1. Buy some great domain names and put up a series of websites promoting your industry, great for backlinks as well as traffic building
2. Remove your intro “splash” page, it does nothing for your search engine rankings and is just an extra click to get to the good stuff
3. Make sure your website is clean and simple, get rid of the clutter and remember a lot of people are surfing on mobile devices these days
4. Use popuri.us/ to find out how you rank on the world stage
5. Make sure your navigation is super easy to follow and that you’ve tested it recently
6. Look at what your website says about you, does it reflect the brand you’re trying to build?
7. Make contact forms as simple as possible and keep it to only a few fields
8. Learn to use  Google Optimizer to figure out how your website should really work
9. Whenever possible, use video and rich media to promote your business message instead of text
10. Use Google Maps to post directions to your business, they’re interactive
11. Distribute your content in RSS feeds as well as Twitter and Facebook
12. Offer a lot of information, remember people use the Internet for research so include rich photos, colors, text and diagrams to help educate your consumers
13. Link to similar businesses and ask them to do the same. If you’re a regional operation, link to similar businesses outside your area and form relationships to encourage travelers to find you
14. Use Google Analytics to understand which pages on your website work, and which don’t
15. Let visitors leave comments on your articles and blog posts
16. Write a blog every day and help people understand why they should trust your business
17. Treat your websites as your most important marketing asset, set it as your homepage and visit it regularly
18. Offer specials and deals on websites like CraigsList
19. Add social bookmarking services Digg and del.icio.us to important pages
20. Make your website mobile friendly for all those pesky iPhone users out there
21. Use Google Web Master Tools to increase your website effectiveness
22. Write articles and distribute them on popular websites in your industry
23. Use a tool like WordPress to make adding content to your website easier and faster
24. Subscribe to your competitors email and RSS feeds, get to know exactly what they’re doing on their websites
25. Offer contests on your website using Google Docs to collect information in easy to use mailing lists

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