Oct 312010
 

Greek wedding video from Portobello Films on Vimeo.

With the reception at the beautiful Chandos House and the main ceremony in the quite stunning
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia. We all think that this was one truly magical wedding. Especially as guests had come from all over the world to celebrate such a wonderful occasion. Filmed by just one London videographer, we hope that the intimacy and real joy of the happy couple’s wedding day shines through. Shot in HD and delivered to 8 wedding DVD
Wedding Video Wedding Videos
Wedding Video seasons end?

Mar 232010
 

What Is Local SEO?

Local SEO is the strategy of optimizing websites and marketing strategies to increase organic search traffic to local businesses, And if you need a top-class location for your business you can use a virtual office which you can use for your business address and have all post forwarded to you, we have used this Birmingham service which offers a great virtual office and works really well.

And if you would like you can also base your business in a completely different city of the UK using a virtual office service like this one we like in London, so with that you get a wonderful postal address and no unwanted mail at your home address.

SEO, in general, helps people from all over the Internet find your business in search. Your prospective customers see your company on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Aside from a powerful SEO campaign, you may also try a citation building for your business to be more discoverable. If you want to know more, try to look at this web-site.

Local SEO puts your business in front of people who are more likely ready to buy your product or service.

Remember that Google stat we mentioned?

SEO is essential for any company, especially for small businesses that rely on visibility in Google. As a small business, it can be hard to outrank larger companies, so enter a SEO agency like Victorious and learn how to hold your own against the competition.

While general SEO targets a few types of keywords — informational, navigational and transactional — a white label SEO reseller tends to drive more conversion-ready traffic. Why is that the case? It all comes down to keyword intent.

Local search results for the keyword "best pizza in philadelphia"Keyword Intent in Local Search

Search intent refers to… well, exactly what it sounds like! It’s the intent behind a search — the intent behind a keyword. So if you’re searching for “best pizza Philadelphia,” the intent is obviously that you’re looking to buy pizza in Philly — and you want the best pizza. Having a social connection is always essential when you’re in charge of marketing solutions.

The same thing can be said about other keywords, like “top local law firms” or even question-based queries like, “where is the closest movie theater to me.”

What you’re trying to do with local SEO isn’t just rank for keywords, it’s to get your business in front of people and into Google’s answer box and search queries. You want to be on the map — specifically, you want to be on Google Maps. If you own a business and you are looking to improve your site traffic and sales make sure you learn more about from these franchise SEO Services.

Today a solid social media presence will help your customers make up their minds. So it’s best to get your business on social media, however, monitoring multiple social media accounts, especially if you’re running a business, maybe a time-consuming effort. But then, there are various advantages to hiring a social media marketing agency to manage your social media accounts.

When someone searches for products and services you sell, you want Google to realize, “hey, this product can be found at this place near you.”

Ranking in the Local Pack vs. Ranking in the SERPs

You know that old SEO mantra, “The best place to hide a dead body is on page 2 of Google?” When users search for something, they prioritize what they see first. In local SEO, that means you want to be at the top of the pack — the local pack, that is.
A screenshot of the local pack results for "physical therapy," compared to the SERP results

The “local pack” refers to the results under the map in Google search.

(Some SEOs refer to the local pack as the “snack pack,” which we find much more charming!)

Results in the local pack are more important to local SEO than what’s ranking for #1. In fact, the sites that rank in the local pack frequently don’t rank on the first page SERP for the same keyword. However, SearchUp has helped many people regarding marketing issues in a very professional way.

Ranking #1 for a keyword as broad as “physical therapy” is close to impossible, but showing up in the local pack is much easier, provided you’re following local SEO best practices.

Feb 102010
 

Welcome to our new blog. Over the course of the year we will document how our clients films are produced, from the initial contact through to delivery of the final film. We hope this will give you an insight and hopefully some ideas when you consider filming your wedding.

We have just completed a NTSC transfer for an American client from Iowa City USA. Unable to attend his niece’s wedding here in London. Dennis decided to purchase one of our packages as a wedding gift. Because here in Europe we use a different system for television, called PAL. It meant that Dennis needed a company that operated pro edit systems to transfer the footage to his native NTSC format. Happily we were glad to oblige and in fact we can transfer our films to any format worldwide.

Towards the end of last season we introduced our new cameras. So now has come the time to take down our old and fondly remembered samples and highlight what those new cameras can do.

After much debate we have managed to select Kathrina and Alistair’s absoulutely lovely village wedding in Dorset, for our example of the “Documentary” package.

Shot in and around  Charmouth.

We selected Kathrina and Alistair’s  Church wedding film in the end as we felt it highlighted how at ease people felt around the camera. Something that we really feel is important is that the film should be about the people starring in it. We have a sort of motto at Portobello Films – invisible but approachable – and we think that Kathrina and Alistair’s film shows both in equal measure. We hope you enjoy it.

However we cannot bring ourselves to take all those films away so we have kept one of our favorites from 2007. We will be adding some more examples to show our other packages, just once we can decide which ones.