Comment posted on Sunday Coffee with Ana: Link Building, Guest Posting, And Love Confession by Tony Clingan
Hi Ana
Guess from what your saying I need to go back and look at Market Samuri again, I got access to it in the launch stage but never really realised how good it was
Will be interesting to see who you list in your don’t buy list tomorrow although I guess we can think of one or two inclusions
Hope Sunday Coffee proves a success
As always thanks for sharing Tony
Recent comments by Tony Clingan
- Guest Posting: How To Successfully Borrow A-list Bloggers Traffic
Hi AnaA really important post and one we should all pay attention to, it’s funny you feel pleased with small advances until you think of it in terms of a lot more traffic and then reality bites, back to the drawing board
Thanks for sharing Tony
- Keep Your Money, Honey: Which Internet Marketing Products Are Not Worth Their Salt
Hi AnaMakes interesting reading, I think we all get caught in the idea that more expensive means better developed and often that’s not the case, many of the big name people seem to develop their membership sites after they have taken the money
I think article spinning will die now that Ezine articles are saying they will close people down who do it
I am staggered by the stuff that hits my inbox daily from clickbank, I now look at certain of that group as offering no value, it’s all pitch on frankly eye watering nonsense, all newbie traps mostly
Products I did rate were Kim Roach’s Traffic Dashboard, it was I think $27 Dollars at launch and had some real actionable stuff in easy to understand videos and a lot of them
I also keep an eye on the Warrior Forum, a lot of good stuff often for under $10 Dollars and yet ready to hand straight to your outsource people to action including stuff on building .gov and .edu backlinks from Adam Roy
Thanks for sharing Tony
- 202 Bite-Sized Tips To Insanely Increase Your Blog Traffic
Hi AnaIt’s interesting, I was mulling over my next post when I found myself reading your 202 bite sized tips, telling other people my opinion, no problem with that, writing about sports, given that I’m a professional sportsman by training I’ve never written on that although I did draw on some of my knowledge from that for my new years post in terms of fitness and staying focused
Your use of outrageous pictures always makes me smile, maybe a lesson there but in the end it’s about solid content that keeps us coming back
But the best bit is being inspired, look forward to Sunday Coffee, even if I haven’t drunk any for the last twelve years, far too healthy for my own good
Thanks for sharing Tony
- State of SEO Affairs: 2010 In a Nutshell
Hi AnaFeeling better already knowing that pagerank is listed so infrequently, not that we should crave it
I think the point on the e mails saying about the must have products is getting silly, a certain section of the market is doing itself a lot of harm promoting poor products, I for one have lost respect for people I once thought highly of, lets hope 2011 sees an improvement in that area
All of which makes those who make good recommendations all the more valuable, clearly based on my taking up one of your recommendations and considering others I include you in that number
Thanks for sharing Tony
- Signature with Links In Facebook Comments? Now, That’s a First!
Hi AnaBeen using this for just over a month now primarily just for Twitter, love the branding, the pingbacks, the ease of use for posting and clearly I can roll it out on Facebook now that I’ve taken the fledgling first steps, 550 Million people must be an audience worthy of serious cultivation in my thinking
So I would endorse what your saying and recommend anybody sitting on the fence to take up this offer, the updates just keep coming as they continue improving it and at no extra cost to you, how good is that
Thanks for sharing Tony
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Really this site information is awesome and very helpful me… so thanks for the sharing the information about the guaranteed targeted web site traffic…
You are welcome, William.
Of course, I am not sure about the “guaranteed” part. All I can guarantee is that you work your butt of to get it, but you WILL get it.
3. Gravatar - FYI: The new spammer tactic, now they do.
#4. In-post Notes - Sweet! It won’t be too long before I start lookin’ to add cool things like this, thanks!
#5. Link Building - and for those of us without the competition spying and kw research? Those of us having a good hearty laugh at “easiest and best”?
It’s well know, I got issues with the kw thing. lol
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..UPDATE! Contest Sponsors Linking to Money Making Pages – I Need Your Honest Opinion – FAST!
One way or another, you always make my chuckle, Dennis.
Well thank you!
