Charlotte Area Internet Marketing Training

We are pleased to annouce that Hippo Internet Marketing is now offering internet marketing training classes in and around the Charlotte, North Carolina region. In each course, Lead trainer and President Corey Creed, will provide valuable insights gained through years of internet marketing and SEO experience. We look forward to meeting you in an upcoming training seminar.

• • New Training Site coming soon!
    Corey Creed

    7/3/2008 12:29 PM

    Some very big things are happening over here at Hippo Internet Marketing.  For example, we are teaching a week-long Internet Marketing Seminar in Asheville in August. But even bigger will be our release of our brand new training website coming soon.  It will be better than ever. Stay tuned.
  • Asheville SEO Training - Coming soon!
    Corey Creed

    7/3/2008 12:25 PM

    Live near Asheville?  SEO Training is coming soon! Here’s some history… Hippo Internet Marketing was based out of Asheville from 2003 to 2007 and enjoyed working with many different clients on dozens of websites.  In 2007, we moved to the Charlotte area to begin creating training on how to do SEO. One of the things I enjoyed most [...]
  • Google’s Flash Announcement - It’s not all that.
    Corey Creed

    7/1/2008 5:24 AM

    Yesterday, Google made an announcement that they learned to crawl Flash. That is good news, no doubt.  It means that websites that are made entirely in Flash and/or have lots of navigation in Flash will now get crawled a little better. However, keep in mind why a person uses Flash.  It is typically because they want to [...]
  • 10% of Advertising Spending is on the Internet
    Corey Creed

    6/27/2008 12:02 PM

    Have you ever wanted to know how much of your advertising budget should be spent online? A new report just came out that says that worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total $65.2 billion this year (2008).  That is about 10% of ad spend across all media. That number is expected to rise 15–20 percent a year [...]
  • Google Ad Planner - Website advertising gets better
    Corey Creed

    6/26/2008 5:13 AM

    Google just introduced Google Ad Planner, a new way to find the websites your particular audience is looking at.  They are announcing it as a tool for media planners at ad agencies. The concept is a good one.  Many advertisers and agencies are constantly trying to determine which websites they should advertise on based on demographics, [...]
  • Charlotte Blog to Search Blog Mention
    Corey Creed

    6/23/2008 9:01 AM

    Special thanks to Lee Odden for recommending our Charlotte Internet Marketing blog.  He listed The Jungle Map last week as one of the “Best Blogs on the Net”. Thanks, Lee!
  • How to Build a Website
    Corey Creed

    6/18/2008 7:13 PM

    Let’s face it, building a website is typically not easy. The effort it takes to find the right web developer, or learn a web development program yourself is just plain painful. Yet, how many people do you know that want a new website?  Perhaps they don’t have one or they don’t like the one they have.  Either [...]
  • Three things to know about Blogging - Listen now!
    Corey Creed

    6/18/2008 11:31 AM

    Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being on the “Efficio Radio Network” podcast show that is hosted by Sherese Duncan.  The discussion was titled: “Three Most Important Things to Know About Blogging” You can listen to our comments on what everyone should know about blogging by clicking the play button on the left side of [...]
  • Special Event for Charlotte Marketers and Businesses
    Corey Creed

    6/17/2008 5:36 AM

    I’m happy to announce that Keith Schilling and I have secured a very special speaker for our next Charlotte SEO Meetup. Andy Beal is an Internet Marketing consultant and a respected expert in online reputation monitoring and management.  (That’s what his bio says.)  I could add that he’s been involved in online marketing and search engines [...]
  • Why Charlotte is Ideal for Online Businesses
    Corey Creed

    6/16/2008 6:08 AM

    Let’s face it, the Charlotte area is a great place to start an online business. The city of Charlotte has a population of 664K.  Within a 100–mile radius, there are 7.3 million.  This makes for good stores, restaurants, sports, and general quality of life.