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	<title>SEO911 Blog &#187; Organic SEO Marketing</title>
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		<title>How to boost traffic to your website by using website SEO</title>
		<link>http://seo911.com/blog/how-to-boost-views-to-your-website-by-using-website-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo_blog_writer_vns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways for business owners to boost traffic to their website. One very good way to do that is by using website seo. The whole process of using website seo is simple, but you need to know some basic rules.  Websites must contain different keywords or key phrases in a paragraph that will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many ways for business owners to boost traffic to their website. One very good way to do that is by using <a title="website seo" href="http://seo911.com/" target="_self">website seo</a>. The whole process of using website seo is simple, but you need to know some basic rules.  Websites must contain different keywords or key phrases in a paragraph that will become hyper-linked. Once those words are hyper-linked, they will bring  visitors to your webpage each time people click on it. When all this work is done properly, the website views will go through the roof.</p>
<p>With the help of proper keyword placement you can boost the traffic to your page and help your business flourish. There are a lot of professionals who can  help with building your website by adding different required key phrases to your page. When you choose to use this particular SEO,  you will ensure that your site will be easily found on different search engines. One of many search engines that your website will appear on is Google.  If your website has keywords that have back links, it will come up in the search engine leading people directly to your site.</p>
<p>The main thing you want to do when you use <a title="Website seo" href="http://seo911.com/">website seo </a>is to try the best you can to boost the views your page receives. Every time somebody views your page,  it will push it that much farther to being number one in search engines. If you are able to use proper website promotion, then it is possible that your site will be ranked number one.  In order to get your page many views, sometimes the only way is hiring someone. Hiring an seo specialist can be very expensive , but it is well worth it when you get a lot of traffic to your site. It will increase your business and the money your company earns.</p>
<p>When building your website, keep in mind that even though you may be able to find someone who works for a minimal amount,  it does not mean that you will increase the traffic you need to your site in one day. Sometimes it can take a while before you see any signs of dramatic traffic flow, just be patient. Your efforts will pay off in the end.</p>
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		<title>Use Press Release Service to inform your target audience about your new ventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seofl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directory submission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press release service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s world of corporate marketing and public relations, companies use press releases to distribute news to the media. Also known as a news release, a press release is officially endorsed by the company. It is either emailed, faxed or mailed to publishing houses, TV networks, radio stations or professional press release distribution agencies. A [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In today’s world of corporate marketing and public relations, companies use press releases to distribute news to the media. Also known as a news release, a press release is officially endorsed by the company. It is either emailed, faxed or mailed to publishing houses, TV networks, radio stations or professional press release distribution agencies. A press release is not an advertisement of the company or its products, rather it is used to report something new or ground-breaking that has happened in the company. New product releases or services, revolutionary management practices implemented in your organization, etc can be reported in a press release. Local internet marketing also benefits from press releases by reaching out to numerous people through press releases sent through the internet.</p>
<p>Press releases are a great way to garner publicity for your firm and also inform your target audience about new products or new ventures. Target Email marketing is also done by reaching out to specified people who may be more beneficial than others by sending out press releases to them. When major newspapers or TV networks feature stories based on new products or services that your company releases, you are directly reaching out to your target audience. Press releases are also facilitating in SEO (search engine optimization) and thereby helping various websites acquire first page placement. They also help small businesses by helping them reach out to a larger number of people by implementing effective <a href="http://seo911.com/">small business SEO</a>.</p>
<p>When a new product of your company becomes the subject of news stories and talk shows, your target audience is lured to buy it because you are not directly selling anything to them. Instead, by virtue of the publicity your press release generates for your new venture, people will get attracted towards buying your products or services. Hence, press releases make your target audience aware of your new ventures &#8211; all for a relatively less cost than a full-fledged advertising campaign. <a href="http://seo911.com/services.php">Press release services</a> help you design an effective press release.</p>
