Wouldn’t it be nice if dozens of bloggers in your niche gave you backlinks to a targeted post that could drive affiliate sales if you ranked well in Google? Well it is possible with a bit of creativity and by creating a linkbait post that boosts the egos of other bloggers in your niche.
I recently received dozens of backlinks and tweets on a post which was simply a… Continue reading
Getting a ton of quality backlinks can take forever and most people just don’t have the time or patience to wait that long. There are many great ways to get backlinks such as; blog commenting, forum posting, article submissions, social bookmarking and guest posting, but the problem with these backlink building methods is that you will end up spending too much time away from your site and more importantly your… Continue reading
The first one, hands down.
In fact this is an issue I faced on one of my websites recently. I hired a new editor to take care of the content, and he asked me if it would be fine to break long posts into smaller ones, and publish them as “Part 1″, “Part 2″, “Part 3″ and so on. My answer was that publishing the long post in one… Continue reading
For those of you who thought this was the end of nominal PageRank updates, well, it was not. Google is rolling a new update right now. Some people started noticing it yesterday, and I believe the ups and downs will continue over the weekend.
The last update had been on April 2010, so around nine months ago. That is quite a long time, especially if you consider at some… Continue reading
The dictum that two heads are better than one can apply to many things, including blogging.
I collaborate with my brother on five websites, which makes me uniquely qualified to explain the benefits of online collaboration.
Here are 5 reasons collaborating with a partner can help you beat out the competition.
1. More variety in your writing. Single-authored blogs with the exception of guest posts will always… Continue reading
By now, you may already be familiar with the foundation of keyword research to search engine optimize your company’s website. Still, if you truly want to get a leg up on your competition, it really pays to take it one step further and use PPC for your keyword research.
PPC As A Reality Check
PPC, or pay per click, advertising allows you to create ad campaigns that will… Continue reading
If you have a website or blog, or if you work with anything related to the Internet, you’ll certainly need to know a bit about search engine optimization (SEO). A good way to get started is to familiarize yourself with the most common terms of the trade, and below you’ll find 20 of them. (For those who already know SEO, consider this post as a refresher!).
1. SEM: Stands… Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again and I’m sure all of you are busy trying to get your last-minute holiday shopping done so that you can sit back and actually try to enjoy the season. It’s hard not to get caught up in the commercialization of the season as you are being bombarded with the myriad of holiday sales on television, radio, and, of course, the internet.
If… Continue reading
Forums have been around since the earliest days of the Internet, and people have been using them ever since to drive traffic to their websites. While they’re not hip and sexy Web 2.0 darlings like Twitter or Facebook, forums are still a great way to drive targeted traffic to your blog. Below are 8 things you need to keep in mind when using forums as a traffic driving strategy.
Knowledge is power, so what people know and who they know are valuable assets to them personally as well as to the company. Employees often fear that if they share too much of their expertise that their knowledge will cause them to be terminated after their knowledge is transferred to other workers. Still, team players are needed to give a business the competitive edge it needs to survive in a… Continue reading
