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Why you should start guest blogging NOW?

Mark Flavin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:22:55 +0000

Guest post by Robert Bellarmine

More and more webmasters are now turning to guest blogging as a means to promote their blog and it might be interesting that you follow suit. Indeed there are many benefits that are associated with guest blogging and should make a wonderful addition to your marketing campaign. In this article I will be sharing information on 5 benefits of guest blogging that may help take your business to the next level.

Traffic

The first advantage of guest blogging is that it will allow you to get some huge traffic for your site. By writing some quality articles, people will be interested to learn more from you and obviously will click on the link in your biography. This can be really useful for new sites that have yet to get any ranking in the search engines.

SEO

Following the Google Panda updates, many SEO experts are claiming that article submissions have lost some of their effectiveness and it might be important that we look for other alternatives. This is where guest blogging can be quite useful when it comes to link building. Indeed links coming from real blogs that have real traffic can be really powerful when it comes to improving your SERP.

Reputation Building

Guest blogging can be also useful when it comes to building your reputation on the internet. By posting some quality articles on established blogs you will be able to position yourself as an expert in the field. This will allow you to get some influence in certain niches and help you attract people to your own niche.

New Contacts

Another advantage of guest blogging is that it can help you make some new contacts related to your niche. This might provide you with opportunities for joint ventures when it comes to future projects. At the same time this might help you uncover new strategies and new markets for your own business.

Social Media Opportunities

Guest posting can also allow you to tap into the social media strength of some more established sites. In most cases your guest post will be shared to the host sites Twitter followers or the Facebook Fanpage and this can help you get some massive traffic to your own site.

At the same time you will want to make sure that visitors can share your own content quickly and easily across the different social media websites. For instance you will want to place your Twitter and Facebook button in some more visible position to help your readers.

Guest blogging can be really useful when it comes to promoting your site. Not only will itl allow you to get some interesting traffic to your own site, this can allow you to build your reputation online and also meet some new people related to the niche.

Robert Bellarmine is the writer behind Visitask.com where he covers topics related to project management and other management topics as well.

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SEOPressor Review – 1st Page Google Rankings In One Day

Mark Flavin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:31:37 +0000

I got access to a plugin called SEOPressor a few weeks ago & really like it. In a nut shell it helps you optimize your wordpress posts for your chosen keyword phrase & helps you get better search engine rankings for them.

Just yesterday I wrote a post reviewing Upflame a new sales page & squeeze building software. When I first started the post I had an SEOPressor score of 0% but I followed the plugins instructions, got the SEOPressor score over 66% & just a few hours later I was on the first page of Google for the terms ‘Upflame’ & ‘Upflame Review’.

Now obviously I have a well established blog with pagerank & inbound links so when I post something if I optimize it correctly it often finds its way to the front page or even to the top of the results but SEOPressor makes optimizing each & every wordpress post extremely easy.

Basically you follow what SEOPressor says & let it do ‘it’s thing’ & it will optimize your post for your chosen keyword phrase.

You can see the results below. (Go search Google for ‘upflame’ & ‘upflame review’ yourself to make sure there’s no shenanigans! Remember depending on what country your in or if you’re logged into your Google account the results may differ)

Results for search term “Upflame Review”

Results for search term “Upflame”

So their you have SEOPressor. A really easy to use wordpress plugin that can help you get top Google rankings. It will help you optimize every post you make so that every wordpress post can potentially bring you lot’s of free traffic from Google & the other search engines.

If you think a tool like this would be of help to you, you can try SEOPressor for just $7 for a 7 day trial.

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A Quick Start Guide To Search Engine Optimization For WordPress Bloggers

Mark Flavin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:49:27 +0000

I just finished writing a short report called “A Quick Start Guide To Search Engine Optimization For WordPress Bloggers” (short report, long title!) It just goes over two things you MUST do to your wordpress blog to get top search engine rankings & shows you how to implement these two on page optimization strategies. Well worth reading if you’re starting a new wordpress blog or you haven’t optimized your current blog.

To download the report right click the download link link below & save the report to your computer. It’s in PDF format so if you don’t have a PDF reader on your computer you can download one here for free.

=> A Quick Start Guide To Search Engine Optimization For WordPress Bloggers (Download Link)

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The Easiest Way To Install A WordPress Blog

Mark Flavin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:07:39 +0000

Here’s a video I just did showing pretty much the easiest way possible to install a wordpress blog. It take’s just a couple of clicks.

Click Here To Get Web Hosting That Has Fantastico For installing Your Blogs

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Some Great Blog Posts To Kick Off The Week.

