Written by jblanton from Success For Your Blog on February 14, 2008

Everything you do as a blogger can be duplicated by others on just about every level. The one thing you can do to help protect your blogs identity and separate it from the others is to build your brand. Having a strong brand is what makes products in the world successful. Its the thing about a product that really connects to people on a singular level.

When you build your blog it is a good idea to create a brand for it as soon as you can. This doesn’t mean just…

Written by Michael Martine from Michael Martine on February 14, 2008

We all know that commenting on other blogs is a great way to build traffic and network with other bloggers. But do you know how effective your commenting is? How would you know? In this post, I’m going to share some simple tips for a more effective commenting strategy.

If you’re commenting in order to get your name out and build traffic, you need a way to know if your efforts are paying off in traffic. You need web analytics. There are many free and worthy web analytics services available. I…

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Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial on February 13, 2008

As an SEO writer, I work with clients from around the world – Canada, England, Australia, etc. One thing that stands out to me his how polite other cultures seem to be compared to Americans.

Now, before Americans go getting their hackles up, remember, I’m American too and that everything I say here is strictly my own opinion/observation.

Getting More Work by Taking the Time to Be . . . Well . . . Nice

I recently read Tim Feriss’ book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Once thing he talks about in there is automating…

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Written by angela from Blogging For Dollars on February 13, 2008

Twitter is becoming a must-have blogging accessory. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, think of it as instant global SMS. It’s both a social networking tool and a mini-blogging application.

My first impression of Twitter was “it’s stupid”. What could you say that’s worth saying in just 140 characters?

However, I’ve changed my mind. I’ve been using Twitter for several months now and enjoy using it and being part of the Twitter community.

Three ways I’ve found Twitter useful:

1. Tweeting about your blog posts increases your traffic

Yes, “tweeting” (posting on Twitter) about your…

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Written by Mani Karthik from Daily SEO Blog on February 13, 2008

PLUGINS

  1. Automatic Wordpress meta tags and technorati tag generator
    This plugin will automatically generate and include HTML Meta Keywords and Technorati Tags based on the full text of your post.
  2. Automatic keywords generator
    This little plugin will scan your pages and find keywords that are used a lot on that particular page. It will then place them in the title tag. You can easily modify to place in your meta data as well.
  3. IMM Keywords
    The IMM-Keyword plugin was created to give WordPress users an easy way to add keywords to their WordPress-powered site without the…
Written by Mani Karthik from Daily SEO Blog on February 13, 2008

Digg, Mixx, Stumble Upon, Twitter, Tumblr…phew the list just goes on.

Social Media is happening guys! In fact, it’s quite likely that, while I’m writing this, an outsourced development team in India or Romania is sketching up a new social media product. Such is the buzz.

Have you wondered, you don’t get time to manage one single blog, but then how do you manage all these social media sites? Agreed, it’s micro blogging and you can do it from your IM or mobile, if you could find time for it, you…