March 1st, 2008

Cookie Cutter Group Links

Alive Author’s Network – Webinar Links

Social Book-marking sites

Lensing Sites

MPOW

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cookiecutters/messages/762?xm=1&o=1&l=1

Keyword Strategies Part 2 052408

Nichebot Tool Matrix

Market Shares of Search Engines

Magazines.com

Free Mailing List Search Tool

Keyword Strategies Part 1 051708

Links for the class:

Firefox Add-ons

SeoQuake

Seo for Firefox

Niche Bot

Magnify Your Profit With a Lens

The following are the links for the class:

Everyone is an Expert by Seth Godin:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/10/the_next_free_e.html

The Best Lenses About Lensing:

http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-hubpages
http://www.squidoo.com/submit-url
http://www.squidoocool.com/new-squidoo-layout
http://www.squidoo.com/Squidoo-Groups-Swap-Ratings
http://www.squidoo.com/tricks
http://www.squidoo.com/linking-tips
http://www.squidoo.com/top_100_in_5_days
http://www.squidoo.com/love4squidoo
http://www.squidoo.com/htmlsquid
http://www.squidoo.com/my-squidoo-tips3
http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-somebody
http://www.squidoo.com/dosquidoo
http://www.squidoo.com/newbie-squidoo-mistakes
http://www.squidoo.com/Squidcasting
http://powersquidoo.com/75-places-to-submit-your-squidoo-site/2007/10/31/
http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-lensroll

Group for Squidoo Promotion:

http://www.squidoo.com/groups/selfpromotion

Admirable Lens examples:

http://www.squidoo.com/nonelectric
http://www.squidoo.com/zazzlegallery

Plexoing Your Way to the Top
http://plexodex.squidoo.com/#

032208 – The Power of the Blog

Why Blog ?

1. Multiple Presences on the Web
a. Inbound links
b. Trackbacks
c. Link to lenses
d. Widget links
e. Communications between blogs
2. Search Engine Marketing.
a. Niched keywords
b. Search engine optimized, such as all in one seo
c. Search engines love rss feeds, consider them credible content
d. Search engines spider search engines more frequently
3. Categorized Content
a. Easy to access content
b. Easy to organize content
c. Link management
4. Direct Communications.
a. Blogs feel personal, no one between you and your message
b. Crawlable urls
5. Brand Building.
a. Add a blogsite to your website, easy to personalize the look and feel
b. Blogs are postable on social network sites
6. Relational Marketing.
a. Blogs are heart to heart, preaching to your choir
b. Content is fresh when updated regularly
c. Trackbacks and plugs from loyal subscribers
d. Comments features
e. Team blogging
7. Exploit the Niches.
a. Multiple blogs for micro-niches
b. Each post stands on its own
8. Media & Public Relations.
a. Make a blog that becomes your press kit
b. Make your company appear to be transparent
9. Position Yourself as an Expert.
a. Show off what you know
b. Research what others know
c. Link the two for a power up
10. Reputation Management.
a. Give your side of the story
b. Don’t wait for others to tell it for you.
11. Low cost.
a. Blogs are low bandwidth
b. Can blog for free in many places

14 Things you can do to make your blog better and increase traffic:

1. Participate in the blogging community
2. Don’t rely on yourself for content
3. Activate the option to send update emails to your subscribers
4. Add media to your blog
5. Interact with your subscribers
6. Plug your blog in all your company literature
7. Post frequently instead of making long winded infrequent posts
8. Bring up blog posts in discussion groups
9. Mention your blog authorship in conversation
10. Use your blog in presentations
11. Consider team blogging
12. Include your blog(s) in your lenses
13. Keep up on widgets you can include in your blog to make it more interesting
14. Give people things to refer back to…resources

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030108 – Make Your Wordpress Do Tricks!

Odeo
Odeogram
Wordpress Plugins

  • All in One SEO Pack
  • Who Sees Ads ? (ad count tracker)
  • HeadSpace2 (meta tag manager)
  • Social Bookmarking RELOADED
  • Sociable
  • podPress

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Homework:

  • Send me an Odeo via the button on www.thewebwoman.com
  • Find a blog(s) you can do a trackback with and trackback
  • Install the SEO Pack on your blog, configure it and start to use it.
  • Email me: bonnie@thewebwoman.com with the results of your homework.

Link to the audio for this class – Click Here.