{"id":180,"date":"2010-06-02T08:11:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2010-06-02T08:11:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T16:11:42","slug":"does-my-business-need-seo-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/does-my-business-need-seo-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Does My Business Need SEO?  Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question can be answered with a simple YES! And BECAUSE IT IS PROFITABLE FOR YOUR BUSINESS!! If that seems too easy of an answer, I will elaborate.\u00a0 Search Engine Optimization is a necessity in today\u2019s online business world. You must engage in it because it puts more money in your pocket, less in your competitors, and is relatively easy to do.\u00a0 Still not convinced?\u00a0 I\u2019ll show you what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>The first reason is the easiest to convince you of: MONEY!!\u00a0 That\u2019s right friends, good Search Engine Optimization equals dollars in your pocket.\u00a0 I mean lots of dollars.\u00a0 If someone can find your site first, and knows that it will fulfill their needs, you practically have a guaranteed sale.\u00a0 In fact, 95% of all businesses will benefit from SEO in some way, shape or form.\u00a0 If you are a company that sells big-ticket items or services, the result will be almost immediate.\u00a0 If you sell 1.00\u00a0 \u201cI Like Ike\u201d buttons, it may take a little longer.\u00a0 Either way, the benefits are many, and not just in direct sales.\u00a0 I like to think of it like working out at the gym.\u00a0 Getting stronger is not the only benefit.\u00a0 You also can impress the ladies, live longer, or just pound the next guy that messes with you.\u00a0 Search Engine Optimization benefits you by increasing sales, giving you brand recognition, or allowing you to pound (metaphorically of course) the next competitor that messes with you.\u00a0 Every one of these things adds up to money.\u00a0 If the money you could make doesn\u2019t convince you, how about the money you could lose?<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to lose money.\u00a0 There is no worse feeling than thinking you left money on the table that could have been yours.\u00a0 It\u2019s why some people gamble, and why others don\u2019t.\u00a0 Let me make you a promise.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t doing SEO and your competitor is, you are LOSING MONEY!\u00a0 Your competitor is dropping keywords in all the right places, linking pages together like a mad man, moving up the Google page, and soaking up all <em>your<\/em> profits.\u00a0 By simply choosing not to do SEO, you have put yourself behind the curve, the eight ball, the times, or whatever euphemism you choose.\u00a0 Your sales are dropping, and the other guy\u2019s sales are skyrocketing.\u00a0 You have gone from first to worst.\u00a0 So now what do you do?\u00a0 Simple.\u00a0 Flip the script, turn the page, get on your horse and ride.\u00a0 Don\u2019t put off til tomorrow what you can SEO today.\u00a0 After all, it\u2019s pretty simple.<\/p>\n<p>Simplicity is almost as great as money.\u00a0 If it is simple and makes you a profit, that\u2019s all the better.\u00a0 At its heart, SEO is pretty simple.\u00a0 Sure, your mind may be reeling from all the industry lingo, and the complex formulas and whatnot, but it is really about adding keywords that people are going to be searching for in the most strategic places in your website, and linking important pages together.\u00a0 A professional can make it happen in a jiffy.\u00a0 If you are low on cash, and long on time, you can learn to do it yourself.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t nearly as difficult as it seems at first blush.<\/p>\n<p>So to answer my earlier question once again: Yes, and because it makes you money. 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