If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog. In this video I ‘splain all about blog conversion. The two resources I mention in the video are Aweber for managing email lists and the Thesis theme for WordPress.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Learn from Internet Marketers without Spending a Dime
Can’t see the audio player? Please visit the blog to listen. It’s Thursday, and that means audio! Many of us use blogs as marketing tools to connect with people who need our goods and services. Obviously, a sale must result at some point. Learning internet marketing isn’t easy, nor is it cheap… or is it?…
The Difference Between Blog Strategies and Tactics
Everyone knows what goals are: an outcome or a result we desire. We achieve goals through strategies and tactics. What are strategies and tactics, exactly, and what’s the difference between them? Keep reading and you’ll see for yourself. At the end, I have a set of questions you can answer for yourself to develop your…
Do You Have a Cornerstone Product?
A cornerstone product is a term I use for the focal point of your blog’s monetization efforts. Your cornerstone product is the product for which you are known. For example, when I was consulting with Vicki Flaugher I told her that for a blog called SmartWomanGuides.com, having the SmartWoman Guide as an ebook or a…
Blog Pages, Posts, Categories, and Tags… HELP!
When should you use a blog page instead of a post? How do you know what should be a category versus a tag? After this post, you will know exactly what to do. I’ve received questions about this from readers and clients this week about pages vs. posts and categories vs. tags, so I wanted…
Loren Feldman Drops some Blogging Knowledge
If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog. If you don’t like to hear salty language, don’t watch this video, because Loren swears quite a bit. Loren is one those “love him or hate him” guys. I love him. If you’ve never seen what he does or how he does it, you’re…
Five Winning Approaches for When Your Audience Doesn’t Read Blogs
The research results are clear: people don’t read blogs. I was reminded of this the other night by a message from a friend on Twitter, a social media and microblogging site I use (a lot), who said this very thing. My response was that they are reading blogs, just don’t know it, and because of…
A Positive Message on Marketing in a Down Economy
Coming up soon I will have access to something wonderful that I am going to pass along to you. It will be a learning program for beginners created by a very smart friend of mine on starting an online business. It will be heavily discounted (at first, but the price will go up), and it…
Great Blogs, No Traffic – You Can Help
Chuck Westbrook has come up with an ingenious program to provide exposure for great blogs which don’t have a lot of traffic. Chuck wants to end “the tragedy of underappreciated blogs,” but he needs our help to do it. I won’t spoil it by trying to describe how it works, but I will say it’s…
Hear How this Woman with a Dream Creates the Ultimate Blog Strategy
Vicki Flaugher is a woman with a dream. She’s on a mission to help women become entrepreneurs at SmartWomanGuides.com. She knows the power of blogging. She had doing pretty well for herself, and had even caught social media maven Chris Brogan‘s eye. She did what seemed appropriate: day-to-day writing of posts, taking advantage of some…
Who is Your Blogging Mentor?
In the movies, at the part where things are the toughest and the heroine is just about ready to give up, she does not have a meltdown and check out for an extended mental vacation. Nor does she sit down and stuff Doritos into her face until the Bad Things go away. No. She grits…
The Recession Post
It had to happen. Yes, it’s the inevitable post about the recession and the economy and business and ZOMG what WILL we ever do? I’ve seen a lot of marketers lately preying on your fears that you will lose what you’ve worked so hard to build if the economy worsens. To help you get some…
Flavors of Internet Marketing Explained
Affiliate Marketing Affiliate marketing is the marketing and selling of products and services online for a portion of the profits. By becoming an affiliate for a product or company, an affiliate marketer (called an affiliate) can use the producer’s marketing resources (such as ads and email copy) to sell the product or service. Affiliate links…
The Top 5 Mistakes Internet Marketers Make on Twitter
If you’re in internet marketing and you want half a chance to succeed on Twitter, pay attention. I don’t know who you’ve been listening to telling you how to make it on Twitter, but if they’re telling you to do these five things, then they don’t understand social media, and you shouldn’t listen to them….
Growing Blog Traffic Teleseminar is Tomorrow – Sign Up Now
In this video, I go over what’s involved in the growing blog traffic seminar and what you’ll get for your time and money. I also present an interesting challenge about the top ten Google search results and the information they contain for the term “blog traffic”. Check it out! If you can’t see the video,…
Audio Thursday: What’s in the Growing Blog Traffic Teleseminar
I recorded this using the Utterli service (which is very cool). One thing I haven’t done yet for the Growing Blog Traffic Teleseminar that’s coming up is go over exactly what’s in it, so that’s exactly what I do in this audio: For more about the Growing Blog Traffic Teleseminar, and to register, click here….
