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Comment on Why Your About Us Page is the Second Most Important Page on Your Site? by Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:56:07 +0000

Hey Kien,
It get oodles of traffic but what’s super important is this… people who look here are the ones that want to know what you do, what your really about… more than just tire-kicking.
These are the ‘prospects’ we're all after.
I must now practice what I preach and update that page
PS heard Tim’s book is great. He’s been to china a few times.

Comment on Why Your About Us Page is the Second Most Important Page on Your Site? by Ken Siew

Ken Siew — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:53:31 +0000

Write you About Page With 7 Compelling Reasons, that reminds me of Tim Ferriss's 7 reasons to subscribe to his newsletter. That's a new idea, I'll have to work on mine, it's one of the pages that gets the highest traffic, if not the highest.

You should totally add a video on your about page with a giant cricket!

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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:35:21 +0000

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Comment on 5 Tips on Writing a Great Blog Post by Ken Siew

Ken Siew — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:48:02 +0000

Hah yeah I keep bumping into the same friends on different blogs. Small world in the Internet!

Comment on 5 Tips on Writing a Great Blog Post by Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:03:43 +0000

Thanks Kien,

I agree. I didn’t want to add links to Shannon’s article though maybe on second thought I should…
Bing also gives a higher ranking to sites with internal linking, which is what you're saying.

Must do some split testing and see how successful these articles are on different search engines.

Saw you on Copyblogger this morning, nice suggestions you made.

Small world, isn’t it!

Ivan

Comment on 5 Tips on Writing a Great Blog Post by Ken Siew

Ken Siew — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:10:39 +0000

Just wanted to add to #5, linking to your own sites is also great for SEO purposes, and keeps people around for a longer time to see what you have to offer. You've done that in this post but just would like to point that out.

Solid tips here, thanks Shannon!

Comment on Product Launch Readiness: Get Your Brand Ahead Of The Competition by Margaret

Margaret — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:31:54 +0000

Al Ries is the person behind the Positioning book you mentioned. There is a free sumamry here

Book Summary: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Printed with permission from TCI Management Consultants. A group of senior-level management consultants, offering strategic planning and marketing services to a wide range of public and private sector clients.

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout
http://www.bizsum.com/articles/art_the-22-immut...

Comment on Product Launch Readiness: Get Your Brand Ahead Of The Competition by Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:02:34 +0000

Thanks Ken,
It’s the best marketing book I've found and also one of the shortest. They also have one about Positioning that’s a great read. Simple, practical advice.
Liked what you're doing on your site. The ebook is terrific!
Ivan

Comment on Product Launch Readiness: Get Your Brand Ahead Of The Competition by Ken Siew

Ken Siew — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:47:45 +0000

I'll have to second that. I often refer back to the 22 immutable laws of marketing to refresh my marketing plan. Anyway, here's my first comment, hoping to hang out more often here!

Comment on How To Handle A Troll & Beat Them at Their Own Game by Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:40:39 +0000

Some people only feel good when they're running down someone else. I resist the urge to hit reply – that would only make it worse. but it's hard to do that sometimes…sigh

Comment on How To Handle A Troll & Beat Them at Their Own Game by shoshanakleiman

shoshanakleiman — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:59:33 +0000

Your troll sounds obnoxious at best. I have a troll that spreads lies and misinformation at every chance. The only approach I've found to work is to ignore the troll.

Comment on 10 Cities You Must See Before You Croak! by Tom Peterson

Tom Peterson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:49:03 +0000

Glasgow! youre kidding right!

Comment on How to add a Flickr Slideshow to your Wordpress Blog by ML

ML — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:48:00 +0000

If you change the tag, then you get a new slideshow. pretty slick. didnt know you can do that with flickr.

Comment on Product Launch Readiness: Get Your Brand Ahead Of The Competition by Ivan Walsh

Ivan Walsh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:46:38 +0000

Position is where most marketers go wrong. That's why I linked to the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing book – best marketing book I've read.

Comment on How To Handle A Troll & Beat Them at Their Own Game by Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:42:52 +0000

Spartacus, great name for a troll!