More Link Building Resources

Found this comprehensive list from a the SEO Playbook post from StuntDubl.com, and had to share.
Link Development Resources:

Graywolf’s Linkbuilding roundup on TW
10 steps to getting links to your site from M$ employee
101 Ways to Build Link Popularity [...]

How Search Engines Work Video

Just in case you haven’t been able to attend one of my training sessions, you can hear from SEOmoz’s Randy Fiskin about how search engines work in this video.

Google Webmaster Tools Quick Start Guide Now Available

If you haven’t already checked out Google’s Webmaster Tools, you now have no excuse! They have released a quick start guide that you can use to take a tour of the tools they provide which allow you to:

 

Know which of your pages are included in Google’s index

 

See any errors Googlebot had when crawling your site

 

Find [...]

Join a Forum about how Non-Profits Market Themselves Online

I wanted to let folks know about a new bulletin board where nonprofits can talk about their online marketing issues.
The board covers the issues that nonprofits face in search engines, marketing, branding, competition, credibility.
Check it out!
Visit Non-Profits on the Web

Get Students to Help you with Paid Advertising - $200 from Google

While the registration date for this year is now past, I wanted to spread the word about Google’s search marketing competition. You would need a professor to register his/her class, but the winner gets $200 of free advertising from Google. You can find more information about the competition here
They will be accepting new registrations for [...]

How to Not be a Social Media Idiot

I had to share this Bruce Clay article I read the other day, and share some of his wit here on my blog, because it made me laugh. It talks about how as a marketer you need to understand how the social media sites work and have a clear understanding of why you are becoming [...]

Hakia.com: Meeting Others Who Search Like You Do

So it’s not one of the big players, but the new natural search engine, hakia.com, has a “meet others who asked the same query” feature that is kind of interesting.
Search for “volunteer + chicago” and you’ll notice who has left messages wanting to meet other people interested in volunteering. If there’s isn’t a current conversation [...]

Web 2.0 Training for Nonprofits

I just realized that I hadn’t uploaded the Online Marketing 201 training PowerPoint, so here it is for you to use. It covers how to register in local search, what recommendation portals to pay attention to, and what Web 2.0 sites are appropriate to use to find interested volunteers.
This is published by 1-800-Volunteer.org. To learn [...]