Link baiting is perhaps the fastest way to get tons of traffic…but only if you get it right. Of course, as usual it’s the getting it right that’s really difficult. According to Wikipedia there are 5 basic types of link bait namely informational hooks, new hooks, humor hooks, evil hooks, and tool hooks. While some […]
Marketing Your Blog: The 4 Ps Continued (Pricing and Placement)
April 25, 2024 by
Pricing – Pricing is not an issue when it comes to blogs. We all know that blogs can be read by anyone for free, which is one of the reasons why they are so popular. What you can do though is offer value added services to those interested. You can offer special articles that tackle […]
Don’t be a Tagboard Whore
April 25, 2024 by
Tagboards are very useful for a beginning blogger for two chief reasons: They provide the blogger’s readers a hassle-free venue to give feedback or compliments; and They allow the blogger to easily build relationships (e.g. link exchange) with other bloggers by commenting on their tagboards. While there is nothing wrong with the latter – going […]
Are Link Trains the Chain Letters of the Blogging Age?
April 25, 2024 by
You’ve probably seen several versions of a link train meme going around the blogosphere. Whether it’s supposedly optimized for certain web applications (e.g. Alexa version 1 & version 2, Technorati, MyBlogLog, Bloglines) or requires some other qualifier (viraltags, your name in your domain name, tech sites only, feed URLs, Z-listers only!), this method of sharing […]
