When I heard that David Naylor , AKA DaveN , was going to be a part of the SEO Rehab & Intervention session at San Jose SES , which was how to deal with your SEO addictions, I found it pretty amusing' after all, of all the SEOs I know, I would rank Dave as being the one I'd put at the top of my list for being most addicted to all things SEO. Whether it is poring over logs for hours )yes,

A tag line is a critical part of any business venture, whether it is a Fortune 500 company or your personal blog. It can be used to segment you, or what your company does, better than your name or company name can do. But many blogs either don't have a tag line or they have one that is completely ineffectual in promoting themselves and their blog. For this reason, it is important that you have a tag line.

Anytime you look on the front page of Digg, you will often see headlines that start like "Ten ways to'" or "Top Ten Worst'". And let's face it, chances are pretty good that you often read these kinds of posts yourself, because they are just so appealing. The title quickly tells you what you are going to expect )such as "ten ways to do something"( and usually, they deliver.

If you like reading my various blogging articles here , you will want to be sure to subscribe to the ScribeFire blog, where I am guest blogging articles on all aspects of blogging, including promoting & marketing your blog. Three articles have been published so far: Critical Things All Bloggers Should Do But Probably Aren't I think most of us are guilty )or have been guilty!

It is becoming more and more important for corporations - as well as businesses of all sizes - to have a blog in today's world where so many people own computers. But if your business has put off starting a blog for far too long, here is why you should really be blogging, and how it can be advantageous to your overall business marketing strategy. Human face You don't really want people to think of your company as "big box" or "typical corporate America".

In this day and age, it is becoming much more difficult to find a never-registered domain name, especially for top level domains. So the reality is that many of us are having to purchase domain names instead. So if you are considering purchasing a domain name, here are some tips you should follow, check and research to make sure your chosen "perfect" domain name really is as perfect as you want to believe it is.

How many times have we hit publish on a blog and then realized we forgot to do something crucial, whether it is changing post slugs or a crucial spell check. Here is a quick checklist of what you should do before you hit publish. Did you type what you meant? Avoid the temptation to write and then immediately hit publish. Always go back and reread your blog entry to make sure what you had in your head actually ended out coming of your fingers on the keyboard.

Yes, it's true, there are people who love to blog - and blog with such a passion we wonder how we could emulate what they do. But there is a fine line that you might be crossing over' one where it seems you are no longer the boss of your blog, but that your blog is the boss of you. While not everyone is in danger of this happening, it seems to be something that is happening to people with a bit more frequency lately. So if you are a super blogger,

With paid links so high up on the radar at the Googleplex these days, it has become even more crucial that your website's link profile is as natural as possible' even if the links themselves aren't 100% natural. So what makes a natural link profile? Here are ten things to consider when you are getting links to your sites, both paid and organic, so your site and its link profile will be as low key as possible.

Who doesn't fondly remember some of those old school Sesame Street songs we all watched in the 70s and/or 80s? So I thought I would take a trip down memory lane showing my daughter some of the Sesame Street songs I listened to, since by the time she was Sesame Street watching age, it .

It seems lately that every company and corporation out there is jumping on the blog bandwagon, and while some are doing quite well, others are failing dismally. So what makes some company blogs so great, while others are languishing? Let's look at some of the reasons why company blogs are doing so poorly, .

Do you think social media is either Facebook and/or MySpace, and that's it? When I was recently chatting with a friend in the industry I mentioned I do social media consulting, he replied, "Oh, so you do Facebook?" Well, fortunately for all of us, social media goes far beyond Facebook! The problem .

Getting a person to your blog for the first time is hard enough work as it is, but what can you do to encourage those readers to come back for a second )and third and fourth( visit in the coming days or weeks? There are some simple things you can do to encourage new .

Every day, social media consultants pull off very successful social marketing campaigns for clients as well as for their own sites. But often when those less experienced with this fairly new type of marketing try and pull off similar feats, they end up failing miserably. So what makes some social marketing successful while .

So, you want to start a blog' but don't we all? First, you have to figure out what you want to blog about. Then secondly, you have to consider the market area, because does the world really need another mesothelioma blog? But while some areas are definitely over saturated, there is definitely .

There are some bloggers who link to everyone everywhere at anytime. They just love dishing out the link love! However, not all bloggers are living in the free love world. Since the advent of the nofollow tag - which was marketed to bloggers as a way to stop blog spam - bloggers .

It is a fact that when I am searching for any number of random products or services on the internet - those things where it doesn't matter if the product is shipped from my hometown, across the country, or even in a different country - I tend to pay attention to those ads that are .

Many people have the misconception that all PPC clicks are created equal when they come from the same source with the same keywords. But user intent plays a huge part in conversions, and if the people who click your ads are looky-loos without any intention of buying what your ad is advertising - at .

So you have your cool little niche blog on your out-of-the-zip-file Wordpress or MovableType' and now you want to turn that side hobby into your day job. Even when you are a new blogger - or even an older one that just never quite got around to doing all that much after doing the .

I have been talking more about social media marketing on JenniferSlegg.com lately, and I had a reader who came over from following JenSense ask me about why social media marketing is all the rage. It is definitely true that there is so much buzz and hype about social media marketing, and that can .