http://www.davidcree.com SEO and all things Internet marketing Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:06:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Calgary Technologies Inc. is launching an exciting new program this fall and we are calling all leaders! This program has been customized for the entrepreneur that wants to stay on top of the latest trends in technology and business. Designed to deliver one day workshops with guaranteed take-away value, this ... http://www.davidcree.com/new-workshop-with-calgary-technologies-56.htm I read an article today on Clickz.com that I really liked on Social Media Marketing. The article was a synopsis of a session at SES San Jose, an internet marketing conference. I often speak to businesses here in Calgary and in Edmonton about Social media strategies. I ... http://www.davidcree.com/seven-sins-of-social-media-marketing-55.htm I just wanted to say thanks to Stuart Crawford and David West for a great Calgary Entrepeneurs Meetup last night. Also for all the others that were there. It was great to meet new faces (especially since I'm fairly new to Calgary). I thought the presentation was good. ... http://www.davidcree.com/calgary-entrepeneurs-54.htm One of the good things about the Internet is that there’s a lot of information out there. That’s also one of the bad things. The trouble is, how do you sort out the good information from the bad. On this site, the owner (well regarded in the search engine optimization community) ... http://www.davidcree.com/seo-consultant-or-seo-employee-53.htm Recently I ran across a major problem with a client’s website. It was quite by accident really. I discovered that a large portion of the copy on their website was canned copy. Well, no big deal you say? Actually it is. This is known as a duplicate content issue, and is ... http://www.davidcree.com/can-the-canned-copy-use-original-content-on-your-website-52.htm Lunch is one of my favourite meals of the day, and Dave’s too, I think. The other day I spotted an African restaurant on 118th street that I wanted to try out. Looked like a nice place compared to the rest of the street. It’s called Habesha and they have Ethiopian ... http://www.davidcree.com/lunch-in-edmonton-african-habesha-ethiopian-eritrean-cuisine-51.htm It’s taken me a while to get onto the RSS bandwagon and set myself up with a newsreader. For those of you who don’t know, RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s that orange logo that you find on sites, typically blogs, and it looks like sound waves. Have a ... http://www.davidcree.com/saving-time-with-rss-50.htm It’s really only been in the last year or so that the word “search engine optimization,” or SEO, has really come out in the mainstream. Before that, SEO sounded more like a corporate title than a process. If you’ve done a little bit of research, you understand how important search engine ... http://www.davidcree.com/internet-marketing-not-just-seo-49.htm Keeping things short and sweet seems to be the skill everyone is lauding these days. I heard about a venture capital meeting going on this morning in Edmonton and decided to check it out. Rick Segal, the guy running the meeting, keeping it short and sweet when you’re pitching him ... http://www.davidcree.com/you-have-100-words-48.htm I attended the Canadian Association of Journalists conference here in Edmonton over the weekend. I am glad I did. I was able to meet a good number of people who work in media in Edmonton and across Canada, as well as people working in media-related organizations. It was my first time ... http://www.davidcree.com/canadian-association-of-journalists-caj-media-conference-47.htm