Posts Tagged ‘search’

Blog Optimization: Are Your Blog Post Titles Hurting You?

Monday, April 14th, 2008

When it comes to blogging, blog post titles have a lot to do with how your blog is seen (and ranked) by the search engines. If all things were equal, clever titles would entice readers, but search engines neither look at blog posts equally, nor are they particularly clever. As hard as it might be, [...]

Quality v Quantity: Blog Writing For Beginners

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Ok, so you’re sold on the value of writing a blog for your business, but you don’t know the first thing about blog writing. Fair enough. If you’re observant, you can pick up many good tactics as you develop your blogging skills. Pay attention to what other bloggers are doing, and blog writing will become [...]

Your Online Marketing Strategy: The One Mistake You Can’t Afford To Make

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Creating value is key to an online marketing strategy. Most Web sites are sales pitches, and what’s the value in that? Some businesses look at their Web sites like they’re electronic billboards. You can do that to your Web site if you want to, but the problem with doing that is that once your [...]

For Consistent Results, Be Consistent!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

One of the mistakes bloggers make concerns the frequency of their posts. Your blog traffic will increase substantially if you post consistently. Some bloggers choose the daily posting schedule; others post less frequently, but still manage to maintain a regular posting schedule.
Your best bet is to be consistent, regardless of the posting schedule you [...]

Search Engines v. RSS Feeds

Friday, March 28th, 2008

What is the difference between a search engine and an RSS feed? Search engines and RSS feeds are two different tools work together - like a set of gears - to drive different parts of your marketing strategy. A solid approach uses both search engine visibility and RSS marketing to get visitors to a site [...]

Good Blogging Techniques: The Best Support For Your Blog

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

To make the most of business blogging, you’ll need to commit some time and energy toward learning good blogging techniques. While your blog content should focus on your audience, you’ll want to stay mindful of the opportunities you’ll have to promote, optimize and market your blog.
A good training course can help you recognize and manage [...]

What Is Blog Training?

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

You want to start business blogging but you don’t know where to start. You have ideas for blog marketing but you don’t know how to translate them into an actual product. You know that business blogging can improve your search engine visibility and provide real value to your customers but you don’t know what to [...]

Four Blog Optimization Tips

Friday, March 14th, 2008

If you’re new to business blogging and blog optimization, try developing a limited set of keywords that you can use frequently in your posts. General keywords won’t produce a satisfying search engine result. You’ll need to find descriptive keywords that lead your readers directly to your blog. It’s much better to reach a small [...]

Widgets Keep ‘Em Coming Back

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Small business owners are developing a big interest in RSS marketing. Business blogging is just hitting stride, and on the horizon are other exciting tools that can improve search engine visibility and draw customers to your site.
Drawing customers to a site is one thing, but how do you keep them coming back? A good RSS [...]