SEO Directory Submissions
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 16th 2009Submitting to directories is an easy way to get some decent backlinks to your web design. Directory submissions are old school and not as effective as they use to be, but are still worth your while, especially if you just focus on the top directories.
Besides finding niche specific directories, here are a few worth checking out:
http://www.dmoz.org
http://www.webworldindex.com
http://www.worldwidewub.org
http://www.insidehits.com
http://www.seowebdirectory.co.uk
To see me talk a bit more about directory submissions, please view the Video.
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Traffic Generation Part 25 – The Power of RSS Feeds
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 11th 2009RSS Stands for Really Simple Syndication, and is a feed that is produced by wordpress blogs. RSS feeds can be submitted to special places on the internet called RSS aggregators, where they are then spread around the net.
If you have a blog, you have an RSS feed, and you should certainly be submitting it. Why we are on the subjet of RSS feeds why not sign upto our RSS Feed and never miss another post.
Submitting RSS feeds is a fantastic way to get links, and is also incredibly easy. The best part is that once your feed is submitted, every time you make a new post on your blog, your feeds will all be automatically updated!
To see me talk a bit more about RSS, please view the Video.
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Traffic Generation Part 24 – Stumbling Upon Your Site
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 9th 2009StumbleUpon is a fun site that is very popular. It is located here: http://stumbleupon.com
Anyone can sign up for an account there, and start “stumbling†sites. Everytime you come to a site that you like, you hit a button to “stumble upon†it. Each stumble counts as a vote, and the more votes a site gets, the more exposure it gets on the StumbleUpon website.
Not only does a stumble help by giving you a valuable backlink, but it can result in a ton of traffic too, especially if the content on your website is interesting. I would highly suggest that you start stumbling today!
To see me talk a bit more about StumbleUpon, please view the Video.
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Traffic Generation Part 23 – Do You Digg?
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 2nd 2009Digg is a fun site that is very popular. Anyone can sign up for an account there, and start “digging†sites. Every time you come to a site that you like, you hit a button to “dig†it. Each dig counts as a vote, and the more votes a site gets, the more exposure it gets on the Digg website.
It is located here:
http://digg.com
Not only does a digg help by giving you a valuable back link, but it can result in a ton of traffic too, especially if the content on your website is interesting. I would highly suggest that you start digging today!
To see me talk a bit more about Digg, please view the Video.
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Video Transcript.
I`d like to talk to you about one of the most popular websites out there its called digg.
Traffic Generation Part 22 – Search Engine Optimization
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 31st 2008Search engine optimization (SEO) is very important, and is actually not as hard as it sounds. When you create pages for your website, taking the time to optimize them will greatly increase your chances for receiving natural organic search engine traffic. Surprisingly, most people don’t bother with SEO, giving a huge advantage to those that do. Here are a few important things to keep in mind:
1. Pay Attention to Keyword Density: It is helpful to make sure you are using your main keywords a certain amount of times throughout your content. To put it plainly, we don’t want to use the keywords too much, or too little. I have found a comfortable density to be around 2.5%.
2. Emphasize Important Keywords with Bold, Italics, and Underlining: When creating your page, you can usually use simple HTML tags to emphasize your main
Traffic Generation Part 21 – Using Ebay For Traffic
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 30th 2008Ebay is filled with an insane amount of people, ready to purchase products, and can be a great outlet to explore for traffic. I have had success selling products on ebay and taking a small loss, in exchange for gaining a new customer.
Ebay also has its own classified ads system, which is worth exploring because of not only the traffic, but due to the valuable backlink you would receive as well.
To see me talk a bit more about ebay, please view the Video.
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Video Transcript
Using eBay for traffic.
eBay is a fantastic place its one of the top websites in the world and it gets a ton of ton of traffic. Of course whatever your website is there ways that you can get traffic to it from there.
You might want to take one of your products
Traffic Generation Part 20 – Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC)
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 29th 2008There is no substitute for pay per click advertising (PPC). If you want to drive a huge amount of traffic to your site immediately, and have the money, it will certainly accomplish that. You just need to make sure you don’t lose your shirt in the process!
[WPMID=1] advertising occurs when you pay one of the search engines to show an ad for your site in the paid section of the search results. Many people have had success with PPC, though most people fail. I would suggest that if you are just starting out you stay away from PPC until you know a bit more about how to sell to your niche.
Once you are more established, and familiar with what keywords will convert well for you, investing in PPC is a natural progression.
Popular PPC networks include:
http://adwords.google.com
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com
http://adcenter.microsoft.com
http://7search.com
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Traffic Generation Part 19 – Creating Your Own Bait
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 29th 2008Whenever you post a link or ad about your website, you will want as many people as possible to click on it. One way to greatly increase your traffic is to offer people “baitâ€.
An example of this would be giving something away for free. If you have a website on dog training, you could create a small ebook, or newsletter that offers some free helpful dog training advice. This would help to “bait†people to click through to your website.
The idea here is that by giving something away for free, you will wet people’s appetite for more, leading them into an eventual sale!
To see me talk a bit more about creating your own bait, please view the Video.
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Traffic Generation Part 18 – Thoughtful Blog Commenting
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 27th 2008Commenting on other people’s blogs is a fantastic way to get some great backlinks. You have to remember that a large percentage of bloggers out there are doing it just as a hobby, and they will love it if you take the time to read their blog and make a thoughtful comment.
Do not spam your comments! If you try leaving a comment like ‘Nice Blog, Check Out My Website it is going to get taken down. The key here is showing the blog owner that you actually are interested in their blog, and want to contribute towards it.
If you really want to make the most of your time, only focus on blogs that have google page rank. This is a nice way to gauge the quality of the blogs you come across.
Please refer to the video to see me talk
Traffic Generation Part 17 – Creating Your Own Affiliate Program
Posted by David Wiltshire on December, 27th 2008Affiliate marketing is very popular, and having people help you sell your own product can be a very powerful advantage. If you have your own product, I would strongly suggest either setting up your own affiliate program, or selling your product through a service such as Clickbank, which has its own program.
When other people sell for you, it is typical to offer them a large commission (it is not uncommon to see a 50/50 split), and this can result in a huge amount of sales. After all, the more you can do to encourage people to sell for you, the more money you’ll make!
Even though I consider myself a talented marketer, and can generate my own sales, nothing can come close to what an army of motivated affiliates can do for you.
To see me talk a bit more about this,