{"id":59,"date":"2007-05-22T20:11:59","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T00:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/internet-marketing\/creating-sales-with-search-engine-optimization-starts-with-good-questions\/"},"modified":"2015-02-04T09:19:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T15:19:02","slug":"creating-sales-with-search-engine-optimization-starts-with-good-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/blog\/creating-sales-with-search-engine-optimization-starts-with-good-questions.html","title":{"rendered":"Creating Sales with Search Engine Optimization Starts with Good Questions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Philip O&#8217;Hara<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\/services.htm\">Directory One, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0a person calls a <a title=\"Website Marketing Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.directoryone.com\">Website Marketing Company<\/a> like mine, I ask many questions.<\/p>\n<p>How are you developing\u00a0your customers now? How did you find these customers?<\/p>\n<p>Where are your current customers located? <\/p>\n<p>How much do your current customers pay you? Are people currently buying your products or services on the internet?<\/p>\n<p>Do people need to talk to you on the phone to create a transaction with you? Do you answer your phone or do you have an automated telephone attendant?<\/p>\n<p>I also ask them how they found Directory One, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Philip O&#8217;Hara Directory One, Inc. When\u00a0a person calls a Website Marketing Company like mine, I ask many questions. How are you developing\u00a0your customers now? How did you find these customers? Where are your current customers located? How much do your current customers pay you? Are people currently buying your products or services on the internet? Do people need to talk to you on the phone to create a transaction with you? Do you answer your phone or do you have an automated telephone attendant? 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