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Stop Trying To “Make” Your Videos & Posts Go Viral (You’re Doing It Wrong!)

February 10, 2012

People often ask me: How can I get my newest video to go viral?  And how can I get my sales page to go viral? My really short answer You can’t “make” your video or sales page go viral. There’s no magic button, secret trick, or fairy dust that you can sprinkle on your stuff [...]

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Going Minimalist With My Theme

February 9, 2012

A few days ago I read a post by Steve Scott and it go me thinking about my site and its purpose.  And I spent the weekend redefining my site’s purpose and redesigning my theme to better suit that purpose. I want my site to do the following: Give people great traffic information Engage with visitors Grow [...]

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Most Underused Traffic Generation Method EVER

February 8, 2012

This is a guest post by Adam Snyder of DormRoomCash.com How often do you check to see how much traffic you have gotten from your website? Do you look every day, twice a day, every hour? Most people will look to see how their website is doing at least once a day and that is why I [...]

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How to Increase Traffic With Guerilla Marketing

February 7, 2012

This is a guest post by Richard. If you are new to the online marketing world, guerilla marketing is a term that you have probably not heard of. Nevertheless, you might have applied several guerilla techniques to advertise your site. Some of the techniques that are included are: tapping potential customers on social networking sites, [...]

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Link Building Tactics to Improve Blog Search Engine Rankings

February 6, 2012

This is a guest post by Alia Haley. Link building is perhaps one of the most important factors to improve search engine rankings whether it is a blog or a website. In fact, if wisely built, links alone can make a lot of difference in the search engine listing. On the other hand, improper link [...]

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Blogs To Bookmark: Traffic Generation Cafe

February 5, 2012

Traffic Generation Cafe – Blogs to Bookmark Traffic Generation Cafe is run by Ana Hoffman and covers all aspects of traffic generation and Internet marketing.  It’s one of my favorite blogs and I read it often.  One of the best things about Ana is that she actually cares about people and regularly takes the time [...]

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How To Get More High Quality, Natural Links

February 2, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today. How To Get More High Quality, Natural Links – Nathan Blair explains a better way to build backlinks to good websites and asks the tough question, “Is Your Business Worth Talking About?” 5 Basic SEO Troubleshooting Tips for Content Marketers – [...]

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How A Mom Gets Millions Of Visits To Her Blog

January 19, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today. How An Alaskan Mom Gets Millions Of Visits To Her Carpentry Blog How I Reached #1 on iTunes: A Guide to Launching a Podcast InfoGraphic: The Viral Marketing Cheat Sheet  

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Are You Making These 5 Mistakes With AdSense?

January 19, 2012

People frequently ask me: What’s the best way to make more money with Google AdSense? In replying to numerous with this same question, I have noticed 5 common mistakes people keep making. Note: The video below may not show up if you have AdBlock enabled for my site.

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KABOOM: Strange Articles + Great Content = Mass Traffic

January 18, 2012

This is a guest post by Adam from Dorm Room Cash. If traffic is what you want, then it is time that you go and get it. Link building, social media, guest blogging, article marketing, email marketing and blog posts are not enough, you need to add something different to get more traffic. The problem [...]

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3 Tricks Learned From “Sexy Email Marketing”

January 16, 2012

Recently I purchased Sexy Email Marketing and I want to share with you 3 tricks I learned to increase my email list’s open rate and click-through-rate.

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How to drive traffic to your blog with videos

January 12, 2012

This is a guest post by Anita from workmonk.com. Good videos always last in a person’s memory for longer. So, if you want your blog to be remembered, you need to use good videos. Besides making your blog memorable, videos can get you three benefits. Firstly, you can get your point across to visitors in a [...]

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10 Hard-Hitting Link Building Tactics That’ll Boost Your Rankings

January 10, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today 10 Hard-Hitting Link Building Tactics That’ll Boost Your Rankings 4 Ways the New Facebook Insights Can Grow Your Fans 4 WordPress Plugins to Help You Make Money with Your Blog

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6 On-Page SEO Strategies That’ll Boost Your Rankings

January 9, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today 6 On-Page SEO Strategies That’ll Boost Your Rankings The 5 Best [Free] Keyword Research Tricks I Tried In 2011 2011: The Year Google & Bing Took Away From SEOs & Publishers

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InfoGraphic: Evolution Of SEO: 1998 – 2011

January 9, 2012

Created by Craig from phoenix-training.co.uk

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Backlinks in 2012, 4 Rules To Follow

January 6, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today 4 Golden Rules to Get Backlinks in 2012 – Great post on rules for building backlinks in 2012 When Bing is More Important than Google – Some niches & demographics are far more likely to use Bing than Google. Google Expands [...]

