Tommy Landry

As Founder and President of Return On Now, Tommy Landry provides the vision behind our SEO and SEM methodologies. With over 25 years of business experience and a deep understanding of modern internet marketing techniques, he spends his time providing hands-on consulting, insightful content, and engaging public speaking appearances to Online Marketers of all skill levels.

Baidu Search: SEO and PPC on China’s Search Engine

In the past couple of weeks, multiple clients and networking contacts have asked me for information regarding Baidu, the flagship search engine in China. Since I have collected a list of good data points for responding to those inquiries, I thought it would be a great idea to summarize here for you as well.

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Intriguing Social Media Statistics for 2012

When I first started Return On Now back in 2009, social media was still on the upswing as a channel for marketing and lead generation. Since that time, it has evolved in many ways. Businesses are driving not only leads but sales from leading social networking services. But not all services are the same, and

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Google Shortcuts: 5 Search Strings To Get Better SERPS

Most SEOs and webmasters are rather adept at finding information they need on the leading search engines. While some of this is the result of years of trial and error in entering searches, as well as a deep understanding of how Google indexes and ranks information, there are shortcuts that any of us can use.

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Cause Related Marketing: Using Social Media For The Greater Good

Many of us like to give back to charities, schools, and other organizations that help make the world and our locales a better place to live. A lot of businesses do this via philanthropy, donating funds to any of the thousands of good non-profit organizations who fight diseases, injustices, and poverty. While philanthropy is a

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Social SEO Primer: How Social Media Affects Search Engine Optimization

Keeping up with the latest Search Engine Optimization news, algorithm tweaks, and penalties has become quite the roller coaster ride over the past 18 months. Beginning back in February of 2011, Google has been hammering low quality content and websites with a string of Panda updates. Then, on April 24, 2012, they pushed out the

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Local SEO: Helping Google Know WHERE to Rank You

Among our Austin SEO services, one specialty we offer is Local SEO. While only critical for businesses with a physical site or store, local SEO can help anyone who targets a local or regional audience. On-Page Factors As with all forms of SEO, the actual content on your website itself is important for Local SEO.

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The SEO Industry: Slides from Rand Fishkin and Dharmesh Shah

Thanks for reading yesterday’s post, The State of The SEO Industry in 2012. After the data was released publicly, Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz and Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot presented the following information on a well-attended webinar. Hubspot has been kind enough to post the slide deck to SlideShare, and you can view the information below.

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