Here is a great article I came across that really has some great ideas for driving web traffic. Many of these are tried and true techniques but there are also a lot of other innovative ways included in this article as well….
Some of the items on the list are questionable. But it does exemplify why it is hard to make your blog stand out in the mega-crowd of blogs on the Internet. Just posting blog posts won’t drive traffic; you have to do a lot of grassroots effort.
I have a friend who is an extremely successful pay-per-click marketer and as he has grown out his business his team has taken to blogging on the topic of PPC. After checking out the posts for a few months I have to say that I am impressed. I have worked directly with Patrick and his company Hanapin Marketing in the past and can attest first hand to their expertise and success in the search marketing arena.
So if you are doing any paid search marketing go check out PPC Hero, it has some great tips and advice.
There was a great article posted by B2B that does an outstanding job of discussing Web 2.0 and I wanted to share it here. If you have time check it out - its a very good article.
I was told once that there are “no new ideas, only new ways of presenting old ones”. And the more I surf around the more that holds true…especially with blogging.
That doesn’t discourage me because I take away much more from individual perspectives and experiences, as do most bloggers. I actually love the smaller blogs that are “finding their voice” much as I am doing here…they have some great perspectives that you wont find anywhere else.
But that being said, there are 3 that I visit every day - and you should too. These are the best blogs on marketing and provide plenty of info for the small business marketer.
1.GrokDotCom If you are serious about web analytics (and you should be…) this is one of the best blogs on the internet. This is the home of Bryan and Jeffery Eisenberg - they are web analytics gurus and founders of the Web Analytics Association. I also highly recommend their book “Call to Action” it is a must read. If you visit this site only once in awhile you will come away a 10x smarter marketer.
2.SEO Moz I am a junkie for all things search marketing and read many blogs on the topic - but this one is the standard bearer. If you are looking for ways to increase search traffic there are few things that these folks haven’t tried and have all documented them here. If this isn’t in your reader…it should be.
3.Marketing Sherpa
This is where serious marketers go. This blog is filled with success stories, case studies, whitepapers, manuals, surveys, studies, and analysis on every marketing topic and tactic that ever existed. Smart people learn from successful people - and this is where they go.
Honorable mention:
Forrester
I almost included it and made this a top 4 list - but decided against it. Some of us only have so much time in the day. So if your finding that you have a little extra time to devote swing by here for some of the best insight on marketing trends and analysis.
