This week, Google slap continues. Many more sites seem to have been de-indexed since last week.
Although we all love search engine traffic, we need to have two things in mind:
1. We should not put all the eggs in one basket (Google, because there are other search engines too), and
2. We should not put all the eggs in one basket (Do not rely too much on search engine traffic. Find other sources of traffic as well).
Lesson learned. Moving on.
I’ve summarized some of the best reads I had this week.
Blogging
5 Social Media Tips for Finding and Engaging Your Target Audience …
www.socialmediaexaminer.com3/28/12
Social media research: Discover where your target audience spends their time online and where to spend your marketing dollars for the best investment.
25 Blog Tips I Learned In Blogging
www.learnblogtips.com4/1/12
What makes a blog more successful? Is it reading, better writing or promoting in a huge network? None of this.They were used to help 10 years back. Not now and not any more. Then what requires to build a better blog?
The Copyblogger “Secret” to Creating Better Content | Copyblogger
www.copyblogger.com4/2/12
The common-sense “secret” to the most effective kind of advertising …
15 Bite-Size Tips For Getting Your Guest Posts Accepted Almost …
socialmouths.com3/28/12
15 quick tips on how to prepare and approach bloggers to accept and publish your guest posts every time.
Blogging Tips A-Z: G for Goals
www.successfulblogging.com4/2/12
Every successful blogger I’ve spoken to had several failed blogs behind them before they finally honed in on their blogging goals and set up a blog that would achieve those goals. If a client came to me with four separate …
SEO
Content Curation Guide for SEO - What, How, Why | SEOmoz
www.seomoz.org4/3/12
Curation Content is a Content Marketing tactic that SEOs should learn and use. This guide will tell them all they need to know about Content Curation: what it is, how to do it, and why to do it for the highest benefit of their …
Competitive SEO Analysis: Data, Creativity & Understanding the …
searchenginewatch.com4/4/12
Here are some ways of evaluating your website by focusing on competitive analysis through site monitoring, integrating tools not necessarily known for SEO, and assessing internal strengths and weaknesses to overcome the …
Surviving Google Panda and Other Updates
www.clicknewz.com4/3/12
But you can easily market your business without using automated link building programs (I don’t), or studying the latest Google update (I rarely even look at those discussions). Instead, simply focus on marketing your business …
OK. This one is for fun 
Panda is out & Sloth is In - Google makes more Panda Updates by …
www.verticalmeasures.com4/1/12
Google’s latest update, Google Sloth, is going to have a major impact on websites through a variety of factors. This update is named after another engineer at the search company, Reginald Sloth. Mr. Sloth and his team have …
List Building & Email Marketing
4 Ways to Build Your Email List With Facebook Timeline
www.aweber.com3/29/12
Your brand’s Facebook page is changing tomorrow. On March 30th, Facebook will switch all brand pages to its Timeline layout. This might create some unique challenges for your current list building strategy. Don’t worry …
Emotional Brand – Why Emotions Sell Better Then Discounts | Email …
blog.getresponse.com4/3/12
Why do people open, click and convert in response to your message? Is it the competitive price that drives their interest and engagement? Or is it something else – the elusive, indefinable IT THING that some marketers manage to grasp in their …
When Good Email Goes Bad | Social Media Explorer
www.socialmediaexplorer.com3/29/12
Everyone makes mistakes, even when sending emails. These tips can help you recover and save face.
Why Email Marketing is Still King
freelanceswitch.com3/1/12
You have Twitter followers, connections on LinkedIn, and people who like you on Facebook—but how engaged are these people with …
Have a great weekend reading. And do let me know what you think.
I appreciate your comment as always.
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What Makes A Good Blog Post (From The Reader’s Perspective)
What Makes A Good Blog?
How To Use Blogging As A Form Of Therapy
Thesis Product Skin Review: Beautiful High Conversion Landing Pages
Great share! This will surely keep my weekend busy. Thank you Jane.
Sure Yeremi, be busy
Hope you had a great weekend!
Thanks Jane for sharing the link, I already read 4 Articles from your list. I will start reading rest of them from tomorrow(Weekend).
Thanks.
Wow. Amazing. No words from my side
Thank you soo much Jane for listing my blog into your weekend readings. I’m really honored. This makes me think like “Rahul, you should be more responsible with your writing from now on as the world is watching you”.
Thanks again for this Jane for not only including my blog but you also reminded that I should be responsible more.
Congrats Rahul, keep up your good work and I think you will succeed soon.
