This author's open-source marketing plan, as announced on June 29, 2005, is mainly for small and medium-sized businesses. By keeping it simple, this author hoped it can be useful to businesses with a limited budget, can get "more bang for the buck".
The objective is to gain 3000+ inbound links within one year by sending:
A. 48 free-reprint articles in one year.
B. 4 free e-books in one year.
C. 4 free software similar to corporate gifts or freebies
D. 6 press releases in one year.
Getting many inbound links is vital as a hits generator - sources for new visitors. Sometimes, internet users on reading the articles, e-books or using the freebies may visit the originating site directly.
The site www.seecrets.biz started in early May 2005 with one article. In the following two months, ten articles were submitted and two press releases were issued. All these are available at this author's site with the dates concerned.
After two months, over 300 inbound links were obtained. It is difficult to be accurate because Google does not list back-links from sites with PageRank of less than three. During the first few weeks, counting was easy when the number was less than 100.
The results from the Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines on July 9, 2005 at 0800GMT are as follows (the figures within the brackets represent the total competing pages):
"Seecrets" got 1(7570), 1(1040) and 1(3681).
"Stan seecrets" got 4(338), 1(215) and 1(737).
"Joe Nogood" got 4(694000), 8(1330) and 1(2447).
"Rebrand software" got NR(84000), 15(88800) and 11(31124).
"Open source marketing plan" got NR(26.7million), 10(5.2million) and 12(1million).
"Open source marketing plan" got 3&4, 6&7 and 2 through the Press Release sites.
(Please note that "NR" means not ranked in the top 20.).
The first three keywords (seecrets, stan seecrets and joe nogood) are important to this author's site's brand.
The keywords (joe nogood, rebrand software and open source marketing plan) were only introduced in late June 2005. The last two are relevant to the site's activities.
These are the preliminary results. Readers can always inspect this author's website and decide that no unfair or illegal methods were used. Knowledgeable readers should be able to see the meta-tags with ease.
This author's take
Whether these results are good or not, it is up to the readers to decide. It can be a useful guide for website owners to improve upon and hopefully report back to the Internet community.
This is the first step of a long journey. There will be more mountains to climb, battles to fight, obstacles to overcome and so forth. This author is satisfied that the chosen brand has taken root. Whether this root can grow to support a giant redwood tree or just a bush that will wither away in the next few years, is yet to be seen.
This author wishes to thank the fine people behind rushprnews.com, isnare.com, ezinearticles.com, bloggeroff.com and many others for making this tumultuous journey for this techie-turned-Internet writer, a smoother one.
The Joe Nogood Gift Store Story ? Joe runs for Political Office (Episode 2)
[Author's note: Joe Nogood and JoeNoGood.com are fictional. It is an experiment to portray current events and issues (where angels fear to tread) in a lighthearted perhaps entertaining manner. Below is a conversation between Joe and his longtime buddy, Stan.]
Joe: Let's go and visit DMV.
Stan: DMV? You've just renewed your driving license last week.
Joe: Not the Department of Motor Vehicles, you dummy. The Drunkards of Mountain View ? they're so fixated on brandy, burgundy, booze stuff (referring to their search algorithms' names). They are drunk with their own success.
Stan: What name will they use for their next algorithm?
Joe: BS.
Stan: But, BS is an organic matter. What has that got to do with booze?
Joe: Ah, the Danes use plenty of that stuff to make methane gas. By using genetically modified bacteria, you can use this BS stuff to make ethane gas, the precursor of ethanol ? pure 200-proof alcohol.
Stan: Why visit these drunkards then?
Joe: All their rankings stuff are BS. Somehow, they managed to convince the whole world and make a lot of money in the process. They may provide a few pointers on how to be President.
Stan: President?
Joe: By using DMV in our pages, DMV is related to roads and being a middle-of-the-road candidate, we'll occupy all top 100 rankings for all our web pages. Joe I. Nogood is running for President with the slogan "I NoGood".
Stan (thinking to himself): Joe has a way of making the irrelevant, relevant. Just maybe, Joe will make a great President. Maybe.
[To be continued]
Stan Seecrets Postulate:
Where we originate is the same ? our mothers' womb.
Where we are heading is the same ? six-feet under.
In between, we communicate.
(Inspired by George Santayana, Spanish-born American philosopher - There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval).
The author, Stan Seecrets, is a veteran software developer with 25+ years experience at http://www.seecrets.biz which specializes in digital asset protection and total website management. You can send your views or criticism by e-mail to Stan at seecrets.biz.
? Copyright 2005, Stan Seecrets. All rights reserved
car service from Midway Burlington .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareWhen webmasters have created their final master piece, their next... Read More
In order to have more trust in your visitors' eye,... Read More
How to build the ideal website for software archives. View... Read More
When we ran the contest back in 1998 we had... Read More
Who me? Track?Now I realize some turn a blind eye... Read More
You own a website and you want more traffic. More... Read More
Fresh Web Content Yields Better Search Engine ResultsAll too often,... Read More
Maybe you are a Doctor or a lawyer. You've built... Read More
What is web-marketing? Why does your business need it?The best... Read More
The internet has the capacity, sometimes, to divorce not just... Read More
Giving away content is a powerful way to get free... Read More
Do what I did. Learn these 10 insiders' ad writing... Read More
Virtually all website owners concentrate their efforts and energy into... Read More
Keeping it clean could give you a boost.By Mark White... Read More
Keeping in touch with other sites like Amazon.com, Buy.com and... Read More
This author's open-source marketing plan, as announced on June 29,... Read More
Successful websites extend their reach far and wide! They build... Read More
OK. So you took the leap and started your online... Read More
Do you want to make your website more profitable?If you... Read More
Does your website offer visitors a quick and easy way... Read More
Search engine optimisation ? it's the holy grail of website... Read More
Website advertising, the unending quest of every website owner. And... Read More
Creating a new website is only the first stage in... Read More
It is said that content is king, but today 'fresh,... Read More
Depending on your site's subject... Read More
Granger limo Chicago ..Is your business lagging behind?Are you frustrated?Cheer up.Here are 10... Read More
Viral Marketing is allowing people to giveaway and use your... Read More
The Web is constantly growing and changing. The key issue... Read More
I took a look at a new Website recently in... Read More
Don't you just hate the process of exchanging web site... Read More
Business is war.To get to the top, you must fight... Read More
Successful websites extend their reach far and wide! They build... Read More
Finding the successful keywords is crucial in order to get... Read More
1. Tell people you have a siteThis might seem blindingly... Read More
If you haven't visited the Google Labs lately, they have... Read More
Many people miss out on some very valuable promotion opportunities... Read More
Professionals in tend to under-estimate the power of the web... Read More
1. Directory Linking Create a directory of web sites on... Read More
Webmasters across the globe are involved in a race to... Read More
Once your site is launched, half your battle is won.... Read More
1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine. Almost... Read More
How to build the ideal website for software archives. View... Read More
The first step to starting a profitable online business of... Read More
Ok, now if you've started reading this article thinking that... Read More
People are always wanting to attract more visitors to their... Read More
"One in a million". What do I mean by that?... Read More
Some "experts" say they don't exist. Apparently we have become... Read More
Many companies after spending a substantial amount of money on... Read More
You can learn many things you didn't know about your... Read More
Learn How To Use These Six Explosive Marketing Techniques To... Read More
Web Site Promotion |