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In the last post on the why you need  write press releases I discussed how they can give you back-links and increase traffic to your site. However, a press release can only do so much and if you can have the opportunity to learn some awesome copywriting skills why not do it…..right!

Well Karen Thackston has teamed up with Chris Cobb to do a free online virtual telesummit on Copy writing that lasts for a total of 10 days and nothing will be held back. If you may not now Karen is the the owner of the well known seo copywriting course that sells for $197.00 She is going to be revealing all her secrets and helping you along with Chriss Cobb to develop and harness your skill in copywriting online.

Copy writing can help you out in everything that you do online, from selling info product, physical products and even writing press releases to tweets!

I signed up for the silver membership, because I feel that learning is an ongoing process, for sure when you everything that you do is online.

The copywriting summit starts 9/1 and that is just around the corner and sounds like its going to be a lot of fun!!

Here is great intro video to give you more information on what copywriting can do for you.

To learn more about visit here The Copy Writing Summit!

Writing Press Releases – Why You Need To!

If you know or may not know writing press releases is a great way to get your site on the map by getting deep back links to your sites. Developing press releases for your niche topics will go a long way in developing in your brand your image and getting your company noticed.

Press releases can be written on any topic, a new site that just got finished. A new show, some new products and so forth as long as everything you are promoting comes from you.

Christine O’kelly has made a great video that you can listen to right here. It is filled with tons of information on why you need to get started writing press releases right away.

I also interviewed a Christine awhile back on the topic and you can listen to the show here! Press Release Show  Click Here!

Also Shannon Cherry of Cherry Communications is the go to gal if you want to learn how to write press kits that get noticed!

Google’s “Mayday” Update: What It Means For Your Search Rankings

Earlier this year, Wired Magazine ran a piece on Google’s algorithm. That piece focused on the manner in which the algorithm has evolved since the late 1990s. In the early years, major algo changes were deployed once a month (roughly). These days, changes occur much more frequently. According to Matt Cutts, one of the most prolific Google engineers, hundreds of changes happened in 2009 alone.

Recently, Google unleashed their Mayday update. This is a big one. Cutts has publicly stated it’s going to stick for the long run. Today, I’ll explain exactly what the Mayday update means for your search positions (and traffic!), and three things you should start doing as soon as possible.

Driving Search Traffic Through The Long Tail

If you’re doing SEO, there’s a good chance you’re pulling organic search traffic by ranking for long tails. For example, rather than building a page for “dog food,” you may be optimizing it for “dog food for active puppies.” The individual long-tail keywords attract small trickles of targeted traffic. Together, the trickles add up to a stream. Convert the stream and you can make thousands of dollars each month with affiliate sales, Adsense sites, or your own information products.

The Mayday update affects the long tail of search. For this reason, it’s bound to hit a lot of internet marketers where it hurts the most: their organic traffic.

First, a quick clarification. Mayday is a change to Google’s ranking algorithm, not the algorithms used for crawling and indexing your pages. In Cutts’s own words, Mayday is “an algorithmic change in Google, looking for higher quality sites to surface for long tail queries.”

So, what does “higher quality” mean? Google has always been upfront in showing their preference for content-heavy sites (e.g. About.com). But it’s worth noting the thematic portion of their ranking algorithm is not the main lever they use to determine quality. They use inbound links from authoritative – or credible – sites.

This has been the case for years, but the Mayday update has thrust this to the forefront of ranking your long-tail pages. If you have recently noticed your long-tail traffic dropping, it’s time to make some changes.

3 Actions You Should Take Today

Typically, whenever Google deploys a major update (for example, Caffeine), it’s a good idea to watch the results before making a move. This is because they test, tweak, and make changes before rolling out to all of their datacenters. Occasionally, they even back out large pieces of the update. Mayday is different. The changes we’re seeing in the results today are likely to stick or become more pronounced. With that in mind, here are the three steps to take today…

#1 – Expand Your Content

If you have 200 words on a page, you’re going to need much more if you hope to rank in the future. If you’re building database sites or product-focused ecommerce sites (e.g. Amazon.com), make sure your individual pages are loaded with plenty of thematic, high-quality content.

Here’s the litmus test: ask yourself whether a visitor is better off for visiting and reading your page. If not, consider adding heft to your content.

#2 – Build Links To Your Internal Pages

Inbound links to your site’s internal pages have been important as a ranking factor for years. However, the Mayday update increases the priority. Whether you’re using social media sites, article directories, blogs, or press releases to build links, make sure you include “deep links” to your site’s pages. This is a major facet in how Google determines quality.

You should read Here my post on Getting Backlinks to your site.

#3 – Watch The Top Search Positions

Assuming you’re watching your traffic numbers (and if you’re not, you should be), you may have noticed some of your long-tail pages’ positions dropping due to Mayday. Take a look at the pages in the search results that have overtaken your rankings. Chances are, they have more inbound links from sites that Google considers credible. If you intend to reclaim your positions, this is the place to start.

The Mayday update is opening the door for a lot of internet marketers. For every page that plummets in the rankings, another climbs to take its spot. Focus on high-quality content; build deep links to internal pages; and watch the search results for your targeted long tails. Months from now, you’ll look at your organic traffic stats and be glad you took these steps.

P.S.  If  you are looking for a a great starter source into Search Engine Marketing then you should Read My Seo Skills Manual. A great starter guide into Seo.  Click Here For my Seo Book!

