Welcome to BenLanders.com!

Entrepreneur, SEO in Maryland (MD), Marketing Consultant, Google AdWords & Analytics Professional, President of Blue Corona

My name is Ben Landers. Thank you for visiting my website, BenLanders.com. If you're searching for Ben Landers the all star amateur baseball player or Ben Landers, the CEO of The United Way of Knoxville, TN, you've come to the wrong place! I haven't played baseball since middle school and I can't say I even know what The United Way is. I'm Ben Landers, the President of Blue Corona, a data-driven online marketing company headquartered in Maryland (MD) just outside Washington, DC.

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A Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Tip for Maryland (MD) Business Owners

Don't look at Google's search results pages as paid ads and organic (free) listings. View the page as a virtual monopoly board. The more listings (properties) you have, the more visitors, leads and sales you'll receive! The most effective search engine marketing strategies combine BOTH paid search and search engine optimization (SEO) activities”

Services & Expertise:

I have an [extreme] passion for marketing and all things digital media as well as a special affinity for small businesses interested in growing. If you own or operate a small medium size business or are the local underdog competing against national or international companies or franchises, I'd love to meet you and learn more about your situation.

I live in Silver Spring, Maryland (MD) - which is in the Baltimore-Washington area. Although I focus most of my time working with companies in the Baltimore Washington area, I'm willing to travel. I spend several months each year between Florida (FL), North Carolina (NC), Delaware (DE), Ohio (OH), and Chicago, IL, so if you have a business in any of these areas, don't hesitate to drop me a line.

Get inside my mind - check out the Blue Corona blog!

Best SEO Practices
for Maryland (MD) Companies

Search Engine Optimization or SEO refers to techniques used to elevate a company's rankings and/or visibility in the organic results of search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. There are [literally] thousands of techniques that, collectively, make up a potential SEO strategy - […]

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Which is More Effective:
Paid Search or SEO?

Nothing chaps my ass more than bad advice given to Maryland business owners on the topic of Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Companies that specialize in SEO, tell business owners that they shouldn't be paying for what they could be getting for free and Paid Search companies oversell PPC advertising […]

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Your Advertising & Marketing
Silver Bullet

I'm an eternal optimist. I've spent the last 10+ years searching for an advertising and marketing silver bullet. The closest thing I've ever found to one is […]

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What is Content Marketing?

If you've done even a modicum of research on optimizing your company's website, you've probably heard the term "content marketing." But what is content marketing and how can you use it to grow your business and optimize your presence on the web? - […]

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