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Today I was visiting with a web designer and graphic artist that I’m pleased to know. I was picking his brain about his pricing strategy, and he was picking my brain about SEO.

I do SEO, and I actually kick some serious buttocks on search engine ranking and search marketing. I don’t usually think about the process or the method, or the technique of what I do when I’m optimizing a blog or a website.

In an effort to break what I do down, I want to create a free eCourse on search engine optimization. And I want to deliver the lessons in a variety of ways, so as to hit multiple learning styles.

If you would like to join in the fun and take a free ecourse on how to optimize your own site, click the words “Click Here” in the green box at the top of the page and join the mailing list!

This will be a Search Engine Optimization basics course. There will be more advanced lessons available free to Coaching Club members. I may make said course available for purchase by non-members. We’ll see.

One of the reasons, I’ve found, that businesses fail is - the head entrepreneur doesn’t take the time to find out what people are willing to pay for. That’s a generalization - we’ll get to the specifics of why & how to avoid that mistake.

As a small business owner - you get paid in proportion to your ability to market your products and services to the people wanting to buy them. Seems like a “well, duh, Meg” statement, right? But so many creative entrepreneurs are missing key components of this equation. You’re not alone, if you’re struggling.

There is hope, though. You can learn, and you can change.

The first step in finding out what your customers want is this:

Figure out WHO your customers are!

There are three simple steps you can take to get started here. Seriously, it isn’t that hard.

Note: Please do not make the mistake that “Whiny Babies” make! Do not convince yourself you don’t have the time or the money to do this step! This step is essential to your small business success!

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