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He Came In #2 Iowa But Has Serious Google Ranking Problems

January 5, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today How Rick Santorum Is Making His “Google Problem” Worse – Presidential candidates spend millions on their campaigns but they often do nothing to fix their Google ranking problems. Don’t make these same mistakes. 5 Tips to Getting More Likes on Your [...]

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Overview Of Last Year’s Google Panda Changes

January 4, 2012

Top 3 Traffic posts The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today Looking Back on the Year of the Panda: Google Algorithm Changes – Affiliate marketers had their sites hit hard by the Google Panda Updates and this post gives a good rundown of last year’s Panda changes. On Page SEO Elements For [...]

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How To Grow Your Site’s Audience Fast In 2012

January 3, 2012

Big 3 The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today How To Grow Your Site’s Audience Fast In 2012 – 12 Essential Tips for Revitalising Your Blog in 2012 – Gregory Ciotti’s list of things you should do to grow your site’s audience. Link Building Strategy For 2012 – Twitter will turn out [...]

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How To Do SEO In 2012

January 2, 2012

Big 3 The big 3 traffic articles you need to read today 18 SEO Experts On How To Do SEO In 2012 – 18 SEO experts talk about how to best do SEO in 2012. Some of my favorite advice was: People should build websites that people want to link to. – ShoeMoney [Stop] Wasting [...]

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InfoGraphic: The Evolution of Facebook Features 2006 – 2011

January 2, 2012

I found this InfoGraphic at GroSocial. (Click on the image for a larger version.)

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How TheNextGoal.com Got 6,200 Visits In The First 3 Months

January 1, 2012

This is a guest post by Larry Lourcey from TheNexGoal.com. A couple of months ago, I was chosen as a contestant in the WeBlogBetter “Survive The Blog” Contest. I was placed on a team with four strangers and we were tasked with creating a blog entirely from scratch. The results were phenomenal! Results So Far [...]

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My Comment Nightmare Is Over – I Can Now Approve Comments

December 27, 2011

Last Saturday I switched to the WordPress plugin IntenseDebate to handle my comments.  Unfortunately I spent several hours trying to get it to import my 9,600 comments and the plugin would stop part way through.  I restarted the process 6 times but it never finished importing my comments. I then tried Disqus to handle comments.  [...]

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Want Me To Personally Review Your Site And Tell You How To Get More Traffic?

December 26, 2011

I want to review your site and help you get more targeted traffic. What you’ll get You’ll receive a report with a step-by-step improvement plan for your particular site.  The report will cover: Back links:  How to build lots backlinks to your site Google Ranking:  Improve your Google ranking for 3 target keywords Twitter Traffic:  [...]

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I cannot approve comments right now and Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2011

I installed a new comment engine and right now it’s not allowing me to moderate comments. So some of your comments won’t show up until this is resolved.  I sent a support ticket to Disqus and we’ll see how fast they respond and solve the problem. Merry Christmas everyone!

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InfoGraphic: What Is Guest Posting And How Will Get Me Traffic?

December 21, 2011

Guest posting can be a great way to get targeted traffic but some people are wondering, “What is guest posting?”

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Keywords In Title Tags – Are You Doing It Wrong?

December 21, 2011

Your keywords belong in your title tag. But is the text in your title tag readable?

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InfoGraphic: How Has The Internet Changed Education?

December 17, 2011

Created by Seo.com (Larger version available here)

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InfoGraphic: What Makes Content Go Viral?

December 14, 2011

This InfoGraphic was created by Voltier Digital and you can view the full version at ProBlogger.

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There Is No Magic Button For Ranking #1 In Google

December 11, 2011

That’s right. There’s no magic button. No silver bullet. No puny pink pill you can swallow to make your site skyrocket to #1 on Google. You’re better off looking for a magic button to transport you to the top of a tall mountain.  Beam me up, Scotty! That’s my message for today:  There’s no magic [...]

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How To Increase Your Search Engine Rankings (Plus 50 High PR Web 2.0 Properties)

December 7, 2011

This is a guest post by Adam Snyder from DormRoomCash.com and is part of my How To Rank #1 In Google Tutorial. Did your website get affected by the recent Google Panda update? Is your traffic and income suffering because of it? Don’t worry if your website was hit hard because I have the answer [...]

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