Blog Action Day: Fight Poverty by Registering for the Blog Traffic Seminar and I’ll Donate up to $800
Poverty is a constant global epidemic that threatens us all with diminished humantiy if we do not constantly make concerted efforts to alleviate it. But we are all aware that “just” giving money to people in need provides only a temporary fix. It does not address the root cause, nor does it do anything to…
How to Measure Blog Traffic: Web Analytics
Web Analytics is software that measures your website’s visitor traffic. It is vital to understanding who visits your site, where they came from, and what they did while they were there. If you read yesterday’s post on blog traffic terms, understand that these are the measurements taken by web analytics. Getting Hooked Up There are…
Blog Traffic Terms Defined – Because Knowing What the Heck You’re Talking About is Always a Good Thing
This Saturday I’m holding an online seminar how to increase traffic to your blog. You should be there, of course (I mean, who doesn’t want more traffic to their blog?). Ahead of the event, though, I want you to not only be prepared in advance, but to know as much about blog traffic as possible….
If You Want to Kick Major Ass, Rock Your Network
Can’t see the video? Watch it on the blog. Verizon has it right: It’s the network. If you really want to explode your blog traffic and have opportunities come your way, you have to rock your network. You’re not operating in a vacuum. Your network is EVERYTHING: Opportunities come from the people in your network….
What’s Your Blogging Plan in Uncertain Times?
Can’t see the video? Watch it on the blog. So… do you have a plan for your blog? Is it a plan that you can carry out even in the face of uncertain economic times? Something to think about. No matter what your plan is, I cannot imagine that less blog traffic is part of…
Blogger Biographies: Writer Dad
I’m doing a special series of guest posts this week on Remarkablogger. I’ve invited several up-and-coming bloggers to describe how they got started in blogging, how it helps their business, and how blogging helped them grow as a human being. Writer Dad is Sean Platt, and he has come from out of nowhere to occupy…
Blogger Biographies: Grant Griffiths
I’m doing a special series of guest posts this week on Remarkablogger. I’ve invited several up-and-coming bloggers to describe how they got started in blogging, how it helps their business, and how blogging helped them grow as a human being. Meet Grant Griffiths, who blogs at Home Office Warrior and runs a blog design and…
Blogger Biographies Series: Janet Fouts
I’m doing a special series of guest posts this week on Remarkablogger. I’ve invited several up-and-coming bloggers to describe how they got started in blogging, how it helps their business, and how blogging helped them grow as a human being. Meet Janet Fouts of Tatu Digital Media and JanetFouts.com. Janet was blogging and doing social…
Linda Has a Talk with the Blog Traffic Genie
Note: The following is completely ridiculous. I know it is. I totally admit its purpose is to get you to buy something, make no mistake about that. Let’s say you have absolutely no intention of buying anything. That’s cool. In that case, treat it as a fun thought exercise to clarify your own ideas about…
Blogger Biographies Series: Jenny Gniadecki
I’m doing a special series of guest posts this week on Remarkablogger. I’ve invited several up-and-coming bloggers to describe how they got started in blogging, how it helps their business, and how blogging helped them grow as a human being. This post is by Jenny Gniadecki, whom I met at SOBCon ’08 and thought she…
Remarkanotes: A Different Kind of Email List
Can’t see the video? Watch it on the blog. Remarkanotes: Short Little Notes and Cool Stuff from Me I always wanted to do an email list. Any blogger who is serious about marketing a business or making money online needs an email list. But an email list like everyone else’s would be worthless. I wouldn’t…
The Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar – It’s 1am and I’m Just Now Coming Down
As I write this, I’m listening to the audio of my WordPress SEO Teleseminar and coming down from the event. It’s about 1 in the morning. I wanted to go to sleep earlier, but I was so jazzed from the seminar that I couldn’t. I usually have an audio post on Thursdays, but I’m just…
Growing Blog Traffic: Remarkablogger Blog Seminar (and contest!)
I want to tell you about my next event, which is all about growing blog traffic. Because if there’s one thing bloggers want more than anything in the world, it’s traffic. Traffic is like a drug. It doesn’t matter how much you get, it’s never enough and you always want more. The law of diminishing…
