ionadas local LLC

Free SEO 101 Workshop, December 15, Austin, Texas

ionadas local is sponsoring MarketMyBizOnline.com’s December Lunch & Learn, titled SEO 101: Search Engine Optimization Basics for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. It will be held on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 from 11am to 1pm at Dave & Busters in northwest Austin.

Jane Dueease of MarketMyBizOnline.com will discuss:

• What is SEO and Why should it matter to you?
• Organic vs Paid Search
• Keyword Research 101: How to find the killer keywords for your site
• 15 Simple things you can do to SEO your site
• How to Think like a Search Engine
• Great ways to “Measure” your SEO value
• Do it Yourself SEO vs. Hiring it Out

For more info and to RSVP, visit seo101austin.eventbrite.com/.

ionadas local’s Brian Combs will be available to answer questions on Google Maps Optimization either before or after the seminar.

WebProNews Interview

During PubCon in Las Vegas last month, Brian Combs was interviewed by WebProNews. They discussed the importance of one’s business being listed within Google Maps, and steps one needs to take to have that listing found by prospective customers.

Brian Combs at PubCon Vegas 2009

Brian Combs, principal of ionadas local, will be speaking at PubCon Vegas again this year, with a pair of sessions on the first day, November 10, 2009:

Interactive Site Reviews: Focus on Organic
11:30am-12:45pm
Live critiques of attendee websites, with actionable advice on how to improve the sites’ search engine optimization.

How Do You Optimize For Universal and Personal Search?
2:55pm-4:10pm
Brian’s third time on a PubCon Universal and Personal Searc panel, he will be speaking on how the search engines blend local results with the traditional SERPs.

White Paper: Avoid Local SEO Mistakes

A quick glance at the Google Maps Help Pages shows how easy it is to run into problems when optimizing your local business listings.

A few of the current entries include:

• What happened to my business listing in local results?
• Rec’d Postcard from Google: Password Entered in Invalid
• Problem With Local Business Listing…
• Address shows the wrong place now
• Our business has disappeared from Google Maps. What happened?

While many of these problems are not the fault of the business, some are certainly self-inflicted, whether due to violating Google’s terms and conditions or due to sending confusing signals to the system. Local businesses of all sizes should read our new white paper on Avoiding Local SEO Mistakes so that they don’t have to wait fruitlessly for a reply from the understaffed and overworked customer support department at Google Maps.

ionadas local at Interactive Strategies 2009

Come see Brian Combs of ionadas local speak at Interactive Strategies 2009 in Houston on September 9, 2009. Brian will be speaking on SEO vs. PPC in the 3:10pm session.

Interactive Strategies 2009 is a full day conference sponsored by the Houston Interactive Marketing Association and includes tracks on Social Media, SEO, Creative and Strategy. The keynote is by Brian Solis, the principal of FutureWorks, a PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley.

Attendees can register online and receive a 15% discount by using the promotional code “bcombs”.