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12 Examples Of Sites Attracting New Links

2009-12-27T19:59:00.000-06:00

I am doing a bit of hard drive reorganizing for the rest of the evening that is long overdue. Last week I pointed you to the Rand Fishkin video on the new model for attracting lots of inbound links. I pointed out that this weeks video would be entertaining as well as Rand points out 12 examples of sites that exemplify that new model. So instead of regurgitating it, i will point you to the Friday

No Reason To Wait

2009-12-26T16:37:00.002-06:00

Christmas is over and while 2010 is still a few days away, there is no reason to waste those few days to get a head start on year goals for 2010. It is funny how much a few days and a calender change makes a difference of when people decide to take action on their future. The future is right now. Do not wait for a calender change. That is an excuse that makes you feel better about procrastinating

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2009-12-25T16:48:00.003-06:00

I wanted to wish all of my readers a very Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings. I hope today has been very enjoyable for you and that Santa brought you everything you were hoping for. If you are reading this on Christmas day, then you have decided to sneak some work in like I did.Please do not forget about the less fortunate during this time of year. Especially the animals. If you feel so

Things I Don't Do

2009-12-24T15:07:00.001-06:00

I contribute a ton of my success in making money online to things that I do not do. They are really simple things, things that you may do, that will free up more of your time and make you more productive.I do not watch much television, except for Sundays during the football season. I block out about 8 hours on that day and get all work done before and after that. It is the only real mindless R&R

Networking With Twitter

2009-12-23T19:41:00.003-06:00

If you ask me, I think Twitter is the best thing since sliced bread. To think I just did not "get it" at first. Not surprising though as I am often late to parties. Not only is it great for marketing and promoting your site, you can do great networking with and form some pretty good relations inside niches. Not only have I found people to give me backlinks, I have found some that have agreed to

Save Up To 20% With SubmitEdge

2009-12-22T18:36:00.000-06:00

I have been a long standing customer of SubmitEdge for quite a long time. They are dependable and easy to work with. Now you have a chance to SAVE BIG at SubmitEdge. You can SAVE up to 20% on your new orders / upgrade of existing orders. Though, this special offer was to expire on December 21, 2009, its in incredibly popular demand and the New Year around the corner has made them extend their

Social Media Strategy

2009-12-21T19:19:00.000-06:00

Most of the blog post on EPN really do not catch my eye, but they did address social media today in their latest post. Albeit not much new, I did pick up the Twitter Party link which is an interesting concept. I will delve deeper into it after the holidays, but have bookmarked it for now. I will be posting more about social media myself in the new year as it is a must in my opinion. I have tons

Dealing With Link Request

2009-12-20T21:03:00.000-06:00

Sooner or later, if you have a way surfers can contact you, you will receive link trade request of your own from other site owners. While it may seem good at first, make sure you know what you are looking for. First, is the site a good match? Is it a good neighborhood and have content your visitors would thank you for sending them too? Will they be reciprocating the link as a dofollow or nofollow

Why Wouldn't You Blog At Least Twice A Day?

2009-12-19T17:27:00.001-06:00

I get people asking me advice daily about how they can improve their traffic and acquire better backlinks. I always ask if they are blogging. Most are are not and the others very casually. Very infrequently. Does a site need you to blog on it from now until the end of time to stay successful? Absolutely not, but getting a good 60 post up in 120 days would certainly make you money. Notice I said

New Model For Attracting Lots Of Inbound Links

2009-12-18T22:13:00.000-06:00

Sorry for the late post, but I have been sick all afternoon with a stomach virus. Enough about my puke escapades. I really still do not feel good, so I will instead point you to another entertaining Whiteboard Friday video by Rand Fishkin. Make sure to check next weeks video by him as well as he will be giving 12 link strategies. Now excuse me while I get back to my porcelain.SEOmoz Whitebeard

Attack Content That No One Else Is Attacking

2009-12-17T18:18:00.000-06:00

One of the biggest things I have learned over the last year or so is to attack content subject matters that no one else in the niche is attacking. This usually requires a bit more research than a regular article, but if the content fills a void in the niche and is promoted right, it WILL get you well needed backlinks. It is hard for me to tell from niche to niche what this type content subject

Goal Setting Time Again

2009-12-16T20:11:00.001-06:00

Wow! I can barely take a breath. What a fantastic month this has been. Hope yours is going just as well. This time of year is when I start putting my goals down on paper for the upcoming year. It usually takes me a week to get everything I want listed, not only financially but personally. I am a very goal oriented person and believe it contributes greatly to my success. I set my goals high

MaxBlogPress Huge Christmas Deal

2009-12-15T08:15:00.000-06:00

I received an email from MaxBlogPress that for the next 14 hours, you can get all 4 of their products for just $87.00. I own all 4 myself and paid over $300.00. They are indeed worth $300.00, but $87.00 is a steal. The Wordpress Wizard alone is worth the entire deal as it includes more than 50 step-by-step tutorials on how to setup your profitable WordPress blog in minutes. If you are serious

