What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of fine-tuning a website to achieve higher rankings in search results like Google.

My 4 Back-to-the-Basics SEO steps:

1. Are the keywords that you want to rank for actually on your page?
2. Are you worthy of a Google ranking?
3. Are your website users enjoying your website and content?
4. Are other websites of authority linking to you?

Do you need assistance with your custom SEO Strategy in Toronto or SEO in New York City?

Contact me today at nerd@anerdsworld.com

Thank you for your time,

Chris A. Hughes

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My name is Chris and I am the co-founder of A Nerd’s World a web design and digital marketing agency here in Toronto.

I am addicted to SEO, and everything that surrounds Search Engine Optimization.

I don’t believe in trends, fads, or listening to anyone that hasn’t done it themselves. I get real search engine rankings, and the content that I create and share on my YouTube channel can help you grow your own organic traffic and overall website rankings.

How to Rank your website on Google???
Simple answer is – Reverse Engineer your SEO Strategy!

1. Find Competitor(s) Domains
2. Pull Stats on SEMrush.com of each Competitor
3. Pull Competitors Keyword List
4. Understand the Keywords
5. Create your Keywords List
6. Create Website Page Guidelines (different guidelines for each keyword and page)
7. Create Website Pages (but better). One Website Page for each Keyword!
8. Submit your Domain to Free Web 2.0’s + Local Directories
9. Steal Backlinks from your Competitor
10. Watch Statistics on your Website Pages
11. Revisit Pages Regularly and Update

Do you need assistance with a custom SEO strategy? Let’s set up a call and we can discuss how my team can help.

Buenos noches!

Chris A. Hughes

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So you’ve just finished creating your website, but now it’s time to share it with the world. After all, what good is your site if no one is around to see it? Promoting your website doesn’t have to cost you a ton of money.

In fact, it doesn’t have to cost you any money at all. I know that the world of website promotion can be intimidating and confusing, not to mention expensive. Not everybody has the financial budget to sink into paid advertising campaigns and event sponsorships.

Here’s the good news: in this video, I’m going to introduce some tried-and-tested personal strategies that you can use to promote your website and increase your sites traffic.

32 (almost) Free Ways to Promote your Website:
1. Friends & Family
2. Reddit / Quora
3. Blogging
4. Promote your Blog on SM
5. Create a YouTube Channel
6. Email Marketing
7. Submit to Free Local Directories
8. SEO
9. Submit to Media
10. Facebook Groups
11. Guest Blogging
12. Signature Branding
13. Create a free resource
14. Pintrest
15. Ebay
16. Etsy
17. Web2.0’s
18. Message Boards
19. Signage
20. Referrals
21. Flyers & Stickers
22. Cold Call
23. Networking Events
24. Carry a Business Card
25. Forums
26. Repeat Business
27. Join Forces
28. Get Featured (GoDaddy & BlogTO)
29. Apply for Awards
30. Community Boards
31. QR Codes
32. By Any Means Possible

Do you need help with your Website Design in Toronto? Or anywhere in the world? We’re available simply send us an email at nerd@anerdsworld – All the best!

Chris A. Hughes
A Nerd’s World
“Real Work by Real Nerds”

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Successful entrepreneurs don’t wait for success to come to them – they go out and make things happen. Hustling can help you become a better entrepreneur as it helps you manage your time properly and take your own initiatives. By improving your hustle, you can take your business to the next level.

A strong work ethic is a vital part of being successful in your business. Work ethic is a set of values based on the ideals of discipline and hard work. Forming good habits such as focusing, staying motivated, honest with your clients, finishing tasks immediately, and more helps to create a good work ethic that will impress prospects and clients.

Hustling teaches you the importance of determination despite failures and roadblocks. A successful entrepreneur understands that failure, rejection, or negative feedback are not signs of stopping, but signs to keep moving forward and persevering.

My wife Grace and I have dedicated our whole life into building the business and brand – A Nerd’s World.  We recently celebrated our 15th year in business and we’ve only got started.  If you need any assistance with your website design, logo design, or SEO feel free to reach out to us today at nerd@anerdsworld.com

Chris A. Hughes
A Nerd’s World
“Real Work by Real Nerds”

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I am doing live website audits that help you create a better user experience, and get more leads and win sales.

Get more leads and close more deals with beautiful, actionable, and easy to understand websites.

For this weeks audit I am reviewing – I Create Your Site (https://icreateyoursite.com)

Thank you,

Chris A. Hughes

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It all began with a single question: Could anyone start a small online business from scratch, with few resources and still be successful online?

As an entrepreneur and manager of a Website Development Company in Toronto, I’ve worked alongside many different companies. From early stage startups to established companies – all of our clients share one thing in common — they all want to run a successful online business and grow their brands.

Unfortunately, most people don’t have tens of thousands of dollars for marketing or SEO per month, or the willingness to quit their current job to focus on this new business venture.

There is a proven sequence of steps you can follow to guarantee your online success when you’re starting a new website. I’ve seen thousands of people start and grow successful businesses by doing the following:

1. Empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

2. Product & Services – Before you start selling, you need to find the right product or service with the potential for online profitability.

