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How do you stay ahead of the SEO Curve?
This video of Trent Blizzard’s presentation at RezFest 2008 in Aspen CO, will help you understand SEO strategies and techniques.

Trent’s presentation features topics on link-building techniques, on-page keyword techniques, conversion and ROI measurement, local search strategies and mobile search strategies. Special attention will be paid to new and emerging SEO opportunities that are relevant to Vacation Rental Management who are located in competitive markets. For more information you can view the blog from RezFest.

You’ve decided to start a blog on your favorite topic. Great! Where do you start? There are so many options out there – what steps do you go through to make sure your blog is set up in the most user and search engine friendly manner?

Recently, we started a blog about travel destinations across the US, Canada and Mexico. I kept a journal of the stops and starts we made along the way. I’m not going to go into the details of my endless pages of ranting about my very flat learning curve – but I wanted to share the things that helped, and the things that DIDN’T help to alleviate some of the frustrations I felt in the beginning.
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Trent’s presentation from the Vacation Rental Manager’s Association (VRMA) in October 2006. Topics include: Online Marketing, Google, Link Building, an Introduction to web 2.0, wikis, wikipedia, photo sharing, flickr, travel review sites, tripadvisor, tags and tagging, and Google Alerts.

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