Less Ads, Now how about the Theme?
Well I opened my website this evening and said to myself, egh as I cringed at all of the gif offer images popping up along the right side. Is this what I’ve come to? There were a few online services I personally use from which I had set up affiliate accounts. I enjoyed these services and the idea of making a few extra bucks here and there but to be honest, the sidebar was getting to be just a little too much. So on that token I decided to take everything off except a single adsense bar along the sidebar. I may even take that one down a notch from a large vertical adsense to a smaller block.
After making the changes I now feel a little more comfortable about the over all presence of this page and am looking forward to writing more articles about marketing, seo and online business. The overall design is also a bit out-dated (maybe an understatement).
At some point I will probably hold a template design contest for some type cash gift. If this is something you would be interested please leave a comment about your interest and what the prize should be. If I get enough people interested, I’ll definitely set the contest up.
Halfway through the week!
Develop Your Marketing Plan
The plan of marketing is a tool for us to determine the steps we need to take and the methodologies and time to reach some specific objectives.
The marketing plan is our tool that permits us to design our road to success. Every business designs strategic plans for the achievement of their objectives and goals. These plans can have short, medium and long time limits.
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The Future of Internet Marketing – Google’s Position
First I would like to start by discussing some information regarding Google.com
As of March 31, 2009 Google has approximately 19,786 full-time employees. Many of these employees being some of the best programmers in the World. I personally feel Google has over a million employees from which 19,786 are paid. Anytime one webmaster rats out another, they’re in a way working for Google. Google runs thousands of servers worldwide and processes millions of search requests each day and about 1 petabyte of user-generated data every hour.
Predict Tomorrow’s Google Guidelines
It’s a living document. Are you currently breaking Google’s Guidelenes? Will strategies today break Google’s guidelines tomorrow? Google guidelines will continue changing as the company continues pushing forward with the goals they have set.
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8 Better Blogging Tips, Blogger Tips
The are a number of important factors that come into play when blogging. The following list provides a few things to keep in mind when posting articles to your blog.
- Start your article off with an interesting title such as 30 better, 5 Cool tricks, etc… Doing this will help increase CTR (click through rate) and at the same time help maintain the Reader’s interest.
- Add informative links within the posts that may help the reader understand the article better. Many tend to post links to the Wikipedia for definitions.
- Do you want to be seen as a regular blogger or the topic expert. Be the topic expert when posting each Article. Provide ideas that are new and fresh to your readers; that are not provided elsewhere. (An incentive to come back.)
- Share real experiences. People love to learn from experiences, not just prediction.
- Add value by including surveys, photos, statistical data. A little reseach never hurts anybody. The more reseach you put into an article, the more authority it will gain. Are you willing to put in more time than your competitor would?
- It’s important to take the time and respond to any comments or emails sent to you from your readers. Your readers questions and comments should be your #1 priority. They are the reason why you blog. Your quick response will also encourage your readers to revisit and subscribe to your RSS Feed. Comments in a blog may make up half of the article in some cases.
- Keep an eye on grammar. Worpress and other blog platforms will highlight errors for you. Too many errors can make you look not so cool. Math has always been my strong point, therefore writing has never been. Because of this, I usually read my articles several times before posting.
- If you’re new to blogging, DON’T GIVE UP! So many people start blogs only to quit a month later. A blog needs time to grow and blossom. Those who have the most success post compelling articles daily and never quit. This is why it’s important to blog about something that will interest you for the long haul.
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London SEO and Internet Marketing Workshop Oct. 26, 2009
London Get some SEO Knowledge. Workshops will be presented in London by Search Engine Strategies, a well known leader in online marketing and seo. SEO sessions will be held in the mornings from 8am to 12pm and in the afternoons from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
There will also be an introduction to mobile marketing during the morning session. This workshop will be presented to you by Cindy Krum of Rank Mobile. This will be the session from 8am to 12pm
During the afternoon sessions, SEO and Social Media will be the focus of conversation led by Lee Odden from TopRank Online Marketing. Once again this will be held from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
These sessions will be held on October 26, 2009. For more information visit searchenginestrategies.com
About Search Engine Strategies
Incisive Media’s Search Engine Strategies is a leading global conference and training series focused on search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Other Incisive resources for interactive marketers include the ClickZ network for digital marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion and research and Search Engine Watch which provides news and information about search, analysis of the search engine industry and tools for improving search marketing effectiveness.