3. Pricing – Can you compete with competitors?

4. Website – None of the above matters if you don’t have a properly built ecommerce store that sells your product or service and provides an intuitive shopping experience.

5. Traffic – Will you dedicate time in driving potential clients to your website?

6. Innovation – Understand weaknesses and make changes without hesitation.

7. Statistics – Want to succeed with your new online business? You MUST follow statistics and make changes based on actual facts!

Anyone, from newbie to seasoned online entrepreneur, can benefit from this process and if you are in need for a passionate, experienced Web Development team in Toronto please contact us today.

Thank you,

Chris A. Hughes

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In today’s video I will give you my honest opinion for the 7 website designs submitted.

Do you need assistance with your website design – contact us today!

Thank you!

Chris A. Hughes

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In today’s global marketplace, it’s not simply enough to just have a digital presence. To capitalize on opportunity and captivate real, live, human readers, an optimized, functional, interactive website is a must. Unfortunately, the Internet is swarming with poor website designs that miss both the technical and content mark. Worse yet, clients and developers alike continuously contribute to the current outbreak of design delinquency in equal measure.

It’s time to end ugly websites, once and for all. Let’s take a look at how clients and developers perpetrate this trend of low-quality websites and pinpoint new design and development standards in 2018 that will help end this vicious cycle of “all-surface-no-substance” sites.

A client’s unrealistic expectations can doom a website to fail before the design process even begins.

Unfortunately, many clients have limited knowledge of what a website should look like, and more importantly, what a functional, intentional website can deliver. They underestimate the value of going beyond esthetics with their sites, assuming that build success relies solely on an appealing interface. Clients believe that, as long as their site “looks good,” it will float in cyberspace, effectively extending brand reach while magically attracting millions of interested users and converting them into customers.

The truth is, that’s not how website magic works.

To deliver digital results, a website must offer an engaging, dynamic user experience. Yes, graphics are critical to the design process. However, to optimize success, your site must provide more than compelling graphics. Your developer is or, at least should be working hard behind the scenes for you, creating a sophisticated infrastructure of both site and SEO functionality that must be developed and tested before going live. That is where the website magic truly begins.

A client’s budget expectations can also play a major role in launching an inferior website. When it comes to promoting your brand, it’s important to remember that you ultimately get what you pay for. Effective, intuitive website design is complicated. But the return is well worth the investment. So, clients, invest already. And trust your developer’s insight, talent, and experience as you navigate through the process to a final design that doesn’t just look great, but also achieves all of your critical online marketing goals.

Website Developers

Of course, clients aren’t the only ones perpetuating bad websites. Developers themselves can also contribute to the slew of poorly-designed, ineffective sites plaguing the Internet. How? It often starts by treating must-have digital marketing features as “extras” when offering site packages to clients.

Not cool, developers. Not cool.

Developers, 2018 is the year you up your game and raise the bar on acceptable industry standards. No more static, one-dimensional tactics that render a site into a mere Powerpoint presentation (aka ugly website). Going forward, refuse to work on a design that isn’t multidimensional and fully-functional. Every project you take on should have all necessary digital marketing functions to elevate both owner and user experience.

2018 Website Feature Checklist

Ready to put an actionable plan in place to redefine the new normal for 2018 sites? In my video you will find my 10 non-negotiable standards to implement on your website.

Need Help with Your Website?

We are ranked the best Website Design and Development Company in Toronto.

Chris A. Hughes
Founder of A Nerd’s World

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Deac from Philly asks: “Hey Chris, Do you have a video on your design process, maybe a 5 step video on how you go about the design process with a client.”

Yes, I have a website design and development process that we follow for every single website project. This video will detail our website development process from start to finish.

Almost every Web Developer and Website Designer can attest that much of their work is repetitive. We find ourselves completing the same tasks, even if slightly modified, over and over for every website project we take on. Following a detailed website design and development process can speed up your work and help your client understand your role in the project. This video tries to show how developing a process for Web design can organize a developer’s thoughts, speed up a project’s timeline and prepare a freelance business for growth.

Chris A. Hughes
Founder of A Nerd’s World

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What is Dropshipping? Where to find a good Dropshipper? How much money do you need to get started?

WHAT IS DROPSHIPPING?

Dropshipping is a type of business model which enables a company to operate without maintaining inventory, owning a warehouse to store their products, or even having to ship their products to their customers themselves. How it works is that the retailer partners up with a dropship supplier that manufactures and/or warehouses products, package the products and ships them directly to the retailer’s customer, on the retailer’s behalf.

In simpler terms, this is how dropshipping works:

1. The customer places an order for a product on the retailer’s online store.
2. The retailer automatically or manually forwards the order and customer details to the dropship supplier.
3. The dropship supplier packages and ships the order directly to the customer in the retailer’s name.

WHERE TO FIND A GOOD DROPSHIPPER?

The simple answer is – Google is your friend. I used to use www.ioffer.com as a great starting point to search products, and contact sellers.

HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED TO GET STARTED?

To be honest, you don’t need much. You only need enough to purchase a domain and hosting, plus pay for a Shopify website to get started.

WHERE CAN I GET MY WEBSITE DESIGNED IN TORONTO?

Visit our Web Development and Site Designers page here.

Chris A. Hughes
Founder of A Nerd’s World

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