Forget the technical internet marketing speak – as a local business owner who has a website, I’m willing to bet you can see the power of ranking in the top 10 results of the major search engines for your most valuable search terms.

When potential customers are trying to find your products and services online there are literally hundreds of opportunities every day to put your website in their line of site.
If hundreds of people per month are searching specifically for your type of business and services yet can’t find you – they go to your competitor. Having a website means nothing to your business if the search engines won’t show you to your most valuable online search visitors.
It’s sad but true that most local businesses with a website never get any search engine traffic – even though 99% of your online business can come from the search engines (i.e. from people searching for your services specifically).
If you perform a search right now on Google, searching for your type of services online using a main keyword and a local term such as a city or state – you’ll see that the top listings are usually directories of 10, 20 or more businesses similar to yours.
Websites like “yellow pages” or “service magic” to name a few who really just provide “paid” listings of local businesses who were willing to spend money to be listed there.
Search engines like Google know this (the fact that local businesses PAY to be there), and believe me when I say they are begging local businesses with a website to present themselves properly so that they (Google, etc.) can show REAL relevant results instead of paid listings.
The reward for local businesses that optimize their website properly?
Higher search engine rankings.
Why? Because ALL of the search engines want to show the BEST results – NOT just paid listings.
As a local business owner with a website, getting involved with a “Local Search Engine Optimization Company” can be your ticket to much more business than you can even handle.
Read what one of our recent clients had to say;
“…when you took over our Search Engine Optimization project, we literally couldn’t keep up with all of the appointment requests coming from our website. Frankly it was a little overwhelming at first.” Chris J. A Local Window Repair Specialist.
Here’s Where It Gets REALLY Exciting
You’ve heard the saying “the proof is in the pudding” — well in this case the proof is in the search engine results.
If you choose to hire us; Web Market Authority as your Local SEO Services and Search Engine Optimization provider – it’s easy to track your return on investment (ROI) by simply typing in the search terms we’ve chosen (together) and see exactly where you rank in the major search engines search results.
Of course you’ll also be able to see more phone calls coming from your website (we implement tracking phone numbers) and we implement lead generation forms so you can view the results of all online leads coming into your business from your new/higher search engine rankings.
Here’s Exactly How We Make That Happen
First, we ask Google to show us what the most valuable search terms are in your given market or niche.
Then, we determine the local areas where you provide your products or services and by combining those two highly targeted lists we are able to produce hundreds (if not thousands) of variations — essentially the search phrases that potential customers would use to find you.
And finally, we go to work optimizing your website and online presence for three (3) of those terms on a running basis. Once we achieve top search engine rankings for the chosen (3) search terms we move on to the next three and so on until you own the local market for your particular niche.
What’s most interesting is that our clients don’t own just one ranking per search term, they can potentially own 2, 3, and even 5 or more of the top listings for their most valuable local search phrases. Imagine the potential business increase if your website could perform in that manner.
If you’re a local business owner, don’t let our title; Northern Virginia SEO Services fool you — we provide SEO Services for all local business owners nationwide not just in our local area.
Ready to own your local market in the major search engines? View our online pricing today or contact us to open some dialogue on how we can help you achieve local market ownership for your website and business online.
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Filed under Website Marketing by on Jun 28th, 2009. Comment.
From The Desk Of; Terry Lamb
WebMarketAuthority.com – Internet Marketing Specialist
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a highly sought after option for website owners who know they need to have higher search engine rankings to succeed online.
In fact, entire businesses have been developed just to provide this form of “internet marketing” to those who desperately need it.
Although it is true that SEO is a highly technical, ever changing, sometimes secretive discipline – it is by no means the ONLY thing a website owner should be doing to succeed online.
Some would have you believe that optimizing your website for the search engines will drive hordes of traffic directly to you — however that is simply NOT the case.
Search Engine Optimization accounts for approximately 40% of the overall success of your website, and even less if your website was not originally designed with SEO in mind.
If you currently have an existing website which is graphics intensive then SEO accounts for even less of your success simply because pictures and graphics actually give your website less effectiveness in the search engine results pages.
So, you may be asking – if SEO is 40% or less of my overall website success, what accounts for the remaining 60% or more?
The answer; off page factors such as inbound links make up the remaining effectiveness of your website in the search engine results.
Quick Tip:
Our proprietary internet marketing process takes all factors into consideration when promoting your website, and our inbound link building methods are so effective you can actually rank higher for fewer incoming links than your competition.
Contact us today for a Website Analysis and Consultation to find out the insider details on how our net marketing expertise can help you maximize your internet presence.
Or, simply call 703-574-4719 to get your most pressing internet marketing questions answered today.
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