thekencook Small Business SEO and Brand Intelligence - Latest Comments

Re: Contact Form 7 – Placing Radio Buttons and Checkboxes on Separate Lines

Ken Cook — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:02:01 -0000

You are welcome Heather. Glad you found the style sheet and made your changes. The way that is done if you update you may lose your changes so keep a backup copy of the style sheet or the changes you made.

Re: Contact Form 7 – Placing Radio Buttons and Checkboxes on Separate Lines

Heather Frank — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:53:41 -0000

This worked so well. It did take a bit to find the .css file as it was hidden under Contact_Form_7/includes/CSS/styles.css but very easy instructions to follow. Thank you so much!!

Re: Click Through to Conversions

Ken Cook — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:10:21 -0000

Funny man. I bet you can do it backward and sideways. Take the easy road http://icobb.com/scripts/ratio...

Re: Click Through to Conversions

Ozarksagent — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:32:35 -0000

Man, do you have a hillbilly version for me?

Re: Small Business Blogging – How Many Words Should You Write?

Keenan Dijon — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:27:21 -0000

I agree; there is nothing that trumps a good read. The science of keyword placement is important when considering SEO and more words can help bloggers insert more keywords but this shouldn't be the reason for longer posts. I've posted articles on my site and others' that have (and still do) get good Google placement for particular keywords. I concur with Heather Lloyd-Martin about the minimum of 250 words. But at the end of the day... Yes, enough to properly convey your message to your community.

Re: How to exclude yourself from Google analytics

Sarah — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:59:43 -0000

Old post, but still valid. Thanx for the tutorial. I would like to do the same with my phone (HTC), but need something more detailed than "create a custom coockie". Have no idea what you are talking about hahaha.. Could I be so lucky that you have a tutorial about it?

Re: Your online experience sucks because your advice came from a doosh

Harleys R. Toofuknloud — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:06:10 -0000

you're right, Mr. Cook. most people online are just like they are in real life: dumbasses. Technology only gives them a more efficient way to broadcast their arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Feel free to plagiarize my comment anytime.

Re: Secrets of Small Business Success: You Can’t Do Everything

Amy McCloskey Tobin — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:42:15 -0000

It WAS my biggest challenge running my agency, especially in the early days. Now I am very frank with my clients: I create the recipe, but I am not the sous chef (s).

Re: Secrets of Small Business Success: You Can’t Do Everything

Ken Cook — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:01:15 -0000

And don't we pay the price with big learning curves to perform a task we may never face again? On the other hand the very experience has rounded many of us. Still, best left for the novice and not the niche professional. Thanks for chiming in.

Re: Secrets of Small Business Success: You Can’t Do Everything

Ken Cook — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:00:05 -0000

Thanks Amy. I am the chief offender. Though I have learned to curb a few my first, automatic reaction still tends to be "I can do that myself".

Re: Secrets of Small Business Success: You Can’t Do Everything

Dave Thackeray — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:47:40 -0000

Amy, bravo for having the guts and saying what we all think. So true - not only do we do everything in our business, we try and do everyone else's, too. How many times as the fledgling entrepreneur have we taken on work way outside our skillsets just to pay the bills? Crazy!

Re: Secrets of Small Business Success: You Can’t Do Everything

Amy McCloskey Tobin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:17:28 -0000

My greatest life's challenge has been to stop being Jack of all Trades and master of none. Great reminder.

Re: When Is The Best Time To Tweet?

Andrea Raquel — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:46:52 -0000

Great article Ken, Giorgione has also added a new feature to schedule and automatically post at the optimum times.

Re: Build a Better Business Blog in Five Minutes

Lou Riccio — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:20:28 -0000

Thanks Ken! Great Stuff... Now I need to implement it!

Re: Why podcasting and audio is more important now

Ed — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:20:16 -0000

This is a great resource! The RIAA is something that is not to be messed with. Thanks again!

Yours,
Ed
http://freeroyaltyfreemusic.or...

Re: Why Do I Have a Beard? You Thought I Was a Real Estate Agent?

monicamcpherrin — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:16:33 -0000

I think people (myself included) think you were a real estate agent because you ran RE BarCamp

Re: Video

Towhid Zaman — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:05:14 -0000

can you email me : towhidzaman [[at]] y7mail.com. I need a video to make.

Re: How To Stop Applications From Posting To Twitter As You

Ken Cook — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:42:25 -0000

Not if you have changed your password and changed all your apps accesses I don't. Maybe one of the other readers know of something and I'll ask on the show today - http://socialmediaedge.com and see if a listener knows.

Re: How To Stop Applications From Posting To Twitter As You

Josh — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:11:28 -0000

Some program has access to make me follow random people. I've checked all my apps, settings and changed my password and everything else I can do but every time I log in I notice I'm following two or three random people. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Re: Small Business Blogging: Why Do People Blog?

Charry — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:24:18 -0000

It is very interesting. Yes, people have different reasons why they blog. But most of all, they blog because they want to be heard. They want others to hear about their ideas whether it is about business or personal thoughts. We just have to use that freedom responsibly.
And speaking of spreading, did you know that http://ebusinesspress.net is the first or one of the first news release and distribution site in the Philippines? So if you want to be really heard, then maybe they can help you share your ideas. :)

Re: What, Exactly, is SEO and Why is it Important to Small Business?

thekencook — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:30:57 -0000

Thanks Local. It's such a small scratch on the surface but hopefully understandable and profitable for the reader.

Re: Five Startup Tips for Small Businesses

thekencook — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:29:27 -0000

I like the Theory of 5. That's sharp. Thanks Ric.

Re: Small Business Blogging – How Many Words Should You Write?

thekencook — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:21:25 -0000

All sound advice. We make it sound so easy ...

Re: What, Exactly, is SEO and Why is it Important to Small Business?

LocalPages — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:59:21 -0000

Thanks for providing a nice, down to earth explanation of the ins and outs of SEO. This is very useful for entrepreneurs, especially those new to the SEO world.

Re: Five Startup Tips for Small Businesses

Richard Townsend — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:13:46 -0000

Having been in a number of partnerships I agree with your assessment. To my way of thinking it is best to go it lone or have a group of five as a minimum. 2 fight, 3 it becomes 2 against 1, 4 end up in deadlocks 2 against 2. however with 5 there is half a chance that logic will prevail. Nothing is perfect of course!

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