If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog.

OK, so 2009 is here. What are you going to do to take your blog to the next level? A few months ago, you had a great opportunity to learn how to diversify your online income streams with Online Business School. The challenge for 2009? Taking your WordPress SEO seriously.

(By the way, in the I-know-what-I’m-doing department, I think it’s worth noting that my review for Online Business School is the only affiliate link for the same product with any real search rank after the actual page on Itty Biz when searching for the keyword “Online Business School”. For “Online Business School review”, I’m number 4, behind Princeton and Harvard.)

This year will be a year of change like no other. Those of us who use blogs and social media to market our business are at the vanguard. I predict that a huge number of new online businesses are going to flood the marketplace this year due to the recession.

That means you want to position yourself as best and as strongly as you can so that your blog and business rise above the chaos. One of the most effective ways to do this is to make sure your blog is found in search. That’s what search engine optimization does for you. And if you haven’t paid attention to it, yet, 2009 is the year to start. It’s the one best way I can think of to keep you ahead of the incoming tsunami of online businesses (many of which will have blogs).

And if you’re part of this new crop of hopeful online businesses, than using a WordPress blog for your site and learning SEO so you’re found online will be the one smart thing you can do to leap ahead of all the other new guys. You can pull ahead of the pack while they flounder in obscurity.

How will you learn WordPress SEO? Watch the video to find out.