Bill McRea

Twitter is not just for fun but can also be used much like other social networking media to gain more traffic. In this case, you want to attract more blog traffic. Twitter can help with that.

Like other social networks, millions of people use Twitter. It is a micro-universe of potential visitors just waiting to be tapped. The question is how to get them to take a look at you.

First of all, sign up for an account. You can’t find the right people unless you get in the game. Don’t worry about creating a business account at this point. You are only concerned with connecting with people now.

Next, get involved. Read other people’s tweets; join as a follower for popular tweeters. You can use Twitter applications to track the tweets of others and also do keyword searches for interesting tweets. Comment on current tweets and get a feel for how it works and who everyone is following.

The best thing about Twitter is that it works in real time from your PC. You can ask questions to find out any type of information. If you are looking for followers (Twitter friends) interested in gardening (if that is what your blog is about), pose the question in a tweet and wait for responses. You’ll be surprised what you hear back.

Posing questions is one way to find suitable traffic for your blog. You want more visitors but the kind of visitors who are likely to come back and buy from you if you are selling a product. It is a research tool that returns immediate results.

More advice…

There are a few things to observe. In your tweets, use keywords. It might be hard with so few characters, but you want to include searchable words that anyone will enter into a Twitter search engine to find your tweets.

Don’t be a spammer. If your tweets always include links to your blog or your work on other sites, people will get the idea that you are not there to connect but just to fill the site with links. Use the site to find others with similar business interests or to pose interesting views and get feedback. You can link to your blog when appropriate but don’t overdo it or people will get that fishy feeling about you.

It takes time to build up a following of followers on Twitter just like any other social networking site. The plus with Twitter is that the results are more immediate that with other social sites. Find the targeted visitors you are after with a few questions and then join in the twittering to build a rapport that translates into more traffic.

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It is no secret that more and more people are using cell phones to read email and surf the web. This is a trend that will explode over the next few years, yet few marketers are planning on how to take advantage of this. Google now offers advertising for Mobile customers. This provides a huge opportunity for businesses to sell there products to folks via their cell phones. Thing are even going to get more interesting as social networks, cell phonez and marketing become more integrated.

Here lies the opportunity. Most business are NOT taking advantage of this HOT trend. I talk to clients everyday about marketing and they are only thinking about print and internet without considering how to service the potential customers that are going to be available through the cell phone.  It is not the same as just having your website!

Time to start thinking about how to take advanage of this trend today, don’t wait or you will be playing catch up.

WEBWIRE – Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Contact Information

William McRea

Owner

McRea Site Development

619-241-1132

wjm@mcreasite.com

McRea Site Development ( www.mcreasite.com ) announces its new search engine optimization service by offering an extensive Top 10 comparative and optimization report for webmasters. This report includes a wide range of both on-page and off-page SEO advice comparing your site vs. the top 10 competitor’s web sites for your main keyword theme.

The report includes over 35 points of comparison including the following:

• Domain name effectiveness

• Keyword use in title tags, H1 tags and keyword density

• Keyword use in page URL

• Inbound linking and anchor tags

• Outbound link evaluation

• Links from social networks

• Evaluation of content vs. competitive sites

• Factors that could prevent your top ranking

• Overall Score relative to your competitor

“The information available from our report can help any motivated webmaster improve their ranking in the major search engines” said bill mcrea owner of McRea Site Development. Search Engine Optimization services focus on helping businesses deploy websites that effectively communicate their message to their audience. The use of a well designed website plan including domain name, keyword analysis and unique quality content provides the best results. McRea Site Development can provide assistance at any level of development. Most search engine optimization improvement plans require 4 to 6 month to provide effective results.

McRea Site Development’s Search Engine Optimization competitive analysis Report normally available for $247.00 is now offered through the end of March for only $47. For more information visit http://www.mcreasite.com/Search_Engine_Optimization_Service.html .

Bill McRea has been involved in internet marketing and ecommerce since 2002 and has developed several highly successful businesses applying best practices and proven strategies to achieve the highest possible return on investment. McRea Site Development markets over 200 internet marketing websites covering a wide range of products and services from consumer electronics, computers, apparel, music instruments, to eBooks and search engine optimization. For more information please visit http://www.mcreasite.com/ .

