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Writing Articles – Is It Still Good for Business?

    “Article writing is dead!” “You can’t get business that way anymore.” “It doesn’t help you get visitors to your site.” So say the heretics who still think of article writing as subbing pieces to places like EzineArticles.com etc. True, it might be a while since you’ve seen any articles pop up in a search that derive from EZA or other similar sites. Truth is though that when you know how to do it right, article writing is still a valid and valuable activity. Back in the day (and sadly some still do this), some folks would write one article and pump… Read More »Writing Articles – Is It Still Good for Business?

    Ways to Get More Website Visitors

      If you are using your website as a blog and doing it to satisfy your need to write then having lots of visitors to your site may not matter. For most website owners, the site serves the purpose to generate leads, raise awareness or make sales. To do that, people need to be able to find and enjoy your site. Building traffic is an entire topic on its own. For now let’s look at what you can do on your site to get more website visitors staying. Ways To Encourage Visitors to Your Site Speak to a specific audience about a specific… Read More »Ways to Get More Website Visitors

      Social SEO Leapfrog – Barb Ling – Review

        Social SEO Leapfrog Review, Social SEO Leapfrog, Social SEO Leapfrog Reviews I received a review copy of this product today. Firstly, it was delivered efficiently along with an offer to sign up and receive further goodies, an optional bonus webinar on the topic, an invite to join a free Facebook Group and a range of further offers to consider. No hard selling. I just downloaded the main product which is the SOCIAL SEO LEAPFROG. To be honest I had no clue what the product was really about and the Title didn’t help me a great deal. I’m surmising it has… Read More »Social SEO Leapfrog – Barb Ling – Review

        Where to Use Keywords

          Use keywords effectively enhance your search engine ranking and get better organic search results.

          Here’s where you can use the words to best effect:

          1. Your title page – plug them into your title tag
          2. On the first and last line of articles, or as phrases in articles. Google doesn’t read punctuation so if your keyword phrase is marathon training, you can end one sentence with marathon then start the next sentence with Training. Perfectly acceptable.
          3. In your anchor text such as links to other pages and in your photo or image tags, use your keyword phrases – they get good attention from search engines.
          4. In the title of an embedded video, in the filename of the video or in the alt tags

          Don’t overdo it and stuff your content with your critical keywords or you may just do the opposite of what you’re trying to achieve. Go easy but be intelligent about how and where you useRead More »Where to Use Keywords

          SEO and Rankings

            Finding the ‘best’ ways to get your site ranked in search engines is like a dark art in many ways …  so much advice, and much of it dated.

            Today I came across these guys who seem to have cracked the jackpot for one their sites.

            http://www.the42ndestate.com/how-page-rank-5-two-months/

            They give some of their tips and techniques but a fair bit is missing like the intricacies of how they tweaked the Thesis theme to get the most juice from it.

            Me?

            SEO is not one of my strengths, I’ll admit.

            Every day is a learning opportunity.

            Learn a bit. Apply a bit. Learn a bit more. Apply a bit more.

            At the end of the month I’m going to run a webinar asking two guys who have a solid grip on SEO for their best knowledge and ideas.

            I’ll keepRead More »SEO and Rankings

            Tips to Promote Your Website

              Congratulations! You’ve completed your very own website. All your products and services are now presented to the online world. You have developed propositions and sales copy to catch your target audience’s attention. So, you have accomplished everything you should do in building up a great company web site.

              Or have you?

              Promotion is the key to online success. There are free and paid methods that you can utilize to promote your site.

              Here are ten guidelines on how to effectively promote your site:

              1. If you have started to promote your site, keep it constant. If you promote your site with persistence, it will catch your audience’s attention. Be patient.
              2. Try and experiment with each promotional method until you determine which works best for you. Free promotion is an option. There will be a process of trial and error until you find what works best.
              3. Make the most of free promotion sites. Search engines and directories can doRead More »Tips to Promote Your Website