Hi everyone, I am in the 4th month of optimizing my website for the search engines and I am starting to try new things. In the first 3 months I did a lot of the basics: on page optimization, directory submits (around 50 paid / 35 free) and text link ads (13/month). I have some buzz worthy content on the site and I think that paid blogging might be worth it. When is Pay Per Post marketing effective? Is it better to pay $10ish for a post on a run-of-the-mill blog (basically for a backlink with the hope of some exposure), or is it worthwhile spending $50-$250 for a review on a blog that has a lot of traffic (with the hopes that it will drive traffic and encourage additional blog posts in a viral manner)? This seems like a great marketing technique (if used correctly) and I would like to hear your thoughts and recommendations. Is there a strategy to weigh blog quality and cost for optimal results? Thanks!
Guess it would get the cost down on paying for people for articles. personally I find the fun it writing for my own blogs its a nice challange and you know what you're talking about with the visitors.
It kind of depends on what you want to do. If you're looking for more link love, they obviously getting has many reviews as possible from independent blog owners is the way to go. If you have viral type articles, I'd suggest paying a top blogger and having them do a "review" of your blog. This really works when you have a new product or service.
i think there is no exact information about it. it's allways better to have all types of links to avoid from serp changes
I think it will be effective if yourself personally monitor the bloggers picking up your opportunities. You can might as well go for a surf in the blogosphere to hand pick bloggers to write for you and sometimes, without having PPP as a platform, the fees charged might be cheaper.
Thanks for the input. I'm starting to get the picture-- there is no "formula," you gotta do it all, but you gotta do it all in the RIGHT ways. With so many options out there, that's quite a challenge!! i'm going to rent TLAs and do directory submits targetting my primary keywords and use paid blogging to build backlinks (more expensive blogs for the audience/hype, cheap blogs simply for the backlinks). I'm also thinking of adding a few HMPs into the mix to target my primary and secondary key phrases. How does that sound?
Pay Per Post can be effective, just be sure to pay some money to get some posts from quality blogs. If you pay $5 per post and have no requirements, you'll most likely get a lot of unrelated crap.