Check out what I saw earlier today on Delicious.com. As you know bookmarking can get your site initially seen and indexed by the search engines. Some sites still do pass some link power to your sites as well but mostly the use of these social bookmarking services for seo link juice is dead.

But they still hold very intriguing possibilities for getting direct visitors and more exposure.

Quick secret: last I checked the delicious rss feed gives FOLLOWED links. So it is worth getting links here and reaching the front page of the site like this spam google wave site did has its own direct visitors and traffic benefits.

Check out what happened because I documented it on this video. Also, I go into my own speculation as to how this spam site got to the front page and more importantly how you can copy what they did for your sites to get this prime placement and exposure.

Don’t spam though. Only promote quality sites which are ready for prime-time. The pages/sites you promote on the online bookmarking site services should give out quality info or training.

Grab your potential front page spot. This is the software which could help you.

Click here to get front page

Obviously, only use this software on quality articles and info. Don’t promote spammy sites like the one in the video.

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Facebook is a much talked about website especially right now.  It is indeed the trendiest of the social networking sites and believed to be used far more for business networking than any other social site (though I believe this is just a rumor and don’t have any hard and fast data to confirm this).

As you probably know I’ve been a heavy Facebook user for the last 18 months and have built a network of over 3000 friends.

You can join the group here. (Note you must be logged into your FB account for these links to work!)

Admittedly, as my time is becoming more compressed with business activities I’ve had less time than I’d like to devote to Facebook.

But there are quite a few secrets you may not know about the lay of the FB land as well as common ettiquette you need to know to be able to succeed with your campaigns.

I’ve been working on some training materials based on my own experiences using Facebook but today I want to talk a little bit about a recent launch which was done by my friend Simon Ford in Australia.

A little background on Simon tells you he had a hospitality business for backpackers.  Basically he had little houses and small units which he rented out specifically to people who are backpacking through Australia. (sound familiar…targeting a smaller niche inside an already established hospitality market)

He did things slightly differently in that he had no on-site staff and only accepted people who were willing to stay for a minimum of 30 days.  Of course, the traditional hotel industry said his business would fail but instead it flourished.

So Simon has some experience doing event launches and running a successful business.  He’s now turned his attention to online and Web 2.0 marketing.

He really has a good grip on what FB marketing is all about… building relationships where people feel like they’re getting genuine value from you and not just being sold to with a blatant advertisement.

As my friend you may have even gotten my initial introduction which asks a little bit about you, then tells you a little bit about me, then includes an invite link to my group.

Simon advised me to take out the link because it seems disingenuous.  He said just put a little sentence telling them to request an invite to the group if they’re interested.

The whole point especially in the social media space is to give value before you ask for anything in return especially before asking them to buy your stuff.  There’s a reason it’s called a friend request and NOT a CUSTOMER REQUEST.

Simon did three main things in his launch and you probably recognize a few of these from Jeff Walker’s product launch formula.

1.  Did a massive build up of value for him and his product through the use of notes.  Simon’s FB Note

2.  Had a couple of videos made and promoted them. Sample Simon FB Video

3.  Formed a group specifically for the launch where people can gather and have conversation

He did a few other minor things like having his own blog, twittering, putting the videos on YouTube, and posting the links to his notes and videos through his FB news feed.

Facebook was his main marketing platform and in a little over two weeks he has sold over 1300 copies of his book Social Traffic which goes for $47.

One of the biggest things I talked to him about on our Skype phone conversations was the importance in the social sites of building deeper relationships with 10 to 20 people instead of attempting to reach the masses because it just doesn’t work in social media.

Social media is about individual or small group communication not Mass promotions.

Check out those links to see what he is doing and join the TaggZilla Facebook group here.

I do know he used only free tactics and will have more updates for you on the power of Facebook for your marketing coming soon.

Here’s a link to all his videos on FB and all his FB notes are here. Again, make sure you’re logged into your FB account for these links to work.

Originally posted 2008-12-01 16:09:18. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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If you have a website, then its lifeblood is traffic. If you are selling your own product, you need more website traffic to turn a percentage of visitors into buyers. If you are selling someone else’s product as an affiliate, you need to constantly increase website traffic to offset dwindling conversions as the product cools off. And if you have created a high quality content site in order to display Adsense, Chitika or other context sensitive advertising units, then the more website traffic, the more clicks on your ads.

Here are five surefire tips to increase your website traffic:

1. Writing articles is a win-win-win situation. The ezine editor gets content, the reader gets valuable information and you get backlinks. And it’s not hard, just tedious. Go through everything you’ve written down as part of creating your website and, if applicable, producing your product. This is your area of expertise and others will benefit from it. And it’s original. Highlight separate topics and bring like topics together. Associate relevant keywords with each topic. Pick a keyword and write a headline based on it. Use three to five relevant topics as your content. Finish off with a resource box like mine at the end of this article. Rinse and repeat until you’ve got several articles. To get more website traffic, submit them to the high Google PR, low Alexa Rank article directories listed at: Traffic Flood Gate.com

2. Create an account at Trail Fire.com. Find four other sites, blogs or articles on the same or a similar topic as yours, but who are not direct competitors, and link them and your site together in a “trail.” Include your best keywords in each review. Google loves these “fire trails” and with luck will rank yours highly for your chosen keywords.

3. An oldie but still a goodie. Create several unique (very important - you will get deleted if they are the same or even too similar - you might even need to create separate accounts) advertisements at Craigslistacross different regions in the Small Business category, using your best keyword as the anchor text linking back to your site. Craigslist has a Google Page Rank of a whopping 8!

4. Every time you create a website, you should add a Wordpress blog to it. If you’re using cPanel, it’s a very simple process. Click on Fantastico, then select Wordpress blog, new installation and follow the simple process through. Do a Google search on Wordpress theme (free if you like) pick one that appeals and follow the instructions to change the theme. If you don’t, your blog will look like a million others. And what to post to your blog? Why, the articles you wrote in Tip 1. Try to post one a week, and watch your traffic go up. You can find more great ways to get increased website traffic by reading more of the story at the link below.

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Originally posted 2008-04-10 20:12:08. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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Its damn easy and it takes just a few seconds to do.

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Originally posted 2008-03-12 15:09:37. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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How To Get People Addicted To You And Take Control
Written on 3/19/2008 by Alex Shalman, creator of the of Practical Personal Development blog.

There is a special little secret ingredient which is responsible for getting people addicted to you, to love you, and to think of you as an irreplaceable person in their life. Right away you are thinking of how valuable it would be to have such power in romance, friendship and business.

People would love you, adore you, and want you to succeed. How famous, rich, and powerful would you be then? This universal principle applies to any person, and can be executed at any time, but keep in mind that you will be completely exploiting them, so take this knowledge and let the use of it rest on your own conscience.

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Originally posted 2008-03-19 13:45:15. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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