<p>For editors and publishers to take note of your press release and publish them as stories, it is important that your press release is interesting and informative. A press release must never sound like a sales pitch or an advertisement campaign. Major publishing and media houses will feature a press release only if they feel that the content has the potential to interest audience. Hence, write and release press releases that inform and educate audience about new trends in your market segment. Remember that press releases are a great way to gain visibility among audiences. Press releases help you gain credible publicity from major media houses, positively impacting the image of your company and its products.</p>
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		<title>Use Organic SEO to increase your visibility online and attract more customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seofl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Page Placement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic seo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To gain online visibility in the cluttered world of Internet, it is necessary that your website ranks higher on search engines. Having more people visit your website is greatly profitable to your business as it attracts potential customers. More web traffic also ensures that the advertising campaigns on your website succeed, thereby helping you earn [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">To gain online visibility in the cluttered world of Internet, it is necessary that your website ranks higher on search engines. Having more people visit your website is greatly profitable to your business as it attracts potential customers. More web traffic also ensures that the advertising campaigns on your website succeed, thereby helping you earn more revenue.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">One of the popular methods to gain a higher ranking on major search engines is the </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Advertising (PPCSE) model. In return for a fee, search engines display your website at top when users search for a keyword relevant to your business. However, you will need to spend a substantial amount if you want to use the PPCSE model to gain online visibility.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">Incorporating Organic SEO to your website on the other hand is a free and simple way to gain visibility online and attract more customers. Organic SEO refers to “naturally” increasing your <a href="http://seo911.com/">Website SEO</a> rank using clever keywords inclusion, engaging content and user-friendly website design.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">Effective Organic SEO tips for your website</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">The most important tip from an Organic SEO perspective is to design a website that appeals to users and to create content that visitors of your website will find useful and informative. You want visitors to recommend your website to others and also keep coming back to your website. Hence, write content that is useful and you will definitely manage to incorporate rich keywords that will enable your website gain more visibility online.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">Another top tip for incorporating <a href="http://seo911.com/organic-seo-service.php">Organic SEO</a> is to include articles that have multiple popular keywords in them. Remember not to pepper your article with too many keywords as this can make your articles appear as spam and your website may be black-listed by search engines. The key is to use synonymous keywords relevant to the one main keyword that you are focusing on. Try to include lengthy articles on your website ranging from 250-600 words. This will help search engines find your website with ease when users search for particular topics.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Arial,serif"><span style="font-size: small">Remember, Organic SEO can be fairly simple if you keep the visitor in mind. Ensure that the content and design of your website appeals to visitors and you would have successfully implemented Organic SEO for your website.</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>The Right Way to Get Backlinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo911_blogger_r</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A backlink to your website serves a few purposes. It provides search engines with the ability to find your website on the internet by following preexisting sites to yours. It also allows search engines to rank your website based on who else is willing to link to you. And finally, it allows people to find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A backlink to your website serves a few purposes. It provides search engines with the ability to find your website on the internet by following preexisting sites to yours. It also allows search engines to rank your website based on who else is willing to link to you. And finally, it allows people to find you by following links from other sites.</p>
<p>Most marketers will tell you that any publicity is good publicity but in the case of backlinks, it&#8217;s not exactly true. There are a few types of backlinks which can damage your websites reputation. Paid links, for example, can be fatal for your site. Most search engines look very badly on websites who use this type of service. Link farms are another type of bad publicity. A link farm is a series of websites linking to each other in hope of raising the PageRank of each site. Google&#8217;s web spiders can detect a link wheel and often will not list your site on their search engine.</p>
<p>The best links between websites are the honest ones. These can only be made by having a quality website. In order to have a quality website, follow these steps:</p>
