Wordpress SEOYears ago, I created a WordPress blog and chose the All in One SEO Pack plugin to handle my post title tags and meta descriptions. Later on, I learned of WordPress SEO by Yoast and used it on all of my other blogs. Yet this early site still had the other plugin installed, with lots of data.

Today, I replaced All in One SEO Pack with Yoast’s WordPress SEO, and kept all of my customized title tags and meta descriptions. Here’s how: [click to continue…]

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Skimlinks vs. VigLink

by on April 26, 2012

Skimlinks vs VigLinkSkimlinks and VigLink are two services which allow publishers (bloggers, website owners) to monetize their content. By adding a snippet of Javascript to the site, links to merchant sites will be changed to affiliate links, and select keywords can even be automatically hyperlinked.
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What Does AuthorRank Mean For Affiliates?

April 18, 2012

When I first started building my own affiliate sites, secrecy was key. You’d add private registration to your domain name, host it on a separate IP (maybe even a different hosting provider), and not allow anyone to know what sites you owned. I questioned this at the end of 2011: #affiliates – are we still [...]

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The Art of SEO – Book Review

March 30, 2012

Back in 2009, I was in a Mastermind Group where one of the members was into SEO and suggested I pick up a copy of The Art of SEO. I didn’t understand why, in this day & age of blogs & microblogging, would I want a book on SEO (a topic with weekly updates). However, [...]

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Pros and Cons of Working Together

March 23, 2012

If you were at the last Affiliate Summit, or follow me on Twitter, you probably know I’m in a Mastermind Group with Todd Farmer and Tricia Meyer. In fact, we spoke about the topic at Affiliate Summit West this past January.

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Eric Thomas Keynote at Affiliate Summit West 2012

January 29, 2012

Eric Thomas was one of the keynote speakers at Affiliate Summit West 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. I was pumped to get to see him speak in person, as I’ve previously only seen him on YouTube and listened to his MP3 albums from iTunes. ET took the stage while Fame or Juliet‘s Dreams of Reality [...]

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An Internet Marketer’s Guide to Pinterest

January 17, 2012

Pinterest is the hottest little digital curation tool to come along in a while, and Internet Marketers are taking notice. Here are some ways you can use Pinterest to boost your online marketing efforts, and a bonus tip for keeping your content off of there.

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Digital Curation with Scott Jangro

January 17, 2012

Curation was a hot keyword in 2011, and it’s going strong into 2012. Scott Jangro, creator of Shareist, held a session at Affiliate Summit West on Digital Curation, which answered some of my questions about what curation is, and why I (as an affiliate) should care. The beginning of Scott’s presentation reaffirmed that affiliates should [...]

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Link Building with Robert Adler

January 16, 2012

Robert Adler of Microsite Masters (@Bofu2U) presented a session on Link Building at Affiliate Summit West 2012 in Las Vegas. Adler started his session with a definition of link building that was different than what is normally thought of in the SEO community. SEOers look for links that are keyword rich, and ideally do-follow. Robert, [...]

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How to Quadruple Revenue Using Existing Traffic

January 14, 2012

Timothy Kerber (CEO of MemberGate Solutions), moderated a panel at Affiliate Summit West 2012 consisting of Mike Allen, (Shopping-Bargains.com), Tim Ash (SiteTuners and author of Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions) and Jennifer Myers Ward (ebove & beyond) on How to Quadruple Revenue Using Existing Traffic. While the target [...]

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