My newest client found me through my profile in the Freelance Marketplace on MediaBistro.com. I first heard about MediaBistro from one of my clients, Michel Godts. The very reasonable $14 monthly membership fee for the listing has paid for itself 100 times over. As if the work generated was not enough, MediaBistro also has amazing resources including an entire section called “How to Pitch…” many publications written by the editors of those pubs, as well as quite a few online courses, a job board, and so much more.

If ever you’re in need of a media/communications freelancer (writers, graphic design/video/film people), be sure to check out MediaBistro.

There is an over-abundance of information out there about search engine optimization and it can get overwhelming. Whether you need a primer on what search engine optimization is or you need to understand the latest trends and techniques, SEOmoz is the place to start. It’s not only got great content with contributions from some of the most well-known SEO gurus, but it’s also a clean site that’s easy to navigate and read.

There is nothing more important for search engine optimization (SEO) than the actual words on each and every page. That being said, there are three things you can do right now to make your pages more search engine friendly. Every page of a site should have “meta tags” – title, description and keywords. Ensuring the meta tags are strong and support the copy on each page goes a long way with search engines.

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