Falling in love with blogging again

I feel like a relationship expert this weekend. It seems that we’ve reunited hundreds of people and their blogs in the last week since we launched TrackBoost and Utility Poster.

I had a feeling this might happen. Bloggers often have a love/hate relationship with blogging because of the demands a blog makes on us as writers and “filters” of information.

We love the traffic and having no restrictions to what can be achieved with a popular site. But we hate having to be responsible for putting up great posts day after day. Sometimes you’re into it and sometimes you’re not.

Problem is, people are searching right now to find you on new keywords and through buzz generated about your latest and future posts. Having a blog is like caring for a Great Dane. It must be fed, a lot, to really see growth and to establish authority.

Money for Something

The good part is, unlike a Great Dane, a blog will make you money the more you feed it.

As the web settles into a pure dynamic landscape, where information truly flows, changes, and syndicates itself, we are all collectively realizing that content development and publishing has to be done regularly and done well to compete with others who “seem” to have no trouble at all feeding the beast.

The new users of TrackBoost and Utility Poster are finding that they too can “seem” to be at their computers day and night producing great content. While actually not spending as much time at it as before.

And the beauty of these two tools is that they will only produce bad results if users are bad editors or filters of the information they collect to post. Because we left the human element in the process and didn’t try to make anything close to a spammy information scraper or outdated RSS poster to create great posts, your personal touch and style is left in the process.

A Boy and His Blog: Reunited

This post would normally have taken me at least an hour+ to put together by hand. Going back and forth to all those sites getting the title, URL, snippet, and trackback URL for each and every story is a nightmarish scenario we all know too well.

Of course the research to find all that content is a whole other matter, taking a considerable amount of time the old way. Add another 30 minutes to the task for a reasonable search and review, sifting through many poor or average posts to come up with the gems.

I made the post above in about 25 minutes last night.

One new TrackBoost and Utility Poster owner had this to say:

“Been playing with these tools for a couple of days. They are addictive. Nice work.”

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Addictive? I thought about that for a moment and realized he’s right. I too play with both apps frequently and, consequently, post more often here and on remote blogs because I enjoy it so much.

Enjoy blog posting?

That’s new! But having the right tools makes the job easier as well as making research fun again because all the hurdles to finding and posting good content have been removed, leaving us to focus on the fun parts of blogging: posting great content fast and seeing immediate results as readers comment and submit your posts to social news and other social media sites.

A reader submitted the post above to StumbleUpon last night right after I posted it. I logged on this morning to a nice bump in traffic from that one source (above what I normally get on a Saturday night)!

So much fun, that I even enjoyed putting this post together, word for word, a little more than usual.

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Tags: content development, feeding the beast, trackboost, utility poster

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Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic

I have collected some blog traffic driving gems tonight. These should be a great help if you aren’t already getting 1 million visitors per month.

If you are, then take the night off!

21 Ways to Increase Blog Traffic

A considerable portion of my consulting time has recently revolved around the optimization of corporate blogs (or the addition of blogs to revamped sites). As usual, I find a pattern emerging in the strategies that need attention and the pitfalls that must be avoided.

Tips for Blog Traffic - How to Increase Traffic Levels

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Increase blog traffic via Blog Explosion

I have found myself spending a lot of time over at blogexplosion.com. It is a great way to get traffic to your blog and there are several fun ways to do it. You can surf others blogs, each time earning traffic to your own blog. …

Increase Blog Traffic With Google Image Search

How many times in a week do you search for images in Google Image Search? For bloggers, those numbers may be very high. I know that I use Google Image Search quite a bit when I need to find a picture to use for a blog post. …

When Do You Comment?

Others find commenting to be a good tool to increase blog traffic. Being a middle of the road person - I see both sides of this debate and have not abandoned commenting all together. Why Commenting is Worthwhile …

How To Increase Blog Traffic With Your RSS Feed

The RSS feed for your blog is a very valuable traffic generation tool. Really Simple Sydication (RSS) makes it really simple to syndicate your blog content all over the internet….for free. … [[ This is a content summary only. …

Use TrackBoost to Increase Blog Traffic!
Its brand new. We programmed it, so you know its good!

How To Increase Blog Traffic and Improve Search Engine Exposure

Having a blog is good. Having a blog that gets traffic is great. Not having to pay for that traffic…. PRICELESS! If you have a blog, or any page on the web for that matter, learning how to… [[ This is a content summary only. …

Use Web2Submitter to Increase Blog Traffic!
It submits to the top social sites faster than you can!

