Please Spread the Word ~ SHARE these GrowMap Resources to Grow Businesses, Blogs and Causes!
Every blogger has posts they feel have really hit the mark; what many call pillar articles or foundation content. When Liz Strauss (Liz Strauss) decided to celebrate the 4th Birthday of her Successful Blog with a Bring ONE Link offer she motivated me to compile these links for my readers.
There are now so many posts I wish every regular and new visitor knew about here that I decided to write this compilation so YOU don’t miss some of the most important information I’ve researched and shared.
This would be a great post to save in your Delicious or StumbleUpon account so you can return to it for reference. We will continually update and add to these important resources to keep them current just for you. Is there anything else you would like to see here? Just let us know.
MOST IMPORTANT CONTENT:
We have added so much top information, but these posts are among the most often shared:
- How to Make it Easy for Others to Recommend You
- How to Geo-Target Social Media and Blogs
- Small Business Internet Marketing Priorities
- Why Blogs Going Localis Where the Money In Blogging Is
- Blogging Collaboration Processes
- What Blog Outreach Is
Most Important Social Media Links:
- Most Important Social Networks
- Twitter Best Practices
- LinkedIn Lead Generation System
- LinkedIn Resources
- Google Plus Tips
- How to find the best Google Plus Communities
HOW TO GROW or SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES:
- Small Business Internet Marketing – What to do first – what to make your priority and how to do it
- MEME: BizLuv in Support of Small Businesses – Why the economic crisis makes this essential
- BizLuv MEME: Specifically What Bloggers Can Do to Support Businesses, Causes and other Bloggers
- Marketing is NOT Evil – It is how we find what we desire. Read about how Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM) can benefit buyers and sellers alike
- KEYWORDLUV: How Using KeywordLuv Benefits Us All
FREELANCING, JOBS and CAREERS:
- Freelancers: How to Get More Freelance Work
- Why Your Blog Should Have a Hire Me Tab
- Setting up Your For Hire page: Do’s and Don’ts
- LinkedIn Lead Generation System
- LinkedIn Resources
- How to Land Fastest Growing, Highest Demand Careers and Jobs ~ If you want to switch careers or before you decide to go to college see the video and info in this post
LOCAL SEARCH DIRECTORIES:
- How Businesses can get FREE Business Listings in Local Search Directories * Best Local Search Post *
- Why Local Search is so important. Use our shortcut to getting any business or Web site with a physical address listed in Major Local Search Directories including Google Maps, Yahoo! Local, Bing, SuperPages and many more.
- Scan the Local Search Categories in the right sidebar for comprehensive information on and how-to obtain listings in specific Local Search Directories
HOW TO MAKE MONEY BLOGGING:
- Top How to Make Money Blogging Resources; Who REALLY Makes Money and Teaches Their Methods Best
- How to Create a Successful Blog Based Business – All blogs are not created equal; what you need and how to get an optimized blog even if you don’t have technical skills.
- Super Thesis Resources and why we wish we had installed Threaded Comments from the beginning.
KEYWORD RESEARCH / SEO:
- ANCHOR TEXT: Are You Playing Hide and Seek with Your Market? Identify your most important goals and the keywords and pages related to them.
- SELECTING KEYWORDS: The Importance of Researching and Selecting Your Keywords First to make your content easy to find and keep your posts on topic
- TRACKING SEARCH POSITIONS: Tracking Search Engine Positions: Free, easy way to track
BLOGGING BUDDIES, BLOG OUTREACH, GUEST BLOGGING:
- How Guest Blogging Can Change Your Life – Guest post by Greg Rollett of Rock Star Lifestyle Design and Internet Marketing
- Blog Outreach: 8 Compelling Reasons You Should Be Doing It NOW – Guest post by Affiliate Marketing Expert Murray Newlands
DOFOLLOW and BLOG COMMENTING:
- KEYWORDLUV: How Using KeywordLuv Benefits Us All
- Use our DoFollow Lists and Tools to increase your incoming links
- How We Increased Our Blog Traffic Over 76.63% in one month by first commenting and then sharing other bloggers’ content across Social Networks
- How We Encourage Community and Comments
AFFILIATE MARKETING:
- Merchant Affiliate Marketing Management – What businesses who offer affiliate programs need to know.
