Welcome to our Blog!

Welcome to our Blog!

Welcome to the JM Internet Group’s WordPress blog! This blog has our thoughts, musing, comments, and just fun stuff about the world of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Social Media Marketing (SMM). We believe – Search isn’t solitary. It’s social! Curious about the JM Internet Group? Check our our website and learn about our free

SEO

SEO

Search Engine Optimization is all about getting to the top of Google’s free listings.  These posts describe the best, and worst, of the SEO phenomenon. Comments commentsPowered by Facebook Comments

Social Media

Social Media

Do you Tweet?  Facebook?  Yelp?  What about Google Places?  Checked into Foursquare lately?  Even if you’re not the “mayor” of your local social  media marketing ecosystem, read and comment on our own Social Media Marketing musings. Comments commentsPowered by Facebook Comments

AdWords

AdWords

Google AdWords is a love / hate thing with us.  We love its effectiveness, but hate its costs.  Here we post tips, secrets, pitfalls, and reactions to the pay-per-click powerhouse called Google AdWords. Comments commentsPowered by Facebook Comments

Marketing Stories

Marketing Stories

Success should be shared.  When we see a Social Media Marketing success, an SEO superstar, or an AdWords accolade we want to point it out for posterity. My SEO developer ran off with my keys.  My dog and my truck left me for another Web designer.  It’s not a country song – these are real-world 

Videos

Videos

Search Social Marketing is a project with a large video component.  Here  are video interviews and snippets about real-life experiences – the good, the bad, and the ugly from small businesses nationwide going through the Internet marketing revolution. Comments commentsPowered by Facebook Comments

Welcome to the JM Internet Group's WordPress blog! Musings, thoughts, comments and pointers about the world of SEO, Social Media Marketing, and Google AdWords.

7 May Link Building Strategies - White, Grey and Black Hat Link Building

Link Building Strategies – from White Hat to Grey Hat to Black Hat

By Jason McDonald Link building is perhaps the toughest part of effective SEO. In my SEO training, there is always sort of a ‘groan’ when we get to link building, and I understand why. Getting

What is the Difference Between Google+ Corporate, Google+ Local and Google+ Personal?

By Jason McDonald As someone who teaches Social Media Marketing online and does consulting, I am often asked what is the difference among the various flavors of Google+? For example, there is rampant confusion beween

19 Apr Press Releases and SEO

SEO and Press Release SEO – Four Benefits for Search Engine Optimization

By Jason McDonald As someone who teaches search engine optimization, I highly recommend press releases to my students as a SEO tactic. Press releases do more than one simple thing however, and many of the

7 Apr Facebook Marketing, NOT, for Dummies - 10 Ideas

Facebook Marketing (Not) For Dummies: 10 Facebook Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

The dummies books are great, and there is even a book called Facebook Marketing for dummies. I love the dummies books! But, the dummies books like many of the books on Facebook marketing spend most

13 Mar SEO and Schema.org - Tips and Tricks

What is Schema.org or Structured Markup, and Why Should an SEO Small Business Marketer Care?

By Jason McDonald Schema.org is the new, new thing. Well, not that new, but increasingly and incredibly important. Why? Because as I learned here at the SMX Conference in San Jose (the nerd gathering of

11 Mar Search Engine Optimization and Link Building

Ten Tips for SEO Link Building – Review of Page One Power at SMX West

By Jason McDonald Once you’ve done the easy parts of search engine optimization, especially the on page optimization such as placing your keywords in your title tags, what comes next? What comes next, of course,

11 Mar Is Google A Monopoly?

Is Google A Monopoly? Do Matt Cutts and Patrick Thomas Think Deeply? SMX West Talkback.

By Jason McDonald Google, Google, Google. Google, Google, Google. Google in its spokespeople like Matt Cutts and Patrick Thomas unfortunately reminds me of many of the powerful people and institutions in our society today. At

6 Mar Contagious: Why Things Catch On - by Jonah Berger, Review

Jonah Berger’s ‘Contagious: Why Things Catch On’ ~ A Review (Sort of)

By Jason McDonald So why do videos ‘go viral?’ Why does one trend (Greek Yoghurt) become massive, while another such as Russian Kefir not? Why did Rebecca Black drive us crazy with Friday, Friday, Friday

26 Feb Best Video in a Supporting SEO Role

The Winner for Best SEO Video in a Supportive Landing Page Role Goes To

By Jason McDonald The Academy Awards have just concluded, and while I am not a huge fan of the Academy Awards, I am a huge fan of video especially YouTube. One of the phrases that

25 Feb Google Enhanced Campaigns - Bidding, Sitelinks, and Campaigns

Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns: Sitelinks, Bidding, Campaigns

By Jason McDonald Google has introduced some new features in AdWords around the keyword ‘Enhanced Campaigns.’ As someone who teaches AdWords Classes Online, I watch AdWords pretty closely but have a rather love/hate relationship with