends are my time to shine. I take on any larger projects then.



At the moment I have only one client that will be finishing up his coaching agreement in 2 weeks. So far I have been getting clients on word of mouth basis - usually I have max 2 at a time. However, now that I am looking to take this business full time I am looking to get at least 7 clients minimum before I leave my job.



How I am getting myself out there:

• Contacting people wihin my network to encourage referrals. So far I haven't gotten many hot leads however I have gotten some amazing opportunities as a result. I will be following up a couple of people over this week.


• Speaking gigs. I have my first one on the 10th of Feb in Sydney where I am part of a panel of experts talking about relationships. (let me know if you are interested a I can sent you the event details).


• I will be building a website. This has been something people have been asking of me. I plan to have it complete and ready with some high quality blog posts by the time the speaking gig comes along.


• Getting involved in relevant online forums and providing massive amounts of help and support (and not be spammy). Once I have a website I will include a link in my signatures and profile if guys want to know more.


• Volunteering at big events that attract the type of clients that I am looking for (Successful/Professional Men age 25-45 who are looking to master their relationships with their women and their work). So far I have only found one, which I have emailed but got no reply


• Getting involved in Meetup.com events. I don't live in Sydney but I have planned 1 trip in Jan and 1 in Feb. I plan to go to as much events as possible to network and be a massive contribution.

These are my ideas so far. I would love to hear what you guys suggest I could do to get myself out there?



Yeah this year is going to be challenging but incredibly exciting.



So my goals/actions for this week (by Sunday 11th Jan) are:

• Purchase domain name


• Order business cards


• Create content for website including:
  
  
  
  
  • Home page
  
  
  • About
  
  
  • Coaching info page
  
  
  • Speaking info page
  
  
  • Draft of two solid blog posts.
  
  
  
  
  


• Speak with at least 6 people from my friends and network. One will be a fellow life coach who I could potentially collaborate with - we have spoken about doing so. Its now time to pull that trigger.


• Spend 30 minutes each day interacting with forums


• Write up first version of speech and practice over the phone with mate (and receive feedback)


• Run website past my own coach, who is also an amazing internet marketer, and get his feedback

Thats plenty of actions.



On a side note: For some of the bigger projects (eg creating the website etc) I like to take myself out of the house and go to a new cafe around town over weekend. It keeps things fun and exciting. I also get an epic amount of work done as well.



Nathan

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New Year, New Money

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