{"id":361,"date":"2011-03-08T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2011-03-08T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T17:13:14","slug":"colorado-springs-seo-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/08\/colorado-springs-seo-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Springs SEO Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Colorado_Springs_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Colorado Springs 03\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8d\/Colorado_Springs_03.jpg\/300px-Colorado_Springs_03.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Springs 03\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Colorado Springs SEO, and local SEO<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every city has slightly different <strong>SEO<\/strong> cultures. One of the mistakes national firms (that you might find using pay per click advertising for SEO ) make is not understanding, or at least not utilizing the local city landscape for SEO.<\/p>\n<p>This is true in Denver, Colorado Springs, or any metro area. The first step any SEO company might take in developing a local SEO campaign in a city is checking if the client has a Google places listing, a Yahoo local listing and a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Microsoft Live Search\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.live.com\">Bing local<\/a> business listing. Without these the local client isn&#8217;t going to get the rankings that Local searches provide, and I am amazed how often national SEO firms ignore the importance of the Search local directories. You don&#8217;t need a SEO company to list your company. If you are a business owner, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getlisted.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.getlisted.org<\/a> It&#8217;s a great service (and free) to make sure you are listed.<\/p>\n<p>Another big part is obtaining links in the local area. National SEO&#8217;s just don&#8217;t have the experience in specific markets. A firm that specializes in local SEO already knows the local territory,\u00a0 and what sites and tactics will work best to promote your company and bring traffic to your site.<\/p>\n<p>Being part of a community is also a big advantage when providing SEO services.\u00a0 Many of our clients came to us based on the fact that we would be available for face to face meetings.<\/p>\n<p>So when selecting a Colorado Springs SEO firm, or for any local program, I would suggest you look for the firms that know and already preform SEO\u00a0 in your city.\u00a0 Make sure to ask for 3 solid recent references.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not hard to check how good a SEO company is, they should have well ranked clients just a keyword search away!<\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.200\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>More about our <a href=\"www.salesjumpstart.net\/Colorado-Springs-SEO.html\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Springs SEO <\/a> and Local SEO on our site<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelpod.com\/travel-blog-entries\/mikeandkelsey\/6\/1298277219\/tpod.html\">Purple Mountains Majesty &#8211; Colorado Springs, CO, CO<\/a> (travelpod.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=2eee5d28-e89d-49ad-aa84-74144ae6797b\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Colorado+Springs+SEO+Tactics+http%3A%2F%2Fsalesjumpstart.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D361\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/salesjumpstart.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Colorado+Springs+SEO+Tactics+http%3A%2F%2Fsalesjumpstart.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D361\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Springs SEO, and local SEO Every city has slightly different SEO cultures. 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