Welcome to “Shameless Self Promotion Time” here at Frank Thinking. I know that most of my posts are relatively “neutral” and are simply about ideas / experiences / concepts etc but today is going to be a bit different.
Since my company does internet marketing (with a concentration in search marketing practices including search engine optimization […]

Have you tried to field quotes from SEO services providers lately? How did it go? Do you feel like you would rather have bamboo shoots hammered under your fingernails? Did you think that there is no way that this is a real industry considering the variety of claims, pricing structures and “information” that is out […]

Before my thought pattern was interrupted by bloggers dropping dead at an alarming rate (Bloggers Working Themselves to Death?) I was discussing what you should be looking for as you try to decide who will have the honor of doing your company’s SEO work. I am not kidding when I say honor either. You eventually […]

I have been in the search marketing field now for about three years and I can honestly say there are still some areas of this industry that baffle me. I know I am not supposed to admit that kind of thing but it’s the truth and I simply suck at telling lies, so I don’t. […]

Outsourced search marketing is a tricky business from both sides of the fence. This is traditionally referred to as the vendor / client relationship but in search marketing it really has to be more than that to have real success. What I have seen that works is the mindset of being partners in the success […]

On an almost daily basis, I am reminded of something that still amazes me. In many situations, it doesn’t matter what I know. This begs the question, does what I know about search marketing and its many tactics even matter?
Sounds odd, huh? When selling search services it can be so easy to start going down […]