Saturday, October 24, 2009

WOW! I Found a Real SEO Expert Online. I’m Totally Amazed!!

When you search Google under SEO Services, you have 27,700,000 listings to consider. Most of them promise the same things. Can you really find one that will do an amazing job for you? I did!


A few months back, I had an idea for a new website that would educate people about scams, scammers and above all, deceptive Internet marketing practices. I immediately searched for and registered the name “High Risk Websites.com”. Now, it was time to find someone who could help me build and publish a website and get it a high ranking on Google and other search engine directories—fast! Could anyone actually do that? Or were most making promises that just wouldn’t be fulfilled?

I was fortunate in knowing a dynamic young guy here in LA that provides SEO/SEM services through his website, Top Quality Ranking.com. So I gave Sam Errama a call and asked him if he could help me make this a well-ranked website without it taking months. I did this because while I have been a good copywriter for 35+ years, I’m no expert on other important phases of the SEO process. Sam said, “Sure! I’ll do it for you”—and he did!

In Less Than 4 Hours…

Just four hours after our conversation, Sam had a website u, running and published using the prepared copy I had sent him. You can see it at: http://www.highriskwebsites.com . The site looked good, was easy to navigate and easy to upload new stories to as well. But this was the real surprise: When I put ‘high risk websites’ into my browser and searched, the new site was # 1 out of millions and millions of listings. And a few days later, after issuing a couple of press releases announcing it’s introduction, it totally dominate Page One under that keyword phrase.

I have to be honest and say that Sam didn’t promise me such outstanding results. I know that he had done some pretty amazing things for well-known Internet websites like Cash for Gold USA and others, but this I never saw coming.

So, Folks, It Can Be Done!

I’m the first one to admit that SEO services providers who promise this kind of fast success should probably be looked at suspiciously. That’s because nobody can promise this kind of fast success on Google. But Sam Errama’s success with my website has definitely proven to me that if your provider does all the right things, it CAN happen.

It’s been a couple of months now and the Google Analytics statistics for the site are good. So are the results for the numerous ads on the site. I certainly couldn’t have asked for or even expected any more.

This being a proven case, I think Sam deserves a heart recommendation from a skeptic who rarely if ever offers any—me. If you are building a new site, or just want to revamp an existing site for better visibility on Google and other major search engine directories, visit Sam Errama at his website: http://www.topqualityranking.com , ask for a FREE analysis if you have a site that just isn’t performing the way you want it to. Because I assure you, folks, Sam can make it work for you. And, if you have a new website in mind like I did, Sam and his team will give you an edge right from the gitgo.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

If New Minds Are Empty Slates, Who Will Write Upon Them?


It’s been said that when we’re born, our minds are an empty slate. And there’s little doubt about it. That being said, who should be doing the writing? Should it be parents and teachers, or global manufacturers?

Since the end of World War II, our American society has become increasingly materialistic. Everybody wants “things” and more and more of them. Thanks to the advent of credit cards, these things are readily available, whether we can afford them or not. In earlier days if we wanted something we didn’t have the cash to purchase outright, we merely set aside a few dollars from each paycheck until we could afford the purchase. Not any more. Today, it’s a ‘buy now and worry about paying later’ society. This begs the question, “Are we better off now than we were?”

Learning financial responsibility doesn’t usually come into play with our youngsters until they reach their early teens. Pre-teens simply go to Mom or Dad and ask for what they want. Sometimes they get it, with no questions asked. In others, it comes with a lecture about money management. In still others, it’s merely one more entry on an already well-stuffed credit card.

Commercial Interests Seem to Hold the Chalk

Think about all those new minds with empty slates. They are eager to learn—to have their slates filled in. Looking back in time once again shows us that the writers were parents, teachers and older siblings. Not any longer. TV came along and entered virtually every home in our country. This new media was a golden opportunity for commercial interests to reach these young minds in pictures and words. To write their messages on these uncluttered slates to begin creating preference for their offerings while young minds are still malleable. They did it with toys, cigarettes, soft drinks and games. Today, they do it with video games, computers, cell phones and more. You just can’t escape the never-ending impressions on young minds.

It’s pretty clear that commercial interests hold the chalk, isn’t it?

What Happened to the Influence of Parents and Teachers?

It wouldn’t be fair to say that parents and teachers just don’t care anymore, because there are many that do. But there are other socio-economic factors that have come into play and given the commercial interests an edge. One of these is the very-large number of single parent families. Many single parents hold down one or two full-time jobs, which leaves little time to compete with that TV set. They just don’t have the time to write as many impressions on those blank slates as they used to.

Then, there’s social pressure to which kids are very vulnerable. They feel the pressure to keep up with their peers. To have what they have—or more. And, after all, that one-eyed monster in their living room, den or bedroom keeps telling them how much fun their missing without the latest video game system and a potpourri of new games.

Writing These Messages on the Slates Means Tough Times Ahead!

When we relegate our influence to all those folks out there selling things, are we setting our kids up for a bumpy road ahead? Undoubtedly so. And while it’s plain that there are many single-parent families, victims of the current recession and others who, by necessity, spend most of their waking hours dealing with problems, can we really afford to leave writing on these slates to others? I think not!