Blog & Website Marketing Resources
I’ve been thinking a lot about Blueverse.com the last few months and what I really wanted from the blog as well as what I wanted others to get from it. There’s lots of solid content here and the last year I’ve written mostly about things in the Make Money Online and Blogging space that interested [...]
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30 Day Project: Shoemoney System Review
Maybe I should just start a blog following the perils of big Internet Marketing gurus. Seems like I’ve been posting quite a bit about them lately. I was reading a recent post on Shoemoney.com where Jeremy was calling out some dude named Patrick Curl (Patrick Curl – The Social Media Idiot) because Patrick made what [...]
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Bring On The Bad Press!
You may not realize it yet, but the term “blog” and “website” really mean the same thing, for the most part. It’s true that blogs may have started out as great way for people to create personal journals online, but they have grown up and they have literally redefined what a website does.
Traditional websites were comprised of separate files that were all managed by web developers who knew how to write html code, transfer those files to the server, and then trouble shoot the whole thing once something broke (which was often). The whole thing was usually glued together by links in your site navigation and if someone forgot to link to a page it was lost forever.
Traditional websites still take special tools and special skills to edit, which usually slows down the process of creating content and making changes. In the online world that’s the equivalent of your website loosing it’s voice. Or if you like, it’s like putting a gag on your communications with your customers.
Blogs on the other hand are completely different. While conceptually a website and a blog are the same, under the hood they are definitely not the same. Blogs help you keep a communication channel open with your customers by allowing you to easily publish regular updates. Blogs are also self promoting because as you publish fresh content, those updates get pushed out to the people who are interested in what you have to say. This is certainly not the case with traditional websites.
With blogs, the look and feel of your site is separate from your content, which means you can publish static informational pages and have your blog updates appear as links on a sidebar or you can have your regular updates displayed front and center for the world to see.
And because blogs can stand alone or be integrated directly to help you manage your business website, it’s very easy for you to add a blog to your existing online marketing efforts.
That’s why we recommend blog to all of our members and clients. We use WordPress blogs for business websites, landing pages, affiliate sites, membership sites, web applications, you name it.
The possibilities are endless. So, to help you understand how simple it is to use a WordPress blog for your business website, we will be holding a free webinar on March 29th 2010 @ 8pm CST to explain things in more detail. During the webinar we’ll show you the process for setting up a business website using WordPress and you’ll learn why a blog is better for online marketing than a traditional website.
If you’d like to know more about how a blog can help you easily manage your business website and add value to your online marketing efforts thensign up now to join the webinar. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of how a blog can help your business and you’ll see just how simple it is to get started.
See you on the call,
Charles McKeever
OpenSourceMarketer.com
Today I finally disabled Infolinks for good. No, I’m not going back to Kontera either. I’m going sans in text links altogether. I decided to make the move last night after a comment from Laptop Briefcase, a long time reader on Blueverse.com. It wasn’t the comment that made me decide to do away with the [...]
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Goodbye Infolinks
In my effort to embrace Google Buzz in preparation for it’s future takeoff (who knows if it will happen), I’ve added a Google Buzz button to the blog. Now you can “Buzz” a post you find interesting, stupid, off-the-wall crazy, or whatever.
In case you don’t already know how to add this to your blog, I [...]
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How To Add A Google Buzz Button To Your Blog
I admit, I wasn’t (and still am really not) a Google Buzz fan. Probably the biggest reason is because I hate feeling like I have yet MORE messages waiting for me to go through. I like keeping my inboxes tidy and I’m a terrible multi-tasker with the biggest offender being email. So when Google fired [...]
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Yes, I was a Google Buzz killer…until…
“It’s been a crazy few months.” A typical response you hear from people when they haven’t made something a priority. I’m not going to try and come up with anything better since when it really boils down to it, I just haven’t had the motivation to post on Blueverse.com the past couple of months.
Why? Lots [...]
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State of the “Blueverse.com” Union
So you’ve decided that you want start a blog but are not sure where to start? Don’t worry too much because the fact that you reading this right now means that you care about the overall end result. Let’s get to the brass tacks! According to a new study, there are literally over a hundred thousand blogs created each and everyday. I’m not sure what percent of these are actually serious about maintaining one, but you have to admit that it’s a pretty large number of new blogs born daily. What’s important, is that this gives immediate insight that blogging is a powerful tool that is likely here to stay. Getting started with a blog is relatively easy, but giving some thought to its overall strategy, utility, and execution can go a long ways. Although this article is not intended to be all inclusive, it will give you some basic guidelines and steps in how to start blogging like a pro out of the gates. Choosing a Domain Name For Your Blog Probably one of the most fun of all the tasks in starting a blog is choosing a domain name. But don’t act to rashly, because you make overlook some subtleties that may have a long-term effect on your blog strategy. Outside the fact of choosing catchy names, there are four main domain structures one can choose from. The first three require some monetary investment while the last option is virtually free. Choosing a stand-alone domain: www.yournewblogsite.com- believe it or not this choice is not for everyone. In this scenario, your new blog will act as a stand-alone website from other websites you may own. If your trying to make a connection to your already established business or website, this may not be the best choice for you because you’ll have to work harder in making the connection to other Internet website you may own. Thus linking (an important aspect in making your blog popular) will not be as easy because you’ll essentially have to start from scratch in popularizing your blog. The pro of course is that you can choose a catchy name that others may remember more easily and have a positive effect on your blog’s success. If you want to know how to blog all you have to do is learn the basics. There are a lot of resources online that you can make use of. There are many articles that give tips on how to make money blogging or even how to start a blog.
Every day, blogging web sites are started, but when it comes to blogging, teen writers are truly on the cutting edge of the progress. Because today’s adolescents are the first generation of people to matured using the internet at every point of their maturity, many youths have a seemingly natural sense of how to use the internet to express their tactics. Older writers often experience a kind of learning curve when they start to blog, but many adolescents find that using blogging software feels much more natural and direct a mode of communication than writing in a diary ever could.
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One of the reasons why web sites have undergone a sort of explosion in the teen populations and are growing by leaps and bounds is that they provide a unique mixture of visibility and anonymity. A teen can invite acquaintances and peers to read his or her site with an effortless email, thereby winning attention and possibly even praise. Many a blogging teen lives in fear that a parent or guardian will discover his or her blogging website, but by publishing under an assumed name
a teenager can spill his or her secrets without fear of being outlined.
Between the fact that blogging sites provide young people with a chance to use their imposing technical aptitude, to develop visibility without risking privacy, and to build a readership for their writing without having to deal with the difficulties of the publishing industry, it is no wonder that so many young adults are blogging. For some youths, blogging is even a very social project that allows them to get to know people with comparable interests from all over the globe. Many a blogging teen has discovered that having a weblog online is a wonderful method to discover self-expression and to win constructive opinions from new associates.
Act now on this blogging sites information and reap the benefits. The actions you take using your newly found knowledge of mobile blog will provide for you and online business. Here are some valuable resources for any mobile blog related business:
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 optimization can go a long way.
Here are five things you can do right now, on your own, to make sure your website is optimized for the search engines.
Tip: If you use run a WordPress blog, a good SEO WordPress plugin is The All In One SEO Pack. It gives you the ability to tweak the page description, page title, and associated keywords.
A good free SEO analysis tool for analyzing your website can be found at WebsiteGrader.com. Website Grader measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.
For more information on ways to optimize your website for the search engines, check out the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide.
Remember, even a few simple changes can make a world of difference for your blog. Just be sure you cover the basics first.
Charles McKeever
OpenSourceMarketer.com