Funny this one. I started writing a web page on Sunday for a new niche I’m getting into, and I had an experimental SEO idea. Then I excitedly got up to aweber to tell all my subscribers about it, and then bottled it because it suddenly entered my head that I had no guarantee that this would work and even though I just wanted to get everyone involved so you could try the same thing for your own business etc. etc. I thought it would be interesting. But then, one of the kids fell over, the phone rang, the kettle boiled, John Craven said something interesting on the tellybox…you know the score.
So I didn’t send the email. I just conducted the experiment.
Then I forgot about it.
Then, after a number of huge business meetings this week and then a day teaching today, I suddenly remembered what I’d done on Sunday on the apple (I know it’s cool to call it a mac but it’s got a fucking APPLE on the front, not a raincoat) with all the kids climbing all over me wondering why I wasn’t playing Age of Empires* with them instead…
Bottom line: I’ve got a page into no.14 on Google out of 3.5million in a multi-multi-million ££ niche within 72 hours. Because this blog is not always read by people who like me, I’ll tell the rest of you what it is and how I did it at my seminar in 10 days (in the fag break). See ya then
*some of the facts about the way I actually bring my children up have been changed to protect them from the psycopaths, wankers, pervs and craphounds that stalk this site. The rest of you are very welcome.
“The Art of Blogging for Business” seminar was held by me and Ken McCarthy in Manchester on 16th November. These are some of the testimonials we received…
Here’s what master internet marketer and martial arts guru Lloyd Irvin, Jnr. thought to the gig:
Here’s Chris Ruane:
Here’s Darryl Cygler:
Here’s Dave Muskett:
Here’s Frank Camacho
Out of interest, Frank won a place on the seminar in a competition set by Lloyd Irvin. This is the video that won him the place (glad I didn’t upset him on the day …
This is a new service shown to me by Mark Pocock this evening. I love it, but had a few problems embedding it. Social bookmark it and rate it if you like it.
This is weird. Since I started talking about Internet Marketing I’ve moved into this strange world where people I’ve never met are contacting me, asking me questions, and generally being very nice. It’s mainly down to the fact that I’m now in people’s homes on DVD. It’s truly humbling to be able to publish this video testimonial on my work from 19-year old entrepreneur Glenn Bridges. Glenn has set up a charity dedicated to helping teenagers called InnerFlame.org.uk. It’s stated mission is “INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL”. This young man has all of the elements for success in business: tenacity, vision, intelligence and, well, see for yourself…
Thank you for your kind words, Glenn.
You can get the DVD Glenn’s referring to from here.
1. Pick an obscure niche or long tail keyword (I’ve chosen potato boxes)
2. Go to Squidoo.com, open an account, write a ‘lens’ on the subject. Make sure your keyword is the title of the lens (or at least in the title if someone’s already nabbed that)
3. Follow Squidoo’s “Health Check” advice and make sure you write two or three good text modules, pull in some content from amazon, youtube, RSS feeds etc. (It’s really simple to do)
4. Link to your new page using your blog (like I have here) and then email all your mates and ask them to reference the Lens using your keyword as the anchor text.
5. Sit back and see how quickly the lens rises in the rankings.
6. For the next bits, email me