<p>Write quality content. All it takes is to practice writing. You will eventually improve your skills after doing some <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/article-writing-and-distribution-can-improve-your-seo/">blog posting</a>.</p>
<p>Promote good content. When writing your content, include a few links to other good content. Even if your content is not well-written, your readers will give you credit for providing good content by linking to good content.</p>
<p>Support good content. Do some reading, and once you find some related content that&#8217;s of good quality, comment on it. This is very similar to <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/how-to-use-forum-posting-to-market-your-website/">forum posting</a>. Just include a link to your website in the comment.</p>
<p>Contribute to the internet. The easiest way to get a large amount of backlinks is to contribute something useful to the internet. By <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/article-writing-and-distribution-can-improve-your-seo/">blog posting</a> quality how-to articles or offering a useful service, contributing to the internet in a useful way will build major traffic.</p>
<p>Building quality links from other websites takes a lot of time but by providing  a quality website, backlinks will happen on their own.</p>
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		<title>How to Distribute Articles to Create Backlinks to Your Blog</title>
		<link>http://seo911.com/blog/how-to-distribute-articles-to-create-backlinks-to-your-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo911_blogger_r</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business Online Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article writing and distribution system]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to attract visitors to your website while giving them a good idea of what your website is about, then article writing and distribution can help you achieve both of these goals. An article directory is a website that hosts thousands of articles covering multiple topics. Articles are written and submitted by their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to attract visitors to your website while giving them a good idea of what your website is about, then <a href="http://seo911.com/directory-submission-service-guaranteed-back-links.php">article writing and distribution</a> can help you achieve both of these goals.</p>
<p>An article directory is a website that hosts thousands of articles covering multiple topics. Articles are written and submitted by their authors in hope of webmasters finding them and displaying them on related sites.</p>
<p>It is important to provide quality articles to help the webmasters choose the best content for their websites. Articles need to be informative and free from sales pitches. After a reader decides if an article is useful, they may visit the website you listed in the article in search of more information.</p>
<p>Webmasters go to article directories to shop for content they feel will meet the needs of their readers. Submitting articles to directories will therefore increase the exposure of your website. The key is to submit quality content to give webmasters what they are looking for.</p>
<p>When writing articles, take a few things into consideration. Be sure the writing is done in an easy to understand format. The articles should provide good information and leave the reader wanting to learn more. Also, try to use a friendly and informal tone.</p>
<p>A few things to take into consideration while choosing which directories to submit to are the <a href="http://http://www.alexa.com/">Alexa page rank</a>, which indicates how popular the directory is, the <a href="http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php">Google page rank</a>, will give an indication of the quality of the links the directory will attract for your site, and the comments and reviews found after doing a general search about the article directory. Reading other users comments will help in choosing which directories are worthwhile.</p>
<p>Here are a few article directories that are highly ranked are <a href="http://Ezinearticles.com">Ezinearticles.com</a>, <a href="http://Articlesbase.com">Articlesbase.com</a>, <a href="http://Buzzle.com">Buzzle.com</a>, <a href="http://Goarticles.com">Goarticles.com</a> and <a href="http://Helium.com">Helium.com</a>. These directories are the top 5 in rankings on both <a href="http://alexa.com">Alexa</a> and <a href="http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php">Google page ranks</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://seo911.com/directory-submission-service-guaranteed-back-links.php">Article writing and distribution</a> quickly spreads your business or blog to thousands of readers within a short time. While it is a fast and easy way to do <a href="http://seo911.com/local-seo-services.php">local internet marketing</a>, it largely depends on the quality of work that you submit.</p>
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		<title>Utilizing Proper Ad Placement to Monetize a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo911_blogger_r</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Page Placement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to be confused with first page placement, which is the process of getting your website to rank on the first page of a search engine, first page ad placement utilizes key areas of your web page to gain clicks on your advertisements. Advertisments on websites may look distasteful to some, but it is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to be confused with <a href="http://seo911.com/sponsored-guaranteed-placements.php">first page placement</a>, which is the process of getting your website to rank on the first page of a search engine, first page ad placement utilizes key areas of your web page to gain clicks on your advertisements. Advertisments on websites may look distasteful to some, but it is a great way to offset the costs of hosting and managing a website. Another way to use advertisement space would be to create your own ads and place them on your site. This can move your traffic to certain areas of your website, where you may be selling a product or offering a service. Here are some tips to place ads properly on your site.</p>
