A few blogging tips for improved on site and off site optimization: 1. Correct amount of optimization is to include the keyword in the URL, title, description, and ONCE in the content. That's it. Semantic search will take care of the rest if you just create good content without worrying about stuffing the keyword all [...]
So a customer of ours asked this great question: “I have given one of our staff the duty of going through all our blog comments and approve them. Some look like spam and some look genuine. Is there a general "rule of thumb" we should use when approving of the comments on our blog? Thanks [...]
I'm liking Wordpress 3.9... lots of cool up-grades etc. Best one? You can FINALLY copy and paste from a word processor document, without all the hidden code etc. screwing up the HTML and adding weirdness and funky characters. Nice improvement. Also, they have improved the gap between the WYSYWIG editor, and what the end user [...]
Great piece today from mlive.com a Michigan based news site, with some of the top movers and shakers in social media marketing weighing in on what's going to happen in the social marketing sphere in 2011. Some great takeaways here: Pete Brand, Co-founder, Mindscape at Hanon McKendry Companies that have been trying to ignore the [...]
The Curation Method of blogging is a controversial method that lies somewhere between what Jack Humphrey calls "Pure Blogging" and at the other end of the scale "Splogging," which is simply a method of fully automating a blog to grab content from elsewhere and shove it into your blog, in an effort to game the [...]
Well, it's time for the Top 50 MLM Blogs contest 2010! Last year I was thrilled that my site was a winner, and hopeful to be ranked in the top 50 again. You can vote here: Top 50 MLM Blogs Contest And while you're at it make sure and cast your vote! You can pick [...]
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No business buys a solution for a problem they don't have. And yet, most business to business marketers jump right into features and benefits, without taking the time to understand if the person on the other end of the conversation/call/letter....
Before I list the top five blogging marketing mistakes, I just have to tell you that having a blog with multiple posts ranking on the front page of Google is amazing on so many levels. Unfortunately, very few people will every know what it's like. But with just a little bit of effort and education, [...]
Sweet Lead Generation Tool. If you are a long time follower of this blog, you may have noticed that in the last few iterations there hasn't been any sort of lead capture mechanism. I know, it's against everything holy about internet marketing, the whole point is to build a list, right? Well, I've been so [...]