A HIPPO Internet Marketing Training blog by Corey Creed

How to Get Your Local Business Listed on the Web

What an amazing find this is.

If you have a local business and you want to get more attention (and LINKS), please be sure to bookmark this excellent resource…

It is a Guide On How To Get Your Business Listed On Major Local Search Engines, Yellow Pages Sites and Social Local Networks by a blog named locally type(d).

I have not reviewed the entire thing, but will soon.  Overall, it’s the most comprehensive list I’ve ever seen on how to get listed on local search engines, yellow pages, and other similar sites.

Fix WordPress www and non-www issue! (Here’s how)

The last few weeks, I’ve put some time into cleaning up and working with my own sites in order to optimize them for search engines.  In particular, I’ve been doing the following:

• Add a (more…)

Google stuff you can put on your site

Google has recently released some new “AJAX Search API Wizards”.  In other words, they have even more cool stuff you can put right on your own site.

Here’s the link.

I’m especially interested in getting the new Blog Bar and News Bar Wizard working.  Seems like a good idea to me.

The New Rules of PR (Online)

In working on my new book, I’ve been researching a lot of Internet Marketing topics.

Tonight, I was going through my files on Press Releases in order to write intelligently on the subject.  As I did, I thoroughly enjoyed David Meerman Scott’s whitepaper titled “The New Rules of PR”.

You can download a free copy of it at this link:

 http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/New_Rules_of_PR.pdf

NOTE:  Whitepapers and Press Releases = Good Internet Marketing.

Read the whitepaper and it will make you think, I promise.

Jason had a FIT this weekend!

Technically, he bought a Fit this weekend. It’s a black 2007 Honda Fit Sport and he loves it.

It’s a pretty cool car and my wife and I got to see it when his fiancee Molly was driving it around this weekend. If you want to see what they look like, you can see some sample Honda Fit pictures here.

Internet Marketing and buying cars

The whole process of how Jason bought a new car is quite an experiment on the future of buying (more…)

Hippo Information

It’s been a while since I’ve done a fun post about nothing important, so here goes…

Below is some information about Hippos in general.

Hippopotamus Information

Found in pools, rivers, and lakes in eastern Africa, the hippo is surpassed in size only by the elephant. When full-grown, the hippo may (more…)

Internet Usage and Spending Statistics

I got an email the other day from a colleague of mine (Kathi Peterson) that does PR locally here in Asheville, NC.

I wanted to link to her site, but I couldn’t find one. She may not have one. I’m sure she’s busy enough as it is. Kathi: If you spot this blog post, please (more…)

Google AdWords Negative Keywords – Why you need them

Google AdWords Pay Per Click Marketing is a great way to get more qualified traffic to your site. If you are not doing so already, you should be.

If you are already doing so, you need to pay attention to and setup negative keywords.

Here’s how. (more…)

Use Quintura for (LSI) Keyword Research

If you work with search engines, you work with keywords.

If you work with keywords, you need to know about Quintura.

I’ve been using this website and the downloadable software they offer to compliment all of my keyword research over the past six months or so.

What makes Quintura unique is that they (more…)