- Massive Affiliate Reference Resources with links to Power Affiliates, Affiliate Forums, Affiliate Training – includes How to Evaluate Merchant Ecommerce Stores so you know which will convert BEFORE you promote them. This post uses an excellent gift affiliate program as the example store.
PAY PER CLICK ADVERTISING:
- How Not to Lose Your Shirt on PPC Advertising
- My Step-by-step Method for Evaluating Your AdWords Account – what settings to use and why
ORGANIC SEARCH SEO SEM:
BLOG DIRECTORIES:
- Coming eventually: Which Blog Directories are most important and why. Start with PostRank, Technorati, MyBlogLog, Blog Catalog and the blog directories reviewed by Keller Hawthorne at FresheVenture.
WEB ANALYTICS:
- REVIEW: Mastering Google Analytics: Easy to Understand Free e-Course
LOGO and WEB DESIGN:
- What Makes a Great Logo – How to create or buy one; the differences in deliverables between $50 and $1000+ logos.
- What NOT To Do With Your Existing Web Site When You Upgrade or Remodel
SOCIAL NETWORKING:
- Social Networking is NOT Chat – How to get your content shared by others, where you can find us and what to do if you would like us to comment in your blog and send you traffic in our daily travels across the Internet.
- How Monetizing Social Networking Sites THIS Way Benefits Everyone
- Twitter FriendFeed Quick Start – How to get up to speed right away at Twitter and on FriendFeed
- Coming soon: Our process for maximizing our reach across Social Networks
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Gail Gardner
Small Business Marketing Strategist at GrowMap
Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist she mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers.
After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
Awesome Post and explains well thank you. I am sometimes reading your article I am very happy about yours to carry on this type of activities.
Very informative things you shared, keep posting maybe 1 day its going to help new people online, I learned stuff that I didn’t know.
I am wondering to see this article. Its a must bookmark post for digital marketers and bloggers. Its written in 2009 and still 100% relevant. thank you Gail Gardner for making this great post.
Hi Vineeth,
Thank you. I should really go back and look at it to see what is even on it. I have been so busy the last year or so that I can’t really stay on top of everything. I’m glad you’re finding some of this useful.
Check out the post I put in the CommentLuv link in this reply and let me know if you want access. I have a mountain of resources saved you can get access to including an entire Trello board dedicated to just SEO.
Gail Gardner would love you to read ..WANTED: Bloggers Interested in Collaborating to Increase Their Incomes
I would love to know more about growth mapping to success. One important thing that I didn’t know about the term “foundation content” but now i came to know and will focus on it.
Hi Athia,
Foundation content is also called evergreen content. Every site should have specific topics they want to be consulted on. Each keyword phrase someone would search on should have a page dedicated to providing important information and answering any questions your target audience would have.
Gail Gardner would love you to read ..The Secrets to Making More Money Freelancing
Awesome ideas, a paradox I am wrestling with is how much content is too much for readers vs. not enough for SEO? I love reading blogs that have 150 words or less but to attract search it needs to be upwards of 500+ words.. thoughts?
Some sites only do short posts and attract readers who only want them. Other blogs typically have posts of 600-800 words and attract people who want more comprehensive and substantial information. Research regularly indicates that massive posts (1200-2000+ words) attract more incoming links and get shared more.
So the question is what is the goal of the content? If it is to keep people coming back for short updates then short posts will accomplish that goal but are unlikely to bring search engine traffic. Most posts don’t anyway. If you want search engine traffic you need to have long, comprehensive posts or pages that attract incoming links.
One of the reasons content writers are in such strong demand is that if you want your long, comprehensive posts or pages to rank they need to have other content on additional domains linking to them. That isn’t going to happen magically as the most likely page to get linked is the one that is already ranking. If you want those links you need to know the writers well enough for them to know to search your site specifically to find that type of content.
Gail Gardner would love you to read ..Do Not Let Your Images Blow Up Your Blog
Amazing info. This is now my new favorite go to resource. Thanx the the information.
You’re very welcome, Jason. If there is anything you want to find you can just ask me on Twitter or Skype. I have so much content I maintain both here and elsewhere that even I have to know where to look for it now.
Gail Gardner would love you to read ..How Brad Campbell Made Over $35,000 Last Month ~ Find Out If YOU Could, Too
Great articles. I have already spent 2-3 hours reading your blog and I must say that this blog is awesome 🙂
I’m still new to this blog. I’ve been here for 2 weeks and I have seen lots of juicy information and content already. It’s the best of Growmap. Keep it up guys.
