Hello friends,
First – thanks for becoming a fan of our new venture. I appreciate the blind trust you have shown in accepting my invitation! Many of you know me, and others know my friend and colleague Mike. I’d like to take a few minutes here and share what Peachtree SEO is all about.
Peachtree SEO is the latest step in my 17 year history in the technology sector. When I began my career as a computer programmer/analyst in 1993, fresh out of Florida State, there was no Internet! It was hard to imagine then all the changes that would be in store for me, both personally and professionally.
Over the last 17 years I have become an expert marketeer, with a special focus on the internet. I began with web development in 1994, and after grad school at Notre Dame, took charge of a dot-com in the logistics field. My team and I leveraged Yahoo, AltaVista, Excite and other search engines of the late 1990s (no Google!) to drive traffic and visitors to our fledgling company.
While Yahoo no longer dominates the internet, my early work with using technology to market, sell and transform business has become very real. Smart businesses are using money and talent to help them control top rankings on Google. More recently, social media has emerged as a way to truly interact and build relationships with customers and prospects. I think I saw a stat that 100% of the Fortune 500 are using social media to build their brand, market, and most importantly, to drive sales. The speed of change is incredible. Who would have thought that MySpace, and now Facebook, would become an important part of any business strategy?!
A few simple facts:
1. Every business needs to create a strategy for internet marketing. This should include email, search marketing and social media.
2. The Yellow Pages and local magazine ads / coupon flyers are not a viable solution for business owners anymore. The harsh reality is that these companies are dying – some may say quickly while others say slowly, but there is no doubt here, these advertising and marketing mediums are on the way out.
3. Consumers now use the Internet – primarily Google and social media, to research small and large purchases, and in many cases, to choose which company they will buy from.
4. The “Mobile Internet” is not coming – it’s already here. Whether you use an iPhone, Android, or even a “normal” cell phone — odds are you look up an address, movie time, “online price” for an item you want to buy or even something simple like a restaurant name / address from your phone.
Peachtree SEO is a search engine optimization (SEO), search marketing and social media marketing firm focused on local marketing. The idea is to help local businesses compete and win online and with the mobile internet. We have put together some innovative solutions to help even the smallest local business compete online – both via Google, Yahoo and Bing, and through social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
We will continue to grow and expand this page, with helpful tips, advice and of course – promotional offerings.
As a special thank you to all of you – especially considering you are still reading this – we have room for our team to do some FREE work on three lucky businesses. No catch — really 100% free. I will just ask that they agree to let us use their name and success story on our website. If any of you are interested or have a friend/family who could benefit from our expertise, please message me directly.
Thanks,
Brian