<p>While many bloggers and <a href="http://seo911.com/services.php">SEO consultants</a> recommend that you place ads in your sidebar, advertisements placed below the post title and above an article have a much higher success rate in receiving clickthroughs. Placing a text ad here makes it blend into your site, while an image ad will most likely irritate the reader.</p>
<p>Mentioned above, sidebar ads do not get a high clickthrough rate. Placing an ad at the top of the sidebar does. By blending it in to look like it&#8217;s part of the navigation, it will receive a large amount of clicks from visitors.</p>
<p>Another place commonly used is below your post. If you place ads below your articles, make sure it is directly below the articles. Using text links, so they look like a list of related links, will create a large amount of clicks.</p>
<p>Many websites offer products and <a href="http://seo911.com/services.php">SEO services</a> and using advertisements on their own pages can give a substantial boost. Creating backlinks throughout posts or placing image ads in the sidebar &#8220;funnels&#8221; visitors into certain areas of the website.</p>
<p>By blending in your advertisements with the rest of your site, you can guarantee a high rate of clicks on your ads. Make sure the ads are related to your website, else nobody will be willing to click on them. By using these advertisement tips, your website can effectively pay for its <a href="http://www.seo911.com/ppc-management.php">PPC advertising</a> and even its hosting costs.</p>
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		<title>How Optimizing Your Blog Post Titles Can Increase Your Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo911_blogger_r</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic SEO Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many websites will tell you to fill your blog post titles with keywords to make them more search engine friendly. While this will increase your rank on search engines, it won&#8217;t do much to entice visitors from social media sites or other referring sites. Basically, your post titles need to be optimized in accordance to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many websites will tell you to fill your blog post titles with keywords to make them more search engine friendly. While this will increase your rank on search engines, it won&#8217;t do much to entice visitors from social media sites or other referring sites. Basically, your post titles need to be <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/how-seo-can-optimize-your-business/">optimized</a> in accordance to how you do your <a href="http://seo911.com/internet-marketing-services.php">internet marketing</a>. Let&#8217;s go over your two major audiences and discuss how to optimize your blog posts.</p>
<p>Search engines, like <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> or <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a>, are a major source of traffic for websites. While proper <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/ways-to-improve-your-seo/">website SEO</a> can and will create traffic for you site, post titles and proper keywords are the main way to increase your search ranking. Search engines use complex algorithms that determine the page rank of your website based off of several optimization factors. In order to rank high on <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>, you must focus on using keywords in your titles, rather than catchy and creative titles. This is strictly to be recognized by the algorithm as relevant information to the search.</p>
<p>The other major source of website traffic would be from social media sites, such as <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com">Stumbleupon</a>. Marketing to these internet users is entirely different than ranking in search engines. You need to keep your titles short and sweet, while also making them interesting and appealing. These are strictly human visitors, not bots, so you must market accordingly. Include keywords that would interest visitors, instead of focusing on keywords that they would likely search for. Creating a catchy title that tempts them to visit your website is the key here.</p>
<p>There is a great tool for blogs built with <a href="http://www.wordpress.com">WordPress</a> called the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/">Platinum SEO Plugin</a>. This plugin lets you define an additional title for every page, so you are able to create a title for both audiences. This is an easy and effective way to optimize your titles, and allows for an easier time marketing your website.</p>
<p><a href="http://seo911.com/internet-marketing-services.php">Internet marketing</a> and <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/ways-to-improve-your-seo/">website SEO</a> can be difficult tasks to undertake, but there are <a href="http://seo911.com/">SEO professionals</a> with the knowledge and talent to do it for you. Depending on your blog or website&#8217;s purpose, you may want to reach your visitors as fast and effectively as possible, without having to trial-and-error your way to getting traffic.</p>
