Dan Thies has been a search engine consultant since 2000.
He speaks at all US-based "Search Engine Strategies" conferences.
He is an executive member of SEOPros, the organization for search engine professionals.
Dan charges (and gets) $1695 USD for a 15 week coaching program.
Search Engine Marketing Kit with FREE 30 Minute
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The Search Engine Marketing Kit
Learn best-practice strategies to maximize traffic.
Discover keyword strategies you won't find anywhere else.
Find out the best ways to optimize pages and build links.
Avoid getting banned from search engines.
Work around obstacles such as Flash, content management systems, and server issues.
Create, optimize and manage advanced pay-per-click campaigns.
Learn to sell professional search engine marketing services.
Freelance Web Developers & Web Development Firms:
Did you know the average SEO Firm has 9 employees, 35 clients with an average value of $30,107 each, and $157,796 in annual revenue per employee (source: MarketingSherpa's Buyers Guide to SEO Firms, 3rd Edition)?
By offering search engine marketing services to your Web design clients you'll not only be able to generate additional income, you'll also become much more valuable to your clients and prospects. By not only delivering Websites but traffic, leads and sales, the potential value of all your Web design projects will go through the roof.
The Search Engine Marketing Kit will show you not only how to create optimized Websites, but also step-by-step how to market, present, and price your search engine services.
WebSite Owners & Managers:
Want to increase your traffic? Want more sales?
The Search Engine Marketing Kit is a complete and up-to-date guide on the world of search engines. You'll learn optimization, keyword selection and pay-per-click strategies that have been reviewed by today's leading experts.
Included in the kit is information on optimization for large complex Websites, including optimizing content management systems and Flash animations, and working around duplicate content and various server issues.
The Search Engine Marketing Kit is divided into seven chapters.
Understanding Search Engines
Find out how the search engine landscape is shaping up for 2005.
Discover how crawlers work and exactly what they do.
Learn how spiders deal with DNS, server problems and dynamic sites.
Get the basics on how search engines set priorities on what to index.
Learn how search engines store data about your webpages in a database.
Uncover how link analysis, hubs and Google PageRank work.
Obtain behind-the-scene information on how search queries are processed and ranked.
Get Dan's insight on top search trends for 2005.
Search Engine Optimization
Learn advanced keyword research & selection strategies.
Improve crawlability to get more of your site indexed.
Solve page layout and HTML issues.
Optimize the top 5 key elements of all your Web pages.
Discover the best submission and paid-inclusion tactics.
Create a link strategy and manage your external profile.
Avoid getting banned or labeled as a search engine spammer.
Advanced SEO & Search Engine Friendly Design
Learn how tables, CSS layout and frames affect indexing.
Deal with Flash, dynamic site and server issues.
Create crawlable DHTML & JavaScript menus.
Discover how dynamic websites (CMS & shopping carts) affect SEO.
Avoid accidentally creating duplicate content for search engines and learn to diagnose the problem if it happens.
Find & fix server and domain issues including dealing with multiple domains, redirects, affiliate program links, custom error pages, and domain name moves.
Understand advanced spider control and redirection strategies.
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Go step-by-step through the pay-per-click advertising process on Overture and Google, including the crucial differences between the two.
Learn advanced "Dayparting", positioning, targeting, and distribution strategies
Write ads that qualify and motivate visitors at the same time.
Get step-by-step advice on testing using quadrants, the A/B/C method, and benchmarking.
Gain advice on creating and testing landing pages for your campaigns.
Get tips on improving your conversion rate.
Get an overview of the PPC alternatives: paid inclusion, trusted feeds, and paid directory inclusion programs.
Running a Search Engine Marketing Business
Detailed advice on preparing to sell your services.
Essential services to offer, plus the processes & tools you'll use.
Understanding the services selling cycle, gaining experience and references.
How to find prospects and write proposals that win the client.
The best ways to price your work.
Planning strategies for your clients, from keyword selection to content and links.
Tracking and Reporting for your clients.
Outsourcing work to 3rd parties.
Interviews
Learn insider information from Andy Beal, the owner of the world's largest SEM firm with over 150 employees (Keywordranking.com), Jill Whalen of High Rankings, John Slade of Overture, Greg Jarboe of SEO-PR, and Scottie Claiborne of the Karcher Group
Tools
Get over a dozen pages worth of reviewed resources and tools to help you with your search engine marketing efforts, including reviews of analysis tools, PPC tools, and various keyword research services.
When you order, you'll receive a binder with 301 letter-size pages of detailed how-to information, tips and strategies that you can put to use immediately.
You'll also get a CD-ROM packed with tools and documents for use in your own search engine marketing efforts or as part of your search engine marketing business.
Sample SEM Proposal
Client Assessment Form
Keyword Analysis Worksheet
Directory Planning Worksheet
Sample SEO Presentation
Process Flowchart
Sample SEM Services Agreement
Site Review Checklist
... and more!
You can order the kit through this Website for $249.00 USD. Within one week you'll receive a binder and CD-ROM hand delivered to your home or office with hundreds of pages of detailed how-to advice and insight from one of the foremost search engine marketing experts.
We are currently offering free world-wide shipping for a limited time only. US & Canada orders are shipped via UPS and International orders are sent via tracked USPS Global Express Mail.
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