Use Your RSS Feed To Your Advantage

2009-12-14T18:46:00.001-06:00

Your RSS feed is your best friend, but it is often the most under used way to promote a site. You never know who or when someone will find your site, so you have to get your post out there in as many ways as possible. First and foremost you should be using Twitter Feed to automatically post each post of yours to your appropriate Twitter account. It takes just a minute to set up and then you are

Rand Fishkin On Duplicate Content

2009-12-13T18:34:00.001-06:00

Rand Fishkin hits another home run with the latest Whiteboard Friday video he did on duplicate content. Rand shows how you can protect your content to always rank the highest over someone who may copy, scrape or even syndicate.SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday - Dealing with Duplicate Content from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo.

Another Reason To Use Twitter & Facebook

2009-12-12T19:43:00.000-06:00

I will let this article speak for itself, but here is just another reason you should be using social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. You can see a running example right now for Heisman Trophy. Notice the scroll box half way down the results front page. I am a huge fan of Twitter and Facebook and the two have helped tremendously over the year. If you have not attacked these two, you

How To Get Links From .edu Domains

2009-12-11T20:33:00.000-06:00

I stumbled on to this video this afternoon by Charles Lumpkin. He shares an easy and practical way to get links from valuable .edu domains. It makes quite a bit a sense and i will be trying this myself after the holidays. I would suggest being very discreet. Do not tell that you need it for SEO purposes. When you contact these organizations, make sure to compliment their site and tell them

Longer Searches Flat This Past Month

2009-12-10T19:16:00.001-06:00

I found an interesting report on Hitwise that says that longer search queries were flat between October and September 2009. I really can not put a finger on why that would be, myself, but do find it interesting nonetheless. Does this mean you should jump off of the long tail targeting? Absolutely not. In fact you see that searches of eight or more words increased by 1%. Surfers are getting more

Cutts Discusses Future Of Search

2009-12-09T20:34:00.002-06:00

I was behind on watching some Matt Cutts videos and came across one from last week where Cutts discusses big changes he sees in search in the next few years? He hits on Mobile as well as SMS. Pretty enlightening stuff. Also sorry for the shorter post as of late, but it is the busiest and most profitable time of the year for me, so I really have my hands full on maximizing my holiday traffic right

Can You Learn From TMZ?

2009-12-08T16:38:00.002-06:00

Like most, I got caught up in all of the Tiger Woods hoopla. It is very uncharacteristic for me, but a train wreck I could not keep my eyes off of for a few days. Most of you already know about the website TMZ. There really is not too much to the site that you can't do with Wordpress. It also shows you that post do not need to be long in nature and the use of photos, video and audio can really

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Coremetrics Benchmark Reports

2009-12-07T17:57:00.000-06:00

If you are curious about how the numbers from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Coremetrics Benchmark has their online retail data from both of the days up for viewing. They are reporting that both days outpaced 2008 levels. If you are wondering what Coremetrics Benchmark exactly is, they have it described here.I can tell you that from my own numbers, I saw a huge increase thus far as far as money

W-9 Time Again

2009-12-06T19:51:00.000-06:00

Just a quick FYI to remind everyone that now is the time of year to be checking all of your affiliate programs that you belong to and make sure you have a properly filled out W-9 form on record. You will probably be sent reminders from several companies soon, but I like to nip it in the bud and do a fly through myself in early December.

Joost de Valk SEO Wordpress Video From WordCamp Netherlands

2009-12-05T18:57:00.000-06:00

As many know I am a huge fan of Joost de Valk, known mostly as Yoast. He recently did another video at a WordCamp session in the Netherlands on SEO improvements for Wordpress. I highly suggest you follow his suggestions here. He is a guru as far as Wordpress goes. The video is below:Joost de Valk – SEO improvements for WordPress from Vileo on Vimeo.

Inside the Mind of Google

2009-12-04T18:47:00.003-06:00

Admittedly I do not watch much television which I am very proud of, but last night I made it a point to watch the CNBC special, Inside the Mind of Google. If you get a chance, it is a very good story along with great interviews by Maria Bartiromo. While some of the things they talk about as far as ranking high, are not 100% accurate, the rest is quite mind blowing with what goes on with Google

Amazon, Commission Junction & Geo Targeted BANS Addons

2009-12-03T17:51:00.000-06:00

If you have BANS sites that you want to integrate Amazon or Commission Junction into, you may want to buy the multi pack of addons offered by Tao from the BANS forum. I installed the Commission Junction one today on an older BANS site and it was very easy. His directions are written with a newbie in mind and the addons do exactly what they promise to do. The Amazon addon works just the same and