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We have made a few changes for the Fall of 2011. As of September 14, 2011, our business hours will be 6am-2pm CT, Monday through Friday. Our mailing address has changed to 3110 Magazine Street #123, New Orleans, LA 70115. Please make note of these changes and let us know if you have any questions.

Louisiana Technical Counsel annouced today that New Orleans SEO, Allyson Seitzler of Webtyde Internet Marketing, has been nominated for Louisiana’s 9th Annual Governor’s Technology Award Innovator Of The Year. The awards luncheon is scheduled for June 29, 2011 at the Atrium of the Belle of Baton Rouge with Keynote Speaker Governor Bobby Jindal.

Allyson Seitzler leads Webtyde and their clients to success by providing ethical and effective Internet marketing campaigns. The New Orleans-based SEO and Internet marketing company has innovated payment plans to provide affordable Internet marketing and search engine optimization to companies that would normally be unable to afford these services. Many Louisiana and national businesses have seen incredible results equating to high return on their investments.

Everyone at Webtyde Internet Marketing is dedicated to educating and empowering all our clients by utilizing cutting edge search engine optimization technologies.

We are now accepting American Express credit cards as an option for monthly payments.

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where part of my family worked for IBM and others at tech start-ups back in the 1980s. I was from one of the last generations to grow up searching a phone book for companies offering goods and services, instead of “Googling” it.

Google is a mystery to so many people because it is so vital to a business’s success.  People need to know what it takes to have a business website rank high and be visible to potential clients.  It is absolutely essential to have an authoritative Internet presence in today’s highly competitive markets, especially with national SEO and International SEO campaigns.  I spend hours each week reading through daily industry emails detailing what changes the major search engine players have made so I can keep our clients ranking high.

Since Google doesn’t disclose a majority of their algorithms, SEOs are forced to constantly research to make each of our client’s websites attractive to search engines.  This makes Google a mystery to us, and an important mystery at that.  That is why Google itself is so interesting to me: it’s powerful, mysterious, and everywhere.

Campus

On April 18th, I received a phone call from a gentleman who claimed to be from Google wondering if I got the email invitation to come visit the Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA to attend a meeting regarding a program I joined earlier this year.  My first thought was that this was some sales ploy that had nothing to do with Google.  I was wrong.  We went back and forth the following week via email and the phone.  Nine days after the original call, I was on a flight to San Francisco to go meet with Google.

The program I joined in February is Google Engage.  It’s where SEO companies learn more about Google Adwords, pass proficiency exams, and get coupons for our clients to try Adwords.  I thought it would be great for my clients who were interested in boosting their holiday exposure and help newer SEO campaigns while their ranking emerged.

Allyson Seitzler - at Google Engage

I was in a group of 25 people, hand picked from the over 4,000 Google Engage members in the United States.  On Tuesday, April 26th, we were picked up from our San Mateo Marriott hotel by a limo bus with a big screen TV in it.  We headed to the campus around 11am and got signed into Google.  The 1900 building was located within a complex of four large buildings with two or three stories each.  There was a cafeteria where we ate prior to the official meeting that was free for all workers.  It had everything from flank steak with delicious au jus sauce, to San Francisco Bay oysters, to organic pizza, and a full salad bar.  They had unlimited free beverages from sodas to Naked fruit drinks.  We met in a small auditorium with a huge LED screen and “Ninja Bags” that was filled with a bunch of cool Google schwag.

We were introduced to many product managers from the various departments to greet us, ask us questions, and show us new features that are yet to be announced.  In order to enter the premises, we not only had do sign an NDA, we had to be escorted to any different buildings by an employee of Google.  Makes sense.  They had cameras monitoring everything over the entire complex.

The meeting lasted about four hours and we received some excellent tips and a stack of coupons for our clients.  It was a great experience and then the stretch limo bus took us back to our Palo Alto Sheraton directly across from the entrance to Stanford University.  They know how to take care of their guests.

The next morning before my flight left at around noon to head back to New Orleans, I got up early and took a walk to the headquarters of the other giant in the Internet Marketing arsenal: Facebook.

The Facebook headquarters was less impressive by far, but interesting nonetheless.  I walked up and entered the main lobby area which read “HACK” on the front glass doors.  I asked the receptionist if I could have a business card and he irritatedly replied with a curt “no”.  I asked if they had any other buildings around I could go see and he said he was not able to disclose that information. Party pooper.

Overall, the trip was amazing.  Airfare, transportation, and hotels were provided by Google.  I was even able to get up to Fisherman’s Wharf and meet my brother for a dinner.  I was raised in South San Jose and grew up playing sports all around the Bay Area.  It’s turned into a more amazing place  than I ever could have imagined.  Within 30 miles of where I grew up now is home of headquarters for Google, Facebook, Apple, Adobe, Hewlett Packard, and countless other technology companies that not only help your small businesses succeed, but build a better quality of life for everyone.

