Hi starting out in this confusing world of IM and been advised to focus on one thing at a time, ie, linkbuilding skills, learn SEO (although not a clue where to start there), keywords. My question is this, when producing minisites or starting out on a site, is there a 'checklist' for certain factors that people like to follow? ie the targetted keyword is in the domain name, tags in certain parts of the site? Gone to google and other sites and registered? Anyone offer their experience here to give me and others a guide on the basics? Im guessing if i showed people my sites in development there would be some really obvious things that should be done in the first instance. Any help here would be really appreciated, and im sure by others too. Many thanks, alan.
I don't really check any specific list. I usually just go by this after I finish up a website 1) All content placed? 2) Dead links checked? 3) Ads blended? 4) Meta tags, keywords, H1, H2, Footer? 5) Proper page-page navigation? Then focus on marketing that website - 1) Content writers informed for more content? 2) Digixmas account active? 3) Basic blog commenting 4) Yahoo Answers 5) Blogroll Thats about it..
It's a basic list, actually. I wonder what would you like to learn, a comprehensive Internet marketing? That's quite easy: Prerrequisites - Know how to read - Know how to write properly - Know how to understand HTML and CSS codes (programming is not a must, you can hire someone for that) - Know how to interact with people - Understand that not all Internet marketing is done in front of a computer Do you have that already?
I think you should start with a blog.... just keep adding new articles and keep promoting... once you are in it you will easily understand how to manage things.. and building a site requires some time and some planning....so don't hurry gain some experience through blogging and then go ahead with our site...
Yes a checklist is good, the problem is, you will have to know what to put on it. There are so many things to learn about every aspect of your campaign, from picking a domain, to the site design, meta-tags and more. It is posts like this that make me glad I have been at this for a few years now and don't have to ask such good questions. My advice to the OP is to start by learning SEO or else you may have to come back to your site and adjust it later. The design and layout of your site has a bigger affect than you would think on the quality and amount of traffic you will receive.