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		<title>Social Media Marketing: Using Web 2.0 to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Part 2 &#8211; Social Bookmarking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>seo911_blogger_r</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up Part 1 of this series on Social Media Marketing is Social Bookmarking. From Wikipedia, &#8220;Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren&#8217;t shared, merely bookmarks that reference them.&#8221; As a tool for web developers, social bookmarking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following up <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/social-media-marketing-using-web-2-0-traffic-to-drive-traffic-to-your-blog-part-1-twitter/">Part 1</a> of this series on Social Media Marketing is Social Bookmarking. From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking">Wikipedia</a>, &#8220;Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to share, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web resources. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren&#8217;t shared, merely bookmarks that reference them.&#8221;</p>
<p>As a tool for web developers, social bookmarking allows your website to listed by topic along with thousands of other sites on popular pages visited by hundreds of thousands of users. With <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/ways-to-improve-your-seo/">proper techniques</a>, you can increase your pageviews by the thousands, and maybe even be featured on the front page of the website. Listed below are the most popular social bookmarking sites.</p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> &#8211; Twitter is so popular that it was featured as a <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/social-media-marketing-using-web-2-0-traffic-to-drive-traffic-to-your-blog-part-1-twitter/">separate blog post</a> on this site.</p>
<p>2. <a href="http://www.digg.com">Digg.com</a> &#8211; This technology-based social bookmarking site has over 30 million monthly visitors.</p>
<p>3. <a href="http://buzz.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Buzz</a> &#8211; Similar to Digg, Yahoo! Buzz ranks content based on votes. The more votes you obtain, the higher your ranking, and the higher your traffic. While they both rank content on votes, Digg also bases ranking on the rate of the submitter and their quantity of friends on the site. Yahoo! Buzz bases ranking on search-term popularity and what the current trend in reading is.</p>
<p>4. <a href="http://www.tweetmeme.com">TweetMeme</a> &#8211; TweetMeme takes all of the popular links from Twitter and determines which ones are the most popular. It also counts the number of times a link is retweeted.</p>
<p>5. <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com">StumbleUpon</a> &#8211; Stumbleupon combines a social bookmarking site with a toolbar for your browser to quickly rank sites and find new websites.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking-websites">This website</a> contains the top 20 most popular social bookmarking sites listed by monthly visitors.</p>
<p>After choosing which sites you would like to submit to, the next step is to create accounts on those sites. After signing in, simply submit a new site. Here are some tips in creating a quality review of your site.</p>
<p>Many websites and blogs go unnoticed on these types of sites simply because their <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/article-writing-and-distribution-can-improve-your-seo/">headline is not catchy enough.</a> Your headline is usually the only thing users will see from your website, so your efforts in providing a good headline will effect your page views.</p>
<p>While the headline is important to draw attention, if you want to keep that attention you must write a meaningful description. Be sure to keep it short, as most bookmarking sites limit your description&#8217;s length. Make sure that you submit your site to the proper category. Social Bookmarking sites usually include a General or Miscellaneous category, and since these fill very fast, your chance to get noticed quickly decreases.</p>
<p>It is best when other people bookmark your site to social bookmarking sites, so make it easier for them by including a bookmarking button at the end of your articles. <a href="http://www.exploding-boy.com/2006/01/09/add-links-for-delicious-digg-and-more-to-blog-posts/">Here is a link</a> to add <a href="http://www.seo911.com/social-bookmarking.php">social bookmarking</a> links to your articles.</p>
<p>Although submitting your links to <a href="http://www.seo911.com/social-bookmarking.php">social bookmarking</a> sites is the most important step, an often overlooked one is to maintain your profile on those sites. Become an active user on the sites and submit other interesting articles and websites. Respond to comments left by other bookmarkers. One final tip is to focus on getting your ranking up on one social bookmarking site after submitting it to a few of them. If a post is popular on one of the major sites it usually becomes more popular on the others, so it&#8217;s best to stay focused on one at a time.</p>
<p>Using these steps, you will create valuable backlinks to your website and increase your overall <a href="http://www.seo911.com/internet-marketing-services.php">SEO</a>.</p>
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		<title>Social Media Marketing: Using Web 2.0 to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Part 1 &#8211; Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media (or Web 2.0) such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg contain a surprisingly powerful tool for websites. Having a strong presence in social media extends your reach to potential visitors and clients. By using these tools, you will see a major increase in traffic and create a new way for social engagement to take [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social Media (or Web 2.0) such as <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.digg.com">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://www.digg.com">Digg</a> contain a surprisingly powerful tool for websites. Having a strong presence in social media extends your reach to potential