Mark Flavin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:55:55 +0000

I did a lot of blog hopping this morning & found some really helpful blog posts. Here’s just a few i want to share.

1. Do you really want to succeed by John Thornhill.

2. Affiliate marketing on a budget by Justin Dupre

3. Backing up your wordpress blog quickly by Jeffery Morgan on Barry Wells blog

4. Boost traffic & trust by giving back by Joshua Noerr on Problogger

5. 5 Ways to Promote Your Social Media Efforts Offline
by Sarah Kessler on Mashable

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How To Add Opt In Forms To Your Blog Without Knowing HTML or Editing Your Theme.

Mark Flavin — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:33:56 +0000

Building a subscriber list is by far the single most important thing you can do for your business. But adding your opt-in code to your blog can be tough if you don’t know your way around your theme’s HTML & PHP! And most autoresponder providers don’t provide much in the way of styling options for your form so you can match it to the theme and style of your blog.

So here’s a free wordpress plugin that can do all that for you, it’s called opt-in form adder.

Here’s how it works:

Step 1. Click on Run Quick Setup Wizard.

Step 2: Copy and paste your optin form code, which you get from your autoresponder/mailing list provider.

Step 3: Customize the look of your optin form.

Step 4: Select where you want to put your optin form.

Click here to download Opt-In Adder for free & add beautifully designed opt-in forms to your blog without editing any code & start building your subscriber base today.

**BONUS** A few months back I launched How To Blog which is a series of training videos showing you how to set up a profitable blog from scratch. I charged $17.00 for it but for a limited I’m going to give it away for FREE. I don’t think I’ll do this for long so if you want to get access to How To Blog for FREE click here now.

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[Free Plugin] How To Serve & Track Banner Ads On Your Blog

Mark Flavin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:50:03 +0000

One way to monetize your wordpress blog is to use banner ads & promote affiliate programs. No matter what niche you are in, between commission junction, linkshare & clickbank you will find a product related to your niche to promote. (Unless you’re in some crazy ass niche like Halloween costumes for dogs…. oh really? They sell those!!)

But one of the biggest issues with serving banner ads on your blog is having to go into the theme & start editing the HTML to add banners into your posts, in the header, in the footer or in the sidebar & after doing all that you’ll need some tracking software to track how many clicks your banners are getting to see if they are converting well.

Enter the Max Banner Ads Plugin. You can use the plugin to automatically add your banners into your sidebar, into your posts & at the top or bottom of your posts. You just enter the location of your banner & the link you want to send people to when they click it & you’re done! The plugin will add the banner to your blog.

Screenshot

If you’re unsure about editing themes & HTML then this will really help you monetize your site. You can download the banner ad plugin here.

[Free Plugin] How To Serve & Track Banner Ads On Your Blog is a post from: Mark Flavin's Blog | News & Tutorials On SEO, Social Media, Website Traffic & Internet Marketing

How To Optimize Your WordPress Blog For The Search Engines

Mark Flavin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:37:15 +0000

I love wordpress blogs. Their easy to install, easy to manage, easily extendable which a huge developer community & lots of great plugins & once you know what you’re doing the search engines love them. In fact I love them so much that I run this blog using WordPress.

However right after you install your wordpress blog it’s not optimized for the search engines or optimized to encourage the sharing of your content on social media & social networking sites.

You need to optimize your permalink structure, install plugins which encourage your readers to share your content, optimize your page title structure and lots of other cool stuff that can take a while to do if you don’t know what you’re doing.

So here’s a set of step by step videos that will show you exactly how to optimize your wordpress blog for the search engines.

The videos are very detailed & easy to follow and don’t cost an arm & a leg (They’re only $10.00!) So go check them out at the link below if you would like to optimize your wordpress blog for the search engines & start increasing the amount of traffic Google is sending to your blog!

–> Click here to increase search engine traffic to your blog <–

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How To Make Your Blog Viral, Vital & Valuable

Mark Flavin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:01:56 +0000

Time is moving so quickly. It was my birthday yesterday. I was 27! That big 30 is getting really close now… scary!

Anyway I just wanted to drop you a free gift in celebration of my ‘oldness!’ It’s a free report all about how to make your blog Viral, Vital & Valuable.

=> How to make your blog viral, vital & valuable

(The report is in PDF format)

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10 Ways to Keep Your Blog Full of Content

Mark Flavin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:27:00 +0000

There’s a really good post over at the hubspot internet marketing blog titled 10 Simple Strategies for Business Blog Content. If you’ve ever had writers block or need some new ideas for blog posts then pop over and check it out.

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