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Will Optimize Website for Cheetos

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Tweet Should I optimize my website for Search Engines or market my website to search engines? That’s a big question and I’ve seen lots of confusion in the SEO vs SEM debate. The answer is…”you have to do both”. Search Engine Optimization is usually seen as a subset of Search Engine Marketing. I honestly prefer to think of them as internal versus external. Internal There... More...

Get Attention With Thought Bubbles In Videos

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Tweet Here’s a Microtween about putting thought bubbles in your videos to add interest, generate visitor traffic, and help people remember your videos better. The standard wisdom is to put your website address at the beginning and end of your videos when you post them to a video sharing service like YouTube so that people will see the address and visit your website. That’s a... More...

Join An Internet Marketing Social Community

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Tweet Today I’m opening up a brand new web 2.0 social networking piece for Open Source Marketer. I am totally excited about it and I want you to be a part of it too. The social networking site is geared at connecting Internet Entrepreneurs to help everyone learn how to market online as quickly as possible. There is so much going on these days that it just doesn’t make sense... More...

How To Get Big Media Blog Exposure

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Tweet Over the past few years blogs have enjoyed increased readership and visitor traffic. But, for the most part, the discussion about how to get traffic to your blog has involved a grocery list of techniques and ideas for bringing in new readers. I rarely hear anyone talking about how you can use offline methods or traditional media to gain blog traffic. Maybe it’s because as bloggers... More...

How To Increase Blog Traffic – A Video Case Study

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Tweet How would you like to increase your blog traffic by making a few simple changes to your blog? Of course you would. Visitor traffic is the life blood of any blog and knowing what works can save you a lot of time. To help emphasis some of the common mistakes that bloggers can make I am posting this video case study from Yaro Starak over at BlogMastermind.com. In the video Yaro reviews... More...

Using BlogCatalog Groups To Build Community

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Tweet BlogCatalog Groups are here. BlogCatalog.com recently released “Groups” as part of their ongoing effort to bring bloggers together and create value among the blogging community. BlogCatalog is already a very active community of bloggers, so before you get confused about what’s going on, let’s review three reasons why you want to join a group and three things... More...

How Do You Build Blog Traffic From Scratch

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Tweet A few really good questions about how to get blog traffic have recently come in my email so I thought I would share the answers with you. To answer the questions I am drawing from my own personal experiences so if you have other suggestions or ideas, please share them in the comments for this article. I am sure others will appreciate the community feedback and my blog doesn’t... More...

Is BlogRush Better Than StumbleUpon

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Tweet Which is better, BlogRush visitor traffic or StumbleUpon? This is a good question and one that has several possible answers. Let’s look at the traffic types for both visitor sources and then compare them both to get a better understanding. BlogRush was launched over the weekend and I signed up as soon as I heard it was open. Immediately I started seeing visitor traffic to my... More...

Are Your BlogRush Stats Missing

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Tweet Okay gang, BlogRush has been online for about 60 hours now and apparently the response has been overwhelming. John Reese, the founder of BlogRush, had to release a statement to let all the site members know why they don’t have stats in their members area. These stats were suppose to show up after 24-48 hours. But as of this writing they still are not available. So, what’s... More...

Two Easy Ways To Boost Blog Traffic

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Tweet More blog readers means more opportunities. I know you agree with that statement because that’s why you are reading this post. So here are two easy things that you can do to increase your blog reader traffic. What opportunities you can create from there will be the topic for a future article. Listen to the blogcatalog interview I did with one of the experts from BlogCatalog.com.... More...

Use Blog Catalog Sites To Get Blog Visitor Traffic

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Tweet Are you social. Sure you are! Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, there is a lot going on in the social media space these days. And, whether you think it is all fluff or not, you have to admit that there is evidence of some real website traffic mixed in with all those widgets and toolbar buttons. Yet, everyone I talk to about using social media sites to get visitor traffic has... More...

Using Meetup.com To Build Website Traffic

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Tweet There are a number of recently popularized social media methods of getting website traffic, but many of these methods involve activities that are very technology focused and don’t leave much room for real social connections or direct personal feedback. If you’re looking for a more personally connected way of generating website traffic, then consider starting a group meeting... More...






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