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By: thewritesolution

thewritesolution — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:12:08 +0000

Very useful blog! I am impressed and would like to have you follow my blog as well. Not much on mine yet, but I am working on it. Please stop by sometime.

www.the-writesolution.blogspot.com

Thanks!
Mike

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:26:17 +0000

Hi CJ,
Thanks for the Platinum SEO tip. Learn something every day!
I've developed a ‘workflow’ that lets me do many of these tasks rather quickly.
For example, I tend to batch edit posts in Wordpress, have a text file with Keywords on my desktop so I don’t have to go hunting around, and a library of images ready to go.
I also spend more time planning my posts rather than writing on the fly, i.e. create more long term impact.
Does that help?

By: CJ Spurr

CJ Spurr — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:56:30 +0000

Ivan — wow is that a lot of information. Like the suggestions, but how do you fit all that into a day or 2? I would recommend Platinum SEO. It's like the All In One, but has more features. It also auto redirects a post or page should you tweak the page/post name.

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:15:07 +0000

sorry, this one is what i meant All in One SEO Pack

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-...

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:13:45 +0000

you can get All in One SEO Pack here

http://semperfiwebdesign.com/portfolio/wordpres...

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:12:32 +0000

Darren Rowse uses these to great effect over on his problogger site. It keeps people involved. We’re curious animals and it plays to that.

What polls would you like me to run on this site?

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:10:56 +0000

Hi Bryn,
Exactly as it builds up anticipation.
They know (and expect) what content you plan to deliver to them.
It also re-enforces your core message. This is the content we deliver, tune in next week etc…

By: Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:05:52 +0000

It’s a great idea, isn’t it?

We gather several of articles into one file, pdf it, and then submit it with the Google Webmaster tool. That way it gets into the google index faster.

And like you said, it creates many link backs.

By: Marc Achtelig

Marc Achtelig — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:07:49 +0000

You can achieve item 12 (offer Incredible PDFs) quite easily by using some kind of single source publishing approach. For example, you can bundle the most important content from your web site to be downloadable as a PDF. I have been doing this for quite a while now, and server statistics suggest that people really like to do this.

By: Edward Vargas

Edward Vargas — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:04:39 +0000

Where do I get the SEO plugin?

By: Amanda Lace

Amanda Lace — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:03:48 +0000

Polls are help as you can see what others are interested in

By: Bryn Cassender

Bryn Cassender — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:02:45 +0000

Doing tutorials also helps. It keeps them coming back for the next lesson.