How to Increase Blog Traffic with Social Communities

Social communities, like BlogCatalog or Twitter, are great resources to help you increase traffic to your blog and get more eyeballs on your content. While social bookmarking sites allow you to mark… [[ This is a content summary only. …

Use Utility Poster to Increase Blog Traffic!
It allows you to compile posts like this one you’re reading. Very fast, very keyword dense, very lovely for your readers looking for your information.

Tags: blog marketing, blog promotion, increase blog traffic, website promotion

Sometimes I think we are all trying TOO hard…

I can’t imagine how well this site is doing. Well, I can. I have. I am right now.

Coming off a launch of new software with tons of planning, programming, headaches, sales copy, videos, beta testing, then, finally, launching, someone sent me a site tonight that makes me go hmmmm…

After a heavy work week (it’s only Wednesday, lol) I am perfectly primed to appreciate businesses based on pure simplicity.

And this is one of the simplest I’ve ever seen…

Meet: PooYou!

I don’t imagine the mind map for the planning phase of this business was all that extensive. It’s the civilized, modern day equivalent to lighting a bag of poo on fire on your neighbor’s porch, knocking on the door and running to hide behind the bushes to watch hilarity ensue.

Thought for the day: Keep it simple. The best business ideas of all time have been mostly dead simple ones.

YouTube.com, at least early on, didn’t have too much code behind it and the plan was dead simple. Let people upload and share videos. I’ve spent more time planning and designing complicated publishing systems than it would take to create 50 YouTubes.

It’s the Idea, Stupid!

Whether you are selling poop or pomegranates, best not to get real deep. Most of the emotions humans act on are very close to the surface, which is why surface value sells for such a premium no matter the product.

You don’t need everything in the Brookstone catalog. If you buy anything from it I’d wager you are buying it for the “idea” more than the usefulness or “needfulness” of the product itself.

Who ever needed a fake boulder to hide their keys under in the front yard until one was invented? The idea was what was captivating to buyers. Once they got their fake, plastic boulder in the mail, many probably second guessed their decision.

Who ever felt the need to send someone a bag of poo until someone thought it up, put a 5 page site together with an order form and secured a large supply of worm poop?

Right now I feel that need. Is it because I like the the product so much? It’s freakin’ poop! Or maybe it’s just that it’s a great idea?

How can you make your life as an online business person simpler by stepping back and realizing its the simple things that make all the money. Simple things, but always powered by great ideas.

Tags: great ideas, poo you, send poop

The Day After…

Launching a new product is always interesting. Seeing your baby hit the market and received with positive reviews and feedback is priceless.

Its funny. I never get used to launch days. There’s always a nervous energy and, though I’ve had a lot of these by now, always some apprehension wondering how all the work producing a product will be received.

Yesterday we launched two products in fact. Utility Poster and TrackBoost. Double apprehension!

Everything went more smoothly than most product releases we’ve done and the feedback so far has been awesome!

Here are some comments that are spread throughout recent posts I made for both apps:

Jack,

I bought TrackBoost and all I can say is Thank You! This tool will save me a boat load of time and will generate a much needed improvement in my blogs. I can see it helping me reach out to other bloggers and work together in niches and above all bring me a lot of traffic and money. I am sure I will recoup the cost in less than a few days with the right blogs and products.  -Daniel Beatty

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Hey Jack,

I just want to tell you that both Utility Poster and Trackboost are great.

At first, I did not think I would have much use for them honestly — but I’ve used at least one of them on every post I’ve done since I started using them.

What I typically do is write my post, do all the magic we do from SPL — then come back in a few days and use either TB or UP on the post.

I do it this way as it gives me another opportunity to ping the post (with TB) as the content on it has changed. -Andrew Daum

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“Utility Poster freakin’ rocks.”

Blogging so easy even a Caveman can do it.

Thanks for the tools Jack!

-Walt Goshert

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Thanks Jack,

No more excuses not to make a post! The features of this software really explain the title. This should really help us out. Thanks again Jack! -Steven

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This is Outa Site, works Wonderful !!!******

Simple and Fast to use !

Thank you Jack and Crew !!!******

-Greg Lunger

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Sales have been robust and I imagine a lot of people are just playing with their new toys and haven’t gotten back here yet to give feedback.  This is the place to do it.  Would love to hear more of what you all think and would like to see some examples of the work you’re doing with either app on your blogs!

