Building backlinks to your pages is an essential part of SEO (short for Search Engine Optimization) for two reasons. The first reason is that it helps your pages get indexed faster, which is very important because you want the search engines to find them as soon as possible and crawl them regularly. The second reason is that it helps your pages get higher search engine rankings for the keywords of your choice. The more backlinks you have, the better. Period. However, building backlinks can be a time-consuming, boring process. You can outsource the process to an agency and pay a lot of money OR you can do it yourself with SocialMonkee! SocialMonkee is an instant backlink builder allowing you to build 25 unique backlinks, every day, FREE! All links are on unique C-Class IP addresses ...

With more than 100 million blogs on the internet – and more being added every day! – it can seem like an impossible task to get your poor little site noticed. But it is possible to make a niche for yourself, even in a very competitive market space. Here are ten ways to create buzz around your blog: 1.    Write great content. It sounds simple, but it's true. If you want people to want to read your stuff, and refer your friends to your site, write content worth reading. Then do it again, and again, and again. As a matter of fact, it makes sense to ensure you understand the point of your blog before you begin writing content. 2.    Interact with other bloggers. There are many bloggers in your niche, and instead ...

Choosing a good topic is only the first step in creating a fantastic, bookmark-worthy blog post. After you've selected a topic– or better yet, beforehand – decide on the main point of your post. Each post on your blog should have at least one point.  Whether it's to encourage readers to sign up for your email list, urge them to leave a comment, or encourage visitors to buy something, each and every post should have a specific point and a call to action.  Here are four common points that blog posts have: 1. Encourage subscriptions If you write some awesome content that leave your visitors with an overwhelming feeling of "OMG, she/he was talking to me and I needed this right now!," they'll be impressed and longing for more. At the bottom of these types of posts, ask people to sign up to your newsletter or simply include a sign-up ...

If you don't currently use Facebook Lists, you're going to love these cool tips! Thanks to my friend Jayne Kopp - a Personal Development blogger, who asked me how to exclude your friends and family from your business statuses and updates, I've put together a brief video about how to set up lists, how to add your friends to those lists, and, if you're a Chat person, show you how to chat in an exclusive manner. By the way, Martha Giffen - Online Marketer, makes a cameo appearance so want to send a shout out to her on the blog! Check it out! Your turn... Do you use lists? Are there any other tips you can add to this discussion? Weigh in family and please share!

Today, there is no shortage (no pun intended!) of URL shorteners. As a matter of fact, there are hundreds. Why? Well, there are several reasons people use URL shorteners including prettying up links, fixing links, and link tracking. In addition, the introduction of micro-blogging sites, like Twitter, created the demand for URL shorteners because, as I'm sure you've noticed, URLs take up a lot of space and we only have 140 characters! The most popular choices I see most often include bit.ly, owl.ly, ht.ly, budurl, and tinyurl (my old favorite when I first learned about URL shorteners years ago!). But because I see the use of Hootsuite's URL shortener - ht.ly - increasing, I want to warn people that ht.ly isn't your friend! Hy.ly doesn't pass you any link juice (meaning it does not do a 301 permanent redirect to your website) and we're in this ...