Archive for May 24th, 2006

Yahoo! Podcasts

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Be sure to promote your podcast in Yahoo!’s beta service for podcasts, because though it is very new, at less than a year old, it is already very well used.
And, because it is a web-based podcast directory, as opposed to iTunes’ proprietary, software-dependant model, Yahoo! Podcasts assist you greatly with visibility in the search engines.
For [...]

Call to Action

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

A great blog may bring you constant traffic, but if they never ‘convert’ is it really a great blog? It certainly isn’t considered successful if it’s not achieving the goals you need to see accomplished.
Developing a call to action can be an effective way to encourage visitors to convert.
You’ve jumped into the [...]

Internal Blogging Promotion Series (2)

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Knowing how well your blog is currently being used is important, especially knowing how well it is being used by departmarts can be helpful toward designing your promotion strategies.
Take a blog survey to see which departments are successfully using the internal blog, and find out what they are doing to encourage it’s use.  Often, it [...]

YPN Ads

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

While talking with a high profile blogger last week, it was brought to my attention that YPN may, indeed, have a good advertising model.  I’ve mentioned before the horrible results that I had with YPN, though I do admit that the fact that they are beta may have something to do with it.
Anyway, he pointed [...]

Networking With Trackbacks

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

One of the first things I realized when I started blogging was that getting a trackback meant I had said something that resonated with someone.  Of course, often it’s a disagreement trackback, but knowing that my content is spurring a conversation is a great feeling.
And, I know that other bloggers feel the same way.  Trackbacks [...]