Pimp my links: MyPunchbowl
Written by Cameron Olthuis on January 31, 2007 |
For the fifth installment of the Pimp My Links series we are featuring MyPunchbowl, a web based party planning application. MyPunchbowl makes it easy to put together all the pieces of organizing a party including picking the date, sending invites, managing the catering, purchasing supplies, renting equipment, and more.
Is honesty the best form of linkbait?
Written by Cameron Olthuis on January 29, 2007 | 2 comments
Loren Feldman from 1938 posted a video on his blog saying that linkbait is for losers and honesty is the best form of linkbait. While I can appreciate Loren's opinion and he is definitely on to something I think maybe he went a bit to far. Yes, social media marketing should be executed in a way that you never want to lie to your customers and you should always be open and honest. But at the same time crafting a message with clever titles is just plain smart marketing.
There is more to social media then links
Written by Cameron Olthuis on January 23, 2007 | 9 comments
I've never been a fan of the word "linkbait" but it has stuck within our industry and so I've learned to adapt and accept it, even use it. One of the problems with linkbait is that it doesn't suggest a well thought out social media marketing campaign. It suggests that all we care about are links so we can increase our search engine rankings, nothing else.
Pimp my links: Yourminis
Written by Cameron Olthuis on January 19, 2007 |
For the fourth installment of the Pimp My Links series we'll be featuring Yourminis, a flash-based personalized homepage. You can customize the minis (widgets) to watch YouTube videos, read RSS feeds, listen to music, check your email, and much more.
Pimp my links: How Do I Mac?
Written by Cameron Olthuis on January 8, 2007 | 1 comment
For the third installment of the Pimp My Links series we'll be featuring How Do I Mac, a blog that helps people get the most out of their Mac experience. The blog is mostly made up of video tutorials as the author has the philosophy that showing is better than telling.
Pimp my links: Kineda
Written by Cameron Olthuis on December 29, 2006 | 11 comments
The second site we are going to feature in the Pimp My Links series is Kineda. Kineda is a blog that focuses on entertainment, lifestyle, and pop culture and has been around for over 8 years now.
Pimp my links: JeepReviews.com
Written by Cameron Olthuis on December 19, 2006 | 8 comments
We've had an overwhelming response to the Pimp My Links series that we announced last week. We have had over 75 submissions and more are trickling in everyday. We were originally only planning to do this series once a week. However, depending on the success we may do it a couple times per week.
Pimp My Links
Written by Cameron Olthuis on December 12, 2006 | 9 comments
We are going to be starting a weekly series here on Pronet Advertising where we pick one site every week and provide a few linkbait / viral ideas for it. Anyone is welcome to submit a site to us; we will randomly pick one that we feature every week. These posts will be public so if your site is selected it will be shown along with a few ideas for linkbaiting. We will not post your name or any personal information.
Is linkbaiting a new word for an old technique?
Written by Cameron Olthuis on December 9, 2006 | 6 comments
Linkbaiting is a relatively new term in the SEO world that's been on fire over the last year or so. One of the arguments that I have heard a lot lately is that linkbaiting is nothing new; it just has a buzzword attached to it now. Well that's partially true, the idea of creating remarkable content (credit: Andy Hagans) for the purpose of attracting links is by no means anything new. It's been around since before most people even knew what SEO was or realized why they needed it. So, the question remains, why is linkbaiting all of a sudden so popular and effective? Two words: social media.
