How To Successfully Pitch A Blogger For A Guest Post
One of the most important ways to enhance your link portfolio is through guest blog posts. Finding a relevant blog with an engaged audience can be a daunting task, but the return on investment is potentially significant. There are hundreds of thousands of blogs on the internet, but how do you create a relationship with a blogger for a quality link opportunity? What is the best way to make first...
Read MoreInternet Blackout Day on January 18
WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago, if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of corporations. We must stop it. On January 18, 2012 many sites around the web — from small...
Read MoreBranding. Who Cares?
[Editors Note: This will be the first of an occasional series of blogs looking at marketing, planning and branding both on and off line from one of our writers, Kelvin Collins. Kelvin has spent many years leading marketing and brand management in financial services giants such as HSBC, The Co-operative and M&S Money. He now [...] Branding. Who Cares? is a post from: Dave Naylor’s...
Read MoreHow to Choose Keywords for Your Blog
How to choose keywords for your blog? If you’ve ever seen me at a conference, giving a presentation, or ranting on any of the social media hangouts, chances are good that you’ve heard me pick on bloggers for not choosing their keywords properly when writing their posts. In this article, I’ll explain what I see as the real problem, why it persists, and what you can do to...
Read MoreGetting The Most Out of Your Guest Blogging Efforts
In my opinion, guest blogging is one of the best ways to build relevant backlinks to your web pages. Not only does this method of link building help build out and diversify a website’s backlink portfolio, but when done correctly, it can also bring targeted visitors to your site. If you are anything like me, you have probably thought that there are only so many blogs out there that write...
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