How to Build a Social Online Community: An Interview with Katy Keim
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Katy Keim of Lithium to discuss how to build online communities. In the...
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John Rampton is an entrepreneur, full-time computer nerd, and PPC expert. Founder at payments company Due.com. I enjoy helping people and am always online to chat +/@johnrampton
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How to Improve Your Local SEO: An Interview With Greg Gifford
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Greg Gifford of AutoRevo to discuss local SEO. In the video below, Greg...
Protecting Yourself Against Negative SEO: An Interview with Bob Rains
As part of our SEJ interview series I recently caught up with Bob Rains from CBS Interactive to discuss negative SEO and black hat SEO. In...
Leveraging Data for Better Marketing: An Interview with Chris Golec
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Chris Golec of DemandBase to discuss the marketing benefits of leveraging data. In...
SEO 101: Can Links on My Website Hurt My Rankings?
Over the years, there has been much debate on how links, both inbound and outbound, can affect your website’s search result rankings. How much does...
How To Protect Your Brand’s Identity
As a small business owner, you’re already swamped. You’re so busy and the last thing that you want to concern yourself with is protecting the...
State of the Pay Per Call Industry
The pay per call industry is growing and making waves, but how is it impacting businesses using it? I recently spoke with Daryl Cowell from Matomy at...
Pinterest Versus Twitter: Which Should My Business Use?
At this point you should not be asking if you should join social media, you should be asking: which social media platform should I use?...
Tips for Successful Product Listing Ads: An Interview with Bruce Clay
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Bruce Clay of Bruce Clay Inc. to discuss product listing ads. A lot...
How To Isolate KPIs In Your Analytics Reports: Interview With Jonathan Kressaty
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Jonathan Kressaty from Levers to discuss analytics. As the founder of a marketing...
How To Add Endorser Profiles To Your Content Marketing Plan: Interview With Kevin Getch
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Kevin Getch of Webfor to discuss how to create endorser profiles for successful...
Teaching Content Marketing At A University Level: An Interview with Bill Belew
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with blogger Bill Belew to discuss the keys to creating good content. Bill teaches...
Optimize Your Landing Pages For User Intent: Interview With Jonah Stein
As part of our SEJ interview series, I caught up with Jonah Stein of ItsTheROI to discuss conversion rate optimization. Jonah has 17 years of online...
How To Run Successful PPC Campaigns: Interview With Ilya Lichtenstein
As part of our SEJ interview series, I caught up with Ilya Lichtenstein from MixRank and asked him to give advice on how to manage successful PPC...
The Perfect Length Of Everything Online
As marketers and content creators, we either find ourselves bound by content length restrictions (like on Twitter), or with faced with the task of creating...
Everything You Need To Know About The New Twitter Profiles
Earlier this month, Twitter announced the upcoming launch of a new profile design. At the time, the new profiles were only available to a select...
Shareaholic Study: Most Social Referrals Came From YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn
Shareaholic, developers of popular social sharing tools, recently published a study aimed to determine which social networks are driving the most engaged social referrals. When...
Content Shock: Are We Being Overwhelmed With Too Much Content? – Interview With Arnie Kuenn At #SMX West
As part of our SEJ interview series, Arnie Kuenn of Vertical Measures joined us at SMX West to discuss the idea of content shock. Content...
Editor John Rampton Speaking at Affiliate Management Days: March 19 & 20 in San Francisco
Affiliate Management Days takes place two weeks from now in San Francisco on March 19 & 20. The SEJ team, including myself, will be at...
How To Write Headlines That Get Shared: Interview With Syed Balkhi
As part of our SEJ interview series, Syed Balkhi of OptinMonster joins us to discuss the basics of writing great headlines that get shared on social media....
How To Use Your Blog To Create Repeat Customers: Interview With John Chow
As part of our SEJ interview series, John Chow of JohnChow.com joins us to share tips and advice on how to run a successful blog...
How To Buy And Sell Websites, Tips For Beginners: Interview With Zac Johnson
As part of our SEJ interview series, Zac Johnson of Brand.com joins us to share his expertise on buying and selling websites. Zac has spent hundreds of thousands of...
Please Join Me in Congratulating Kelsey Jones, Managing Editor of Search Engine Journal
I’m excited to officially announce Kelsey Jones as the new Managing Editor of Search Engine Journal. Kelsey has been behind the scenes for the past 5+ months...
Matt Cutts Clarifies Guest Blogging for SEO (with tips)
Matt Cutts dropped the hammer today on people that are guest blogging for links. Matt Cutts stated “I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging...
Optimize PPC Campaigns For Call Tracking With New Acquisio Tool: Interview With Marc Poirier
As part of our SEJ interview series, Marc Poirier of Acquisio joins us to talk about a new tool launched by his company for PPC call tracking management. Acquisio...
Consistency is the Key to Making Content Go Viral: Interview With Matt Siltala
As part of our SEJ interview series, Matt Siltala of Avalaunch joins us to discuss how to make a piece of content go viral. Matt...
Improving Bid Management and Real Time Bidding: Interview With Marc Poirier
As part of our SEJ interview series, Marc Poirier of Acquisio joins us to discuss how to improve bid management and real time bidding (RTB)....
Live at Affiliate Summit West 2014 – #ASW14
We’re live at Affiliate Summit West 2014 today in Vegas. We’ll be covering everything Affiliate Marketing, SEO, PPC and Social at the conference. Myself @johnrampton...
Getting Found With Local Search Optimization: Interview With Mary Bowling
As part of our SEJ interview series, Mary Bowling of Optimized! joins us to discuss how to get found locally with local search optimization tactics....
Buying Pinterest Followers: A Good or Bad Idea?
Pinterest is growing to be the most engaged social media network in the world. I love Pinterest and have spoken on the topic several times...