My preference is to pay someone to get me mass followers so I don't have to do it.

I really dislike "free directories" because most of the time they are extremely difficult to get listed in and it's so friggin time consuming and you get little PR. I am a BIG fan of semi costly...

I'd have to say, if someone actually did a competitive analysis and relied on meta keyword tags to bid on ppc terms, then it obviously isn't a professional who's doing the analysis. It's an...

Sorry but no it's not easy. SEO takes a ton of time, patience, and even some money if possible for directories, etc. BUT with that being said, you should go for your goals and work on it, and...

I agree also... although I have found you can do a heck of alot with on site optimization including modifying the internal link structure and adding more links throughout the website itself. It...

Not a horrible post but a little off on the META tags; the META description tag remains one of the most important aspects of on site seo. META keyword tags many say are not read by search engines...

I've seen Yahoo and MSN do better than Google in many cases in terms of actual ROI. Of course they can't beat Google on volume.

Not a big fan of any of the softwares available for ppc management. I think that they are a cheezy replacement for a human set of eyes. 100% would advise you to learn to manage things manually...

Yea I would say either a monthly charge or flat rate annual charge. Usually most businesses like the later...

My experience is that both are very good search engines, google obviously having the largest reach available, which yahoo is less. Yahoo however I have seen many companies have much higher...

Technically they so the same thing... But SEO traffic is "free" which PPC traffic you pay per click. However PPC traffic sometimes beats out SEO traffic in terms of conversion rates, and also you...

You should start with small local businesses or contractors in your area. Canvas those, walk in with your laptop and should them where you can get them placed, etc. Especially if you are new to ppc...