Internet Marketing Strategy

1. You publish posts that are scraped and/or mined another blogger’s RSS feed.

They call these spam blogs, or splogs. I don’t think I’ll ever be visiting you again.

2. You expect people to link back to you, but you don’t link out.

What motivation do people have if you’re not going to show them the same courtesy?

3. You talk the talk, but you don’t walk the walk.

I really hate it when a blogger says one thing and does another. Hypocrisy is a big pet peeve of mine.

4. Your design looks like it’s from 1985.

Get with it, it’s the digital age! Or maybe you should look for some animated spinning green skulls to spice up your website?

5. Your website or widget utilizes the Times New Roman font.

I hate you, I really do. (Sorry, Entrecard!)

Blog In Space is a unique website that offers to transmit your RSS feed into the depths of space with a powerful satellite. Your RSS feed will be echoing through the kosmos long after your website is gone (or will you become the professional blogger you always aspired to be?) … providing extraterrestrial life forms with your knowledge and insights.

Blog In Space also offers a directory of all transmitted blogs, all blogs currently being transmitted, and blogs in queue to be transmitted on a listing page within their website, providing a neat little backlink to your website and feed.

Make sure you don’t have any alien-objectionable content before you start transmitting your feed into space!

As I was doing my morning reading, I found two articles that really piqued my interest and made me feel more involved in all my blogging commitments and appreciate the community and various aspects of blogging.

10 Reasons Why a Blog is Better than a Website

… and …

9 Things that Drive a Blogger Crazy

Each article gives some really in depth truths about the nature of blogging. You will laugh, you will sigh, you will nod your head in agreement.

Now, I must get back to work, enjoy!

You just have to remember … “Constant Vigilance!”" Always remember to update your site, try to write a new blurb or article at least twice a week to keep things fresh.

Don’t you notice that after every post you make, your subscriber count jumps a little, but then it’s all downhill after that.

Sure you can submit your websites to RSS feed directories or services like FeedStub and RSS Submit … but the only way to earn readership and greater ranks in the search engines is to consistently have updated content for the masses.

P.S. To those who asked me from a couple posts ago, I bought a 2004 Toyota Corolla S Series (dark metallic blue) Cheers!

If you’re serious about your work, it’s a great practice to meet and dialogue with other people in your line of work, and seek criticism on your efforts. One of the best ways to accomplish these goals is by actively participating in a blogging related message board.

Here are my five favorite blogging message boards. I had to leave a comment about Bloggeries because I think it’s great!

Bloggeries – Entrecard enabled blogger’s forum that includes a revenue sharing program, what more could you ask for? It’s a golden opportunity for free advertising and free money!

Blogger Forums

Blog Experiment

Blog Traffic School

Bloggst Forums

Remember to be active, ask for help, and give help to others, everything reciprocates!

Finding “do follow” blogs is probably on everybody’s “most annoying menial task” list … but it is something that needs to be done.

On your daily hunt to find places to sneak backlinks (or legitimately fish for comments back to your blog) … don’t you get tired of using custom Google search queries to find blogs with decent PR and Alexa ratings related to your blog’s niche?

Well, look no further! Here are a few Do Follow Blog Search Engines that have been crafted from Google’s Custom Search feature. Some DoFollow Search Engines are better in my opinion because they have a feature to contact the owner’s to offer suggestions or even report blogs that appear in the search engine that do NOT follow the “DoFollow Blog” rules.

Jerry’s Search Engine – www.jyse.com

DoFollo – www.dofollo.com

Backlink Spot – www.backlinkspot.com

w3ec’s DoFollow Search Engine – www.w3ec.com/dofollow/

Comment Hunt – www.commenthunt.com

Remember, you shouldn’t spam links back to your blog, try to read the various blogs and comment on ones that interest you and really reflect your niche. These are the best backlinks.