Actually though, there was a serious question in there. Whatcha got for us link-building wise that does not include the kw research stuff?-)
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..UPDATE! Contest Sponsors Linking to Money Making Pages – I Need Your Honest Opinion – FAST!
Link building without keyword research?
That’s sort of pointless, Dennis.
You do link building to be ranked on search engines. You want to be ranked on search engines to draw in targeted website traffic and ultimately more customers. The traffic has to be targeted to convert, and in order for it to be targeted you have to focus on specific keywords and that, my friend, requires some keyword research leg work.
However, I do have something up my sleeves for you.
You can simply use SEMRush to see what your site is already ranking for and then build links with those keywords as anchor text to strengthen your position.
Alternatively, you can do a search on your competitors and, providing they did their keyword research, you can simply “borrow” their research and use it for your own link building.
What do you think of them apples?
So by link building, you’re referring to internal linking?
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Comment Contests Will Begin in February…Maybe
No, not at all. Internal link building is great, but it won’t get you the rankings.
I was definitely talking about backlinks
Ana - can’t repeat enough how much I like your input. Roday I have question which may sound ignorant - but what is the benefit of Thesis themes over wordpress themes?
Thanks for your in put!
Frieke Karlovits
Frieke Karlovits´s last blog ..Courtesy Opens Minds And Hearts
Thanks so much, Frieke.
I will get back to your question next Sunday, but for now the short answer is because it’s coded correctly and search engine spiders don’t have any problems crawling it.
Ana
Hm - thanks Ana - so far I always got the impression that we use wordpress for that reasosn
I am always on the written site on here - I am in Europe and timing sometimes is a challenge
Cheers
Frieke
Frieke Karlovits´s last blog ..History of Network Marketing – Part I
No, WP provides a platform. All your blog coding is in your theme, so we need to choose very carefully which theme to use.
I’ve made some unwise choices before I came to Thesis!
hm - very interesting - I have not a clue how to determine what I have got and if it works -all I know is that it should be a dofollow blog
Thanks a lot
Frieke
Frieke Karlovits´s last blog ..Planning in Network Marketing Today – Prospects
mind you to ad done more - I have wordpress implanted in my own hosting but I am using a wordpress theme.
Frieke
Frieke Karlovits´s last blog ..Personal Achievers are Humble
You are definitely on a self-hosted Wordpress platform, and looks like your Wordpress theme is called First Prime Payday - never heard of it before.
Not that it’s bad necessarily, but usually those kinds of themes are not very well-coded and are link generators for their creator, since every blog that uses the theme links back to their site.
… Just came back from your site again - have you ever checked that little theme link and where it goes? It links to a payday loan website.
So yes, now I am sure: your theme most likely sucks
- if that helps at all.
This is a great idea for a series! Great answers to some very popular questions. It must have been like 6 months ago that I wrote a post about how to add images to comments, and I am still getting traffic from that. lol
I wish I was more comfortable with video. Maybe if I get a great camera! I love the idea of a video series answering questions. Your blog has gone much further beyond just traffic generation advice.
Anyway, you and I MUST get together one of these days and do something together. It’s really nice knowing another blogger in my network is so close!
Cheers,
Tia
Tia´s last blog ..Green or not- I love books
Video is tough to start, since there’s always that uncomfortable feeling most of us have to get over first.
My first video took me about 35 takes and I sounded like an automatic recorder! Got better over time.
My contact info is on its way to your inbox - we should definitely get together!
Hi Ana! I’m one of your “faceless” (what a term) commentors here. Gravatar.com, I’ll definitely check that out. And while reading your post, questions came up. Like, how can you think about the post for the whole week? (they are all awesome!), and on your comments, how to have that Facebook comments? It’s good. And, well see you again Ana! Anyway how’s your sunday?
John from Electricians in Paddington´s last blog ..Electricians Paddington – Great Local Electricians Vs Average Local Electricians
Love the questions, John!
My Sunday was lovely: good time with family and friends, just as it should be.
I can’t help but constantly think about my future posts; I think I come up with a new idea per hour - at least. Wish I could turn it off.
Facebook comments: it’s a plugin called Facebook Comments for Wordpress (it’s in WP plugin directory).
