Considering that I think I'm a knowledgeable Twitter user, and I do believe that I am, it always hurts when I realise that I actually don't know anywhere near as much as I thought I did.
I've started to follow a few new people on Twitter, but only because they all seem to note in their profiles that they are SEO's. Now, being someone who likes to think she's on top of the latest jargon maybe I want to be one of these SEO's, whatever they are? I know what a CEO is and I definitely know what an Oreo is (I'm not a streamlined size 16 for nothing you know) but I'm dumbfounded by these little 3 letters S.E.O.
After hours of painstaking time away from the wonderful Gossip Girl on ITV2 I decided to use the Internet for one of its main uses in my life 'a Google search', and I came up with the answer. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation, which I believe gets you and your business to the top of a search engine. How would these Twitter users be able to help me in my business I wondered?
Whilst at the cinema watching Marley and Me, which by the way had me in floods of tears, sobbing into a paper handkerchief and looking like I'd just had the world's biggest break-up, never mind the fact that it was purely about a dog dying and I'm not even a dog lover, and I've never owned a dog in my life, I did want to rescue the family in question and provide for them in my humble abode. I'd even consider getting them a puppy to help ease the pain of their loss.
Sorry I digress……… my reason for this cinema outburst was that I had time to think during Marley and Me about my own SEO and how I could get my business website a little higher on the ladder of success………. Ah ha I thought, do what I always do and phone a friend!
However, before I had chance to phone a friend I was approached on Twitter by a fellow tweeter by the name of @MayContain. They were interested in what I did for a living and thought that they may need my help in the world of marketing and PR. So, I unfortunately lost the path of looking for my own SEO during these 2 weeks of new client happiness and I entered a world of marketing and PRing a website which is one to rival the likes of Facebook, Bebo and dare I even say it Twitter?
We're a couple of weeks down the line and I'm fully in the thrusts of working for my new client www.maycontain.com where I'm attending meetings and events on their behalf, and last week somehow and without even looking for it, my SEO prayers were answered.
I was sat in a meeting with the lovely boys at EyePlot Digital in Huddersfield (they are the guys that design the MayContain.com website) and they hand out their business cards, and guess what, one of the cards said 'job title SEO Expert' – I think I've found my 'phone a friend' – and all through the use of Twitter.
So, my week has consisted of lots of SEO pondering, questions on Twitter about SEO, website design and structure meetings, lots of Gossip Girl on TV and my film fixation which has taken me to see both Marley and Me and Paul Blart: Mall Cop. I Love the Odeon in Huddersfield, it answers all my Twitter ponderings. Maybe I should look into getting a home cinema and then I'll never ever need to leave my Twitter addiction or movie addiction behind.
Bye for now fellow twittersphere twitterville tweeters, see you soon on Twitter.
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http://twitter.com/HXCourierAbout meI run a company called Rachel McAlley Marketing, I'm based in Halifax, West Yorkshire and have worked in the field of marketing, PR and events for 12 years. I look into marketing strategies for small businesses, assist with PR for restaurants, bars and nightclubs, organise outdoor events and festivals and I look after a few celebrities every once in a while. My background is the wonderful world of media. Oh, and I'm addicted to social networking sites. 