Sharing SEO Secrets to Gain More Web Traffic - My Blog Launch Formula
Here’s my own blog launch formula. It is an absolute beauty. Follow this strategy and you are GUARANTEED 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 delighted with the return on time and effort invested.
I’m sure you noticed that blogs and blogging play a big part in the 7 Sexy SEO Secrets. In fact, that 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. Installing 2 tag plug ins, changing the permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/, insert ping list, insert header. 30 mins.
4. Create my Feedburner feed and submitting 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. Install Google Analytics and submit Google Sitemap 20 mins
7. Setting up RSS Bookmarker to take care of my social bookmarking. Could also use AutoSocialPoster 30 mins
8. Claiming a blog at Technorati. Also submitting to Entrecard (worth buying a few ads) and BlogCatalog. 30 mins
9. Write 5 unique articles and posting them on blog. Submit same articles to Ezine + Article Marketer 3 hours
10. Install WP-O-Matic to publish RSS feed 30 mins
11. Starting 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. Add my site to links network. Submit RSS Feeds. 10 mins.
15. Completely rewrite 25 PLR articles and setting them up for sporadoric posting over the next month and submitting them too = 8 hours.
16. Submitting site to directories using a directory submission service 30 mins
17. Writing and submitting a press release = 1 hour.
18. Write and submit 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, plus contacting each site individually and exploring advertising or joint venture opportunities. A good 5 hours
Grand TOTAL, just about 40 hours, give or take.
* 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 to set up 30 odd accounts..
So, there you have it. Appreciate it that this might be a bit overkill 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
I wish you good luck on your journey! Remember to always ask for help and to seek expert advice from top SEO services if needed.