Social Marketing

I submit my blog posts to all the social bookmarking & “story submission” services out there.  It’s another method of Web 2 organic traffic generation, and the backlinks at those places that don’t use “nofollow” don’t hurt either.
So, submitting to Digg, Reddit, etc. is all good, but for actual traffic to my site?  PlugIM is [...]

There’s been a lot of talk in the blogging and IM world recently about spamming & etchis (but then again, isn’t there always?).
That said, the comment thread on this post got me thinking about the issue.
Think about MySpace (or other social networking sites) “spam.”
You immediately have a scenario in mind of what constitues spam on [...]

If you’re into buying and selling websites (and if you’re not, I strongly suggest you head on over to TubbyNerd and let Ed Dale tell you what you’re missing out on) coupled with nifty web 2.0 goodness, it’s imperative you read - learn - absorb Mike Arrington’s “The Magic Formula.”
Then dream up your web app [...]

Do you remember the big rush to grab Squidoo URL’s?  After Tiffany Dow came out with her excellent Squidoo report, every internet marketer on the planet got on Squidoo and tried to snap up their keywords.
And more power to ‘em!   Squidoo is where it’s at for backlinks to your own sites, as well as creating [...]

Get high PR backlinks by blogging press releases at PRWeb, and using their trackback feature.
Check w/ the Affiliate Profit Center for details.
[Via the Friday Traffic Report.]
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Neil Patel at the Link Building Blog posted about building StumbleUpon networks - where friends agree to Stumble each others’ content first (and, likely favorably).
For those interested in my initial StumbleUpon post, this is a great follow-up. Found via the Friday Traffic Report, where Jack Humphrey Discusses the technique as well.
If you enjoyed this [...]

This is another message that went out to subscribers I’m reposing for the benefit of all.
That said, IM’ers should be well aware of this little trick already. If you’re not, read up!
This is really simple and should absolutely be done for all your sites, if you haven’t already.
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Quick tip for you today on [...]

For the DIY’er, check out Conversion Rater’s link popularity building post.
I don’t bother with #2, the top directories, as I’m not going to pay for my listings.  So I’d spend 2 days on step 7 - linkbaiting/ SMO (social media optimization).  Other then those personal preferences, an excellent beginning guide to linkage.
If you enjoyed this [...]

Pay-Per-Post got $3 million in VC, perhaps the pay-per-digg model will follow suit?
Ed Dale posted about his prediction for 2007 to be the year of buying and selling websites. I see VC money popping up all over the place and think it’s a great time, if you’ve got a clever idea, so get a [...]

Forget pay-per-click advertising, pay-per-post is all the rage these days.
Pay Per Post allows advertisers to get the word out via that grassroots, word-of-mouth goodness that is blogging.
THE PAY PER POST PROCESS: 
You specify what you want the post to contain (review, pics, links, anchor text, etc.) and the dollar amount you’re willing to pay a blogger [...]