Comments on: How I’ve Enjoyed 4 Years Of Continuous Online Leads Through A Handful of Focused, Strategic Actions

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:03:50 +0000

This is a really helpful series. thank you.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:14:11 +0000

Thanks so much Andy - great to hear from you!

By: Andy Butler

Andy Butler — Fri, 14 May 2010 07:35:23 +0000

Hi Christine, It’s good to see you back again. I’m eagerly looking forward to the up and coming series of blog posts. I’m looking forward to reading more inspiring stuff.

By: Christine OKelly

Christine OKelly — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:06:37 +0000

Thanks Brian! You just made my day I’ve been checking out your site — you’ve got a ton of great info over there!

By: Christine OKelly

Christine OKelly — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:04:24 +0000

That’s awesome Matt - it’s great to meet you! I’m certainly enjoying your blog as well. Freelancers - Matt has a lot of great candid info on his blog, I recommend checking it out!

By: Christine OKelly

Christine OKelly — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:25:12 +0000

Hi Amber!

Sorry for the late response - your comment was caught by my spam filter at first, but I saved it. I absolutely understand how overwhelming SEO can be in very competitive fields. However, if you dig a little deeper and go through all of the keyword steps in this series, you may find some holes that your competitors are missing.

In all of the years that I’ve been doing this, I have come across a handful (not too many) of types of sites where investing time in SEO might not produce a return. Usually, these were products that people didn’t yet know they wanted or needed because they don’t solve a known problem that people were looking for.

I did an analysis recently for a company in an industry that was so ridiculously competitive that it made more sense to pour efforts into social media outreach than into SEO. But even a social media outreach plan for this company was going to be time consuming and expensive and somewhat difficult to manage.

I feel like there are quite a few opportunities for your type of business though! I would focus on researching keywords that describe what people want to accomplish in addition to keywords that describe what you do. There will be more ideas coming up in future posts that can help you compete with the big guys in your industry

By: Christine OKelly

Christine OKelly — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:11:45 +0000

You are SO right on Chris. I absolutely agree with you. Doing keyword research isn’t necessarily “fun.” When you’re building or redesigning your site, its not as exciting as planning out the design and the widgets, but it is so critical to ranking!

By: Brian V. Hunt

Brian V. Hunt — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:42:19 +0000

Christine,

Wonderful series. You’re my new role model.

By: Matt Pritchett

Matt Pritchett — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:33:47 +0000

Christine,
You rock! I am relatively new to your blog, but I now read every single article! Thanks so much for your words and sharing your experiences! I have started to definitely try out your concepts!

By: Chris Keenan

Chris Keenan — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:02:42 +0000

I think people bypass this step because they don’t see the impact of it, not right away at least. Then you end up playing catch up once you realize your not ranking well. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t giving it much consideration either. Thanks for the friendly reminder. =D