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• 10 October 2007

  A 30 Day Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Part 4 of 4) 

  This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Taylor Robinson from TicketPrinting.com Week 4: Objective: Your objectives in the fourth and final week include emailing potential link partners, negotiating link agreements, and continuing your education of SEO and nonprofit resources online. Let’s Get Started: 1. Link Recruitment Email- Unless you have a personal friend within the site you are trying to contact, the first step you should take is to email requests for links. To do this you will Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 2 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Marketing, Web 2.0, Best practices, SEO

• 27 September 2007

  A 30 Day Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Part 3 of 4) 

  This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Taylor Robinson from TicketPrinting.com Week 3: Objective: Your week three objective is to plan and develop a sound link recruitment campaign. What you need to know: Links- A link is a connection between one webpage to another. Search engines value links because if many links are pointing to the same website, then the website is deemed to be important and is given a higher pagerank (range 1-10) or level of importance. Having inbound links from Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 1 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, nptech, Marketing, Web 2.0, Best practices, SEO

• 11 September 2007

  A 30 Day Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Part 2 of 4)  

  This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Taylor Robinson from TicketPrinting.com Week 2: Objective: Your week two objectives are to implement a sitemap and create and maintain a successful blog. What you need to know: Sitemap- Having a sitemap that connects the entire website will eliminate the need for having multiple links on the homepage and will make the pages more crawlable by search engine spiders. A sitemaps purpose is to provide a central link hub for the website, allowing search Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 0 Comments Filed under: Associations, Non-profit technology, General non-profit interest, nptech, Marketing, Web 2.0, Best practices, SEO

• 30 August 2007

  A 30 Day Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Part 1 of 4) 

  This post has been contributed by Lance Trebesch and Taylor Robinson from TicketPrinting.com Make Your Website a Top “Hit”: A 30 Day Guide to Dramatically Improved Search Engine Optimization (Part 1 of 4) Do you ever wonder why some websites seem to steal the top positions on search engines? No, it is not magic, and yes, your nonprofit can do it too. The “secret” to achieving this success for your website is by harnessing the power of search engine optimization. By following this step-by-step guide, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:00 AM by Creative Apricot | 4 Comments Filed under: Non-profit technology, nptech, Best practices, SEO