Looking forward for more of the best.
– Val Adams
What a great list of resources!
I’ve decided to check out all your posts and from the intro decide if I want to read it. There are so many gold nuggets on this site, I’m afraid to miss anything. After I’m done I’ll go back and check this list for anything that I missed.
Great idea to make a list like this.
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I appreciate the list.. Will do more comments on Small business list!
We’ll be looking forward for more of your list.. thanks! 😉
I love all the contents on this blog. I get fresh insights on the online world.
I learned a lot from the information and comments posted here. It was enriching to learn more on Growmap Resources. I hope to explore and learn the unknown. It’ll be always a pleasure to read such articles.
Hi, thanks so much for all the links, like Christopher Roberts, a previous commenter said, this is making it too easy – but don’t stop with all the great links! I am just off to read “What NOT To Do With Your Existing Web Site When You Upgrade or Remodel” as I think I have messed up big time with one of my sites! Hopefully this will help me figure out where I have gone wrong.
Bookmarked and saved!
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You can make money blogging using article marketing as well.
You make it too easy for me! All the best of growmap on one page 🙂
Thanks, problem is I now need to find enough time to try all this stuff!
Christopher 🙂
Christopher Roberts would love you to read ..Old Tech Is New Tech
Some great content here! We try to do a summary post as often as we can to give our new readers something to browse over.
Robert Steers would love you to read ..Improve your Google Adwords performance
Ok. I’ve got a couple Red Bulls and I’m strapped in for a good long read. Thanks for sharing these posts. I’ve only recently stumbled onto your blog and now I feel I’ve hit the jackpot.
james would love you to read ..Weight Loss 4 Idiots
Thank you James,
If you have questions as you read or any time just ask them in the comments and I will answer them as I can. Anyone who needs immediate answers can use the contact info tab here to connect with me live.
growmap would love you to read ..Small Business Advice Fast and Easy to Find at BizSugar
Very useful info. These is exactly what I was looking for and it`s what I need if I am to become more than an amateur photographer. Thanx and keep up the good work.
Hi Baseball,
You can use the CommentLuv blog search engine to find other photography and baseball related blogs who will be interested in your tips on taking photos at games.
growmap would love you to read ..How CommentLuv Grows Businesses and Blogs
Unlike to some statements, better informed blogs still grab in subscribers including me. My first time here. I found so many interesting articles in your posts especially its discussion. The many replies reveal I am not alone that thinks this way
Hello diamonds,
Your comment proves my point that even though some are clearly interested in linkbuilding they can become readers and learn much from the blogs they visit to comment int.
If you ever have questions feel free to ask them here.
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Great article. Thanks for the info
This a great resource page for any blogger who is just getting started. Your tips touches all the bases for promoting a website in today’s Web 2.0 environment. A website does no good without traffic, and it takes a lot of work to get good positioning on search engines. I’ve used some of your tips for my San Diego real estate site.
Hello Geoff,
I just added another link on tracking search engine positions that you will want to see and do be sure to get all your free Local Search Directory Listings.
I visited your blog and found that you are a DoFollow CommentLuv KeywordLuv site so I added you to my new KeywordLuv list and post. I also added you to my Dofollow Blogs Twitter list and KeywordLuv Blogs Twitter list.
I would like to talk to you about collaborating with other bloggers including many that are in real estate or home improvement. That is the best and fastest way to improve your search engine positions and make your site easier to find.
Please contact me through the contact page here or the email address in the comment I left in your blog.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..KeywordLuv: How Using It Benefits Us All =-.
Hi Geoff,
I recently published a compilation post called Small Business Internet Marketing Where to Start that prioritizes what any business will want to do online.
growmap would love you to read ..Small Business Advice Fast and Easy to Find at BizSugar
Fabulous! all the articles are really worth of a read, with recession small business units need proper guidance to keep fighting which they can get from this list of articles…cheers!
Thank you. I hope you’ll share this page and our blog with any other business owners and bloggers you know. You can use the post I’m featuring in CommentLuv for this reply to connect with us across Social Networking communities and find us in blog directories like Technorati and elsewhere.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Who Can You Benefit by Sharing GrowMap? =-.
Thanks for this post. I am fairly new to blogging and getting my post listed in Google and stuff is something that I have not done successfully yet with my blog. So this has helped me a lot and i am checking all this links slowly.
