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Hmmm Not too sure how that's going to pan out. I can remember watching the Return of the Jedi. 'Tis a star wars, yea, but I can't help thinking that this one is being made for the heck of it, or because certain people have expensive lives to upkeep. After episode one and revenge of the sith, I just kinda stopped watching star wars.

LOL my finger tips went cold when you said that. the ominous fiverr. I have seen people advertise the most amazing services. All come with one price though - the price of losing your site.

At the same time I have seen many threads where members of a forum have been complaining about the damage done by these marketers that build links for them. Somehow "You get what you pay for" seems to turn into "I told you so".

If you seriously want to market on a social network like twitter, then interact. mix it up and build a "friend base", where you regularly talk to the people in your feeds.That way it works like a double whammy. you get to add links to updated posts and new products etc. but you still get to show the visitors that followed the social network link from your site that you are in fact a "people person" and that could only mean good things in the future.

Of that, there was little doubt. I had a tangle with their profile page earlier . strange how UK addresses seem to wind up in India for some reason. Must have a "Little England" like most towns have a China Town.


That's what always got me. Getting as many likes as you can in a short time. Surely Facebook has caught onto this by now? If you think about it though, there are millions of forums out there, and I can bet you that on each of these you will find a Facebook thread where people are connecting with each other, exchanging likes or adding friends etc. What puzzles me is how some can think that this is a better alternative and looks more real, than going to a website that specializes in adding friends and likes and such? To me, both are the same thing. Unless you actually talk to these people on a regular basis instead.

bah humbug lol.

Syndicating can work well, if you are careful. Thanks for those guidelines.

Getting more visitors to your blog would more than likely depend on your content. At least your visitor stats haven't dropped, which is a good thing. Take a closer look at your content, and see where you can spice things up a little. Imagery and videos work well, where videos would be more popular.

hmmm Social Media. If you write a blog post, and you link it to your social networks, and then tell your employees to do the same thing, do they use their personal accounts? or do they all have a business account? Not sure I'd get an answer to that though, as you're not with the community anymore. In any case, you can find so many more social networks out there than just the big guns, and they can be helpful. Just make sure you interact with these social networks as well as post links and updates.

That being said, forums are also a sort of social network. Having a signature link in relevant forums is always a good idea. It tells people about you and what you do. If they see well written, informative posts on the forum, they will follow the links in your signature to find out more about you and your company. Tis simple logic People are naturally curious.

As for analyzing? I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean proof read to make sure it reads well etc.? As you're banned, I'm not sure how to answer that . You could get one of your employees or friends to do that. Or you can ask an English writer to take a look at your posts for you and advise you.

Hope it helps anyone having similar problems.

Definitely. I just think they need to work on their other services before embarking on all sorts of new projects. They focus on the new projects and in the end, their other services suffer because of it.

Tis Clive's favorite word .

Still, it goes to show how flawed some companies business models really are. I could tell you stories of SA that could get your hair standing on end

Exactly. But there has to be balance between links and communication and while software like this can seriously help, if you're not going to actively take part, the plot is lost and your twitter / other social network feed just becomes one long list of links. I guess I'm more of a reputation management marketer, and less of an SEO'er, but to be honest, if I'm put off by constant links, then the regular people that you're trying to convert into clients are also going to be put off.

I guess I would to back to social networking at some point, but until SEO'ers stop trying to turn them into SEO's house of Spam and Self Promo, social networking holds no real merit for me.

It wasn't me, it was Cli...hang on....

I'm glad its all coming together finally You guys have been terribly busy and I know its not going to calm down soon until everything is launched and running. Being part of the team means helping to make sure that this goes well and goes beyond your expectations.

I know we have been a little tough on the forum lately, but for what it's worth, even if MLS wasn't part of TSI, we would still do what we can to make sure MLF maintains the standard it always has so that it stays a top rated forum and close knit community.

No thanks are necessary for this Being part of it has been an awesome experience.

lol tis a 50/50. Half Shiraz and half all natural undiluted caffeine

Dreamraven?


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