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March 2009 Blog Posts (333)

Effective Search Engine Marketing and Optimization (SEM) and (SEO) through metrics and analysis

Entering the world of Internet Marketing can be a daunting prospect. Even experienced web developers often fall short when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). I host my own Wordpress based website and blog, and as I tried to optimize my site for search engine friendliness, I often found my self taking a step backward without knowing what I had done wrong.

The first thing I did was to sign up for Google Analytics, Google Webmaster tools, and… Continue

Added by Brian Rathbone on March 3, 2009 at 2:30am — 1 Comment

Finished the story...stream of conscious rant

I finished the first story. The main character surprised me because I started off trying to balance him with the other character, but he was there to let me know that the story was really about him and from his perspective. The ending was such a surprise to me... I honestly don't even know where it came from. I was re-reading the story to someone close to me, and I recognized some of what I had written as having come directly from my sub-conscious. The words are somehow related to where I am… Continue

Added by Carol on March 2, 2009 at 9:28pm — No Comments

New Update!

I don't know if you all have noticed or not, but my website was down for a little while. Well, it's back up now! Everything is back on and I am getting it back to where it was but even better! I even was able to add a second website so now I don't have to have a subdomain, they have their own names! I changed the links on my page so check it out!

I am getting my newsletters out still so if you want to sign up you're more than welcome to or you… Continue

Added by A.R. Grosjean on March 2, 2009 at 9:17pm — No Comments

Got a great review!

We just got a great review of our book...

http://www.virtualassistantforums.com/book-reviews/book-review-how-build-successful-virtual-assistant-business-7872

We've since made both a Canadian edition and an International edition to avoid confusion :-)…

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Added by Janice Byer on March 2, 2009 at 3:56pm — No Comments

"Finish Line"

About the Book:

After getting caught committing a petty act of vandalism, two teenage boys land summer jobs at Prairie Winds Golf Course on the east side of St. Louis. Follow the adventures…

of Justin Ventimiglia and Keith Puccio as they explore a slice of life that they never knew existed. Observe the special… Continue

Added by James Ross on March 2, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Book Marketing Technology - "The Dawning of Power" by Brian Rathbone

Please check out "The Dawning of Power" by Brian Rathbone in BookBuzzr format below. If you're an author, you can put your own book in BookBuzzr format and use our free online book marketing technology by going to www.freado.com. The benefit of this book marketing technology is that your fans and friends can share your book across 60 social networking and book marking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, Delicious, Digg, LinkedIn etc. And you get to allow preview… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 2, 2009 at 12:15am — No Comments

Across the Pond by Storyheart: March 1st

Across the Pond by Storyheart: March 1st

A new month, and the end of my virtual tour. We’ll see what happens from now on.

I feel very lucky to have fallen in with pumpupyourbookpromotion.com and have been lucky enough to become part of the yahoo group. This means that I will be able to visit other author’s blog trips and say hi etc as people did for my virtual tour.

I see one of the ladies Morgan Mandel started her… Continue

Added by Storyheart on March 1, 2009 at 10:07pm — No Comments

"Tuey’s Course"

About the Book:

Racial tension had been building for years near Prairie Winds Golf Course on the east side of St. Louis. In 2007, black businessman, Tuey O’Tweety faced the brunt of the discrimination.

Can the game of golf resolve the issue?

Life becomes even more difficult…

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Added by James Ross on March 1, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

NightOwl Romance WebHunt!

Daisy Drake, my heroine in VEXING THE VISCOUNT, is dying for an adventure. Lucian's treasure hunt sounds like just the thing! But why should Daisy and Lucian have all the fun? If adventure and romantic treasure is on your "Gotta Have!" list, here's… Continue

Added by Emily Bryan on March 1, 2009 at 7:35am — No Comments

Author Marketing - A Free Kindle 2

Just viewed a posted press release on BiblioScribe.com where Authour Michael Klein of his book entitled Sectarian Song: Cult Escapist is giving away a brand new KINDLE 2 on every 500 copies of his book that sells through amazon.com.

You can read more about it… Continue

Added by BiblioScribe on March 1, 2009 at 5:54am — No Comments

Dirty the Dog & The King of Mud Puddles published by Eloquent Books

On Amazon

On Eloquent Books

On Book… Continue

Added by Stephanie Turner on March 1, 2009 at 5:21am — No Comments

Free, Online Book Marketing Technology for Authors

If you have authored a book, you know that one of the biggest challenges is publicizing your book on the Internet where there are scores of options like Facebook, blogs, social bookmarking sites and more.

We've developed a simple tool called BookBuzzr to help authors market their books online. The idea is to help you, your fans and friends share your book-extract (in flip-book format) on blogs, Facebook profiles and over 60 other social networking and bookmarking sites with just a… Continue

Added by Vikram Narayan on March 1, 2009 at 4:26am — No Comments

The Siege by Robert Preston : Published by Strategic Book Publishing New York

Born 1975 in Norfolk, England, Robert Preston has worked in many and varied trades and has occasionally been accused of having a sense of humour. Robert has several other books—with stories ranging from a quest for the meaning of existence to sentient penguins taking over the world (not in the same story)—that are in the works. He has been writing since high school. He is Married to Michelle.

SYNOPSIS OF BOOK:

A series of… Continue

Added by Robert Preston on March 1, 2009 at 12:29am — No Comments