Category Archives: Blogging

Build Traffic to Your Blog with Blog Directory Submissions

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Tom Gray

Building relevant traffic for our blog is often the biggest challenge we face. One great way to generate links and traffic is to register your blog with popular blog directories. WebsiteMagazine.com recently published a list of 30 popular blog directories. … Continue reading →

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Social Media Essentials for Business – You’re Invited

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Tom Gray

You’re invited to attend Social Media Essentials for Business - a free teleseminar on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.  Executive Coach and best selling author, Marsha Egan, will interview me on why, as a business owner or manager, it’s essential that you add … Continue reading →

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SEO is NOT Dead

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tom Gray

Micah, who I had the pleasure to meet at Wordcamp Denver recently tweeted, “If you do SEO for a living, you will be out of business or irrelevant in 3 years.” Naturally this got a lot of response. To clarify … Continue reading →

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Twitter Quick Tip – Tracking Retweets

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Tom Gray

I confess, when I see someone’s tweet (twitter post) and I believe it’s worth Retweeting (passing it on to my network of Twitter followers by adding a RT or Retweet to the beginning of the message) I’ll often swap out … Continue reading →

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The Death Knell for Blogging?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Tom Gray

They sucked me right in on this one, didn’t they?

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Google Likes Blogs; Why You Should Too!

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Tom Gray

Do you still wonder why (or if) you should be blogging? I’m going to give you 3 hardly comprehensive reasons… Customers & Prospects like blogs with good, relevant content that addresses their interests, opportunities or needs. You can engage those … Continue reading →

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Social Media Networks: Still Think They’re a Fad?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Tom Gray

The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that use of social networking sites by adults has quadrupled from 2005 to December 2008. In 2005 only 8% of adults reported having a profile on the social network sites while today … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Tweet: Using Twitter to Powerfully Promote Yourself…

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Tom Gray

Social Media Maven, Dr. Sally Witt, gave me keys to her blog and let me have a go at guest blogging. Since she’s going to be interviewing me (on using social media) later today (January 30, 2008) on BlogTalkRadio, I … Continue reading →

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4 Simple Rules for Creating Effective Twitter Posts

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Tom Gray

Twitter is, in essence, a headline service and, like every other form of digital communication, it’s all about the power of that headline or subject line to compel you to take action. If it doesn’t compel it won’t get acted … Continue reading →

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Build Site Traffic by Blogging

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Tom Gray

One of the best ways to build traffic to your web site continues to be with a consistently published, compelling blog. I was forced to lay off blogging for over a month due to circumstances I couldn’t control. The upshot, … Continue reading →

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