Comments on: The Joy of SEO – An Illustrated Guide

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:23 +0000

I like the idea of setting aside two hours to write 8 pages. I think I need to instil this kind of discipline as days/weels can go by without me writing a single page. Then when I do I realise it is really rather easy and quick to do.

By: Semil

Semil — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:12:28 +0000

Hi Kristy,

I am agree that your PPC levels remain same and your sales during last part of year shown us the out-standing growth. But that do really mean that you have to stay this kind of rankings effectively and that means more SEO efforts on the cost of PPC efforts.

But I suggest you one thing (Big talks with small mouth) In during last 2- 3 months, if you increased your ppc expenses by 25% i think you can book a more gap between red and blue lines.

One more thing you can say that its effect of the brands/merchants you promoting this years. next year they might be went out of demand/network.

And I believe that you get the best keyword for SEO from your early PPC efforts. So I think Its better to keep PPC efforts on the same level for this upcoming year, Don’t try to deduct it from your efforts but instead of that put more effort of same amount into SEO.

Thats it…

Thanks for post

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:47:56 +0000

@ShyToBuy – 95% of the time I do 8 articles focusing on individual products or broader product areas / brands. I have about 6 sites I’m currently working hard on so there’s never a shortage of ideas!

@Dillon – For me Twitter has so far had very little impact. I have some accounts for my businesses but thus far how to really capitalise upon them eludes me. I’m keeping a close eye on Twitter though as I do think it will become more important to some sites. The trick is, I imagine, successfully building a community / dialogue.

On a personal level it gets a few visitors into the blog and does allow me to network. I find that very useful. I’m not sure its had an impact on my bottom line though!

By: Dillon

Dillon — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:19:57 +0000

Hi Kirsty, Would you be kind enough to comment on how successful Twitter has been as part of your strategy? I see you use it to not only broadcast new blog posts, but to network as well. Has it influenced sales? WP

By: ShytoBuy

ShytoBuy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:46:14 +0000

Just reread, and sorry I obviously didn’t mean ‘the same’ as in you duplicated the content lol.

By: ShytoBuy

ShytoBuy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:45:04 +0000

Hi Kirstly,

I also have a comment / question about the 8 pages live (congrats, that is loads lol!). Could you break it down further for me in terms of those pages – as in, are all the pages you write the same? Or is that like 4 product pages and 4 article content pages for linkbuiliding etc. Obv you have a lot of sites, but 8 pages a day where would they all go lol!

Thanks, Happy New Year!

By: Stew

Stew — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:57:10 +0000

Hi Kirsty, thanks for the reply, and wow I am impressed! Really great stuff and good luck luck in 2010 for the upwards curve!
Thanks

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:14:29 +0000

I’m using Content Now to get me some reciprocal and also one way links, but not via article marketing – is that what you mean?

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:13:15 +0000

You mean you’re using that content service to write content that you distribute? Like article directories etc?

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:58:03 +0000

Thanks Paul! Yes, I was particularly pleased with the spike over the festive season and the profit margins the business was achieving. I think a lot of my organic work really came into its own at that point. I was also keeping on top of keeping an eye on my PPC spend and margins this year – I spent a couple of hours every day going through my account and making sure everything was performing OK and adding new keywords where appropriate.

Here’s hoping I can continue to do the same in 2011 – I’ve got a honking great house to renovate