Hi Shane,
The fastest way to get new content listed is to have someone link to it from a page that is already in the search engines on a site that gets crawled regularly. Commenting in a dofollow blog might even work.
Your site is indexed at Google. You can confirm that by searching on any unique content on your page. I used “Your Home’s Sale in 10 Days”. Your challenge will be getting it to the first page for phrases that are important to you.
See the post I’ve featured in CommentLuv for how to figure out which search phrases those are and how to track your progress.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
This is great Gail! This type of listing makes it easy to navigate. I wish I could locate more quality sites like yours. Full of great information and easy to navigate. I learn something each time I stop by. Thanks again!
.-= Tim @ Classic Car Auto Insurance´s last blog ..Collector Car Insurance Application Hints =-.
Thank you Tim,
I do share my methods with others so that they can create well-organized reference sites out of their best content too. Whenever you have something specific you’re seeking that relates in any way to online marketing try using eMarketingMatador’s eMarketing Search Engine.
That search engine was created by Keith Hagan to search only specific high quality sites he selected. I use it when I can’t remember where I read something or I am researching on a particular topic.
I also use the Zuula blog search function to find the most recent, relevant blog posts on any search. Just click on the blog tab to use it.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
Great! I’ll check both the eMarketing Search engine and Zuula. I’m learning more every week. Thank again Gail.
.-= Tim from Classic Car Auto Insurance´s last blog ..Collector Car Insurance Application Hints =-.
Any time Tim. I hope you’ll be a regular here. If you have any questions I am happy to answer. I usually have links to content I’ve already discovered or written that I can quickly lay my hands on. You or anyone else finding it would take far more time.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..Search Engine Positions: Easy Free Ways to Track =-.
i think all this shows your great effort towards the establishment of Growmap and it seems to be very inspiring and i will definitely try to make use of it. keep it up
Hello Shane,
I know a couple of real estate bloggers who have excellent sites and understand how to maximize their efforts online. If you would be interested in collaborating with them (and me) contact me directly.
.-= growmap´s last blog ..BizLuv MEME: How to Support Your Fav Businesses =-.
A lot of useful information in those links, thanks. I feel that it might even be too much for me to “digest” in just one week.
Hi Tanmay.
You can take as long as you need. We’re not going anywhere. The good thing here is that you can get answers to any questions the posts may raise.
very useful information thanks. will bookmark so i may return 🙂
Welcome Michelle,
There are several ways to remember what we do here besides bookmarking us – although if you look at your bookmarks that will certainly work.
You can also subscribe to comments or Subscribe to our RSS or Subscribe via email
While I was comparing blogs online, I discovered your blog – quite by accident. After reading several posts, I think this is a good blog.
I really liked your blog!
Welcome Prajakta,
I’m glad you found us. This is a great post for getting a feel for what we do here. Also check out the categories in the right sidebar. If you don’t find what you’re looking for feel free to ask in the comments.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Blog Outreach: 8 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Be Doing It Now =-.
hi GrowMap,
Just wanted to let you know that I just found your comment in my Akismet folder. Don’t know why it went there instead of posting immediately, but I fished it out. Your “Friends of the Guru” exception is alive and well.
Anyway, great summary of your great posts. BTW, what a slew of comments here. 🙂 ~ Steve
PS. Sorry, I don’t have a twitter account (at least not yet). 🙂
.-= Steve@trade show guru´s last blog ..Are Trade Shows Obsolete? =-.
Hi Steve,
No worries. I have to rescue real comments from Akismet all the time. I really value my “Friends of the Guru” exception and hope my readers have checked out your blog. We love comments here so drop by any time. 🙂
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Are You Playing Hide and Seek With Your Market? =-.
This post really hits the mark for anyone who is just starting out in blogging for profit, affiliate marketing, and any of the topics you cover. I have shared this with our media team to help them stay more informed without having to jaunt all over the web for tutorials and advice. Thanks so much for putting it all in one place!
.-= Daneka´s last blog ..Adsmarket and PlusTrees.org: An Innovative Reforestation Initiative =-.
Welcome Daneka,
My pleasure. That is how I see my blog – a reference resource. Would you believe that I originally started creating Web pages just to keep track of and share my own research? Don’t forget that you can ask any question you have in the comments and I will personally answer with specifics.
Thank you for sharing this post with others.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program =-.
No, I don’t believe so. Why Twitter and not here on your blog?
