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Press releases are a great way to build incoming one way links. They are also a way to get the press and blogs writing about your product or site. Of course most web marketers know next to nothing about how to write a press release or even how to interact with journalists. They don't take the time to learn how to really pitch a story to a journalist or what's even the best way to approach a journalist. That's too bad because just learning a few simple rules can mean the difference between getting a story written about your project and a journalist putting you on a spam blacklist. Let's go some of those rules so your next press release campaign can be a success.

Continue reading Press Release Tips »

Posted by on February 22, 2007 4:08 PM in Marketing | Comments (4)

Technorati has introduced a cool new feature that you can use for both link baiting and link building. WTF stand for naturally, "Where's the Fire" (actually it stands for "What the Fuck" but they couldn't actually say that) and it's a simple one paragraph explanation of a technorati search term. How do you use this to build links to your site and manage your brand?

Continue reading How to use Technorati WTF to generate traffic »

Posted by on March 13, 2007 6:23 PM in Link Building | Comments (2)

I have to admit I it took me awhile to understand social networking and social bookmarking sites. In many ways I still don't get it. Not having a clue hasn't stopped someone from blogging about something before and I am no exception. That said here's what I have learned in the past few months.

Continue reading 24 Social Bookmarking Sites you definitely need to know about! »

Posted by on March 14, 2007 10:34 AM in Social Bookmarking | Comments (1)

I have to admit I am lousy at on page SEO. I am not sure why this is - I suspect that because for a few years on page factors weren't that important relative to off page links (That's changed a bit, again). As a result I am really good at building Page Rank. Thalasar is Page Rank 7. Here's one way I get relevant links.

Continue reading Link Building Strategy »

Posted by on March 23, 2007 2:48 PM in Link Building | Comments (0)

I have used Pay Per Post to announce my site Early Miser. I also use the service as a blogger and have earned a bit more than a $1000 from posts I have done in the last week. After using the system both as an advertiser and as a blogger I have some ideas for advertisers looking to get the most from Pay Per Post.

Continue reading How Advertisers Should Use Pay Per Post »

Posted by on March 30, 2007 3:20 PM in SEO | Comments (0)

This morning I got the official notice, Microsoft is finally shutting down the Microsoft bCentral directory. The directory, long slated for closure, finally has an official shutdown and migration date.

Continue reading Microsoft Finally Shuts down bCentral »

Posted by on April 2, 2007 12:33 PM in Link Building | Comments (0)

I recently updated the firmware on my Playstation 3. The most recent firmware update includes the Stanford protein folding application.

Continue reading Protein Folding and the PS3 - Get a free link for being good! »

Posted by on April 6, 2007 9:52 AM in Blogging | Comments (0)

As I have mentioned in previous entries, Microsoft is shutting down BCentral. As a reminder Microsoft sent out a reminder notice last Friday, May 11, 2007.

Continue reading MSN BCentral closing this week. Update your Entries! »

Posted by on May 14, 2007 11:22 AM in Link Building | Comments (0)