Making the case for link exchanges – sometimes good old fashioned hard work pays off. Link exchanges are still one effective method to use for link building. In addition to linkbaiting (creating a controversial or compelling article and submitting to digg.com, reddit.com, stumbleupon.com etc) and social media marketing, and link buying, link trading continues to…
The mainstream media is chasing social media hard and embracing linkbaiting with gusto! A major newspaper is bending over backwards to get their content featured on the drudgereport.com This is the title of the article that appeared on the LA Times FRONT PAGE on August 4, 2007: Hot links served up daily So the MSM…
Tired of reading tons of blogs? Me too. Richard has created an idea called sketchcasting, which lets you use a simple drawing program on your computer to record visual cues while you talk. This is an alternative method of video blogging and it doesn’t require any special equipment. The only drawback is that to sketch…
The secret is out: having successful e-bay auctions begins with where you end, and the magic hour is eight o’clock. Buyers often outbid the “Buy it now” price. For popular eBay auctions 45 to 50 percent of buyers exceeded the “buy it now” price, artificially raising the price of these goods. The percentage of daily…
The same day Randfish posts about social media poisoning the CEO of Whole Foods is outed for panning a competitor. John Mackey posted defamatory comments about his main competitor in the organic foods marketplace. Company CEO John Mackey posted messages on a Yahoo financial forum under the user name “rahodeb,” according to a court document…
Creating good landing pages will make your pay per click campaigns profitable. Here are some tips on creating successful landing pages that convert site visitors. When prospective customers arrive at a website, they come with a specific intention or motivation. They may have come simply to browse or out of curiosity or by mistake. However,…
If you need to get accurate keyword data for your search engine optimization project, use KeyCompete. Their advantage over services such as Wordtracker and Keyword Discovery is the use of realtime data from major search engines. KeyCompete also provides the unique opportunity to see your direct competitors and download a list of the keywords they…
It is very rare that I write blatant plugs for fellow marketers, but Shoemoney is a very compelling blogger, and writes engaging and informative posts. This was done for the SEO lyrics contest sponsored by Search Engine People. Here is the Shoemoney rap, sung to the tune of Dopeman from NWA: You know my name…
Writing good title tags is an art that SEO’s perfect over time. Expert title tag writers can charge premium rates for their service and are in high demand. Merely having perfect title tags on a site can mean the difference between position 1 and position 51. Its best to write in complete sentences or phrases.…
A common rant online is that SEO’s are too expensive, and are no good. I know many individuals and firms who provide search engine optimization services, and ther is an enormous range of quality between them. In this field, you get what you pay for – however paying exorbitant amounts does not necessarily equate to…