Viral Marketing Expert Delivers Tips for Creating Word of Mouth

Internet marketing expert Bill Balderaz and online marketing agency ClearSaleing host Web seminar featuring ways to generate online buzz

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Columbus, OH (PRWEB) December 3, 2007 – Online public relations and social networking professional, Bill Balderaz hosted the latest in a series of search engine optimization and marketing webinars from online marketing leader ClearSaleing on November 28th.

Due to the overwhelming feedback from the first webinar, an encore presentation is scheduled for December 5, 2007 at 1:30PM. Pre-registration is available at ClearSaleing.com.

Social networks have great potential in most online marketing campaigns because friends in social networks have the power to link and drive traffic. We listen to our friends and trust their endorsements, both online and offline

ClearSaleing is a leader in Internet marketing, working with Internet retailers and direct marketers to improve the performance of their online marketing campaigns through pay per click, search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, word of mouth marketing and RSS feeds.

Balderaz serves as Director of Viral Marketing for ClearSaleing and is a recognized expert in generating online buzz. He is also founder and President of Webbed Marketing, a full service Internet marketing company. At the webinar, he highlighted seven online public relations and social networking tools to increase online buzz.

According to Balderaz, search engine optimized press releases are one of the most effective ways to reach a large number of influencers and create the perception that your brand is everywhere because the press release is seen in blogs, e-mails, and RSS feeds.

Balderaz suggested the following tips on creating a social media friendly press release:

• Optimize on the keywords your influencers and end users are searching on.
• Get the release index the release in Google News and Yahoo! News.
• Include Technorati tags.
• Include “forward to a friend” and “print” functions.
• Include links to: digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Furl, Reddit, etc
• Record a podcast with the release and distribute the podcast via media wires.
• Create an XML feed that your readers can subscribe to.
• Include product pictures when relevant.

Balderaz also suggested podcasts as a tool help a message spread virally. He said that more than 6% of US adults, or about 9 million web users, download podcasts. Approximately 38% of these active podcast downloaders say they are listening to the radio less often. “Podcasts are a great online public relations tool because they are inexpensive to create, easy to access and likely to spread virally,” he said.In addition, Balderaz offered advice on how to reach blogger and online influencers. “Online influencers are the key to any word of mouth marketing program. When bloggers and other prominent online personalities are spreading the word about your products and services, good things happen,” he said.

Balderaz later discussed the importance of monitoring and participating in list serves and discussion groups. “We encourage clients to become active in these online discussions to listen and learn about their customer base,” explains Balderaz.

The webinar also featured information on using MySpace, Facebook and other social networks to listen, learn and influence. “Social networks have great potential in most online marketing campaigns because friends in social networks have the power to link and drive traffic. We listen to our friends and trust their endorsements, both online and offline” said Balderaz. These networks are also a great way to listen to the active bloggers and online influencers in your customer base, he added.

In conclusion, Balderaz encouraged all internet marketers to create fresh content, identify a hook, use multiple online distribution channels, and continue to participate in and generate content. “Viral marketing is not a dot but a line!”
About Bill Balderaz
Bill Balderaz serves as Director of Viral Marketing for ClearSaleing. He is also founder and President of Webbed Marketing. Webbed Marketing consists of a team of experts with Internet marketing experience predating the launch of Google. The firm’s objective is to help businesses grow by using the Internet to reach buyers and online influencers. Webbed Marketing offers its clients full Internet marketing services including online community building, viral marketing programs, pay-per-click search management, search engine optimization and affiliate program management. To learn more about Webbed Marketing visit WebbedMarketing.com.

About ClearSaleing

ClearSaleing is a new breed of online agency that helps Internet retailers and direct marketers improve the performance of their search engine marketing campaigns and conclusively prove their results through a technology that measures and optimizes profit – the only metric that matters. Launched in 2006 and located in Columbus, Ohio, ClearSaleing is rapidly becoming the choice of online advertisers who need transparency, flexibility and accountability in the management of their campaigns.

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