SEO Secrets to Get More Web Traffic – My Blog Launch Formula
Here’s my own blog launch formula. It is an absolute beauty. Follow this strategy and it’s a surefire way to successfully launch ANY blog in ANY niche. I won’t make any wild claims about the number of visitors you will receive, nor the number of pages you will have indexed in Google, nor the number of mentions you will have in Google, suffice to say, you will be amazed with it’s advantages, especially on your time and effort invested.
You will have noticed that blogs and blogging play a big part in the 7 Sexy SEO Secrets. In fact, it is the 7th and in my opinion, the sexiest seo secret of them all; BLOG.
Here’s the launch formula that I personally use when I’m serious about a blog. You can adjust accordingly for less important blogs, but trimmer beware, who knows where the secret sauce lies?
Task + How Long?
1. Keyword Research and Domain Purchase 1 hour
2. Install WordPress blog 30 mins
3. Install 2 tag plug ins, change the permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/, insert ping list, insert header. 30 mins.
4. Create my Feedburner feed and submit RSS feeds once posts have been completed. Also add my Buzzboost to display in sidebar 30 mins
5. Insert sign up form using Aweber 30 mins
6. Installing Google Analytics and submit Google Sitemap 20 mins
7. Set up RSS Bookmarker to take care of my social bookmarking. Could also use AutoSocialPoster 30 mins
8. Claiming a blog at Technorati. Also submit to Entrecard (worth buying a few ads) and BlogCatalog. 30 mins
9. Writing 5 unique articles and post on blog. Submit same articles to Ezine + Article Marketer 3 hours
10. Install WP-O-Matic to publish RSS feed 30 mins
11. Start a low budget PPC campaign on Yahoo, MSN or Google for selected keywords. 2 hours
12. Creating a video and post to video distribution sites. Also post video on my site. Also bookmark video by adding video RSS Feed to RSS Bookmarker. 2 hours
13. Linking to blog from 4 of my other blogs, including 2 of my blogger blogs. Add FAQ, privacy and contact pages to my site. 1 hour
14. Adding my site to links network plus submitting the RSS Feeds = 10 mins.
15. Completely rewrite 25 PLR articles and set them up for sporadic posting over the next month or so. Submit those too. 8 hours.
16. Submit site to directories using a directory submission service 30 mins
17. Writing and submitting a press release = 1 hour.
18. Writing and submitting various classified ads 2 hours
19. (Potential to buy links but Google may frown on this practice. Buyer beware!) 1 hour
20. Forum posting (genuine, not Spam), include Warrior Forum Special Offer 5 hours
21. Installing ad tracking codes on certain campaigns to measure return on time/money invested 1 hour
22. Rifle shot approach to top listings in Google and other target sites, contacting each site individually and exploring advertising/joint venture opportunities. 5 hours
TOTAL, give or take 40 hours.
* Please note that it takes about 5 minutes per account just registering for each bookmarking sites. So, if you don’t have any accounts set up as yet, please allow yourself around 3 hours just setting up 30 weird accounts.
There you go. Appreciate it that this is a bit extreme for some blogs but thought it might cut out a lot of guesswork for others.
There you have it, The 7 Sexy SEO Secrets. They, in case you missed any, are:
1. Long Tail
2. Off Page
3. Ranking page ownership
4. 1 way links
5. Keep it fresh
6. You don’t need SEO!
7. Blog
Good luck on your journey! Remember to always ask for help and to seek expert advice from top SEO services if needed.