Jon’s In Waikiki (AKA The Waikiki Marketer)

Can you get SEO gains from Twitter? Yes…and No. There are ways to get SEO benefits from your Twitter account, but they don’t come directly. You have to know what you’re doing. And that’s exactly what this article tells you – what you should be doing so your SEO can get those advantages now: SEO [...]

So why is Google doing this? Probably because it’s a Win for them, no matter which way Google Me  goes. If it flies, they win. If it fails, they can still win. Now, how is that possible? First, if it does fly and becomes a real competitor to Facebook, the spoils are obvious. More eyeballs, [...]

The news that Google Me is getting ready for launch is a little confusing. Why is Google trying to take on a well-established service/site/social outlet like Facebook? It’s not in line with their brand. On top of that one very good reason, they’re going to have to offer something incredibly advanced over Facebook to get [...]

As you may have read, Facebok just passed Google as the #1 Visited Site on the Web. That’s big news. But what does it mean for your Internet Marketing & SEO? Your strategy has to change, right? Yes & No. Yes, it does raise Facebook’s importance to even greater heights than before. It means more [...]

A conversation with a friend about Hawaii businesses proved very interesting. I had been telling him that I believed many, though not all, of the Hawaii businesses we lost might have been saved if they had done more online marketing. Specifically SEO, targeted both at Hawaii prospects as well as at those outside the Islands. [...]

A new survey that just came out predicted that the number of small businesses using social media will double in the next year. It’s one more sign of businesses looking for more affordable and more targeted ways to market themselves. One thing many businesses forget is that social networks and online social avenues are good [...]