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5 Warning Signs You Are in SEO Denial
Search Engine Optimisation I am often surprised how often I encounter writers and bloggers who don’t know what SEO is, don’t want to know what SEO is, or think they don’t have time to learn about SEO. Yes, the writing of a post should be your first priority, as should writing in a clever and engaging manner to hook readers. But those readers need to find you before they can get hooked. So here are a few signs you are in SEO denial: You don’t know ...
Continue readingWhat to Do with a YourName.com Domain
Domain Names & Hosting, Promote your blog If you’re at all like me, you might already have owned the domain with your name for a little while just to be sure someone else doesn’t snatch it up. Shoot, I saw someone on Twitter say he’s already gotten his small child a domain with her name. (I’ve got to get to work on that with my three little ones). But then KelbyCarr.com was just sitting there, doing nothing. Meanwhile, I’ve been developing my own sites as ...
Continue readingSet Blogging Limits
Blogging, Blogging News There has been a lot of buzz lately about Blogging to Death ever since the New York Times wrote about the deaths of high-stress bloggers Sunday. It’s discussed in the recent post here, “Is Blogging Killing You?” There is also a post, “What’s Wrong with the Blogosphere?” at Performancing, where Raj Dash points out: I find one day’s blogging to be far harder work than producing, say, 1,000 lines of ...
Continue readingNew Alltop Blog “Dashboard”
Blogging News, Promote your blog There is another resource both for finding what’s happening in the blogosphere and for potentially seeking out incoming links. Web guru Guy Kawasaki recently launched Alltop, with the slogan, “We’ve got all the top stories covered, all the time.” Frankly, when I first saw the site I didn’t get its brilliance in its simplicity. I shrugged it off as yet another directory in a world or far too many blog directories. ...
Continue readingThe Right Advertising Revenue for Your Blog
Making Money If you have a blog, odds are good you’d like to bring in a few bucks. There are actually several options for doing this, but not all will work well for your blog. Even something as simple as the placement or the selection of ads could make a potentially lucrative ad program bring in nothing but pocket change. Here are some of the major blog advertising options, and some tips on choosing the right one for you. You will probably want to ...
Continue readingHow to Host a Blog Contest
Promote your blog Blog contests can single-handedly drive lots of traffic to your site, or even encourage people to take actions to promote your site (such as linking to it). It can encourage people to return, if your method of entry involves something like subscribing to your feed via Feedburner or some similar engagement. You may have no idea how to begin the process of hosting a contest, however. You might even think you need big bucks to host a contest, but ...
Continue readingFree PR for Your Blog
Promote your blog Even though blogs rely heavily on search engine optimization and the blogosphere to spread the word, you don’t need to have your own public relations team to get a little media coverage. In fact, there are several ways you can do your own PR for your blog for free. Create a Press Page The first step should be for you to create at least a press page for the media to visit. This should have some basic information about you as a blogger and ...
Continue readingTwitter for Blog Promotion
Promote your blog Twittering, or using the twitter.com social networking site, isn’t just for fun (although it is terribly addictive). It’s also a great way to promote your blog. You can do that in a few simple and short steps: Find like-minded people and follow them. Look in particular for people with terms related to your blog in their bio or name. You’ll have to be pretty general here since people don’t get much space on Twitter. Once ...
Continue readingLong Tail SEO Keyword Targeting Tips
Search Engine Optimisation The wonderful thing about blogs is that they are such naturals for long tail SEO keyword targeting. Many blogs are already niche in focus, so they are born to target those long tail keywords. When you then get down to the level of an actual post page on a niche blog, it can be almost effortless to go after the long tail. Here are some tips on long tail SEO keyword targeting. Long tail was a term coined in Wired Magazine in 2004, and it refers to ...
Continue readingNiche Social Bookmarking
Promote your blog, Search Engine Optimisation Sure, it’s great to get a bunch of hits from Digg or StumbleUpon. There are a couple of catches, however. For one thing, those hits could be a temporary bump that goes away once you disappear from the front page or stop getting stumbled. Also, many theorize visitors from wildly popular social bookmarking sites just bounce right in and out of your site. That’s why it’s a good idea to target niche social bookmarking sites. There ...
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