Nicole Deans New ClickBank Guide

Well its May and this month over at the sswt fourm if you may or may not know we are given challenges every month to do. This months challenge is to produce your own info product and set it up for sale with its own salespage, thank you page, order page etc……

You can either pick your own niche or write your own report for the info product or you could use private label right content to make your product and not write anything at all. There are so many ways to make an info product, you could write it yourself, use a virtual assistant or like I said before use plr.

Some sources you could use to get content for your own information products if you would like to make one include .

Easy Plr – Nichce Content

Yummy Plr – Foodie Niches

Plus Size Plr- Fitness Plr

Special Report Club – Monthy Reports

Many in the group or almost done with completing there very first information product but since I already I have my own info products, in fact I have two of them. Seo skills unleashed and My video marketing concepts are two different products teaching two different things. My goal was to take those two products and get them more traffic using clickbank and some of their resources.

We’ll at the right moment when I was working on the project Nicole just released her Busy Marketers Click Bank guide a how to use clickbank guide for the beginner to Clickbank Marketing. Now I have known Nicole for years and have bought many of her products and was glad that she released this one right a time when I needed it along with many others.

Yes I sell on click bank and yes I make sales through clickbank but being a busy mother it always great when you want to learn more about something and don’t want to spend all that time researching for all the answers.

I have been able In a few short hours get my ads created and set up new ads for promotion of my products and now looking at even a more advanced version of a recommend product in the book. To increase my product sales and keep in contact with my affiliates through tracking and some other features.

The Click Bank Guide comes with over 14 Chapters in bite size measures to help you learn how to use clickbank . It even has videos showing you how to complete each with  step by step instructions .

Some of those Chapters include:

What is clickbank

Things to do before you start

What you need to do and In what order

How to Upload and Protect Your Files

Ways to Advertise to Increase sales

Many More……………………..

I can say that I have really enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone looking to know more about product creation and clickbank marketing. The book could have had a lot more pictures but that is just me, I like a lot of pics but it made up for that with the videos. So seriously if you are even thinking about making a product to place on clickbank then you might want to read this guide. I don’t recommend anything that I have not read or tried myself.

If you would to take a more thorough look at the Click Bank Guide you can Do So Here!

P.S. Visit Here to Learn more about the Monthly SSWT Forums!

How To Protect Your Search Rankings From Deteriorating

There’s a lot of money to be made in the top search positions for certain niches. The problem is, those top positions are hard to maintain. The more competitive your niche, the more difficult it is to protect your rankings from others.

If you neglect the pages on your sites that are ranking well for competitive keywords, they will slip over time. As they slip, so too, will your traffic volume. Less traffic translates into fewer conversions and lower income from your online business.

Let’s nip this problem in the bud. Today, let’s focus on how you can prevent your competitors from usurping your hard-earned positions in the search engines.

Keep Building Incoming Links

Each of your pages and sites has an inbound link profile. This profile includes the number of links pointing to a particular page, and the anchor text used in those links. It also includes the authority of the site pointing to that page. Another key piece of your link profile is the pace with which inbound links grow. If the pace slows down, it implies (in the search engines’ eyes) that you’re losing authority in your space.

This data is used by Google to determine whether your page “deserves” a given position.

Keep building high-quality links to your top-ranking pages. If your competitors’ link profiles begin to outdistance your own, the age of your domain and authority of your site may not be enough to protect your listings.

For more information on link building Read Review on 5000 Backlinks

Add Girth To Your Site

Google considers the size of your site when ranking your individual pages. Essentially, more pages suggests more authority. For this reason, add additional pages on a regular basis and make sure to include them in your normal link structure.

This tactic has the added benefit of expanding your keyword coverage. For example, suppose you’re targeting the keyword “weight loss.” Add pages about “weight loss after pregnancy,” “weight loss for teens,” and similar phrases. This adds girth to your site. As long as the pages are related to your site’s theme, they’ll improve your authority (again, in Google’s eyes).

Improve SERP Clickthroughs And Prevent Visitors From Clicking Back

Here’s an area of search engine optimization that few people talk about. The reason is because there’s a lot of confusion and a lack of reliable data.

First, the higher your clickthrough rate (CTR) from Google’s pages, the more likely Google is to support your page’s current position or push it higher. Second, a lower bounce rate – that is, when people land on your page and hit their browser’s back button – has a similar effect.

If you’re using Google Analytics on your sites, you’ll have this data at your fingertips. Beyond the data, though, it’s important to realize why Google seems to reward a high CTR and low bounce rate. They do so (presumably) because both factors suggest a better user experience. If people are clicking on your search listing, that means they’re engaged by it. If your visitors don’t immediately bounce back to Google, that implies they have found value in your site.

Google has long focused on improving the experience their users have in their search pages. If you help them do that, you can prevent your top rankings from decaying.

Add High-Caliber Content To Attract Natural Links

Some links need to be built proactively. Others accumulate naturally. With your top-ranking pages, you’ll notice a steady stream of new incoming links appearing on their own. This can be due to a lot of factors, but the most important involve your content and page’s exposure.

You already realize that top listings receive more exposure and clicks than lower listings for any given search query. You also know that good content creates trust in your audience. If people find your pages in the top positions and discover high-quality content, they’ll be more likely to link to those pages on their own sites. This improves your link profile, which in turn, further cements your positions.

Add great content to your top-ranking pages. You’ll attract natural links that strengthen your rankings.

Breaking into the top search positions for your space is only one part of the SEO puzzle. You then need to protect those rankings from decay. The good news is that your effort will help protect the income those rankings are generating.