Thanks for answering Ana! You’ve been so good. Wow that’s great, I am glad that you had a great day. The time you spend with family and friends are really immeasurable, right.
A new idea per hour? Well, that’s a good talent. I spend days just to think about my posts. And worst when mental block strikes, I can’t think enough. Oh! WP plug in directory, I’ll check that out. Thanks again Ana! See you.
John from Electricians in Paddington´s last blog ..Electricians Paddington – Great Local Electricians Vs Average Local Electricians
No miracle here, John.
When I first started TGC, it would take me a couple of days just to come up with the post idea. Then it would take me 4-5 hours to write a post.
It was painful.
However, practice makes perfect - it’s so true. The more I wrote, the better I got.
Now I have 20-30 ideas for a post at any given time and I can whip up a post in an hour or so. And still improving!
Regarding guest posting, it depends also on how many posts Lisa can do. If she can satisfy all blogs then why not posting on them. Otherwise just focus on the large authority blogs in her niche that cater to the same audience.
Good point, Andreas, but we, bloggers, tend to be a busy bunch.
Why not then double your output to bigger blogs?
Love these segments, Ana. Let’s me know what to expect and look forward to for the coming week. Should be a good one! I noticed your Monday post won’t be “ARE worth their salt”. The post would be too short.
Hope you enjoyed your weekend …
Best,
Scott
Scott@Work From Home Ideas´s last blog ..Money Making Online Scams 2011
LOL, Scott - you are right, there aren’t too many products out there that are truly useful.
Let me know what you think of my Monday post!
Hi Ana, This is my first visit on this blog and I really found this blog interesting and informative. You have really answered all questions clearly & honestly. I just want to ask how can I ask some questions of mine to you??
Welcome to the blog, Shailender!
Feel free to ask your questions in comments or use the contact form.
Hey Ana.. so it is real coffee after all. LOL
Really like these Sunday videos - very cool. Hope you had an awesome weekend.
Talk soon
Hector
Hector Cuevas´s last blog ..BBP 006- 12 Simple Ways Of Battling Bloggers Block & Gaining Momentum
Thanks, Hector - have a great week!
Looking forward to the new lineup this week- and thanks for sharing your Sunday morning with us before you headed off to church with your family. I felt like I was sitting right there in your living room. You have that personal touch that just makes people feel connected.
Keep the content coming!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Demetria - I am really enjoying to have these kinds of posts.
What? A blogger who enjoys talking? Nooo!
Ana,
I was just trying to decide which internet marketers NOT to follow. My inbox is just too crowded with FREE information these days. Then I read your blog.
As always your blog is loaded with great content and hints on things I need to learn, but most importantly, action I need to take.
Keep up the good work. I am definitely leaving you on my FOLLOW list.
Julia@PriorityPets´s last blog ..10 New Years Resolutions for our pets
Thanks, Julia.
I am with you, I am pretty much done with my inbox overflow with several hand-picked exceptions. My blog is one of them.
I love your new Sunday Coffee series Ana. I’m a total coffee fiend as well so I don’t really need an excuse to have coffee but it helps to have someone to drink it with. And no one else in my house drinks coffee much.
I’ve become quite addicted to your Friday audits and I’ve tried to apply as much as possible to my own blog. I think it has made a huge difference in the past couple weeks and people have been complimenting me on it.
Oh - wanted to ask what you are using to record your videos? Is it Jing?
Danielle McGaw @ social media for freelance writers´s last blog ..Cool Trick to Brand Your Facebook Profile
Happy to hear my blog audits are helping you out, Danielle - that’s exactly my hope for doing them every Friday.
Yes, my last video I recorded on Jing. Has some limitations as I am sure you know, but it does work great!
Ana
Look forward to the awesome content lined up in the new week!
Mavis Nong @ Free Marketing Training´s last blog ..Are You Still Annoying Your Blog Visitors
Thanks, Mavis!
Hi Ana
Well my Sunday has passed and it is a very warm Monday morning here in Perth
Liked the first Sunday offereing. Plenty for all of us whatever our level of competence and how far along this blogging journmey we are.
