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Simple Search Engine Optimization Tips
Are you getting at least 100 new visitors to your blog everyday? If not, it may be that your blog is not optimized for the search engines, which is where people begin their search for products and services online. Some “search engine experts” would have you believe that search engine optimization requires a lot of advanced techniques to rank well. But the truth is that even a little simple... More...
Who Are The Top 10 Followed People on Twitter
It’s always interesting to check in from time to time and see who are the top 100 followed people on Twitter. Last time the 100 most followed people on Twitter included Barack Obama, Robert Scoble, and Kevin Rose. This time I thought it would be fun to focus on who are the top 10 followed people on Twitter. Kevin Rose is still in the top 10, but President Obama is the second most followed person... More...
Finding People On Twitter To Follow
When looking for new people to follow on twitter, consider using search.twitter.com to do some Twitter keyword research and then follow those people who express an interest in the keywords that you are targeting. Try to identify small but active tweeters, because smaller tweeters are more likely to notice what you tweet. People with lots of followers will most likely be too busy to notice you unless... More...
Using Seed Keywords For Search Engine Optimization
How would you like to know exactly what keywords people will use to search for a product of service? Maybe you’d like to launch a new website idea or promote an affiliate product and you don’t want to build a site and wait to see what your server logs tell you about your search traffic. What you need is a solution like the one I came across today. Imagine you already have a mailing list... More...
BrightKite Improves On Twitter Style Social Networking
Online social networking is still a very young industry and because of that there is still a ton of room for new ideas that can stretch and grow the current social landscape. BrightKite is a new social networking player that’s bringing fresh ideas to the table. BrightKite combines a Twitter like social update service with mobile technologies to create a better networking experience. Through... More...
Using TwitterStats To Spot Social Networking Trends
Yesterday you and I talked about using TwitterScan to perform keyword research on Twitter conversations. We discovered that we can explore what other people are talking about by searching for keywords and we can get an idea of what people are saying about a particular topic. Now let’s talk about TweetStats, another Twitter research tool that helps us dig even further into the stream of on-going... More...
What Do You Twitter About
UPDATE: Either I was smoking crack when I wrote this or these guys have changed their domain. Since I’m too cheap to afford a nasty habit like that it must be the other so, here is the link to TweetScan that works. I’ll go ahead and update the links in the post from twitterscan.com (which does show a listing in the WayBack Machines archives) to tweetscan.com. Today’s Microtween is... More...
Getting Realtime Analytics With Woopra
At the March WordCamp Dallas 2008 conference I was introduced to a new analytics package from Layered Technologies called Woopra. The tool offers realtime stats tracking and historical reporting of visitor traffic on your blog or website. Currently Woopra is in beta and usage is by invitation only. But, fortunately as an attendee of WordCamp, I received an invitation and have the privilege of getting... More...
Blogging Tips From WordCamp Dallas 2008
Here are a few notes from John Pozadzides at OneMansBlog.com. He’s giving the presentation on 45 Ways to Power Up Your Blog at WordCamp Dallas 2008. I’m not going to list all 45 tips in this update, but here are a few interesting ones for you. Use English Names for Images Descriptive and accurate titles are essential Use title elements on every hypertext link Pick the right theme (SEO... More...
How To Increase Blog Traffic – A Video Case Study
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 the blog over... More...
How To Create Process Maps For Your Business
Do you own a business or a job? According to Robert Kiyosaki, if your “business” doesn’t function when you’re not around, then you don’t have a business, you’ve created a job. Creating a real business involves setting up systems with replaceable parts. As an example, if a software developer leaves your company, then you need to have a method for hiring a new one... More...
Do StumbleUpon Ads Actually Work
StumbleUpon Ads are suppose to be the hot thing these days right? Well, to prove the theory I decided to place my own StumbleUpon Ads to see what the big deal was all about. After six ad rejections what I discovered will interest you so read on. The process of placing a request for my Stumble Ad was pretty simple. With my selected domain name in hand I headed over to StumbleUpon, signed up as an advertiser,... More...
Is BlogRush Better Than StumbleUpon
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 blog, OpenSourceMarketer.com.... More...
Are Your BlogRush Stats Missing
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 a blogger to... More...
