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Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. Read more

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, marketing head honcho, Sam Leader, editorial big cheese and Robert Gerrish, founder and general nuisance spill the beans. Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Shelcom Corporate Services help make the government registration process of starting up a company simple, fast and faultless for new business owners. Read more

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona works with small business owners getting started or growing an existing business. Her services include creating business plans, tax planning ... Read more

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Pace Administration offers administrative services to micro and self-employed businesses in Adelaide specialising in services for self-employed psy... Read more

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. Read more

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant is a tax accountant for small to medium businesses, and high income individuals. Read more

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Concept Coach aims to build conceptual clarity for business owners by providing them with simple yet effective coaching on accounting and finance r... Read more

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young has been a passionate renovator and builder for nearly 20 years, and is the author of the book 'Home Building Made Easy - Five ... Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Queen Bee Maternity provides stylish maternity and breastfeeding clothes for women worldwide. It helps them to feel great during their pregnancy. Read more

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Enigma Technologies provides IT implementation, support and deployment to a wide range of clients, from home users to multi nationals. Read more

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark is an experienced freelance graphic and web designer specialising in the delivery of innovative logo and branding solutions and functiona... Read more

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce is an Australian MYOB bookkeeper and virtual assistant who works with small companies. Read more

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Compass Global Markets can help you with any aspect of the Foreign Currency transfers and Commodity markets from corporate hedging to wealth creation. Read more

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Tonto Digital helps small businesses use the internet, in all its glory, to attract new customers and grow their business. Read more

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Aidan McCarthy

Search Engine Marketing

Mona Vale, NSW | www.magicdust.com.au

Aidan McCarthy has been involved in online marketing since 2000 with experience in ecommerce, affiliate marketing, online advertising and search engine optimisation. He is a Google Advertising Professional and has supervised countless dollars in online advertising spending over the years.

With a corporate background, he is passionate about the field of online marketing and enjoys getting small businesses noticed online. He is Director of Search Engine Marketing at Magicdust, a web design company that specialises in small business. He is involved with a number of advertising campaigns at any one time and loves it!

In his spare time Aidan enjoys coaching at his local junior rugby club, watching rugby himself, swimming, a little fishing and of course, spending time with his family.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein

Articles by Aidan

Online lead generation: Turning website visitors into leads

11 Feb 11 | Aidan McCarthy

Why are some websites successful with online lead generation and thrive on pay-per-click (PPC) traffic like AdWords while others get poor results from the same traffic? Read more

Comments: 7

Meta tags and SEO: a beginner’s guide

06 Nov 10 | Aidan McCarthy

Meta information and meta tags are some of the most basic yet misunderstood aspects of search engine optimisation (SEO). This article simplifies them for you. Read more

Comments: 8

Which keywords should I target?

10 Sep 10 | Aidan McCarthy

It can be challenging to work out which keywords to target in your search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) marketing. Here’s what you need to know about selecting target keywords. Read more

Comments: 12

Using the Google Display Network

07 Aug 10 | Aidan McCarthy

The term Google Display Network refers to the massive number of websites that carry 'Ads by Google' on their pages. Here’s how to use the Google Display Network effectively. Read more

Comments: 1

Improving your Google AdWords quality score

03 Jul 10 | Aidan McCarthy

When using the Google AdWords program it’s critical to consider the Google AdWords quality scores of your ads, as they may determine the success of your campaign. Read more

Comments: 1

Basic search engine optimisation

14 May 10 | Aidan McCarthy

Getting noticed by search engines such as Google can make or break a small business, but search engine optimisation (SEO) is complex and often confusing. Read more

Comments: 10

Running an effective Google AdWords campaign

25 Mar 10 | Aidan McCarthy

It’s easy to start using Google AdWords, but how do you run a Google AdWords campaign that’s cost-effective and successful? Here are some tips to start you off on the right foot. Read more

Comments: 7

Getting your website on Google

08 Dec 09 | Aidan McCarthy

Having a website is one thing, but getting your website on Google is another! Here we look at the two best methods for encouraging Google to send visitors your way: search engine optimisation (SEO) and the AdWords program. Read more

Comments: 22

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