Posted on May 23, 2013 by Brien Shanahan in SEO
Black hat SEO strategies go against search engine guidelines in an attempt to manipulate search results and obtain top rankings. Google and other search engines have been trying to limit the success of websites that use black-hat strategies, but webmasters have often remained a step ahead in taking advantage of certain elements of search algorithms. Google, [...]
Posted on May 2, 2013 by Brien Shanahan in SEO
A Website SEO audit is a quick way to analyze the optimization of a website and see what improvements need to be made. It’s a great initial step in reviewing and revamping your online marketing strategy. A Website SEO audit involves reviewing your most important pages and assuring the content and Meta data (page titles, [...]
Posted on January 8, 2013 by Brien Shanahan in Media Mentions, News and Events, SEO
SEO4Advisors founder Brien Shanahan was featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article on SEO Tips For Financial Advisors To Improve Their Online Visibility. In the article by Caitlin Nish, Shanahan provided a few clear and important SEO tips that financial advisors can implement right away to start getting found in search engines. Some of [...]
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Media Mentions, News and Events, SEO
Use Search Engine Optimization To Gain Online Leads In a recent article on RIA Central, SEO4Advisors founder Brien Shanahan shared three things that advisors can do today to gain more online leads with website SEO (search engine optimization). Do effective keyword research (don’t guess) Write engaging content around your keywords Update website content regularly. The [...]
Posted on June 25, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Niche Marketing, Seminars, SEO
Website SEO is the key to marketing a Social Security income planning niche for financial advisors and other professionals A Social Security income planning is a great niche for advisors. Everyone nearing retirement age can benefit from it, the niche is often shunned by other advisors, and there is great opportunity for marketing this service [...]
Posted on June 20, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Local SEO, Media Mentions
How Financial Advisors Can Use Google Local SEO To Gain New Business SEO4Advisors Quoted in Financial Advisor Magazine Article On Local SEO Brien Shanahan, Founder of SEO4Advisors, was quoted in a recent Financial Advisor Magazine article called “How Financial Advisors Can Use Google Local Search To Gain New Business, which introduces Google+ and how it [...]
Posted on June 12, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Local SEO, Seminars
Search engine optimization (SEO) for financial advisors should at least include optimizing around local search terms. That’s because local keywords are the most targeted terms used by buy-ready prospects searching for an advisor in their local area. Yes, it can get competitive to rank well in search engines for these golden search terms, but the [...]
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Seminars, SEO
Avoid These Common Financial Advisor SEO Mistakes Since I started working with financial advisors in 2007, I’ve seen a lot of advisor websites. And many of them suffer from the same basic search engine optimization (SEO) mistakes that prevent them from getting found on the Web by prospects. These mistakes include missing Meta data, repeated [...]
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in SEO
The Best SEO Company For Financial Advisors Unsuspecting advisors may not take the time to compare SEO service providers before buying search engine optimization services. But skipping your due diligence on this investment is a mistake. SEO companies serving financial advisors are not created equal. What makes SEO4Advisors different? Here are 10 reasons SEO4Advisors is [...]
Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brien Shanahan in Media Mentions, News and Events, SEO
Most financial advisors know very little about search engine optimization, and their websites reflect it. Luckily Mike Byrnes of Byrnes Consulting is working to change that. In a recent article for his Social Business Blog on Financial Advisor magazine’s website, Byrnes interviewed SEO4Advisors founder Brien Shanahan to provide 8 SEO tips to help financial advisors get [...]