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Not a shocker here….what we continually preach to clients and prospects alike. Link building is one of the most (if not THE most) important component of a solid SEO campaign. Link building strategies must use relevant and influential sites with high trust factors. See the attached findings in a 2009 study by SEOMoz.

http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors

Follow the 5 Habits of Highly Effective Websites

Highly Effective Habit #1: Upfront Strategic Planning

Action without a plan is no better than a plan without action.  We recommend you have both, of course.  Your website plan should address important questions, including:

The French and German economies both grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in Europe's largest economies.

ImageWorks is proud to share the news that a wonderful client is achieving success in our local area! Jennifer Bower, founder of BeanTree Learning in Ashburn & Westfields, VA is featured in the latest issue of I Am Modern magazine.

BeanTree Learning is an innovative early child care center, established in 2003 and has continued to grow and flourish in the Northern VA area. We encourage you to learn more about the BeanTree difference, read the full article, and view some of the work we developed for them over the past six years. Congrats again to Jennifer!

Local searches account for 25% of all searches and nearly 2 billion per month!

Are you optimized and promoted?

ImageWorks is happy to announce our partnership with Localeze. Localeze is the largest online business listings manager serving local search engines including Google Maps^®, Yahoo Local^®, Superpages.com^®, Yellowpages.com^®, and DexOnline^®.

Start with Faith in your Brand

We all have faith... in something. But "faith" and "marketing" are a pair of words you don't often see associated together.

After all what is marketing?

The American Marketing Association's new definition of marketing is as follows.

Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders.

How social media can drastically affect your brand image, position and growth potential.

There is a country song I sometimes hear called the Chain of Love by Clay Walker. It’s a nice little story about how helping others inspires others to help, and that one day the favor you started will return kind fate to you.

Isn’t this how we should market our business products and services?

Guest Blog By Jack Aaronson, aaronsongroup.com

It's long been said that your Web site is like a virtual salesperson, telling potential clients about your company. In this economy, you must ensure your salespeople are at the top of their game and really understand your clients' needs. Your Web site, acting as an über-salesperson, needs to do the same.

How Can Your Custom Website Build Credibility and Drive Sales?

Highly Effective Habit #1: Upfront Strategic Planning

Action without a plan is no better than a plan without action.  We recommend you have both, of course.  Your website plan should address important questions, including:

The 4 "i's" of Marketing for Maximized Conversions

Want to Increase your Online and Offline Conversions? Remember your four “i’s”!