Saturday, October 6, 2012

Pinterest Cheat Sheet and Tips to Better Use the Network

By now, I hope most of you have already heard about Pinterest, the photo social sharing network. Pinterest is a great network and used properly, can be (p)interesting to build relationships, attract traffic and even make money, as recently introduced by Viraliti.com. Viraliti is relatively new, and current campaigns are still at minimum. Nonetheless, I am closely looking at how it evolves, as it may take off and become an interesting platform to make money online.

Anyway, as more and more people use social networks on a daily basis to socialize and interact with their friends and followers, Pinterest, as many claim, have been a proven source for referral traffic and can be good for businesses to build exposure and increase brand awareness. However, just like anything else, there are some “things” you need to know and apply to make it work better for you.

For that matter, here are some articles worth checking out, in case you missed them:

Pinterest Image Optimization, Using Pinterest for Brand ExposureTips to Boost your Business with PinterestPhoto Niche Pin: Pinterest Marketing Strategies That Works103 Resources For Becoming a Pinterest Expert10 Commandments of Using Pinterest for BusinessFree Guides to Social Media Marketing (includes Pinterest and other networks)

Another interesting source of information, is the Pinterest cheat sheet, provided by not99 (Pinerly’s space). This cheat sheet is easy to understand and can serve as a

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Google Dance, QDF, Tag Manager, Windows 8, Speedlink 39:2012

Penguin result to? Electronic Mass Destruction on search rankings? Actually, not quite, but close enough. In a little over a week, the so called “Google dance” strikes again. Google has confirmed that a Panda Update (not a refresh) was rolled out, immediately followed by the EMD (exact match domains filtering) and yesterday, a Penguin refresh. That’s a lot of “cleaning up” in a short period of time. Anyway, I won’t be repeating more stuff about this issue as there are really some great information out there that discusses about them (including the big list of algorithm changes released on August and September). If you are interested and want to know more, read some of the articles as highlighted on the SEO/Inbound Marketing section below.

As for QDF (Query that Deserves Freshness), Matt Cutts has published a video that clarifies a bit more about “content freshness” and its importance as a ranking factor. Since some of you may probably not fully understand the “need for having fresh content”, I highly recommend watching the video (below). As he points out, QDF is just among the 200

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#Gangnam Style, Low Quality EMD, Facebook Adsense, Speedlink 38:2012



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What is the ONE thing that your blog is missing (and what to do about it?)



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