The Great BlogCatalog Buzz Experiment
The best new blog this year has started a mass buzz experiement. iwebis is encouraging blogs to plug BlogCatalog today in an effort to generate traffic, networking, and social media marketing.
Of course, this is right up The SEM Zone's alley.
PLUS - iwebis has had amazing success in its three week history.
So without further ado....I'm going to walk you through my very first day on BlogCatalog.
I've just signed up The SEM Zone. Click here to join our neighborhood. Now I'm getting a message that we must link back to BlogCatalog. No problem. (I add that to my list of things to remember when we make the switch to Wordpress).
Now it's time to update our profile. I write a sentence about how awesome we are and upload a random photo of a runner at the starting line.
I'm not sure what to do next, so I just go to the home page. Oh look, there's The SEM Zone at the bottom of the page. A free dofollow link for like two seconds until we're bumped off the Recently Added section.
Now, I have a choice. I can either go back to the iwebis page and read all the wonderful things about BC or I can explore around myself. I choose the latter even though I know it would save time to read the iwebis page. This is how I put furniture, appliances, and toys together. By NOT reading the instructions. Old habits die hard.
I click on "Internet" in the tag cloud. On the results page, Andy Beard's page is first. Go figure. That guy is everywhere. As he should be. He's one of the best blogs I have in my Google Reader.
I notice an SEO link at the top in the categories and obviously I click on it. I scroll through the list of blogs, some familiar, some not. And then it hits me. I've been to BlogCatalog before. So now this post has turned into my second BC experience. Sigh.
I click "more" on the first blog (Search Engine Optimization Journal). It has similar qualities to MyBlogLog except it's somehow easier on the eyes. I see that I can join the neighborhood of this blog. Let's do it!
Phew. That was easy. I scroll through the page. I notice that I can look at the other BC users in the neighborhood. And there is a section at the bottom for comments. "Mr. Das" says that he expects more on SEO. I glance through the titles of recent posts. Mr. Das - your expectations are impossible! That whole blog is about SEO! Which is a good thing considering a title.
Another commenter requests a link exchange. Kind of a funny place to make a link request, much less a link exchange. I mean - crosslinking anyone?
I am then easily distracted (that's not hard) by a sidebar widget about discussions. I'm not one for forums, but the discussions at StumbleUpon are pretty user-friendly, so let's check out BC's discussions.
I click on the discussions link and a list of wait for it.... discussions pops up. The first one is about linking. I also notice a discussion from iwebis pal Cyrmrusteve, who recently left me a nice review on StumbleUpon. I click on that discussion and skim the page just for usability purposes. It looks incredibly easy to use. I leave a comment. BAM! It is easy to use.
There's more you can do with widgets and things, but I've got to get back to copywriting for a client today. Plus, after work, I'm going shoe shopping. But I intend to return to BlogCatalog soon for all the networking, linking, and social media marketing glory to be had.
See you there!
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blogcatalog, 
seo, 
search engine optimization, 
social media marketing
Of course, this is right up The SEM Zone's alley.
PLUS - iwebis has had amazing success in its three week history.
So without further ado....I'm going to walk you through my very first day on BlogCatalog.
I've just signed up The SEM Zone. Click here to join our neighborhood. Now I'm getting a message that we must link back to BlogCatalog. No problem. (I add that to my list of things to remember when we make the switch to Wordpress).
Now it's time to update our profile. I write a sentence about how awesome we are and upload a random photo of a runner at the starting line.
I'm not sure what to do next, so I just go to the home page. Oh look, there's The SEM Zone at the bottom of the page. A free dofollow link for like two seconds until we're bumped off the Recently Added section.
Now, I have a choice. I can either go back to the iwebis page and read all the wonderful things about BC or I can explore around myself. I choose the latter even though I know it would save time to read the iwebis page. This is how I put furniture, appliances, and toys together. By NOT reading the instructions. Old habits die hard.
I click on "Internet" in the tag cloud. On the results page, Andy Beard's page is first. Go figure. That guy is everywhere. As he should be. He's one of the best blogs I have in my Google Reader.
I notice an SEO link at the top in the categories and obviously I click on it. I scroll through the list of blogs, some familiar, some not. And then it hits me. I've been to BlogCatalog before. So now this post has turned into my second BC experience. Sigh.
I click "more" on the first blog (Search Engine Optimization Journal). It has similar qualities to MyBlogLog except it's somehow easier on the eyes. I see that I can join the neighborhood of this blog. Let's do it!
Phew. That was easy. I scroll through the page. I notice that I can look at the other BC users in the neighborhood. And there is a section at the bottom for comments. "Mr. Das" says that he expects more on SEO. I glance through the titles of recent posts. Mr. Das - your expectations are impossible! That whole blog is about SEO! Which is a good thing considering a title.
Another commenter requests a link exchange. Kind of a funny place to make a link request, much less a link exchange. I mean - crosslinking anyone?
I am then easily distracted (that's not hard) by a sidebar widget about discussions. I'm not one for forums, but the discussions at StumbleUpon are pretty user-friendly, so let's check out BC's discussions.
I click on the discussions link and a list of wait for it.... discussions pops up. The first one is about linking. I also notice a discussion from iwebis pal Cyrmrusteve, who recently left me a nice review on StumbleUpon. I click on that discussion and skim the page just for usability purposes. It looks incredibly easy to use. I leave a comment. BAM! It is easy to use.
There's more you can do with widgets and things, but I've got to get back to copywriting for a client today. Plus, after work, I'm going shoe shopping. But I intend to return to BlogCatalog soon for all the networking, linking, and social media marketing glory to be had.
See you there!
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