visitors and clients. By using these tools, you will see a major <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/ways-to-improve-your-seo/">increase in traffic</a> and create a new way for social engagement to take place on your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> is a microblogging service that allows users to participate in discussions with thousands of other users. Simply by creating an account, following other users, and sending a &#8220;tweet&#8221; you have informed users of your web presence and allowed traffic to reach your website. <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> clients, such as <a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com">TweetDeck</a> and <a href="http://www.hootsuite.com">Hootsuite</a> make using <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> a lot easier. Here are some tips while tweeting to create value in your posts.</p>
<p>Ask a question relating to your site. If you are offering a service, ask what others think about your offer and provide a link. Use a URL shortening service such as <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com">Tinyurl</a> or <a href="http://www.tiny.cc">Tiny.CC</a> for your links.</p>
<p>Remark on the comments you receive. Try to create a conversation with other users. While selling yourself is important, blatantly spamming links will quickly get you un-followed by other users and will diminish your traffic. Having a sense of humor and helping others with your tweets will show people your good nature and will make them more likely to click your link.</p>
<p>Make sure you are continually looking out for new followers. Follow people with interests similar to your website or blog and try to start a conversation with them. If you have a lot of users who aren&#8217;t responsive, simply un-follow them. <a href="http://www.hootsuite.com">Hootsuite</a> offers a mass-unfollow tool.</p>
<p>Creating a strong <a href="http://www.seo911.com/internet-marketing-services.php">web presence</a> through social media will not only get <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/how-seo-can-optimize-your-business/"></a>your <a href="http://www.seo911.com/internet-marketing-services.php">website traffic</a> but will give you a lot of quality feedback on what is expected from your website or blog. Using these tools properly can get you thousands of more visitors each month.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local internet marketing is a great way to improve the sales lead of a company since it uses the internet to reach a large number of clients globally. It employs a lot of strategy such as targeted email marketing wherein prospective clients are sent emails that contain information about the product or service that they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://seo911.com/company.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Local internet marketing</span></a> is a great way to improve the sales lead of a company since it uses the internet to reach a large number of clients globally. It employs a lot of strategy such as <a href="http://seo911.com/targeted-opt-in-emails.php" target="_blank">targeted email marketing </a>wherein prospective clients are sent emails that contain information about the product or service that they sell. Only people who somehow share the same interest will be sent an email.</p>
<p>Often times, this comes as newsletters from websites that you have made a subscription. Another way of  improving the revenue of your company suing internet marketing is through the use of search engine optimization (SEO).</p>
<p>What is this SEO? Search Engine Optimization employs the use of relevant keywords for search engines to find your website. What is good about this is that the more relevant your keywords are, the higher the ranking of website becomes. This will be reflected having your website at the top of search listings on search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN.</p>
<p>There are two types of SEO. These are <a href="http://seo911.com/blog/local-internet-marketing-for-your-business/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Organic  SEO</span></a> and <a href="http://seo911.com/ppc-management.php" target="_blank">PPC Management</a>. So given these two types of SEO, how do you chose which one of these SEO are relevant for the type of business that you have? It is fairly easy. However, let us differentiate first what are the differences between these two SEO.</p>
<p>Organic SEO needs for you to pay an SEO company a monthly fee so that they can maintain your ad campaign. It is not a click-through based system unlike PPC Management. This means that you will not pay the number of clicks that a prospective clients makes when visiting your site for organic SEO.</p>
<p>Further, this means that no money was put to waste for unnecessary clicks made by a visitor who just happened to pass by your site. The fee that you have paid for organic SEO includes the maintenance of your site, as well as constant revision of your keywords if the keywords are no longer significant. Even if there is no conversion of the click-through rate for this SEO, the fee is somehow relatively bigger.</p>
<p>However, organic SEO  is really effective. Since, people tend to visit these sites more often than once with pay-per-click system. This works well for big companies.</p>
<p>Given this fact, you might think that the organic SEO<span style="text-decoration: underline"> </span>is by far the best choice. In contrary to that, if you own a very small company, then this SEO is not good for you. A PPC Management SEO can be used if you are running on a very low budget since it only allows you to be more active until your budget run out. This is a practical way of employing SEO.</p>
<p>The type of SEO to use really depends on the type of business that you have.</p>
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