ARE YOU CONFUSED?
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is the Big Kahuna of driving traffic to your website. If you can’t get traffic you can’t get business online. It’s also as confusing and frustrating as heck when you’re first starting out online. unless you’re an online marketing guru, that is.
A lot of people out there are charging a lot of money to optimize your site for you. But, what if you’re not working with a big budget?
Recently, I had the opportunity to meet Paul Counts via a webinar given by Paul Cooley. Both of these guys are great at what they do and you should check out their websites.
Paul Counts has been helping people with SEO for a while now. He’s come up with a 24-hour Do It Yourself Online Marketing Plan that makes sense.
1. Submit your site to social book-marking sites. Here are links to two recommended social book-marking sites:
• http://www.onlywire.com
• http://www.socialmarker.com
2. Make sure your site has an opt-in box so that visitors can sign up for RSS feed. RSS or “Really Simple Syndication” in a conglomeration of web feed formats used to publish your blog posts or other updates. Also, submit your site to free RSS feed directories such as:
• http://www.feedity.com
• http://feedbase.net
3. Write Press Releases!
You can submit these to a variety of free press release sites:
• http://www.free-press-release.com
• http://www.pressreleasespider.com
• http://www.i-newswire.com
4. Create a short video about your business and submit it to:
• http://www.youtube.com
• http:// www.revver.com
• http://www.realpeoplerealstuff.com
5. Join an online forum in your niche.
6. Submit an online classified to:
• http://www.usfreeads.com
• http://oodie.com
7. Create a weekly radio show on Blog Talk Radio
• http://blogtalkradio.com
8. Definitely start a blog. A blog develops your online credibility, provides accessibility to your target market and provides you will real time feedback.
I hope this information proves as helpful to you as it was to me. This is truly a workable plan to get you started. If it seems daunting, you have questions or you need help with any of these steps, please contact me via e-mail at ROAR! My e-mail address is: jfreeman@roarcorps.com.
Until next post – ROAR on!
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Hi Jill! Great rundown of Paul’s 24 hour to do list!
Those are very good SEO strategies for sure!
It’s the most concise and I think best way for a DIYer to get on the web and get going. If it seems overwhelming - there’s people like us to help!