.-= Sire´s last blog ..How To Turn Off The Internet On The iPhone =-.
The Twitter list is handier than a post although here would be a good idea too. I may make a TweepML list so others can follow instantly. Having them in Twitter makes it easy to quickly see which dofollow bloggers have Tweeted a post I’d be interested in so I can go comment and share it. That speeds up the process.
Oh, and check out that backlink tool mentioned in the comments of the post I’ll add to CommentLuv for this comment. I’m going to use it to keep track of my comments instead of subscribing to comments so I don’t have to manage all those emails.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..What is UP with Backlinks from Google, Yahoo, Bing? =-.
OH, I see your strategy, give em a whole lot of interesting topics to study so that they have to keep coming back. So that’s why they call you The Internet Strategist?”
OK, it’s worked, because I haven’t time to come read them now so I’ve bookmarked it for later.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..The Child Of God =-.
Hello Sire,
Good to see you here again so soon. Liz’ offer of a link motivated me to finally compile this post and I use it more than anyone as a shortcut to sharing specific information.
I do my best to convey that I consider this blog a reference resource not a serial story. 🙂
Years ago I realized no matter how well I managed ppc accounts for small businesses if their sites did not convert or their shopping cart did not work they could not be profitable. I ended up advising them on far more than just pay per click.
It became obvious that what I was actually doing was total Internet Strategy and I changed the title on my business cards to Internet Strategist. Back then it was an uncommon term. Now it is ubiquitous.
Only those who understand that they must continually expand and improve on what they’re doing will succeed. That was true prior to Social Networking and is far more true today.
That is also why I am always recommending collaboration. There simply are not enough hours in the day for any one person to become an expert on everything. Better that we each understand the big picture and specialize in something and then swap that expertise for what else we need to know.
The fast path to success is knowing who is the very best on any subject and having a relationship with them that allows you to ask specific questions and get the very best answers.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program =-.
Gee where does that leave me? lol
I’ve always considered myself a ‘jack of all trades’, proficient at doing a little of all tasks but not an expert in any. I can sort of apply this to my blogging life as well. I suppose that means I have to leach of others 😉
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Three Ways To Increase Your Ad Space Earnings =-.
Hi Sire,
I don’t consider it “leaching” – I call it collaborating and we all need to do a lot more of it to be truly successful. Have you discovered my dollow list at Twitter? I see that as an easy way to keep in touch with other dofollow bloggers and what they’re doing.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..What is UP with Backlinks from Google, Yahoo, Bing? =-.
This is a great post, for novice or experts. All the crucial information in one place, under one page. Thank you for sharing
You’re very welcome. I created this post to make it easier for new readers to see what we do here and for regular readers to see posts they may have missed.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How Guest Blogging Can Change Your Life =-.
What an awesome list, I think you really deserve a biiig thanks from all of us 🙂
Thanks for making everything so much easier with the great tips and for teaching us plenty of things, keep us updated in your future posts as well 🙂
This post is just what I needed. You have supplied me with very informative information. Now I can take what I have learned here and put it to good use.
thanks dear thanks for the post, i will surely join you in Digg, since your blog is dofollow i am adding you in my list too and soon joining you in Twitter too, it will be my pleasure to get connected with Dragon
thanks you Internet Strategist for replying me, i will definitely go to social networking sites and especially Stumble Upon.
.-= saurabh@acdsee coupons´s last blog ..Special offer =-.
Shared this page on FriendFeed, not only for the good information, but a lesson on how to reuse content without having to rewrite it (as well as getting some deep linking going on)
Welcome Allison,
Good to hear from another FriendFeed user. One post that isn’t included in the compilation that may interest you is my Top Ten FriendFeed Friends Challenge. Since that post is still in the Most Popular section perhaps I should add it.
I just shared your Anatomy of a Troll post on StumbleUpon which would then send it on to Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook and Delicious (when all the third party apps work right anyway!).
Your blog is dofollow, right? I just added you to my new DoFollow List at Twitter. I have a great idea for how to use it. By putting any do follow related bloggers in that list and then going to it you can quickly and easily support each other’s efforts, know when to drop by and comment and share new posts, and easily find other do-follow blogs.
I just created it last night; however, I expect it to be very popular soon. I’m continually working on processes that make it easier to be consistent. I hope you’ll join in. I just shared your Personal Branding post a few minutes ago.
