SEO Report Card: BalancedLifeProducts.com

January 1st, 2006

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Practical Ecommerce

BalancedLifeProducts.com is a small ecommerce site, based in Madison, Wisconsin, that sells meditation and massage products such as yoga mats, meditation cushions, and reiki timers. The site doesn’t fare well in the search engines in the natural (unpaid) search results, so they have been relying on Google AdWords to fill in the gaps. It wasn’t hard to see why their rankings in natural search traffic were so low. After a quick health check-up of their level of search engine optimization, I made the following diagnosis…

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REI boosts sales via keywords

May 25th, 2005

Originally published in DM News

Outdoor equipment and clothing company REI used SEO to boost its sales after seeing its competitors achieve consistently higher rankings in the search engines than they were.

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Benefits far outweigh cost for this fashion brand

“I highly recommend to undertake a website audit from Netconcepts. The cost of these studies is not high in comparison to the benefits.”

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Clothing retailer takes audit advice on board

“The recommendations provided throughout the audit were easy to understand and actionable.”

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Auditing Your Web Site: Minimize Risks, Maximize Potential

PAII 2002 (Professional Association of Innkeepers International) — Chicago, IL

April 14th, 2002

Seminar by Stephan Spencer

Think your website is the best it could be? Step back and take an objective look
at your website and identify its weak points in the areas of branding, usability,
security, legal, search engine findability, design, content, and more. A magazine
columnist, international speaker, and founder of multinational web design firm
Netconcepts will provide insider information on “best practices” in online
marketing from corporate clients like Birds Eye, Gorton’s Seafood, Wella, and
Midwest Express.

Bottom line focus for this online retailer

“We found the Netconcepts assessment to be filled with practical value and immediate application. We were impressed with their in-depth understanding of website fundamentals, as well as their bottom-line focus. …It was a powerful study – I would recommend Netconcepts to any retailer looking to improve their online success.”

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Website audit an eye opener – integrated approach appreciated

“Overall we found Netconcepts’ audit of our site to be extremely valuable. It was a real eye opener. We highly recommend it.”

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Website audit excellent working document

“We definitely think the Netconcepts web site audit provided value and is an excellent working document. I have a new hire who is busy incorporating thoughts and ideas from the audit into our internet marketing plan.”

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How to Lead New Corporate Customers to Your Site and Then Close the Sale

Business to Business Marketing on the Internet — San Diego, CA

July 19th, 1999

Seminar by Stephan Spencer

Your online enemy is no longer your competitor but instead, the information glut that fills the Internet. This session will analyze how to rise above this “data smog” to effectively capture the corporate customer’s attention and then close the sale.

  • Exploiting your existing customer data to target new customers
  • The targeted effectiveness of email
  • Constructing an interactive site for product testing and demonstration
  • Case studies of innovative companies succeeding in new
    business acquisitions

How And Why To Audit Your Web Site

Measuring & Evaluating Your Internet Marketing Mix — San Francisco, CA

May 24th, 1999

Workshop by Stephan Spencer

Are you absolutely sure that your Web site is running at peak efficiency, dazzling customers, coming up high in the search engines, generating an adequate ROI, and not leaving you exposed to unnecessary litigation? Step-by-step, you’ll learn what areas to audit in your Internet presence, including: legal & procedural, public relations, financial, performance & reliability, customer service, Internet marketing task force, technical, user experience, accessibility, content, community, “findability”, e-commerce, privacy, security, and last but not least, Y2K.

This interactive workshop will give you hands-on experience on:

  • Where and how to begin the evaluation process
  • What to audit and how often
  • Tools and resources to use in auditing
  • Benefits of auditing, risks of not auditing
  • Turning measurements and recommendations into an Implementation Plan
  • Applying all these tools and principles to your specific needs


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