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I would echo what has already been said - expand the keywords you are focussing on, choose them carefully and most of all build links. Good luck.   Free UK Giveaways

Hello, the next logical step would be to add more keywords and to rank highly. 

Quite simply, after reviewing your websites I can see that you really aren't doing any link building.  Also your title, keyword and description tags can be altered for a better effect.  Your title tag has keywords in it, but maybe you can put another keyword in there...try the google external keyword tool to see which keywords are worth going after...type in a few that you currently use and it will give you suggestions that show how many people are searching for thos words.   In your meta keywords tag, you are only using 3 keywords...try using 10-15...this may not help in Google but will have a decent effect in Yahoo and Bing.    In your meta descriptions tag you barely have any keywords in there...try altering your description tage to have more keywords in there without making it sounds like you just stuffed a bunch of words together...   Also remember that you must adjust the tags for each specific page, not just the hompage because all of your pages show up in the search engines.   I don't see a glass ceiling here, I see substantial room for improvement.    

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Hi, Justin, Taking a business 'to the next level' (whatever that means for your particular enterprise) is always difficult. There is no one set answer or one little golden trick you can use to do it. Growth is often rapid at first and then plateaus after a while and foresight, ingenuity and persistence then kick in. I visited your website and took a peek around. It has an appealing design and layout. Very nice work for such a young domain. It is usable, has most of the necessary elements of Web success, easy to understand and follow. You've done well. There are two sides to growing to the next level. The first is the Business side and the second is (in your case) the online presence side. There probably is no really short-term solution so a commitment to long term success and an understanding that good things usually take time is important. For the business side, I would suggest creating a Business Plan. This will help you visualize your business's strengths and weaknesses, assets and liabilities. It will also help you clarify your goals and exactly what it means to 'go to the next level.' For more info on this, go here. Now, for the online promotion side, I agree with a previous respondent, who suggested thinking more about your brand and how to promote that brand throughout the Web. Also, since you sound like a do-it-yourself-er, I would either sign up for a subscription to an SEO service (SEOmoz has a great set of tools but they're a bit pricey) and start really drilling down into the SEO of your site. These tools will give you invaluable insights for how to better optimize your site. If you'd rather not do this, and at the risk of sounding self-promotional, our firm offers a 10 hour SEO Site Assessment for a very affordable price. I will not quote the price or provide much detail on our service here as that isn't the purpose of these threads. But suffice it to say we are an Internet marketing and multimedia communications firm which helps clients better optimize and promote their websites. if you would like further details, feel free to send me a private message. The main suggestion I can offer is this: We've found that going to the next level, in terms of Internet marketing, requires a comprehensive approach that looks at many factors, including Lead Generation, Competitive Analysis, Conversion Rate Optimization, advanced social media marketing, detailed website analytics - the works. I'd be glad to assist you in this. Message Edited by petrosianii on 09-26-2009 04:30 PM

Its not only important to get on google fist page but also to be among the top 3 rankings. Keyword research is imperative to ensuring that your keywords are not too competitive. I persoanlly use Market Samurai for my entire Online business and If a Keyword is among domains registered in DMOZ, YAHOO with 1000's of backlinks I dont bother.   Using Long tail keywords may be a better option.   Well am just adding my 2 cents. I don't use Google Adsense or any PPC marketing as I believe Organic Traffic gets you more clicks. However I would admit that once you have a page on the first page of Google your PPC goes way down below your bid price.   Cheers

Both your websites have 0(zero google pagerank) and very weak links. In order to success you need to spend some time/money on quality link building strategy and website optimisation. Message Edited by NicoleD on 10-06-2009 11:08 AM

Justin, while it's great that you've ranked for your main terms, it seems like you are missing out on a lot of traffic by not going after related terms. Have you put your website and various competitors' websites through the 'website content' function of the Google Keyword Tool (be sure to check 'Include other pages on my site linked from this URL'.