Are you being "found" by your target customers?

Thanks for the info.  I never knew you had to be on page one or two to get 95% of the clicks

I don't know what I do, I only know that I am!  At least for several of the most important terms in my area.  I haven't done anything smacking of SEO for 7 years or so for my one site, so blessed.  I'm afraid to even do much updating.

That's the advantage of having over 19,600 points on Active Rain. That is SEO.

I'm constantly posting ads and link exchanges to maintain position. Craigslist ads help tremendously also.

I signed up with merchantcircle.com and it has bumped me up in rank.  I am now on page 1 of google if you type in "notary fountain valley".  And all you have to do to keep the position is post a blog every once in a while.  And I have found it also a great way to network.  And the the best part is it is all free. 

I'm on page one for one major search term in my area - but there's lots of room for improvement.  I signed up with Active Rain about 2 months ago - so that's one big thing. :)

I'm on page one of Google 4-6 times for the words notary and Bellingham (my town).  There's 500+ notaries in my town.

I didn't pay a dime to anyone for placement.  I don't pay to be on notary directories.  I'm very low tech - I don't even use a visitor counter. 

I don't blog except for AR and those blog posts are written for notaries, not my customers.

AR and Craigslist are big helpers. 

I don't exchange links with anyone.

Reading tips on various AR internet marketing groups is another big helper.

LauraV