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I’m sure I’m not doing all the things on the list, but I’m sure you’re not either. Learn to Launch your blog successfully. There are some fine points in this post. If I have to point them out, you’re not looking hard enough.
I’ve talked to Andy, and Aaron about this project extensively, and it’s definitely one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard. Get on the list for Reviewme - this one is gonna be cool. I can’t wait for it to stir the pot a bit.
One more way to make money from your blog. Check out Feedvertising for adding customized ad links to your RSS feed.
I started reading through some of the blogs I hadn’t heard of from Rand’s list of top 50 blogs (mostly from some of the comments), and realized just how important it is to showcase your top posts. For me personally, it is the difference between me subscribing to your feed in bloglines, or clicking away and having it sink into oblivion where I’ll never read it again (unless perhaps someone else mentions it again).
Pick your niche. Know your demographic. How many times have you heard it? Ten. A hundred. A thousand? Yes. It is cliche. Yes, every SEO, SEM, marketing company, ad agency, and business consultant says it. Mainly because it’s right. No one LIKES the used car salesman approach of the “hard sell”. No one wants your BRAND forced down their throat. They want Tivo’d TV, XM/ Sirius radio, no banner ads, and only products that aren’t blurred out on MTV. They want products that were placed and reviewed positively by people they identify with. They want to buy from someone they trust, who has taken at least five minutes to TALK to them before trying to swipe their pocketbook.
1. Three letters - ROI
2. Every time I click on a blog result it takes me to the homepage, which stays in cache and becomes duplicate content.
3. If a blogger serves content selectively it is “cloaking”
4. Most people that talk like there are a lot of people listening are kind of as*holes.
5. Most blog searches aren’t efficient enough to fight spam effectively and scale.
1. Testing
2. Automation
3. Communication
4. Aggregation
5. Organization
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