Greetings!
Can't believe it's already almost February. Have you kept your new year's resolutions so far? I'm still working on mine.
Jackie
|
Generate inbound links with article marketing
If you've been reading my newsletters for any length of time, you'll know that one of the ways to move up search engine rankings is to have inbound links to your website from other, relevant, highly ranked sites.
You will also know that 21st century marketing is about providing added value, not a hard sell. The more you demonstrate your expertise and give away advice in the form of hints and tips, the more people will trust you are worth paying what you charge.
There are oodles of sites where you can upload articles, but only one where your submissions are checked by human beings (which gives it great credibility). That site is ezinearticles.com and I heartily recommend it. By the way, it's free!
Simply write new articles or tweak and recycle articles you've already written for your website, newsletter or blog, and upload them following the ezinearticles rules. Make sure you add a link to your site in the signature section.
Apart from reading them there, people can reproduce your articles in their own blogs, always crediting you and linking back to your site.
Set up Google Alerts (it's free!) to track usage, and Google Analytics (also free!) to monitor the surge in inbound links.
Read my articles (you may recognise some of them). In the first couple of weeks, I noted 10% more visitors to my site. *Note to self: I really must upload the new version soon.
The next step is to collate your articles into a printed or e-book. *Note to self: I really must get on with that as well.
Hmm, see what I mean about new year's resolutions!
|
Silly signs
I bet these are not true (but how I wish they were!).
In a podiatrist's office: Time wounds all heels
On a septic tank truck: Yesterday's meals on wheels
On another septic tank truck: Caution - This truck is full of political promises
On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed
On another plumber's truck: Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber
On a church notice-board: 7 days without God makes one weak
At a tyre store: Invite us to your next blowout
On an electrician's truck: Let us remove your shorts
In a non-smoking area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action
At a gynaecologist's office: Dr. Jones, at your cervix
At an optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place
On a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push.
On a taxidermist's window: We really know our stuff
On a garden fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive!
At a car dealership: The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment
Outside a car exhaust store: No appointment necessary. We hear you coming
In a vet's waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!
In a restaurant window: Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up
At a funeral home: Drive carefully. We'll wait.
At a radiator shop: Best place in town to take a leak
In the hypnotherapist's office: Change your life. That is just a suggestion and I am just a hypnotist.
|
On a Personal Note
If there's anything you'd like to change about this newsletter, please tell me. If you like it as it is, please forward it to your friends. There's a dinky little linky-link below to help you to do just that. You'll get a warm fuzzy feeling when you do. Trust me!
|
