Stealth Blog Links For Noobs 5 November 2007

Here are 6 really great articles about blogging tips and affiliate marketing tips.

Stealth Blogging Tips

Skellie from skelliewag.org writes a post titled “Grip Your Readers With These 7 Knock-Out Opening Sentences” on ProBlogger.net. Skellie writes:

In this post, I want to suggest seven tried-and-tested methods to craft a gripping opening sentence.

This could mean the difference between someone reading your post from start to finish or skipping to the next item in their feed reader (or browsing to another blog).

These seven methods should also be a source of inspiration when you’re unsure how to start your next post. In that sense, they have the potential to benefit both you and your blog. More…

Keith Dsouza from Techie Buzz posts an article titled “Two Column or Three Column Wordpress Theme? Which One Is Best For You?” on bloggintips.com. He writes:

The question of which theme you should use is mostly based on how good the theme looks, there are some other factors too which you should consider while choosing a theme. The decision to choose either a two column theme or a three column theme is a bit difficult. I will run a comparison between both these format in certain key areas which could help make your decision easier. More…

Stealth Affiliate Marketing Tips

John Chow writes a ReviewMe review title “How To Be An Uber Affiliate” for uberaffiliate.com on johnchow.com. He writes:

Affiliate marketing is this blog’s second biggest money maker after private ad sales. Personally, I like affiliate marketing a lot more than private sales because it’s a lot less work. There are many sites and blogs that teach affiliate marketing. One of the newer ones on the scene is UberAffiliate. They ordered up this ReviewMe review to get their name out and generate some buzz.

Randfish writes a post titled “Rewriting the Beginner’s Guide - Part III: Why Search Engine Marketing is Neccessary” on seomoz.com. Lots of good information about search marketing.

While many readers of this document may have overcome their skepticism about the need for and value of search marketing (and specifically, organic search engine optimization), it’s entirely likely that others in your organization, company, network or client meetings may have differing opinions. Thus, this section is provided to help explain the need for proactive search engine optimization.

Shor writes an article titled “5 More Books Search Marketers Should Read” on SEOmoz.com.5 great books for search marketers especially if you are new to the game.

As search marketers, we are rabid seekers of knowledge - any and all knowledge, that can help us make sense of our strange and rapidly evolving industry. However, our job should not revolve around reacting to the latest push by a search engine. We should be staying ahead of not only the latest search marketing changes, but as some of the savviest knowledge professionals in business, we should be ahead of marketing trends, period. More…

Aaron Wall writes an article titled “How Natural is Your Site’s Growth? Check Your Google Indexing Profile” on seobook.com. Provides a link to a stealth tool called the Index Rank to help you better understand how your site ranks on search engines.