Uncontained excitement for getting No.1 in Google Search Results

I’ll have to admit…the feeling I experienced in achieving the #1 spot in Google search results for “add Twitter icon to Facebook Fan Page” this week was nothing short of pure delight. (I also have #2 & #5)

The ironic part of it is that I rarely check my Google rankings and have been trying, for some time now, to get listed higher for Social Media Virtual Assistant. While I’ve moved up significantly (from #28 to #7) in that area due to great SEO work and tips from my SEO guy, Joseph Kohli with Kohli Consulting, I don’t really check my results as often as I should.

So when I was tipped off by someone who had found my blog post on how to Add a Twitter Icon to your Facebook Fan Page I asked her how she had found my post. She told me it was because I was the first result she found when she did the search in Google.

Joe and I have similar situations in which we do more than one thing that may seem to be “worlds apart” – what does Social Media have to do with QuickBooks and bookkeeping? Or in Joe’s situation QuickBooks and SEO? Nothing really but it just so happens that I love both bookkeeping and Social Media and love to be able to offer both of those services to my clients.

Yesterday Jawar, a Motivational Speaker and overall great guy on Twitter had a post on his Facebook that read, “If you didn’t see results from what you did today until 36 months from now, what would you do today?”

What I am doing today is writing one blog post at a time, learning one new skill, building existing relationships and beginning new ones, will eventually produce residual effects in my business and personal life. Hopefully as I do this I will continue to rise through Google’s index to be one of the top three listings for Social Media Virtual Assistant. Having my instructions on Twitter icon/Facebook come up first certainly will guarantee visits to my website.

Now I ask you….what Jawar asked….What are you doing today, even if you don’t see results for another 36 months?

About Michelle Mangen

Michelle Mangen is a single-mom of a son who always makes her laugh (when he's not arguing with her) and owner of Your Virtual Assistant in Neenah, WI. Your Virtual Assistant provides virtual services to small business owners who realize that not only can they not do it all in their business but also realize that their time is better spent on the tasks that provide them with the greatest return on their invested time. She can be found on Twitter as @mmangen