It’s been too long since I posted and I figured this would be a great time to give everyone an quick update as to what is happening with Webtyde Internet Marketing.

The last four months have been extraordinary for Webtyde and our clients.  We have added several new clients from across the United States and have already started showing their companies amazing results.  Many of our cherished existing clients have renewed and expanded their Internet Marketing campaigns to include Social Media Management (SMM) and Pay Per Click (PPC) campaigns.

Many of you know that Google released a major update a couple months ago, dubbed the “Panda” update, which knocked such major players as JC Pennys and About.com off the top due to having low quality content.  ALL of our clients moved up as consistently as they have been and none of them were affected by these major algorithm changes in the giant search engine.

We have partnered with several companies in New Orleans, LA and San Diego, CA to bring clients several quality options from our long standing relationships with our trusted partner companies. Many of our partners have seen steady growth as well. Webtyde only partners with other ethical companies that insist on remaining absolutely up-to-date on their industry information so they can bring their clients top-of-the-line service that amazing results for your investment.

Some companies include:

Mirliton Media, LLC – eCommerce/custom website design and development, software development
John Barousse Design, Inc. – Custom graphic design for print and web
FSC Interactive – Social Media Management and large PPC campaigns
Squarefour Digital Media – Custom website and CMS design and development
Knudr.com – Strategic Consulting and Social Media Marketing, specializing in higher education
Atlas Local – Local SEO management for larger campaigns

Webtyde specializes in organic SEO.  Our past results speak for themselves. Our clients speak for us.  We happily supply examples of results and references in every proposal and urge people to contact our referrals to hear what they themselves have to say about their results we’ve brought them and how it was to work with Allyson Seitzler and Webtyde.

Webtyde Internet Marketing is an ethical and knowledgeable New Orleans SEO and Internet Marketing company that offers the best services from across the nation to help your company become very visible online.

Call me today to get more information on how we can help your company become visible online.

Best,

Allyson Seitzler
+1 (504) 324-2281

Webtyde Internet Marketing, LLC is now utilizing LaunchPad office space down in the Central Business District in New Orleans.  Please schedule a time and come stop by our new IP building meeting space.  Mailing address and all contact information will remain the same.

Holiday remnants are being stowed away for next year, the New Year’s diet begins, and 2011 is officially here.  As we all get back to work this week, I want to give you a brief update on the world of Webtyde Internet Marketing so you’re aware of all our new services we are offering to help make your company more visible online.

Local SEO

Local SEO has seen a huge change in Q4 2010.  We saw the integration of Google Local Map results into the organic results.  This means that your Google Places page (formerly known as your Google Local page) can now place in the rankings even if you DO NOT have a website.  Most local businesses have a combination of a Google Places listing AND a website that is geo-targeted, so those clients are showing the top rankings.

As a result, Webtyde Internet Marketing now offers Local SEO package services, comprised of Local Business Listings (LBL) Management services.  You can get optimized local listings created in Google, Yahoo, and Bing for as low as $29.95 /mo with a $199 setup fee for our Local Basic package.  The next two packages up in our Local SEO Local Business Management services are the Local Advanced package, which consists of creating optimized Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, Merchant Circle, and Superpages with monthly management starting at $39.95 /mo + $249 setup fee. Our most comprehensive Local SEO package is our Local Aggressive with Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, Merchant Circle,  Superpages, Facebook, and Twitter optimized listing creations and monthly management for $49.95 /mo with a one-time $299 setup fee.

Included in your monthly management fees are monthly updates of your listings, including two Facebook posts and two Twitter Tweets per month.  Each of these packages help maintain the freshness of your listings, which we all know Google loves.  You will also receive valuable tips and recommendations which you can implement for your business to help rankings, such as requesting feedback from customers on your listings, etc…

National SEO

As we see local results taking up much of the shorter phrases in each geo-graphic location, one would wonder how you will be able to compete nationally against local companies.  It has become imperrative to have a current, well analysed keyword campaign as the base for your National SEO campaign.  Longer-tailed keyword phrases (ie: “fresh pecans” instead of  “pecans”, or “holiday candy gifts” instead of “candy”) and having more of these keyword phrases are the key to 2011 national SEO campaigns.  Plus, longer-tailed keyword phrases will send you more qualified traffic to really concentrate on getting that click-through and sell your products and services online.

We offer SEO packages with flexible initial and monthly payments to get you started without having to majorly invest your marketing budget, while seeing a great return on your investment.

International SEO

We are expanding this year into International territory.  Webtyde welcomes one of our new International clients, Profile Tyrecenter in Westland, located just outside of The Hague in Holland.  Our Local SEO and National SEO services can be applied anywhere served by major search engines.  We help create localized (or translated) content, work directly with websites of various languages, and optimized for your specific geo-graphic markets.  Because the United States is usually the first application of Google’s major changes, we offer cutting edge knowledge of search engines in most markets around the world.  Stay WAY ahead of your competition by contacting us today.  We offer conference calls via Skype.

eCommerce SEO

The eCommerce SEO website traffic and sales statistics are trickling in from our clients after the holiday eCommerce madness settles and they are looking like the best our clients have had.  Remember, folks, it’s not just about getting people to see your website, but to get them to act and purchase your products or services.  Webtyde Internet Marketing educates and empowers our clients to make the best of their Internet marketing campaigns.

