A few weeks ago, I decided to add a new phrase  to my Google Alerts.   I added my name “Tim Hawley”.  Any time my name is posted on the net, I know about it.  Well, each time I have posted on my business blog, I see it on my alerts.  So, imagine my surprise when I saw my name in a post on a website that I have never heard of.

Apparently, somebody saw a posting I made on a bulletin board and used it on his site to add new  Icontent.  I suppose that his copying of my content is flattering, but he didn’t even change my name or website info.  Pretty lazy if you ask me.  But, this does emphasize my point that the more you post the more your name gets out.  The more your name gets out the better your ranking on the search engines.

Think of this process as a spider spinning a web.  It starts out in the center and radiates out touching more and more spots in order to be able to catch as many flies as possible.  Only in our case, the flies are customers.  I was in a district sales meeting last week.  One of the topics was setting up a Facebook account to increase sales.  After the meeting I called the person giving the talk and had him Google me.  He saw that my site is #2 on the Google search engine.  My Facebook is #3.  I am #’s2,3,4,&5 on Yahoo.com.  I am #2 &3 on AOL, but who really uses AOL anyway.

It works, people.    Listen to Ken Hood.  Better yet get his Webcard360.  It links all of your sites on a professional web business card.  Yes, it is another web presence to get trap the flies.

If you want to contact me, got to my website www.timhawley.net and click the contact me tab.