December 30, 2008 – 5:25 am
Many of the questions I received about WordPress SEO relate to keywords, so let’s dive into that topic. We’ll start at the beginning (and when we get to the end, we’ll stop, har har).
What’s a Keyword?
Keywords are the words people type into the search box at a search engine.
Yes, that’s it. That’s all they are. [...]
December 28, 2008 – 10:05 pm
What is WordPress SEO?
WordPress is the world’s best blogging software. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization (or, if you’re on the other side of the pond, search engine optimisation). Search engine optimization is the strategy and tactics of achieving higher placement (rankings) in search engine results pages (SERPs). SERPs are the listed results you see [...]
December 27, 2008 – 3:08 pm
This is a guest post by Kimberlee Ferrell.
New bloggers receive this sage advice: Comment on other blogs within your niche to get noticed and gain traffic.
So dutiful new bloggers go out into the web and leave a smattering of comments on any blog that might bring readers back to their website. The bigger the blog, [...]
December 26, 2008 – 12:29 pm
Astonishingly, the best way to learn blogging isn’t by reading a blog. Why? Because topics need to be presented in order from beginner/simple to advanced/complex, and that’s not how blogs work. Also, learning requires more of a time investment than your average 500-word blog post. Real learning takes more concentration. And the best learning is [...]
December 22, 2008 – 10:50 pm
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Overwhelmed by Blogging?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from readers indicating there are quite a few of you who are just barely starting out in this blogging game. What I’m hearing from you is that you feel overwhelmed about where to even start. Another situation I hear about a lot is that you have [...]
December 21, 2008 – 12:54 pm
The Christmas and New Year’s holidays are nearly upon us. Many people will not be working during these days (and even the self-employed may take a breather).
What are your blogging plans for the holidays? Leave a comment and let me know!
I may plan a special event during the holidays for little blogging elves!
I wanted to [...]
December 19, 2008 – 1:33 am
If you can’t see the video in your email or reader, watch it on the blog.
There are three obvious places to get great content for your blog. See if you can guess what they are before you watch the video!
December 17, 2008 – 1:53 am
I’m noticing a split in the blogosphere, a division that feeds itself and creates more division. I’m talking about the social media haters versus the social media lovers. Not everyone thinks social media is all sunshine and sparkles. Some people look at social media like something that slithered out from under a slimy rock.
The social [...]
December 16, 2008 – 8:35 am
From Commenting to Social Media
Comments are cool, but they take forever and after all that writing, you only have a few of them to show for your labor. Comments are only created as fast as you can create them. Well, no kidding, you think. But before you think I’m simply stating the obvious, here’s what [...]
December 15, 2008 – 7:13 am
Last week I wrote about blog marketing, with the promise to continue in further posts. That all got interrupted for a few days while I had and recovered from a car accident, but now I’m back in action.
Not only is blog marketing cheap, it helps in one important way: search. More and more, your website [...]
December 14, 2008 – 3:05 am
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If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog
Last night I spent over 2 hours dropping knowledge on blogging for a live audience. How? Ustream. Ustream is the biz for live broadcasting. You can record your broadcast for later, as you can see above.
We covered a lot of [...]
December 13, 2008 – 7:09 pm
Social media bought my car. Well, not really. Social media made my down payment on a car after I had an accident that totaled my Jeep. OK, that’s not really it, either.
Social media didn’t buy anything, although it makes for a catchy headline. No, people who cared helped me out of a jam. They did this [...]
December 10, 2008 – 1:31 pm
Denise Wakeman from BlogSquad and Build a Better Blog has a bonus for donors to the Blog Rockin’ Webinar. Every person who donates (remember, you don’t have to donate to attend the webinar) will receive a complimentary copy of her ebook Blog Your Book: The Easy Way to Write and Market your Ebook.
The book is [...]
December 9, 2008 – 12:07 am
Before I even knew what was happening, my Jeep slid on black ice on Vermont’s I-89. Adrenaline washed over me. The Jeep spun around backwards and flipped onto the driver side as it sledded down the ditch and slammed into the rock wall of the mountain. “Oh God, oh FUCK,” was all I had time [...]
December 8, 2008 – 5:06 am
Blog marketing is marketing of a business with a blog, and it’s about the cheapest form of marketing you can do. You don’t need to spend any money on expensive print, radio, or television advertising where you have no idea of its effectiveness. With blog marketing, you don’t even need to spend money on internet [...]
December 5, 2008 – 2:19 am
Can’t see the video? Watch on the blog
Twitter Revolution is THE guide to Twitter marketing. Deb Micek and Warren Whitlock have got you covered. Deb, Warren, and many twitterers have contributed to this whirlwind tour of Twitter. If you’re into Twitter, you will get so much value out of this book. It’s all in here, [...]
December 3, 2008 – 7:33 pm
I don’t usually write quick hit posts like this, but this is time-sensitive, and I’d hate for you to miss out.
Partnering Profits is going to be a fantastic program, on par with Teaching Sells (which is currently closed to the public) or even better. Personally, I’m very excited to have gotten in. I’ve read the [...]
December 3, 2008 – 8:00 am
Ding!
This is your Captain speaking. You see a lot of tip posts on blogs for specific social media services, which is like flying low to the ground and looking at only one thing. What I want to do here is fly up to 30,000 feet to see the social media landscape from the air and [...]
December 2, 2008 – 8:18 am
The Online Business School home study course is for beginners in this whole making money online thing. When it first went on the market a few weeks ago, I mentioned it a few times, but this is an extensive (and I do mean extensive) review of Online Business School. I do have a couple criticisms of [...]
December 1, 2008 – 11:29 am
It seems I had a permalink hiccup with my recent post. When the post headline or comments links was clicked, people ended up at a 404 page. I copied the post, republished it, and deleted the previous copy, and now it works, but the permalink has changed. Here is the link to the post:
http://michaelmartine.com/2008/12/01/blog-marketing-central-to-online-marketing/
Sorry for [...]
