Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Yeah, I know! It’s been a while since my first post on cultivating a blog community and I hope that you all have just been chomping at the bit to sink your teeth into another in depth look at cultivating your blog community. In the last post I talked about 10 ways to increase your [...]

Blogs are great, there is little doubt about that. However, the concept of the blog has its shortcomings. One thing that has been bothering me for a while is how quickly great blog posts disappear into oblivion. You’ve spent countless hours writing and rewriting that perfect post, just to see it vanish from sight within [...]

Getting into the competitive realm of the blogosphere is not a decision to be taken lightly. There are many things that you need to consider before jumping into this market if you plan on being successful. Taking a blog from its birth to its maturity is something that any blogger, SEO or SEM can be [...]

I wrote recently that Pay-Per-Post is the new directory submission. It appears that I was a little understated… How many direct sales have you ever had from a directory submission?
Aaron Wall (who is involved in the ReviewMe service) recently submitted his book and other SEO services to the ReviewMe system. Here’s what he found:
I have [...]

Darren Rowse is one of my favorite bloggers. On his blog, ProBlogger.net, Darren shares a ton of great ideas on how to run a blog. For anyone running a blog, or planning to start one, Darren’s blog is a must.
To make your life easier I’ve summarized the most important advice from Darren’s blog (along with [...]

I became interested in social media marketing as a blogger. In particular as a search marketing blogger who recognized the force that consumer generated media in the SERPs plays in purchase decisions and brand perception.
Now, higher/more-ardent-in-tone SERP listings shouldn’t be your sole reason for participating in social media marketing, but this little tidbit should certainly [...]

This quote, by Yahoo’s Tim Converse and paraphrased by Rand Fishkin, puts quite an interesting spin on my thinking about paid linking strategies:
“Tim answered first and said that Yahoo! wouldn’t try to pick one post out of twenty or fifty on every blog that might be running advertorials or paid reviews just to stop link [...]