The ultimate Twitter resource page

I have compiled one of the longest twitter resource page that you will ever see. Whatever you wanted to know about Twitter can be found here.

Click here for the ultimate Twitter resource guide

5 Benefits of Google Analytics For Your Website

Google Analytics is a free tool that can be used to track information about the way visitors to your website interact and navigate through it. You can use Google Analytics to track the performance of your keywords, adwords campaigns and get a visual output of your ROI when selling products. Google Analytics will open up a world of information that you probably didn’t know about the visitors to your website.

Here are 5 benefits of using Google Analytics on your website:

1. It is free. Even though it is free, it offers the same, and even more functionality than some of the tracking tools that you must pay for.

2. Discover how visitors to your website found you. You will be able to see what keywords visitors are using to find your website, what search engines they used and the number of times those search terms were used. You will also see what other websites referred visitors to you. This is important if you are doing link trading.

3. Identify which pages and links your visitors click the most. You will be able to see which pages and links are the most popular and you can measure whether your search engine optimization campaign is sending traffic to the correct pages.

4. Visitor segmentation. You have the ability to know how many new visitors that your keywords brings you from the search engines. You can segment your results by new/returning visitors, geography and referral sources.

5. Fine tune your website. With the Google Analytic report, you will be able to fine tune your website as you will see what pages are working and which ones are not. By editing the copy on the pages that aren’t performing well, you will be able to help those pages convert better bringing in more quality potential customers.

About the Author
Chip Curle is the owner of Charles Curle Design, a North Georgia web designer that develops and manages web sites and drives companies to the top of internet search engines through search engine optimization and search engine marketing. His work has earned Chip 14 ADDY (American Advertising Federation) awards including 8 Gold, 4 Silver, and 2 Best of Show.

Get listed in Google Local Listings in 3 easy steps

If you have ever done a search in Google you may have noticed that there is a map and listing for local providers that shows up before the google results. Is your company listed here? If not, follow the 3 easy steps below to get listed.

Step 1: Enter in your Business Details
Visit the Google Local Business Center and log in. If you haven’t registered with Google before, go ahead and do so, and once you complete the registration, log in.

Once you are in, you will be prompted to enter in your Business Name, Address, Phone Number, Email address, website url, a description of your company and up to 5 categories that your business falls under.

Step 2: Verify Your Listing
Once you have entered in all of your information, you will need to verify that this is your company. You can do this 2 ways.
1) Phone Verification. You enter in your phone number, Google calls you immediately with a PIN number
2) Mail Verification: Google sends you a postcard with your PIN number.

I would recommend the phone call as calls you immediately. The mail verification can take up to 6 weeks to arrive.

Step 3: Confirm Verification Code
Once you receive your verification code, you will click the button that says verify pin. Enter the number that was given to you and your site will be listed in a few days.

Getting listed is very easy and very beneficial. Once you get listed, then you need to optimize your website so that you can get listed at the top of the local directory page.

About the Author
Chip Curle is the owner of Charles Curle Design, a North Georgia web designer that develops and manages web sites and drives companies to the top of internet search engines through search engine optimization and search engine marketing. His work has earned Chip 14 ADDY (American Advertising Federation) awards including 8 Gold, 4 Silver, and 2 Best of Show.