Sure Rahul, I found the content to be truly useful and amazing. Can’t help but link to it! Glad to know that you’re doing great already!
Many of the blogs you listed in this post are already there in my reading list. But the ones that have not been added to my daily reading list will be added right now. Because now I know the posts you listed here are of great quality. Nice selection skills you’ve got, Jane. Thanks for this beautiful collection of posts that could make my weekend more prosperous.
Thanks Amal and glad to know that the collection is useful to you!
Michelle says
Thanks for sharing the link on the tips on finding and engaging my target audience. After many hesitations, I finally created my facebook page. I am becoming more at ease and confident on socializing with members and friends. I need more skills in finding my target audience yet I think I am getting better in creating relationships.
Creating relationships matter a lot Michelle. And I’m sure you’re on the right track to finding your target audience.
Oh, I’m on to you, Jane. Easter’s coming. I wonder how well this will rank for “eggs in one basket” or “eggs” AND “basket”?
It’s true, though. Even though my preference is for social sharing and comments, it’s not really meaningful traffic if they aren’t influenced by the content or the pitch to help you reach your goals.
My goals are fairly simple:
I want to entertain, amuse, or educate readers.
I want to raise $2500 for Relay for Life over the next 7 days.
The first, you know, is fairly easy. The second is a bit tougher, especially in today’s economy. Of course, I’ve already bartered a guest post in exchange for a donation… apparently, everything’s “negotiable.”
LOL. I hope this post ranked for something related to eggs. Well, how did your Easter go?
Wow, I’m off to check your guest post now!
Keep updating your blog with weekend readings. They help a bunch to me really.
Regards,
Jafar.
Glad that you find the links useful Jafar!
Great Post Jane! You Ideas are awesome, just don’t focus on search engines. Build relationship with other bloggers, social media engagement, build mailing list. Wonderful other important posts links you shared with us they are really informative.
Thank you.
Jane,
Great stuff… I pulled off the Aweber article on Facebook Timeline I’m going to read that right now.
I attached my weekly recap in the CommentLuv.
Thanks!!
Ryan H.
Thanks for adding a link to your round up Ryan. I’m gonna check that out now.
amazing post jane , i hope someday i make it up to your Favorite blog list.
These are amazing list Jane, I will be checking them before this week ends.
Hello, Jane! I’m a writer and internet marketer and I appreciate all the useful resources that you have shared here. These are a handful and I hope I can check them all out. I can’t wait to learn new SEO strategies. I agree that we should not put everything in the hands of the search engines because there are still great ways to promote and build traffic to a website. Thanks!
There are some good tips in that article about building a better blog. One of the things that’s definitely true is the statement about liberally adding pictures to blog posts. They keep the reader’s eyes moving and decreases the likelihood that they’ll just click “Back” when they come across a large block of unbroken text.
Hope I will be there in the next list
pRaveen says
just today i land here… n find such a good stuff.. and your idea of engaging with another blogger is awesome… worth sharing… bookmarkd it…
Keep up the sharing of the refreshing stuff like this.. Thnx.
Nice Post Jane I really like your weekend scheduled post it’s good too take interest in others blog post for getting up to date from blogging world.
This is good thinking that all time internet business should not be depended on Search engine as Google. It is important to get traffic from many other ways as Blogging, link building, social media marketing and many others. Thanks for great post.
Linda says
Thanks for summing up the list of useful articles in order to build up good SEO and a list. You’re right, Google seems to be slapping many sites big time lately, and becoming so much tighter and wiser. But coping up with the changes is a big factor to keep going.
This site is always a great read on a Monday morning when I have my morning coffee. One area you can help me with is Pinterest would be greatly appreciated.
Wendy says
For anyone new to blogging or anyone competent in blogging this site has lots of valuable information that is well put together to make an easy read. keep up the good work.
This is a really great list. I’ve pulled up quite a few posts and just read the Copyblogger one about the big “Secret.” I’ve really enjoyed the last 2 Weekend Read posts. If my input is worth anything- please keep it up, they’re a great source of info and save me having to browse way too many blogs. Thanks.
Great share! This will surely keep my weekend busy.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing Jane. Most of the blogs you shared here are new to me, it will be tough to read them all but surely I will benefit from it.
Whats your views about “The best spinner” and Seo Nuke .Do you think every beginner require such thing or not ?
Great share! This will surely keep my weekend busy. Thank you Jane.
Hey, I just came across your blog and I am so glad that I did. Excellent posts! I am familiar with blogging and SEO, so I can say that you have done a great job here. Well done!