Contact us today to get your campaign in full force by next holiday season.

Individual Internet Marketing Services

We now offer a variety of individual Internet marketing services for those people who just need a little help, are constrained by a tight budget, or just want to do one piece at a time.  No client is too big or too small for us to help.  Please let us know how we can help.

I have assembled an amazing team over 2010, made some strong partnerships with talented complimentary companies, and I’m looking forward to bringing you the best services so far in 2011.  Call us today to reserve your project since spaces are limited this year.  I look forward to talking with each of you.

Happy 2011!

Best Regards,
Allyson Seitzler, Principal
Webtyde Internet Marketing, LLC

Although our geo-specific and Local SEO clients have all shown very good, consistent rankings for the past several years, these last two months have been exceptionally successful.  I’m attributing the success for many of our clients to their geo-targeted website campaigns.  With Google now showing results for Local companies within the organic results, this has opened up a huge market for our clients.

We offer both Local SEO Map Registration and Local Website SEO.  Local SEO Map Registration is a service we provide that creates locally optimized Google, Yahoo, and Bing Map listings.  Businesses don’t even need a website with this service and is inexpensive to maintain with our new Local SEO Map Management service which starts at only $16.95 per month to maintain your Google Local map listing.  Our Local Website SEO service includes the Local SEO Map Registration along with optimization for your website, promoting the services you offer in your city/cities in which you do business.

An example of our Local SEO Map Registration and Management service is for a local children’s clothing store in New Orleans.  I met Karen from Mignon for Children last summer and she signed up her business for our Local SEO Map Registration services.  Her niece is in the process of finishing her website and with their limited marketing budget, our services fulfilled her business’s needs nicely.  Mignon for Children now shows on the first page in Google for many terms including “children’s clothing New Orleans”.  She signed up for our Local SEO Map Management service and never has to worry about remembering to monitor her listing.

Another big success story even before the recent Google algorithm changes was Dennis Daum Tile.  Dennis is a tile contractor located in Rocklin, CA, about 30 minutes outside of Sacramento.  Since we recently added a very affordable payment plan to help our small business clients, Dennis was able to spread out the cost over 12 months of optimizing his website with our Local Website SEO services.  We created a custom keyword campaign to target the greater Sacramento area for tile repair and installation.  Dennis chose our Starter SEO Package which includes optimizing five website pages for 15 keyword phrases.  Dennis shows in Google Local for his city of Rocklin, CA and in page one of Google for organic results pertaining to Sacramento, CA for many tile related keyword phrases.  He says he is getting several inquiries per week from his online exposure due to his successful Internet marketing campaign.

Google, Yahoo, and Bing are constantly changing in order to give the people who use their search engine to find things the best results.  Webtyde is here to help Google and other search engines find your useful information clearly and easily.  It’s all about being clear, ethical, and informative.

Please contact us if you would like to start gaining customers by getting found on the Internet.  We would love to help you.

I would like to introduce two more partners Webtyde Internet Marketing works with to help bring our clients the best solutions possible.

Mirliton Media, LLC – eCommerce Website Development and  Custom Software Development.
Studio 1936 – Website Development, Enterprise Solutions, Infrastructure, Consulting.

We work together to bring you professionally developed, custom SEO eCommerce website solutions that help bring visibility to your business.  Our powerful team gives your company the most cutting-edge online shopping cart to sell your products nationally or Internationally in worldwide markets.  Please contact us today for a free consultation.

An optimized website redesign can be either difficult or smooth. A recent optimization project consisted of a full redesign: an optimized website, optimized shopping cart, and adding a Blog. If a project is organized, your chances of a mostly smooth project are much higher. I’ve been a project manager for many years prior to running Webtyde Internet Marketing and I’ve learned that planning and organization are everything when creating something impressive. We pride ourselves with creating realistic schedules, deliverable timelines, and milestones with approvals.

We had the luxury of working with a very engaged client recently who had a strong passion to create a beautiful, informative, and wonderfully optimized shopping cart and website. We just completed the redesign and launch last week. I’m happy to say that she has seen all major search engines not only pick up the new pages, but rank them as well!

We are beginning the next phase of her aggressive SEO campaign and I’m very optimistic she will rank very high for her targeted keyword phrases. I’m looking forward to sharing her results with everyone within the next six months. It’s a great example of how our affordable search engine optimization and Internet marketing campaigns can really make a difference in your website traffic and, ultimately, your sales.

-Allyson M. Seitzler, Principal
Webtyde Internet Marketing, LLC