If you think your readers might be interested in personalized gifts for the holidays check out the post I’m including in the CommentLuv. I’ll be posting a countdown of the top gifts sold between Nov 1 and Dec 24 last year and all affiliates are invited to change the affiliate link and reblog the post as is or make it their own.
Bloggers can choose any products that strike their fancy, do the whole series, or just add those that appeal to them or they believe their readers would like.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program =-.
Above content is really very helpful for me and I learn a lot from it.Thanks for sharing such valuable views.
Welcome,
I am not familiar with Place tests. You may want to add an About page that explains what they are and who might want to know more about them. Do update your copyright years too as many will assume a site is inactive if that is old.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Happy Birthday GrowMap – One Year Old Today =-.
i have been a regular commenter of grow map since it was come into the light.i must say that it is a great blog ,so much useful information available here.it has increased so much knowledge of mine.
Thank you Saurabh,
I appreciate all my regular readers and hope each of you will take the time to tell others about us. This is the perfect post to share with friends, co-workers, and clients or to bookmark at Delicious, Reddit, StumbleUpon and any other Social Networking sites.
If you don’t use those I highly recommend opening accounts using the same Avatar and UserName on each. Social Networking and especially StumbleUpon can drive hundreds or thousands of visitors to sites you share.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Social Networking is NOT Chat =-.
You were write about the usefulness of this post, even the RSS subscribers like me won’t ‘find’ these gems because we only come to know about new posts.
BTW, how did you compile the list? Just by number of visits / posts or you used things like retweets, web mentions, trackbacks? In some cases, I feel I managed to put together a perfect piece of article, but if it’s not seen by others, it’s as good or bad as a bad article that I wrote.
The PPC and adwords posts really sound promising (from their title) 😉 off to those pages now.
Welcome Brian,
Many of the posts included in this compilation are or were appearing in the Most Popular Recently section or get major traffic usually from StumbleUpon, Twitter or FriendFeed; however, they were hand selected by me.
The posts I selected are the final comprehensive research and recommendations for each subject. They often pull together many other posts related to that topic and provide additional reference resources.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Instantly Acquire 76 High Quality Incoming Links =-.
I was struggling to low rate of comments and posts in my site, really i got good points to promote comments and discussions from above topic how to develop comments and discussions, and i get a good list of do follow Blogs above, really resourceful informations.
Welcome Betaclick,
I went to the link in your comment but didn’t see a blog there to comment in. I suspect many bloggers would be surprised to know that 90-98% of visitors never comment. There are usually an active 2% who will greatly add to your discussions and make up the bulk of your comments. Another 8% or so are motivated to comment to obtain a link to their site or blog.
You can only tell whether the balance of your readers gain any benefit by how long they stay on your site and how many posts they read. I encourage interaction because it increases understanding and make it more likely my readers will actually implement what I suggest.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Instantly Acquire 76 High Quality Incoming Links =-.
Awesome post btw, this one goes in the file.
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..What I’m Doing – What You Should Expect In The Very Near Future. 🙂 =-.
Hi Dennis,
Thanks. It makes it easier for me to share my best content and faster for my readers to find it for future reference.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Happy Birthday GrowMap – One Year Old Today =-.
Hey there, sorry this is so OT. My apologies for being gone so long but my current post describes it a bit. I’m ready now to re-subscribe and get back into your awesome blog! Slowly at first until I get full swing again. 🙂
Good to see you back, Dennis. I hope your recovery is going better than expected. I read your latest post and see you have sites that sell products. Check out the post I’ll use in this comment as I hope it might interest you in the Gift Affiliate Program I manage for @ExecGifts.
That post also explains how to evaluate an ecommerce store. Weak stores and those that have shopping carts that don’t work are a poor investment of any affiliate’s time because they won’t convert.
Consolidating your blogs into one can make it easier to keep them up; however, will you lose much in the way of traffic and incoming links if you do that? You may want to leave the secondary blog up and write a post directing visitors to the other instead.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Evaluate a Merchant Gift Affiliate Program =-.
This is a really great compilation! I’m going to pass on some of the posts about making money with blogs to friends of mine because I feel that they really don’t grasp the concept. People often ask what I do for a living, and I have heard other people say that they want to start their own blog to make some money, but I’m sure it would help them out to have a clear idea.
