In December 2005 I wrote a blog post for Darren Rowse on Problogger.net , that's over two years ago. It's not a bad little article, although I no longer agree with a couple of things. Keep your posts down to 250 words! No chance, a post should be as long as it needs to be. It's the information people are interested in not the format. Restricting a post to a short length means … [Read more...] about Success is Sometimes Just about Sticking Around
Social media marketing
Twittering Naked in the Bath
My latest twitter is " I still think Twitter is as useful as trying to water roses with an over salivating dog." Which when you think about is is the secret of link building. I find it as banal as left wing performance artist on the streets of Grantham on a wet Thursday afternoon. But, and this is the important bit. It carries conversations of people in my industry, and thus, … [Read more...] about Twittering Naked in the Bath
Digg Revolt
So I awoke at 6am this morning to write a nice bit of content for a client and was confronted with a digg Strike. Quickly pinged a few people and saw that the digg community had finally had enough at the Ivory Tower marketing techiniques of the founders of digg.com Basically, people are pissed at the lack of communication with those who run digg and also over changes in the … [Read more...] about Digg Revolt
Cornwallseo.com Makes Time Magazine
In the 24th of December issue of Time Magazine, flick to the back and check out the article called, The Power of 10. Jump to number 8 and you will see a quote from one of my blog posts, reasons why you should not stop posting top ten lists It's very tricky trying to explain to friends and family what I actually do. Success is really only judged on the car you drive and the … [Read more...] about Cornwallseo.com Makes Time Magazine
Social Bookmarking and SEO
There are social bookmarking sites out there that give dofollow links. Meaning if you craft a piece of content and title it with the keyword phrase you need, you are getting a free link with the correct anchor text. In fact, there are 100's of sites out there you can do this at. I'm not going to give a list of all the dofollow sites I use, but check out this social bookmarking … [Read more...] about Social Bookmarking and SEO
Social Bookmarking Lists
I am constantly on the lookout for new bookmarking sites. There doesn't seem to be a definitive list which is constantly updated, so I grabbed as many of the lists as possible and ranked them in order of freshness. It should be a good source of bookmarking sites although there is going to be obvious duplication. 233 Social Networking Sites for Marketing Your Blog September … [Read more...] about Social Bookmarking Lists