Recent content by Zack Donovan

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    How I Lost £3600 using Virtual Assistants

    Wow, that is a ridiculous post. I'm not going to waste my time on this.
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    How I Lost £3600 using Virtual Assistants

    Really? Employing people from developing (poor) countries who are hungry to improve their livelihoods and are willing to do robotic legwork online for a dollar an hour. Brits have the benefits of a fantastic standard of education, English language mastery and a whole number of other...
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    Looking to pay for a professional consultation on how to structure a compan(ies) etc

    I am looking for some professional advice on what be the best way to structure my business activities is. I am basically looking to have a phone consultation/report on the following issues and maybe a few other pointers to figure out how to best structure these activities through a LTD...
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    Natural Link building - Arrrrggggghhhhhhh

    I love all the misinformation on this forum about link building. It's hilarious...
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    Google Analytics Premium - now available for only $150K a year

    Pricey... but it does look very nice...
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    I make all my money online... where to live??

    I would be interested in replies to this too!
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    £100pcm budget

    Good attitude. Please make sure that you are not naive when it comes to Google Adwords. Do tons and tons of research before you start a campaign, or you will fail. It is no where near as simple as it sounds. That said, if you do your research and develop a good website with a strong...
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    PPC HEADACHE! Can someone advise on the following

    As I said, it varies. Sometimes Analytics will show you the precise search term, other times it will show you the Keyword as a match type. e.g. '+insurance +company' if your using broad match modifier.
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    PPC HEADACHE! Can someone advise on the following

    1) Google will refer to the keyword match with the highest Ad rank (cpc bid x quality score) - so it could display either. If you want to ensure it displays the exact match, you can increase your bid so it is more than the broad, or you can split them into separate ad groups and put a negative...
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    Working / Business life of a SEO / PPC freelancer.

    01. How many new SEO / PPC jobs do you get on average a month? Three to four. 03. What is your main source of clients e.g. Google, word of mouth, PPC etc? Word of mouth. 04. Have you ever cold called businesses to get work? I have sent in depth situational analysis reports, but...
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    Concatenate to both words in a cell...?

    Very much appreciated all!
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    New site seo

    The key with link building to a new site is it must appear extremely natural. With aged domains, this is desirable but no where near as important. To appear natural, you must: - Vary the anchor text of links a lot - Get a diverse range of link sources: some relevant, some not, some nofollow...
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    Concatenate to both words in a cell...?

    Does anyone know how I can concatenate so that my modifier appears in front of each word in a cell. For example, if I wanted to concatenate '+' to a A1 and the cell contained 'Nike Trainers' I would want it to concatenate to: '+Nike +Trainers' Anyone have any tips? Would be...
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    Why we must consider outsourcing

    Outsourcing can be great. In my experience though, the extra management and poorer quality job makes it not worth it in many cases. I've done it several times for web development work and always went back to UK pros.