Facebook Social Media
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Ryan Rose
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May 22, 2012
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As a business owner working hard to market yourself, you’ve taken a great deal of time and spent countless hours developing your Facebook marketing strategy. What if tomorrow you woke up and found all that work gone? Deleted forever.
If you set up your business’s Facebook account as a “profile page” and not a “business page”, this WILL happen. It’s only a matter of…
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DoS Blog Search Engine Optimization
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Ryan Rose
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April 25, 2012
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So a friend of mine asked an innocent question. What’s a paid search ad and where do they show up?
Well Shelley, this one’s for you
The section highlighted in red are paid search campaigns. Everything in green and below is organic…
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DoS Blog Link Building
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Ryan Rose
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September 3, 2010
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Here’s a good question about SEO and linkbuilding. If you’ve been put in charge of your site’s link building strategy, how do you get people to link to you site? If you’re an auto dealer, I’m 99.9% certain you have the same, mundane content as your competition. What if you’re not an auto dealer. Let’s say you run an ecommerce site that sells food online like steak, seafood, and beef. …
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DoS Blog Polls
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Ryan Rose
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August 23, 2010
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Website Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Marketing, or Social Media. As an auto dealer, which is most important to your website’s success? The bottom line question is this: which vehicle gets you the best ROI?
[polldaddy…
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Brand Management DoS Blog Social Media
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Ryan Rose
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August 19, 2010
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If I was a Ford dealer, I would be leveraging content produced by my OEM as much as I could. Here’s a situation any Ford dealer could take advantage of:
The Fiesta Project has produced a number of videos touting aspects of the new Ford Fiesta. Its professional grade video. All that needs to be done by a dealership is to put together a couple hundred words about the video, embed…
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Brand Management DoS Blog
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Ryan Rose
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August 10, 2010
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Here is an interesting issue with local search. Local search results for [Kennewick Chevrolet] show Bill McCurley Chevrolet out of Pasco, Washington as well as Sherrell Chevrolet Inc. out of Hermiston,…
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DoS Blog SEO Strategy
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Ryan Rose
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August 9, 2010
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There are many components and aspects to consider when implementing an SEO strategy for you dealership’s website. Here are some good rules to follow:
Top 10 DOs for Auto Dealers & SEO
Thou shalt perform extensive keyword research before implementing or adjusting any strategy.
Thou shalt add your dealership’s address (in HTML) to every page of your site.
Thou shalt install and…
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DoS Blog SEO Strategy Social Media
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Ryan Rose
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August 4, 2010
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Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr are excellent sites for uploading pictures and videos. They make it very easy and user friendly to post and view great content. Here’s the problem. These sites are robbing you of building inbound links to your dealership’s website.
Here’s why: Let’s say you’ve taken some pics of a 1967 Camaro with NOS. Let’s…
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DoS Blog SEO Strategy
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Ryan Rose
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July 29, 2010
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Going back to business school basics can do wonders for your 21st century online marketing success. Let’s break out an old school SWOT on your dealership’s website:
Can you clearly identify your SEO strengths?
Can you clearly identify your competitor’s SEO strengths?
Can you clearly identify your SEO weaknesses?
Can you clearly identify your competitor’s SEO weaknesses?
Can…
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DoS Blog SEO Strategy
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Ryan Rose
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June 18, 2010
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Below is a random snapshot of an automotive site using a third party SEO…
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