Archive for June, 2007

“I Don’t Get It! . . I’m Writing, and Writing and Writing but I’m Still Not Getting Tons of Internet Traffic, Search Engine Ranking and the Mercedes-Benz!”

“Psst - The Magic Password is . . . Keyword Research”

Well, maybe not the Mercedes-Benz right away but certainly you can get solid results if you put the horse before the cart. I must admit that I’m equally guilty of writing articles, building websites, and even developing a product or two without the proper market research. But let’s all wake up and smell the coffee! Just because it worked in a Kevin Costner movie doesn’t mean that “if you build it they will come!”

The world is littered with books and products by well-intentioned people who “knew in their hearts” that they built the better mousetrap. But without market research:

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Posted by Brad Masterson

“Discover the Weird Yogic Technique That Catapulted An Ordinary Website Into Top Google Ranking!”

Last year some acupuncturist friends of mine showed me a strange, wonderful technique using a small pot, called a Neti Pot, filled with warm salt water to irrigate my sinuses. I did this technique for a month and it worked wonders! For a hay fever sufferer, like me, with bouts of severe migraine headaches this little trick is like a gift from heaven!

I know, I know…You’re probably asking yourself what on earth does this have to do with Article Marketing or Search Engine Optimization? Well, last year these friends asked me to help them boost their search engine rankings. I was so impressed with the Neti Pot technique that I suggested that they write an article about it. I also knew that the topic was sufficiently strange to attract a lot of attention. And that when they were finished, I would help them submit it to as many directories as I can.

Article Marketing was good medium for them because it was an effective way to:

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Posted by Brad Masterson