This may not be your usual blog carnival, but the intent is very much similar. You get to read all the best posts on your favorite topics on Link Building, Blogging Tips, Blog Marketing, Traffic Secrets. Only this time, I get to invite some great bloggers in my blogging community to showcase some of their work. Call it blog carnival, call it blog festival, this blog carnival is a special post for my subscribers and visitors for your reading and learning pleasure.

What I’ve said about….

Link Building - Is anchor text variation really that important? Yes, absolutely, you can easily find the answer in this statement “Google likes your links natural”. I have to say the best way for backlinks to look natural is by having a variation of keyword anchor text.

Blogging Tips - Don’t focus entirely on single keywords but instead use keyword phrases. There are about five million pages on the web that contain the word “cat”, so a search for just that term produces meaningless results. If your page is primarily about cat care, then that’s the keyword phrase you should have on your web page.

Blog Marketing - Forum Marketing is one of the best methods of driving real targeted traffic to your home business blog.

Traffic Secrets - Make first impressions count. You don’t need to know rocket science or study human behavior to know that the first impression of an event, or an activity is a lasting one. That’s probably the first thing you should do before even thinking about how to get repeat visitors to your blog.

What my friends have said about….

Link Building

Enkay, www.enkayblog.com

There are many ways that you can help build links to your blog that will bring in traffic. One such way that most people overlook is by purchasing ad spots around the blogosphere. In this post, I discuss why purchasing ad spots is a good idea and how it can be beneficial to you. I also showcase how some of my keywords that are related to reviews paid for by sponsors, rank in Google. The idea of showcasing those keywords is to show how purchasing a review has more benefits than you would think it has. Hopefully this post will help you re-think about advertising your blog around the blogosphere.
Post Link: What Advertising Can Do For You

Sire, WassupBlog.com

If anyone was to ask me what my main strategy for link building was, it would have to be commenting on other blogs. I use a particular strategy that I’ve listed on my post. I feel that commenting provides more than just a link to your blog, if you do it properly it will give it something much more important, extra traffic.
Post Link: Commenting 101 Important Rules For 2009

Gyutae Park, Winning the Web

In this article, Gyutae Park of Winning the Web interviews 6 SEO experts and asks them what their most effective link building strategies are.  There are a ton of juicy secrets revealed here that you don’t want to miss out on.  The post itself got a lot of links, which goes to show you that interviews work well in gaining links and exposure.  None of the experts mentioned that one…
Post Link: How to Build the Best Natural Links

Traffic Secrets

Ben Pei, www.peiprofit.com

If you’re looking for success in link building and getting traffic for your blog, you should never miss out these 12 tips. It basically covers what a blogger should do to market his or her blog in an all rounded manner so that the traffic source comes from a wider range and thus gaining maximum exposure. Most people are dead minded about sticking to only one method of promoting which I strongly disagree, so be sure to open yourself up to these 12 tips if you’re looking to achieve higher standards and returns.
Post Link: 12 Tips To Become A Dot Com Mogul In The Blogosphere

Blog Marketing

Brian Hawkins, ExtremeEzine.com

You have just posted a fantastic article on your blog. How do you get the word out? I thought it would be nice to discuss various methods of promoting our blog posts. I invite you to share your favorite and most effective steps of getting traffic to your latest post. Do you pay for promotion? Do you use Web 2.0? Already have enough regular traffic? Together we can add to our marketing arsenal and save time and energy finding new ways of effective promotion.
Post Link: Methods of Blog Post Promotion

Dennis Edell, DirectSalesWebMarketing.com

One of the very best ways I’ve found to keep the readers you have (returning), gain RSS subscribers, be talked about/linked to, is to be well known for caring about them by continuously responding to comments on your blog.”
Post Link: Blog Comment Tip: Respond To Comment Or Risk Losing Subscribers

Wei Liang, ABloggerBlog.com

It is impossible you aren’t getting at least 50 unique visitors a day with this marketing method. Even for a 1 week blog, this is achievable.
Link Post: Lesson 16: Comment Marketing

Blogging Tips For Beginners

Yan, ThouShallBlog.com

This blogging guide that will walk through you the essential of blogging from A-Z. While it can’t guarantee you fame and fortune, you’ll learn how to avoid mistakes and become a better blogger.
Post Link:The Ultimate Blogging Guide for Beginners

Tom@The Home Business Archive, TLMarketing.net

By promoting other peoples’ content you will benefit by building your own profile and driving traffic to your site indirectly when people see who has submitted the post and want to learn more.The blogger whose post you submitted will most likely return the favor at some point and submit your posts to the social sites as well.
Post Link: Promoting Other Peoples’ Content Will Benefit You As Well

I like to thank all my friends for sharing their thoughts in this blog festival. Link Building, traffic building, blog marketing and Blogging Tips are what a new blogger should focus on when starting a new home business. But for the experienced blogger it’s another step towards bringing your current business to another level of success. What other new tips have you learned in 2008? Share with us in the comments.

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