Thank you Mark. I would love to have my work benefit more people and truly appreciate those who take the time to share it with others. As I’ve mentioned before, I have made an independent living since 2000 and I’ve assisted dozens of businesses to increase their sales. It is obvious to me that most people don’t get it and aren’t clearly understanding what it takes.
Those who want to make money with their blogs can really benefit from selecting one of the teaching courses from the How to Make Money Blogging post and doing exactly what they say to do. I know I am repeating myself but I see people leaving out very important tasks because they don’t understand their importance.
The smallest things can make all the difference. Did you know that using “Buy Now” generates lower sales than using “Add to Cart”? That has been proven many times through testing. My theory is that “Buy Now” is more of a commitment than shoppers are ready to make at that point while “Add to Cart” gives them the option to back out if they change their minds.
I’ve been analyzing Blog Directories all day. You won’t want to miss that new post as I have identified almost thirty directories with page ranks of 3 to 9 and thousands of visitors a month. Listing blogs in these directories can greatly increase visitors and revenue.
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Above written tips are really wonderful.I am experiencing them in my own website.
Yup these are very comman tips used by the every blogger! please share some new updates, i will be waiting for your response!till then bye
Hello Belly Dancing for Beginners,
Actually they are NOT very common tips used by every blogger. Very few bloggers have access to all of the information I’ve shared in this post unless they read this blog that is. I guarantee that only the tiniest percentage of bloggers know as much as ppc advertising or Social Networking or have processes as well-defined as I have developed.
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I like the link and the connect article ‘How We Increased Our Blog Traffic Over 76.63% in one month’, that article has really good points to develop traffic for my blog, and i got good dofollow links in another link above, that blogs have good PR also now……..
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Hello Suresh,
That strategy really does work although it is very time-consuming. We like to subscribe to comments as we leave them and that fills up the inbox pretty fast. We could really use an application to could better manage all those emails.
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Very innovative! thanks for sharing the tips which will prove to be very helpful in future as well…
I hope you’ll remember where to find us. 🙂
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This is absolutely helpful to newcomers. I suggest you have this summary post placed in your home page where it can be quite vividly seen by newcomers. Excellent quality information and hats off to you for compiling this again for the sole purpose of visitors benefit. I am sure I have read all of them, but I dont mind reading those posts again. It will refresh my knowledge. Thanks again buddy.
Hi Mack,
I find having a compilation of the posts most often referred to very handy. I use all of the research I share so this page is as much for me as for my readers. I will definitely be linking this to the home page.
It is good to know who my regular readers are and that what I write benefits them. Thank you for letting me know. I often wonder if anyone appreciates the hours that go into some of my posts – usually when I am laboring over a post for days on end, continually adding one more link and rewriting a section to make it just a little clearer.
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Yeah, great it is really a pillar to like me who is doing some projects in SEO and looking to grow as jaint. I got a good dofollow links to post from the above do follow link, really resourcefull article, congrats.
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Welcome John,
I will keep this post updated and as you can tell by a couple of posts mentioned I will be adding important new posts to it. Be sure to keep track of any dofollow sites related to your own so you can visit them regularly. Consistency is SO important to success.
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what can i say..this is a complete list ! thank for sharing
Hi Dan,
I love quotes and I am sure you will find what you need here to get far more visibility for your blog. I have spent an entire year pulling all of the research together that exists at GrowMap and it was built on three decades of computer background.
It should assist anyone truly serious about growing their business or blog. I personally apply everything I write about and test it to make sure it works.
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Wow! This is such an informative post. I love all the links..and your research is so thorough. Me being new into blogging only 4-5 months now…this is a treasure of information for me.
I will have to go through all the links slowly. See I have my weekend reading source now 🙂
I’m a little confused about the Dofollow sites. What does it mean? I have seen many sites promote themselves as Dofollow.
Kind Regards
Zeenat
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Welcome to GrowMap Zeenat,
I read you at StumbleUpon and in your blog and am happy you have found your way here. Just this morning I was pondering whether the days of research I pour into many of my posts are worth it because they don’t get as much feedback as I would expect. If they help just one fellow blogger it is worth it.
If you’ve read that dofollow post you already have your answer so I will refer others who wonder what dofollow and nofollow are all about to that post. It explains what do follow means and why we chose to have all our blogs use dofollow.
Also see the related post about encouraging community which explains why we installed CommentLuv and KeywordLuv and how you can best use them to benefit your site when commenting here.
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