Michigan VAs

• Increase the numbers of visitors to your site
• Increase your Search Engine ranking
• Establish you as an expert in your field
• Increase brand recognition

Here are several techniques to increase the number of inbound links you have to your site.

Engaging comments, feedback, and articles attract more visitors to your site than simple messages such as “Great Post!

1.  Fill Out Your Public Profile on all your Networks

Everyone thinks of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter when it comes to publishing your links, but there are a lot of other networks you are a member of.

• Instant Messenger Services: Yahoo!, Google, Windows Live, Skype
• Shopping Sites: Amazon, Borders.  Only do this for shopping sites that you purchase or review products you want others to see.
• Local Business Networks: BNI, Chamber of Commerce.  Many of these have a member directory online.

2.  Write Constructive Comments in Blogs and Forums

One of the best ways to increase traffic to your blog and website is to actively participate in other sites’ blogs and forums that are specific to your industry or expertise.

Don’t just link to your home page.

Use website links to specific pages or blog posts on your website that pertain to the topic you are commenting on.

Resources:

(Yaro) http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/783/proof-that-blog-commenting-still-works-to-build-traffic/
(Darren) http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/11/04/the-power-of-commenting-on-blogs/

3. Actively Participate on Social Networks

The rules are the same whether you are networking in person or on the Internet.  Get actively involved; don’t just advertise your events or services.

Getting involved in discussions with others on the social network increases your exposure.  You have just made yourself known to that person’s social network.

Every time you tweet, post, or answer a question on the social network, a person can click on your id to get to your profile page – and the link to your website.

• Review and answer questions in your field of expertise asked on LinkedIn’s Answer Center.
• Post links to informative articles in your field of expertise on Twitter, Facebook, and such.
• Post on others’ wall in Facebook.

4. Exchange links with your network

Create a preferred partners or resource page on your website.  Speak to people within your network with complementary services about having them put a link on their site and, in return, you will place a link on your site.

5.  Create Product Lists and Review Products on Amazon

Create a list of products on Amazon and submit product reviews for things that pertain to your industry. Fill out the public profile for your account to add a link to your website.

Think of it like another social network.  You are providing useful information to an audience of active purchasers.

6.  Pay-Per-Click and other Paid Advertising

Pay-Per-Click and Banner Advertising get you exposure.  Besides using a service such as Google AdSense, do you own research and contact targeted web site owners to put links on their sites.

Choose an inner page on a website that has content pertaining to what the person is reading from the source web page.

• How to Build Links Fast: 101 Tips & Strategies
• Incoming Links Development Guide
• How to Build Incoming Links to Your Blog

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If you’re like me and spend a lot of time at the keyboard, shortcuts can shave seconds off your work immediately, but have you thought about how much time they save over the long term?

Here are my favorite shortcuts because I use them several times a day:

Windows
CTRL C: Copy
CTRL X: Cut
CTRL V: Paste

Mac
Command C: Copy
Command X: Cut
Command V: Paste

Press the ctrl or command button and the c, x, or v when you want to copy, cut or paste any files, images, or text.

I’m requesting your feedback and thoughts. As more and more agents begin to create videos of their listings, I’m wondering which style is preferred. Do you like the more formal, but potentially sterile, stitched professional image videos or the casual first person tours that may display the home’s blemishes?

The following videos are the perfect examples to evaluate because the subject is the same house. One video was created by Circlepix, a company that takes great still photos and creates a video from them, the other by the homeowner who walks you through the house with a handheld video camera.

Which style do you prefer? Why?

Thanks to The Columbus Team for allowing me to use these videos on this post.