I’ve always been a fan of live chat even before ReachLocal announced the launch of TotalLiveChat.

Several years ago I formed iClick ChatBack – a testing environment for live chat that featured intelligent triggers based on users entry points, time on-site and exit points. During this testing period I quickly learned how incredibly powerful adding live chat to a website could influence it’s overall conversion rate, it was drastic.

Last year just before the launch of TotalLiveChat I decided to suspend iClick ChatBack and focus on growing the portion of our business that we do best: Search Engine Optimization.

Several months ago I decided to try TotalLiveChat as a live chat solution for SeanHakes.com and since it’s been live it’s proven to be a powerful marketing tool that well delivers a substantial ROI. A fine addition to our already powerful SEO services.

For those who are unfamiliar with the pricing structure it’s simple; $10/lead and the majority of the ‘sales leads’ tend to be very good.

Though this service has proven to be a great addition to our powerhouse organic services it’s like most, not perfect. We’ve seen a handful of bogus leads come through that were obvious unrelated or non-sales related inquires, but the good leads without a doubt out number the bogus ones and we’ve seen a great overall ROI.

TotalLiveChat: Recommended

As a veteran in the local internet marketing space, it’s been fun interviewing, researching and getting simply put; down and dirty with companies contributing to the internet marketing space. Over the past few years I’ve noticed there is still a very real need for a true local online marketing service that is dedicated and devoted to the success of their clients, the small business owner.

Here’s your official introduction to Jemsu!

First – don’t go to Jemsu.com, it’s still under construction but the brilliant minds behind the new brand are very much alive and have already helped thousands of small business owners (formally Denver SEO, Inc) maximize their success and ROI online with a near perfect customer service and delivery combination of excellent soon-to-be award winning search marketing solutions.

This post is sponsored by: Fort Collins SEO

Earlier today (about 10 hours ago from this post) I Tweeted a news tip to Search Engine Land with notification that RipOffReport.com was no longer indexed in Google verifiable by site:ripoffreport.com. My first thought was that RipOff Report had been penalized and/or perhaps asked to remove the website by a court order or something but thought I’d pass along the tip to Search Engine Land for verification and/or clarification.

Around 8:12PM EST Search Engine Land’s Matt McGee posted the article “Ripoff Report Not Banned, But Removes Itself From Google’s Index.”

You can read the entire story here.

Weather you’re a small business owner who is looking to effectively dominate your market or you’re a professional online marketer then you know the importance and value that domain name acquisition and domain name monetization brings.

Over the past few years I’ve purchased thousands of domain names from leading domain registrars around the world like GoDaddy, 1and1 Internet, Network Solutions, Yahoo and many more and not once have I been as impressed more with a domain name registrar as I have with Name.com and here’s why.

Control Panel Simplicity:

As a domain name investor I like ease of ordering domain names. One of the big turn offs about GoDaddy.com was the when you wanted to quickly grab a domain name and get on you’re way you get bombarded with additional ad’ on’s and solicitations from irrelevant products or services. The Name.com control panel is simple, clean and extremely easy to navigate for even the most armature internet user.

Domain Name Tools:

For online marketers finding geo & product specific domain names comes up on a almost daily basis. Name.com host a plethora of helpful tools like the Domain Nabber, a tool that searches for deleted domain names. Additional domain tools include domain name rich suggestion tool, Geo-Domain Name search, Recently Deleted Domain Names, Expired and domains based on DNS Traffic. All tools which cut down significantly on the amount of time you spend on searching for that right domain.

Affordable Web Hosting:

Tired of paying exaggerated hosting fee’s with companies like Network Solutions? Name.com offers a hosting package filled with generous disk space, 24-7 monitoring, loads of bandwith, exceptional support and just about everything else you need to empower your business and ensure you websites alive and well even when you’re fast asleep.

Additional Products & Services?

Just when you thought it couldn’t get much better the word on the street is Name.com is going to feature some even more awesome tools to better your web experience. Regardless if you’re a small or large corporation you’ll want to jump on over to Name.com today and you’ll quickly learn why Name.com is my personal and professional choice for domain name registration and domain name services.

For this years website we’re taking the SEM Showdown to a whole other level… In addition to our typical in-depth analysis and grading of local internet marketing companies I’ve decided to get real customer feedback by launching a network of live review websites from customers willing to share their input about each specific business we review in 2011. Though we haven’t released the official list yet Yodle, a personal favorite for a few years has landed itself on my list for one of the first independent review websites called: Yodle Reviews.net.

The purpose of the new and renewed SEM Showdown isn’t to blast companies. As we know, no one is perfect, some are just better than others and that’s what we have clear intentions on doing – highlighting the best in customer service, sales, community relations and more.

If you’ve worked for Yodle as an employee or vendor or even hired them to perform some SEM work for your business, we’d love to hear from you at Yodle Reviews.net today!

If you followed SEM Showdown in 2009 you knew that SEM Showdown was on of the most popular sources for local internet marketing news and industry reviews and suddenly we disappeared and for good reason…

The reason for starting SEM Showdown was to feature and give insider tips and information on the local internet marketing arena in it’s entirety. Small business owners typically don’t know where to turn for accurate advice, especially when each online marketing company states they are the best at what they do for whatever reason.

Late 2009 I decided to give SEM Showdown a rest and formed Denver SEO, Inc., a Colorado based internet marketing firm that quickly grew within a year to be one of the largest internet marketing companies in Colorado and during my tenure there I learned quite a bit about the industry, the tactics, the claims and other information that is important for business owners to educate themselves with and understand.

The new SEM Showdown is back. Just because 2011 is over 1/2 over don’t get too excited. We’re going to get even more down and dirty with some of the most prominent SEM Companies around.

The juice is just about to start.