Archive for March, 2010

How will people find your new blog?

It’s tough to start a marketing program when you don’t have a following and don’t even know if anybody’s paying attention. New authors ask, “If I start a blog, how do I get anybody to read it? Well, everybody has to start somewhere. You might be writing at first for just you and your mom [...]

March 30, 2010 · Mary · No Comments
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SEO for the rest of us

I don’t consider myself a techie. I know just enough about back-end SEO to be incredibly dangerous. So how does a non-tech website owner help their website make nice with Google and the other search engines? 1. Have a blog on your website and update it regularly. I’m amazed how many web people think it’s [...]

March 24, 2010 · Mary · No Comments
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Maintain your marketing focus….Oooh, look! Shiny!

If you want to succeed in marketing online you need to focus on your objectives. That being said, I’m one of the biggest offenders of succumbing to BSO (Bright Shiny Objects) syndrome. I’m always chasing down rabbit holes, all in the name of research. I do learn a lot of good stuff, but it sometimes [...]

March 15, 2010 · Mary · No Comments
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