Sanford Dickert
notes from Virtual Handshake conference
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Google’s algorithms value freshness and relevance. It’s about interaction.
Blogging is about defining a ‘space’, even if others are already there.
75m Americans (37% of adult population, 61% of online Americans) use Internet to get political news & info
After ‘Black Friday’ comes ‘Online Monday’
Backbone Media did extensive survey of corporate bloggers. Asked, why do they blog?
83% saw traffic increase due to blog traffic to the site.
Search engine keyword traffic increased with posts relevant to keywords.
Rod Smith case study: on home page, they link to conservative blogs/other sites. Why? To have a conversation.
They also used blog recruitment.
Results: google from 19th to 3rd
Yahoo: 10th to 3rd
MSN: already at 1st
Traffic: tripled
Signups: doubled
Keyword cost: reduced paid click thrus due to highe SE placement
All within 30 days; launch was Nov. 9
Sanford is also working with CentralPodcasting.com. He’s working with law firm that wants to own space of employment law.
Create the interaction by conversing on what you are about ; create the honeypot.
