Advertising with your local media can be a very good (and cheap) way to promote your blog or website. Local weekly papers, regional newspapers, and even business cards can help your website reach a whole new audience. Don’t limit yourself to Twitter and Facebook. Get out there and tell the world about your website and [...]
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My first week of blogging has been somewhat successful. I’ve barely had any traffic on this site, but I’ve also branched out to SideTick.com where you can earn TickBucks (which turn into PayPal cash) by getting referrals, commenting, viewing polls, blogging, etc. I’ve posted my blogs there as well. I’ve made $5.66 from Google Adsense [...]
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This week’s “Blog of the week” is The Brothers Brick, a popular site for adult Lego enthusiasts. The site features the latest news and sneak peaks on Lego products, advice for building creations, and photos of the coolest sculptures, mosaics, and buildings online. Visit today to see this incredible blog.
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Direct messages on Twitter are private tweets between you and another member. It is a more personalized tweet that they will get notified about upon receipt. It will grab their attention more than just another public tweet. You can only send a direct message to someone who’s following you. Follow me on Twitter.
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Caution: When building a blog and getting traffic, it takes time. These last few days have been slightly depressing, but I need to keep going on: So what have I been doing to promote the blog? I’ve been tweeting about it, Facebook-ing about it, LinkedIn-ing about it, telling friends on MySpace about it, and posting [...]
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This one is obvious, but it’s essential in today’s environment. Without Twitter, you are already behind. Check out this blog’s Twitter page. Use Twitter apps on your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or other smartphone – and tweet all day! A “tweet” is a simple message of 140 characters or less that you can post to your [...]
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Today, I added my Facebook, Twitter, and RSS icons to my blog at the top right. The top right is the typical spot for these ubiquitous icons. Adding these links to your website shows that you are serious about social media, provides more exposure for different social media outlets, and allows more people to follow [...]
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2010-11-24 ::
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SEO Tips
SEO Tip: Use meta tags
Meta tags are those HTML tags that begin with <meta> that sit in the <HEAD> section of your pages. These tags are hidden when viewing the page in a browser. Meta tags aren’t the magic answer to get your site at the top of search engine listings, but they do help in displaying your site’s [...]
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I just (hopefully) installed Google Analytics on my website. First, I went to my Google Adsense’s page, then clicked the link at the top to sign up for Google Analytics. I simply added this website’s URL and that was about it. I followed these instructions on WordPress’s website to install the plugin. It asked [...]
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After some tweaking the PHP templates on WordPress and some Photoshop magic, here’s what I came up with: BEFORE: AFTER: Much Better!
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