Looking forward to what this week holds and thanks for all the helpful hints you so generously share with us Ana. Much appreciated.
Patricia Perth Australia
Patricia@lavenderuses´s last blog ..Are Your Goals Attainable In 2011
Well - happy Monday, Patricia, and pleasure to see you around here. Are there any questions I can answer for you?
Hi Ana,
I had a great cup of coffee while reading this post. I see you started answering questions, and practically help other people, again, like you always do.
I also think that you might have upset some bloggers with your comment about their guest posts. I think I read on Murlu, a post about guest posting where he was referring to the exact same problem, people just writing a quick post to submit as a guest post get the link in run away (bad blogger, bad!).
I also like your little preview of what it’s going to be live next week, makes us look forward to your post.
It was a pleasure , again to have a cup of coffee with you Ana!
Alex@Jocuri´s last blog ..Machiaj pentru vedete
Cheers, Alex!
Guest posting used to be very exclusive; something that bloggers REALLY worked for hard. No, it’s like you said - slap together a quick post just to get a link.
Well, I’d rather kill myself writing my own content than poison TGC with crappy guest posts. I know of a few blogs that succumb to that temptation and now people only go there for commenting and link building, but don’t learn anything.
This kind of set-up just doesn’t last.
See you back soon!
Hi Ana
Guess from what your saying I need to go back and look at Market Samuri again, I got access to it in the launch stage but never really realised how good it was
Will be interesting to see who you list in your don’t buy list tomorrow although I guess we can think of one or two inclusions
Hope Sunday Coffee proves a success
As always thanks for sharing Tony
Tony Clingan´s last blog ..“If Your Not Adding Value Are You Just Blowing Smoke”
Market Samurai definitely proved to be an indispensable in my business; I would highly recommend you give it a shot, Tony.
So far this series has been great; I think going live would definitely help.
Ana
Hey Ana, I think that the live sunday broadcast is an excellent idea. I would definetly attend. As you probably already know, I am new to the whole blogging world and I just wanted to reiterate how much you and your blog have helped me to grow my blog. Your insights are a godsend, thank you so much for everything that you do.
Have you ever thought about putting together a training series on blogging. I think you would do very well with it. I know I would buy it. I am a graphic/web designer and videograhper/photographer and we create products like that. I am not trying to “sell you” on anything. I just wanted to let you know that it isn’t that difficult to make and ditribute a product. Just a thought.
Anyway, I look forward to your future posts and I really appreciate your help.
I am hoping to be one of the people who gets their blog auditted by you.
Keep up the excellent work and have a great sunday. I am off to watch the NFL playoffs.
Ian Belanger´s last blog ..XanGo Testamonials- Fibromyalgia- Chronic Pain Are A Thing Of The Past When You Use XanGo
You are so very welcome, Ian, and glad you made it over today.
I am watching the playoffs as I am working; just can’t manage doing only one thing at a time.
Thanks for letting me know of your specialty; I would definitely keep it in mind.
Keep commenting and you never know; I might be tearing up your website one of these days!
Thanks Ana! Look forward to these series
I also have and love Market Samurai. Great tool for sure.
Thank you for the email signature tip. Did not know that.
You’re welcome, Andrea - have a good weekend!
Hey Ana, I have a question. I have a tech blog and am trying to get traffic to it. I always seem to get at least 200 views a day but it seems to be stuck at that. I am very active in the IM community and know how simple it is to get traffic to internet marketing blogs because of the large number of blogs in that niche.
I have already tried guest posting but my traffic is only like 20 or less views from the sites so I kind of dont like gues tposting anymore. And I do forum marketing but cant seem to find any good tech forums which allow signatures. I seem to spend most of my time in IM forums.
I really want to take my blog off the ground but dont seem to know how. Can you help?
Edwin´s last blog ..How To Stop Your Computer From Freezing
No easy answer here, Edwin - it’s all about testing.
I just got back from your blog. You seem to provide a wealth of knowledge in your area of expertise. It’s also a great topic and everyone, just about, has a computer question at one point or another.
