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I Go Really Fast – Use The Pause Button

by Michelle MacPhearson

I made a new video for you – it’s a bit cheeky, but then I get real and give you my blueprint for new sites – how to build, configure, optimize and promote them.
I go really fast, but you can pause to take notes and even re-watch it – I’m not taking it down today.
Watch [...]

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How to *NOT* Become a Writer (Getting fresh content…)

by Michelle MacPhearson

Let’s talk content.
Content creation is the BANE of many webmaster’s existence.
You KNOW the search engines (particularly Google) absolutely *LOVE* it when your site has lots of fresh, updated and quality content.
And you might also be one of the many people (like me!) who doesn’t really like writing all those articles.
….I don’t blame you. If [...]

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It’s Not Me, It’s You: Three Pillars of Social Media Marketing

by Michelle MacPhearson

“OMG if I use social media I can go to all these awesome sites and tell people about my product/service/website? And then they’ll buy my stuff? That’s so neat!”
That’s the initial thought process when someone considers social media marketing.
And it’s dead wrong.
People aren’t on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube to BUY YOUR STUFF.  They might, [...]

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Max Banner Ads Demo

by Michelle MacPhearson

Max Banner Ads is a flexible platform on which you can manage your blog monetization strategy that I recommended to Crowd Mountain members recently and thought I’d share with you as well.
Some key features that make this Wordpress plugin a must have:

Ability to flexibly insert ads all over your blog without editing your theme’s code
Split [...]

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Inside the Crowd Mountain Member’s Area

by Michelle MacPhearson

A sneak peek inside the Crowd Mountain member’s area.
   

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Want a Link From My Blog?

by Michelle MacPhearson

In the next two weeks, I’m going to be traveling a bit for the holidays, as well as just spending some time relaxing and planning my 2009.
I’d imagine you’re doing the same thing, so I’m giving you a bit of time to prepare.  I’d like to keep the blog active during the next couple weeks, [...]

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Bring Traffic To Your Blog

by Michelle MacPhearson

Here are a few of my favorite ways to bring traffic to your blog quickly and easily:

Submit posts to blog carnivals (really, it works)
Comment on other people’s blogs
Use Comment Sniper to comment on popular blogs
Have a link to your blog in forum and email signature lines
Add a video linking to your blog to video sharing [...]

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Blog Rush Click Maximizer Wordpress Plugin

by Michelle MacPhearson

I discussed Blog Rush & Traffic Jam in a recent post, and Andy Beard has followed up with a comprehensive pros-n-cons look at the services from John Reese.  One tool he mentioned was the Blog Rush Click Maximizer plugin for Wordpress.
This plugin allows you to change your post title to something a bit more BlogRush [...]

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Why I Twitter (And Why You Should Too)

by Michelle MacPhearson

I was at a holiday gathering this season and had a short conversation about Twitter with my husband’s Grandfather, Steve. He wondered “Why” in regards to Twitter.
I told him I wouldn’t Twitter if it weren’t for my business – and unless you have lots of actual, real-life friends on Twitter, it’s probably worthless… [...]

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Blog Rush: My Analysis

by Michelle MacPhearson

I installed BlogRush about 2 months ago, but then didn’t do a lot of updating here, so my initial numbers are skewed.
Since I’ve been back to regular posting, Reese has updated the service to include new analytics, more specific categories and new sizes for the BlogRush widget.
What do I think?
TWO CAVEATS

I hate, hate, hate putting [...]

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