Archive for January, 2011
When Did You Last Take the Time to Learn a New Skill?
Jan 28th
When Did You Last Take the Time to Learn a New Skill?
By Julie Atkins
I received an email today from one of the very few lists I subscribe to, which talked about the skills we acquire to move our online business forward and it got me thinking. So ….. when was the last time YOU took the time to learn a new skill?
Since beginning my online journey over a year ago, I’ve learnt so many things, it makes my head spin when I think about it! From creating my very first webpage from scratch, to learning about html, autoresponders, WordPress, video marketing, Facebook, Twitter, Camtasia … the list is endless but looking back now, I often give myself a small pat on the back. Why? Well, not for any narcissistic reason but because it’s a well-known fact that the majority of people who start out online never get past the first hurdles, they just give up and I’ve proved it can be done ….
Two points were highlighted on this email, two things which should come as natural each day as breathing:
1. Do something to build your business
2. Learn a new skill
As someone who tries hard to follow this mantra, I know how important it is to achieve this each and every day. The “doing something to build your business” might be implementing some new strategies, it might be some work to an ongoing project or it could encompass lots of small tasks which make up the running of your online business.
Learning a new skill every day might sometimes feel too huge a task, but look at each day as a new learning curve and see where it takes you. I also know how difficult it can be sometimes – life gets in the way andyour well-laid plans can fall apart so easily. If they do, don’t panic, don’t beat yourself up about it, simply decide to get onto it at the very next available opportunity. We’re human and things don’t always go to plan!
As well as these daily tasks, why not also pick something which you’ve been hankering to learn for a while and then get stuck into it? Master it, don’t just dabble your feet at the edges – dive right in!
The sense of achievement you’ll feel when you’re able to implement what you’ve learnt into your online business is priceless.
Julie
Reach Success Online, with Julie Atkins
Your comments are always welcome
A Simple Way to Create Backlinks In Your Niche On EDU & GOV Blogs
Jan 31st
Posted by Keith Everett in Backlinks
2 comments
A Simple Way to Create Backlinks In Your Niche On EDU & GOV Blogs
By Keith Everett
Getting, our Websites & Blogs out there and seen on the Internet is a top priority. We often talk about creating ways to get traffic to your website, and building Backlinks is one way to do this.
Backlinks are simply links from another website leading back to ours. We create these links by either exchanging links with the Website owners or leaving comments on their Website or Blog. Search engines such as Google, view our site and rank it accordingly.
To rank well on Google, we obviously need to provide keyword rich quality, FRESH content, however another tool we can use to help Google see our sites as offering value, is if we have links on our site to other sites of VALUE..
One way Google possibly sees this, is if we are linked to Educational establishments or Government departments.
I say possibly, because it is by no means a NAILED ON certainty that your Blog will rank higher JUST because you have links to .gov or .edu sites.
My take on this is, linking to Harvard University would rank as a FAR more effective site to link to than say a fairly small, new educational establishment. The higher up in authority the edu or gov site is, the chances are greater that the Backlink you are creating will rank your site more effectively.
Not everyone agrees that building links to this type of site will boost our rankings – What Do You Think?
However, saying that – It can do NO harm to have links & contact with these establishments. Once finding these . edu sites to link to, you can place comments on their Blogs to create links back to your site.
Add VALUE to the Blog you are commenting on. Give great answers to the threads, and create RELATIONSHIPS with the Blog owners. They may then see your great comments and go back to your Blog and leave great comments for you. They may even ask you to guest Blog for them, or ask you if they can guest Blog for you.
So how do you find these educational establishments & Government Blogs, with threads in your particular niche?
Here is a URL to help you, just cut and paste the link below into the address bar, replacing the words “YOUR KEYWORDS HERE” with a keyword that actually represents your NICHE.
site:.edu inurl:blog +”post a comment” -”comments are closed” -”comments off” +”YOUR KEYWORDS HERE”
Now you will have a list of .edu sites who have threads in your niche to add comments to. If you want to comment on .gov sites (Government) just replace the edu at the beginning of the code with gov.
There you have it. An easy way to find educational or government sites to leave comments in your niche & create some pretty useful Backlinks..
Have a great day!
Keith
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