The main problem is that people look for that kind of information when they have a problem, not at any other time. But it’s also a good thing, because they are more likely to buy whatever services/products you offer to help them with the problem.
What you need to do is set a goal to become the “to-go” guy for anyone having a computer question.
The biggest traffic draw - in my opinion, would be search engines. People looking for answers to specific questions.
So I would look more into keyword research and link building for that.
Also, a question on guest posting: what kinds of blogs did you write for? Are they at the top of their game or semi-visited blogs?
For instance, in my IM niche, I’d go straight to blogs like Problogger, Copyblogger, etc - something everyone knows of. I wouldn’t mess with anything smaller than that.
Also, your content is really fairly diverse. You can really make posts for ANY kind of blog in IM niche and fit right in. Look at this post that Dev from Technshare just wrote for Problogger: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/01/04/how-to-make-your-blog-load-faster-than-problogger/
I can imaging you could really write something like that.
So you need to approach this a bit more creatively. If one thing doesn’t work, try another.
And as always, feel free to run your ideas by me.
By the way, you can certainly test guest posting for my blog - see how it goes. I know you meant to, but never followed through.
Good Morning Ana:
Quite a pleasure to see you on a lovely Sunday morning…with coffee..JUST coffee.
Would really ove to see how the live broadcast would go. Since everything is real time these days, we could all have TGC real time!! Just my opinion…looking forward to the tues ost and OMG thanks for letting us know the coffee cup code!!
Have a great day Ana,
Lisa
Lisa@basic marketing tips´s last blog ..Tips To Optimize Your Blog For The iPad Visitors
You are largely responsible for this week’s content, Lisa - so thank you.
I would definitely love to go live - just need to do some more thinking and research on it, plus convince my husband to give up part of our Sunday morning to do it!
Definitely hoping for next week…
I think if your hubby knows how much you’re needed, he’ll be ok!! If all else fails, bring him along!!!
)
Lisa´s last blog ..Comment on Tips To Optimize Your Blog For The iPad Visitors by Lisa Drubec
Hey Ana,
me and my cup of coffee wish you a nice day today
I see you mentioned what coffee maker you use so I gotta say I had luck this year (or last). My hubby got the new Keurig coffee maker for Christmas and guess who is using it
I love the thing!
I also like the new looks of your video with the screenshot of your blog at the back, nice touch.
Definitely interested in guest posting and it is one of the top three things for me to do this month. E-mail signature, yup, gonna do that too, esp. that you are recommending a Firefox add-on (I am addicted to them).
I also wondered about your little coffee cup but about 10 days ago I spied on your code with Firebug. However, still didn’t use the code, since I am thinking of how to brand my blog (like you do to yours with coffee cups everywhere).
As you know (hope you noticed, lol) I have been reading your blog religiously and I want to say that I learned a lot in last few weeks. I need to say that the number 1 thing I learned is about tribes and that it is working. So just wanted to drop a “thank you” here
Off to drink my coffee…
Brankica @ Live Your Love´s last blog ..Human spammer How to lose reputation as a blogger and get banned the easy way
I absolutely do love seeing you on my blog, Brankica - love the fact that you find time to read my blog, to comment, to encourage, to add, and to implement. That’s the only the true blogger gets things done!
Branding is important. I was like you - I knew that I wanted something different, but didn’t know what. Eventually, I made myself sit down and come up with ideas. That worked! I love my coffee theme - it definitely suits me.
Look forward to seeing what you come up with!
And by the way, maybe you should write a post on your favorite Firefox add-ons and how to REALLY make use of them in your business.
Have a blessed Sunday!
Ana
Just what I was planning to do
I am doing some testing lately to get the max out of them!
Thanks!
Hi Ana,
Hope you had a great Sunday. Mine was great too!
Very explanatory answers to the questions. By the way, I don’t know if its just me, but the download link to Wisestamp takes me to the download page of your Free report.
And, I look forward to your Tuesday’s guest posting article.
Jane.
Jane Sheeba´s last blog ..How productive are you Check with these keys to productivity
My Sunday is just starting, Jane.
You were right about Wisestamp link; somehow my blog did that all on its own - must’ve been a glitch. Thanks for letting me know!
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