Thanks to all our customers for your undying support and enthusiasm!

Give me a shout below about TrackBoost or Utility Poster… 

Tags: trackboost, utility poster

Very cool Web 2.0 research tool…

Mark, my buddy from Vtribes (the best membership software on the planet) just sent me a cool find.

It is called AddictoMatic. Type in your name or your product name and see how well you are doing on tons of different Web 2.0 properties along with the engines.

AddictoMatic is a neat research tool as well. Type in different hot keywords from your niche and see what people are saying in various corners of the web about that topic.

This is one of the best tools I’ve seen so far in getting a bird’s eye view of ones social and search engine footprint.

Tags: addictomatic, research tools, web 2.0 tools

Pete Cashmore From Mashable Getting Tanked

Wonder how many takes this video took. Seems like they are very “happy” here. Cashmore has some great insider wine tasting social metaphores in this vid.

Tags: mashable, pete cashmore, social marketing, wine tasting

The day that blogging changed forever…

Hey, drama is fun sometimes. I don’t know if we’re “changing blogging” today, but we’re making it a heck of a lot easier without sacrificing quality content development and link building.

In fact, we’re enhancing bloggers’ ability to post more regularly with relevant, keyword-tight utility posts while gaining all the links we’ve all missed for lack of time to search them out.

We’re doing this in 10 minutes when we open up Trackboost for sales at 12 p.m. EST.

The biggest problem every blogger I have ever talked with (and that would be thousands) is the amount of time it takes to get good quality content together on the days between the big, lengthier posts are scheduled.

Close behind that is the time it takes to get premium linkage. Those are links that come to your site with keywords in the anchor text and where actual human beings flock to click on them.

If you’re being honest about your daily life as a blogger, you know you’ve got a problem. I do. We all do.

One need only check out the latest stories in the blogosphere and you’ll inevitably find stories about overworked, out of shape, stressed out, heart-attack-waiting-to-happen bloggers who really could use a bit of their lives back.

So, we made software to help.

And now, it launches in 7 minutes. Gotta go. Enjoy your new found freedom from blogging and promoting every minute of the day!

Tags: blogging software, trackboost, utility poster

Jack Humphrey, Howie Schwartz, and Dr. Mike

…as you’ve never seen us before.

This video was shot by missylol from Social Marketing Central without our permission. Now that it’s all over the web I am going to act like it was a sanctioned shoot. Normally what me, Howie, and Dr. Mike do on weekends is kept private and away from the paparazzi.

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Tags: break dancing, dr mike, howie schwartz, jack humphrey

Social Power Linking Case Studies

A “young” social power linker shares his early results in this post to his blog:

How to Turbo Charge Your Traffic With Social Marketing

That little black arrow is where he joined Social Power Linking. I’ll see if I can’t get an update from him as this was posted years ago in power linking time!

Below is another case study from a member who is thrilled about his progress!

More Social Power Linking Feedback: Sharing Success

Social Power Linking News

New Review of Social Power Linking - Social Power Linking is a membership site created and operated by Jack Humphrey. He is a master at getting links. He is completely white hat, above board, and does not teach anything that could get your site banned. I like that. …

Looking Inside Social Power Linking - A few days ago, I’d promised people a look inside the members area of Social Power Linking. I had to get in touch with Jack Humphrey’s support desk so I make sure I had permission to offer a look inside. They said it was fine as long as …

Social Power Linking Video - He didn’t think our sales materials properly conveyed the value of SPL. He’s right. Maybe this look inside Social Power Linking will show people just how serious we are about over delivery! …

How One Regular Guy Left His Day Job - Humphrey: Our main project now is Social Power Linking which is a membership that contains all of our social marketing training. Authority Site Center is a 3 year-old membership site where we train people to build “authority” sites with …

How to Turbo Charge Your Traffic With Social Marketing - Having known of Jack from last year as a result of picking up a free copy of the Authority Blackbook, (it’s still free) I immediately pricked up my ears when I learned that he was launching Social Power Linking back in January, …

Social Marketing Basics - Jack Humphrey is an expert in social marketing with over 10 years experience in SEO, link building, and blog marketing. For more information on getting more traffic with social marketing see Social Power Linking. …

Tags: case studies, social power linking, social power linking review

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This week’s Friday Traffic Report Radio show

Another one is in the can! Learn what’s been happening this week in Friday Traffic Report land.

Tags: blog talk radio, friday traffic report radio

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