I first wrote about Everett Bogue six months ago when I was displeased he turned off the ability for people to comment on his blog. If a blogger wants to turn off comments, so be it. blinked again when I read a more recent summary of why he abhors comment sections on all blogs, alluding to people like you who enjoy commenting as the scum of the earth. Many blogs will encourage you to ‘join the conversation’ in a place called “The Comments”. The comments” is where your good ideas and time (your most valuable commodity) goes to die. Whatever. MORE >>

One of the top SEO techniques and my favorite way to consistently guide traffic to my website and build my follower base on social media is through blog commenting. Blog commenting is a natural link building SEO technique as long as you are following SEO best practices. In fact over the past 8 months, 20% of my website referral traffic has come from comments that I have made on other blog posts. If you are wondering how to get people to visit your website, commenting on other industry blogs or blogs that your target audience frequents is a great place to start. MORE >>

Wikipedia defines “avatar&# as “…a computer user’s representation of himself/herself or alter ego…&# That is to say, an avatar is the “you&# of the computer world. Most of us think of the word to mean the graphic we use alongside our social media account, but that’s only part of what defines an avatar. In this post, we’ll talk in a somewhat more rounded what about how your avatar on the web becomes quite important to doing business in this new world. I’m a fan of using a picture of yourself for your avatar. MORE >>

Trying to understand the ways to get more traffic to your site, or even get some backlinks, you’ve probably stumbled across comment marketing. So what are the basic benefits of comment marketing, and what should you aim to get out of it on the long term? The benefits of comment marketing. Once you have a deep understanding of the benefits you can get from leaving comments on other blogs, you can learn the right approach to doing so. The only way to make this happen is to leave good, structured comments that add value to the discussion. Comment Marketing 101. MORE >>

HOME | ABOUT ME | MY COMPANY | @AARONSTROUT | QND PODCAST | 5 MINS OF ME | FLICKR Friday, April 23, 2010 I See You Seeing that today is yesterday was the day that the movie, Avatar, became available on DVD, I couldnt help *borrow* one of the more critical lines from the movie. Posted by Aaron_Strout at Friday, April 23, 2010 Labels: avatar , cirque du soleil , flip the funnel , ipadio , jess berlin , joe jaffe , roku , sonos , starbucks 19comments: Elmer said. Zena - thank you for stopping by to comment on this post. Citizen Marketer 2.1 promise it will be worth your while. MORE >>