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Daniel Rummel

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Co-Founder / Engineer, Prescreen

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Aug. 10, 2011

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

What is the best way to outsource SEO?

Look for transparency and don't expect any guarantees with positioning.
A company that 'guarantees you will be the #1 result within 2 weeks or 1 month' is lying to you and themselves. Although it is certainly possible to push you higher in the organic rankings ... more

Online Marketing

Search Marketing

June 15, 2011

Daniel Rummel and 42 other people answered this question

Poll: What do you think is the top trend impacting digital life and business. Pick one.

.hahah... not really breaking the rules.... she picked "other".
I agree w/ the idea of transparency... good answer. Open source and open business partnerships allow people to find improvements on previous work and FOCUS more time on solving new problems. This is certainly changing the ... more

General Management

Information Technology

Jan. 6, 2011

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by Andi Gutierrez

What is your favorite music to listen to while working on a big project?

When working on something I need to seriously focus on, I tend to stick with music without lyrics (otherwise, I'd just sing along). I like to keep it upbeat too, so I stay away from classical. I have Pandora on for about 70% of the ... more

General Management

Jan. 5, 2011

Daniel Rummel and 11 other people answered this question

What are some of the most influential video game publications and/or social networking websites?

Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/ It's more of a platform... but there is a large community. They have from 1.5 million to 3.5 million users online and playing games on their platform. See the stats section: http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ more

Application Development

Mobile Wireless

Oct. 8, 2010

Daniel Rummel and 1 other person answered this question

What are the best tools to use when recruiting for a startup?

Check out http://newtonsoftware.com/ it's a great product that is made by recruiters. It's on demand... so you only pay when you are actively recruiting. Also, if you grow the service grows along with you. They are constantly innovating and improving on their service. It's a ... more

Human Resources

Oct. 8, 2010

Daniel Rummel and 2 other people answered this question

how to branch out

I agree with both Lorrie and Richard, I think you shouldn't be afraid to go to a meetup even if you know nothing about the topic. If you have genuine interest in the topic for the experts there will love to talk to you (people ... more

Information Technology

Oct. 8, 2010

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Is your "Social Following" a "genuine" costumer/user base?

Facebook Marketing

Social Engagement

Twitter Marketing

Oct. 6, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by Liam Jones

What SEO tips do you have?

Hi Scott,
Adding good quality content can be done via blog on site http://www.yoursite.com/news or http://www.yoursite.com/blog
Good luck!
Liam

Small Business Marketing

Website Building

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

What do you suggest for a small company that has no seo budget?

Hi Caty- does your small business have a website?
If so, a good place to start off is optimizing your website for keywords that are industry targeted. You can use the Google keyword tool for free (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) to research traffic volume and relevant keywords for your ... more

Online Marketing

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

What should I expect from a larger SEO agency?

I'm not sure 'larger' should make a difference with an SEO agency; however, price does matter.
If you are paying more, you should expect more customer service and transparency from the agency. They should be showing you exactly what they are doing and the difference it ... more

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Iwanow

SEO/ SEM: How do you outsmart your competitors?

Look at being more effective and make sure you track and measure everything, if you notice they are using and testing 2-3 landing pages you raise the bar and test 7-10 landing pages.
Evaluate your current keywords maybe its not worthwhile trying to beat them on ... more

Search Engine Marketing

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

Hi Mike - one SEO tool we use very often is the Google Adword's Keyword Tool. https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal Using this you can get traffic volume stats on all of your targeted keywords, as well as gain insight on other relevant keywords in your industry wheelhouse. more

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Strategic Content and Traffic Development

Search Engine Optimzation

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

How much do priority value settings in sitemaps impact SEO search results?

Hi Sue.
The priority value setting in a sitemap is not integral, but its a good 'best practice' to implement. This setting essentially tells Google's crawlers which pages of your site are more / most important. Keep in mind this is all relative (so if you ... more

Sept. 27, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by David Rothschild

SEO: Organics vs. Pay Per Click- How do you decide what makes the most sense for your business?

This depends a lot on the competitive landscape: for certain industries PPC makes more sense than organic, whereas in others organic is more of a sure bet.
Part of this question also can be answered based on the existing SEO architecture of a site. Is it ... more

Search Engine Marketing

July 6, 2010

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by Thomas Mandell Jr

What are the benefits of working for a BIG 4 accounting firm?

I can tell you right now that I am not a CPA, but I forwarded this question along to a friend and here is what I was told:
1. The benefit of having a Big 4 on your resume - Apparently, there are a lot of ... more

Human Resources

Accounting Firms

Accounting Jobs

June 8, 2009

Daniel Rummel recommends this answer by Brian Provost

Have any new SEO strategies emerged with the release of Microsoft's Bing Search Engine?

It's almost not worth expending any effort against at this point, but for the sake of the academic exercise, I would get a keyword rich domain, with some modicum of reputation, optimize any location-based variables, keep the content minimally fresh, and then throw a ton ... more

Marketing Automation

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