Traffic Generation Cafe

September 2010

traffic generation strategy forum posting

Tips #154 and 170 in my “202 Tips To Increase Blog Traffic” (yes, 202 of them - make sure you print the article and post it on your wall) state: 154. Make friends with forum and message boards addicts. 170. Add a forum. I have a confession to make: I strongly dislike forums. As far [...]

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how to make money blogging stage 1

The truth about blogging: whoever said it was easy? Concept by Paul Bradshaw and drawn by Alex Hughes. Love it or hate it? Comment to show me that you’ve alive! PS For more no-nonsense traffic generation and conversion tips from Ana, fill out this short spam-free form:

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Today, I want to share with you a real life success story from director of Stomper Commerce, Todd Chism, is a living, breathing example of the power of Internet Marketing. He grew his multi-million dollar company from the ground up with just enough ingenuity and a lot of common sense, so that now, five years [...]

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improve search engine ranking

I make it a habit to periodically check (maybe once in a couple of weeks or so) my Google Analytics account to see if I have any run-away posts that somehow ended up on the first page of Google without me doing anything but clicking the “Publish” button. It’s always a nice bonus to see [...]

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maxblogpress subscribers magnet sticky buns

Sticky buns: who can resist the delicious flavors that simply melt in your mouth and give you that child-like satisfaction? Well, I can since I don’t really like sticky buns. However, they ARE sticky and quite magnetic and illustrate my point beautifully. Attracting subscribers like children to sticky buns is a dream of any blogger [...]

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make money blogging from home

Let’s face it: gone are the days when blogging was considered a novelty. No matter what you are looking for online, many of the top search engine results have been taken over by blogs. The new trend these days is not whether to have a blog or not; it’s how to make money blogging. Nobody [...]

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google instant search

As always, Google created a lot of controversy by releasing its new Google Instant Search feature yesterday (thanks to Donna Fontenot for keeping me in the loop!). Your search results will now start displaying as soon as you begin typing in the search box. According to Google, this will cut out 2-5 seconds of search [...]

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monetize your website traffic image

Let’s say you are doing everything right to monetize your website traffic: you’ve got your blog going; your unique selling proposition (USP) is in place; you are collecting your leads and providing them with value via autoresponder. Have you made much money yet? Well, what’s going on? Why are your prospects buying, BUT not from [...]

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what is pagerank

Today I am going to do a short Q&A session and focus on the question that comes up a lot in the comments and in my inbox: “What’s up with my PageRank!!! I don’t have any! What does it REALLY take to see some green on that bar???” Let’s start with answering this question first: [...]

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make money with twitter

Today, I’d like to introduce you to my guest author, Harris Fellman. Harris recently launched CoupDeTwitter - a course on how to properly get started with twitter, get lots of followers, and turn those followers into cash. He is by no means a Social Media Purist, but still he teaches what he considers the “right [...]

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traffic building blog tips

by Corbett Barr I asked my favorite popular bloggers for quick and uncommon tips for building website traffic. They really came through with some priceless wisdom and tips, including my favorites by David Heinemeier Hansson, partner at 37signals and James Chartrand of Men With Pens. When you’re done, I would love to hear a quick [...]

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