The Confident Winner
Dan Lew from Danlew.com is the guy I came to know about very recently. Thanks to the 2011 Traffic Generation Blogging Contest; since I am a contestant and Dan Lew is one of the sponsors of this contest. But I had known about him earlier because of a wonderful tool he had developed - The Keyword Winner WordPress plugin.
When I visited Dan’s site for the first time, I was caught by the very confident Dan’s own picture on his website (look at his picture above and you will see what I mean by “confident” Dan). And then I was searching for the “About” button and here I find the “About my success” page! How confident that is.
I must say that Dan, even though confident, is very simplistic and humble; a person who never enjoys the celebrity status of a “guru”. But just because he doesn’t claim himself to be a guru doesn’t mean that he isn’t. Let me tell you why:
1. The awesome plugin:
Here comes the wonderful, awesome, fantastic (what more?!) plugin that makes every blogger’s SEO life damn easy. I thought that I am not going to elaborately discuss here on how the plugin works. But I just can’t hold myself from introducing it here in this post. So what is all this plugin thing is about?
Keyword and top Google ranking that is!
So Dan has made it super easy for bloggers to do keyword research and optimize their blog post titles just from the WordPress dashboard while typing out a blog post. So for instance, this post title is: Dan Lew | The Confident Winner Who Made Keyword Winner. I typed “Dan Lew” on the title spot and clicked on “Get Keyword Winner Suggestions”. Here is what I got.
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The ones in RED are highly competitive keywords, the ones in ORANGE are medium and the ones in GREEN are low competitive keywords. I target those keywords which are in green. The column “Inbound links” shows the number of links needed for that particular to make to top of Google. So while targeting on the GREEN keywords I also need to look for the ones that need less inbound links.
So I made another try with “Keyword Winner” and here is what I got - a GREEN and 4 inbound links. Super! So here is my title with both the GREEN keywords (Dan Lew and Keyword Winner).
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I must seriously thank Dan Lew for making my life so easy without me having to go to many places and spends hours in keyword research. I now usually spend 2-4 minutes in optimizing a post title and right at my dashboard.
And, the support he himself lends for the plugin is awesome. So far I have shot 2 emails to him, asking questions about the plugin as I was unclear about things in the beginning and he replied promptly and in detail.
2. The awesome book:
He has written a really awesome book, SEO Revenge. Here’s a sneak view of what’s inside the book
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In short, I will confidently say that Dan knows his stuff. He has created awesome products and made a lot of money from them over the past years. He is really an expert but doesn’t make too much claims about it. I would like to thank Dan for the products he had developed and for being one of the sponsors of the contest.
Please go and check out his website; he shares awesome content there! Have you used Dan’s products earlier? Will you use them in future? Please share your thoughts in comments.
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Article by JaneSheeba
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Thank you very much for the kind words, highly appreciated, We are set to soon release GSEO.net 2.0, there are some super exciting times ahead!
Best Regards,
Daniel
Dan Lew recently posted..Are edu Links Valuable For SEO
Hey Dan,
It is great to have you here. I am super excited about all your products and the future ones to come.
You simply rock.
Cheers,
Jane.
Jane Sheeba recently posted..How Often Should You Update Your Blog
The tool seems nice according to the features you discussed.
and glad to see Dan here.
Jane, aloha. Thx so much for this information on Dan’s plug-in. Love what you had to say and the way you wrote it, I even think I understand SEO. This is great.
Plug-in and book are on my “to do” list for the weekend. Jane, I always so appreciate your clear style of writing.
Best wishes for a great weekend. Aloha. Janet
P.S. Dan, it’s nice to meet you on Jane’s blog. Thx for the resources.
Janet recently posted..Great Post! By Janet Callaway The Natural Networker
Hey Janet,
Ha ha - “I even think I understand SEO”. Glad that I helped you. Hope you will get the plugin and the book; you will appreciate it.
Cheers,
Jane.
Jane,
Interesting product and I know it’s from a trusted source. Dan Lew has a good reputation and I’m sure the product works well. While it may not be for me now, I know who to see about getting in the future
Best wishes to you with its implementation and may your SEO strategy bring you greater rank and traffic!
Jon
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Hi Jon,
Quite true. Dan is adorable and his products are simply superb. I am glad that I had my hands on his plugin.
Cheers,
Jane.
Hi Jane, thanks for this valuable resource. I am new to SEO but the screenshots you showed made sense to me! I am going to try it out this weekend and see how it goes. I know I have to work on choosing keywords as I have been advised it’s important. This will definitely get me started on the right track!
Diana Simon recently posted..Your Insights- My DoFollow Dilemma
Hi Diana,
I am so glad for having suggested you something useful. I am very sure that you will like the plugin. Keep me updated of its use to you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cheers,
Jane.
Hi Jane, thanks for sharing this resource because I am starting to look at keywords and SEO. I have been advised that this is essential but it can be very confusing. When I saw your screenshots, I actually understood what was going on and so I am going to try it out. So many thanks!
Diana Simon recently posted..Your Insights- My DoFollow Dilemma
Hi Jane,
Thanks to you sharing this information, my key search nightmare has come to an end. I find it so hard to come up with the right key words. This plugin will make it so much easier for me.
Good luck with the contest!
~Tisha
Hi Tisha,
I agree with you that keyword research is really a nightmare! I was frustrated earlier to come up with blog post titles that please both people and search engines. Keyword Winner came to my rescue.
Cheers,
Jane.
Jane, thanks so much for this wonderful suggestion. Anything that makes SEO easier and less time consuming is a welcome suggestion for me!
Is it not amazing to meet all these incredible and intelligent people all working to support each other?
Wonderful suggestion. Thanks so much for your knowledge and sharing!
Jayne
Jayne Kopp recently posted..How to Apologize and When You Shouldn’t
Hi Jayne,
I was actually caught by the “less time consuming aspect of this plugin. I am now spending 2-3 minutes right from my dashboard and I have my post on the first page of Google within minutes of publishing.
Isn’t that amazing?
Cheers,
Jane.
Yeah, Dan Lew is surely one of the big players on SEO field from whom we can learn a lot. Also that, his Keyword Winner is popular among bloggers.
Dana recently posted..Microsoft Newest Target- Bing as Default Search Engine for iPad-iPad2
Hi Jane,
Thanks for the heads up. I’ve not heard of this plugin before. I’m on my way to install it right now.
Talk soon,
Gregory
Gregory McGuire recently posted..You’re Not Going To Kick Me In the Face- Are You
Great job, yes Dan is really a ‘Guru’ when it comes to blogging. Thank you for all your contribution to us. Keep it up and more power.
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Hello jane,
I am following your blog from quite while and i am just loving it. also added you on Facebook. the article is great and i was having some idea about this plugin but this article helped me a lot to understand it. i must say excellent job done by you.
Good luck for the future.
Jeet Dholakia recently posted..Top 5 Online Jobs for Students
The plugin looks interesting.
But I wonder how the competition decisions are made.
I understand that green means low competition, but is that low competition compared to search volume or just general low competition?
If the plugin gets the phrases with the best ratio of low competition/highsearch volume it’s a masterpiece..
By the way, I have +1ed and tweeted the post but I can not get more than 1 post to choose fron in the CL list..
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