What all content creators Need to Learn
4 Tips from Roger Ebert
Here are 4 tips from Copywriter Roger Ebert – These are great tips that will help you when Blogging, creating marketing copy, or just in your daily communications.
WordCamp Portland: More Than Just WordPress
Lesson in Human Nature: Bloggers Band Together
I attended WordCamp (#wcpdx) for the first time this weekend. I have never attended any event in the past where Bloggers, Designers, Coders, and SEO Experts were all together in one place. It was way more than I expected. I expected to learn:
- Tips and Tricks about WordPress
- More Plugin information
- How to get the most from your WP install
- Pushing the limits of WP
- SEO Tips and Tricks
I did learn all of these things, but the best lessons were more intangible. I learned that in Portland there is a very close nit community of Bloggers and Tech people in general – and they all get along, talk to each other, and help each other out. There was people of all learning levels – from beginner to very advanced (Matt Mullenweg) and nobody felt “talked down to”. I am so used to tech people making the average person feel like an idiot – it was very refreshing to see the professionalism with all the attendees. I think everyone walked away form the WordCamp with new information and a desire to make WP better and get more out of their blogs. I left the conference knowing there are more people out there like me.
One of my favorite parts of Wordcamp was meeting some of my Twitter friends in person. Until this weekend these people were just online friends, now I can put the face to a personality and a real individual. Some of the people I met are:
- Brandi Kajino
- Lorelle
- Dale Chumbley
- Matt Mullenweg (never thought I would ever meet the creator of WP)
- Ed Bejarana
- Cami Kaos and Dr. Normal
- Numerous other local Bloggers
This weekend was a great learning opportunity for improving my WordPress skills as well as my business skills. I will definitely be attending more of these events.
Dotty
Online Marketing Strategies Similar for MLM and Brick and Mortar Businesses
I often get asked by business owners about Online marketing strategies. Many of my customers find information about MLM or Network Marketing when searching in Google for Online Marketing Strategies, and then ask me what a “real” business needs to be doing to drive Online traffic.
I am here to tell you – the 2 business models have no difference when it comes to Online marketing.
Here is a marketing strategy that I use in my business.
- Write a Blog post
- Create an article
- Go to www.Hellotxt.com and make an update
- Bookmark your blog post
- Create a Squidoo and Hubpage on a similar topic
When you create your Blog post keep in mind that people generally skim blogs and remember to keep the post brief. Be sure to include lists and headings to make the post easier to read / skim. This also gives you an outline for a more in depth article for either EzineArticles, Squidoo, and Hubpages. After completing your post/articles go to HelloTxt.com and make an update referencing your post. This will send your message throughout the social sites that you participate in. Bookmarking your posts is best accomplished by participating in a Digg or Del.i.ous group so that you are not bookmarking (spamming) your own content. Bookmarking sites frown upon listing your own content and you risk the site deleting you account if you get caught bookmarking your own content.
All of these steps will help to drive traffic to your website or blog and it will also get more of your content listed in Google when people are searching for your topic. Be sure to do some deep linking to more of your content as well as relevant content produced by friends/colleagues.
KQF WordPress Plugin: Make your Blog more Dynamic
People like Dynamic pages – ones that change without much effort on your part. The best way to achieve this is via RSS. KQF plug-in is an awesome way to include RSS into pages of your blog. Jack Humphrey – Blogging Guru has a video over at The Friday Traffic Report that shows how to best use the KQF plugin for your blog. Check it out and get RSSing!
Dotty
Welcome to my Blog
Hello Everyone
I would like to welcome you to my blog. I will be updating this at least weekly if not more often. I will be addressing questions that customers have asked about repeatedly about how to get their sites listed in the search engines and anything else SEO related. I will also be posting interesting tidbits from the industry.
Dotty
