29 Top Video Submission Sites + 5 Free Video Creation Tools and More

Posted by JR in Blog Promotion, Essential Marketing Lists, Internet Marketing, Link Building, Video Submission/Creation, Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

Video has become an essential part of the Internet. Many bloggers use video instead of written posts, videos are used as instructional aids, on sales pages and of course, since YouTube became so huge, using video as a promotional and link building tool for websites is one of the fundamental aspects of SEO. Millions of people visit YouTube everyday, as well as other video submission sites, the video’s are included in most every SERP result in Google and once again if you make sure to properly SEO optimize each video submission with keywords, tags and a savvy researched keyword title, you will be amazed at the places it will show up over a short period of time making video just one more point of entry to your websites.

Free Video Creation/Screen Capture Software
I think many people are squeamish about using video because they think it’s a complicated proposition, and they need a web cam, or some high tech equipment to create videos, well this is not true. Below is a list of the top free video creation tools that actually record what is on your computer screen and your voice in the background and that provides a lot of options to make videos for any type of niche.

Cam Studio - The cream of the crop for open source video creation and screen capture and completely free! Add music, voice overs and more.

Jaycut – Create marketing videos or slideshows quickly with this online video editor, which is browser-based, can run on mobile devices and free. Ability to remix and trim videos; add music, transitions, effects, captions and subtitles, automated transcoding and 1 click export to YouTube and Facebook.

Adobe Premier Express - Made for newbies, easy to use and all you need is a web browser and Adobe Flash® Player, which most of us have on our PC’s. This is an online based video creation editor that can reorder, split, and trim your video clips; add music, transitions, and titles; add your favorite photos, graphics, and animation.

JING – Make short videos, capture screenshots and add your own labels and writing to them. There is a free version and a pro version for a few bucks per year.

GFX Video Writer – GFX Video Writer is not free, but it is cheap and very useful as it converts written articles into videos. Import an existing article to create a series of slides, then format each slide with fonts, colors, etc… add images if desired and background music from the software or do slide-by-slide voice overs and much more.

Top Video Submission Sites
Here are some of the top video submission sites where you can submit your videos, get backlinks and free website promotion.

www.youtube.com – PR8 – You do get a dofollow link back to your site in your channel profile.

http://vimeo.com – PR9
www.flickr.com – PR9
www.video.google.com – PR9
www.video.yahoo.com – PR9
www.photobucket.com – PR8
www.dailymotion.com – PR8
www.scribd.com – PR8
wordpress.tv – PR8
photobucket.com – PR7
www.blip.tv – PR7
www.metacafe.com – PR7
qik.com – PR7
www.viddler.com – PR7
MySpace – PR9
Facebook – PR10
www.stupidvideos.com – PR6
www.buzznet.com – PR6
www.stickam.com – PR6
www.gofish.com – PR6
www.revver.com – PR6
www.livevideo.com – PR6
www.flixya.com – PR5
castpost.com – PR5
www.videowebtown.com/community/index.php – PR5
vidmax.com – PR5
www.thatshow.com – PR4 – How-to video guides
www.clipchef.com – PR4 Cooking/recipe videos

Automatic Video Submission Software

TubeMogul Free - This is a very interesting site that offers a variety of video submission, distribution and tracking capabilities, I think it will be very effective for video marketing.

TubeMogul OneLoad is a free service that provides a single point for deploying videos to the top video and social networking sites. Users can also leverage our Destinations functionality to easily distribute to custom sites as well as encode and create RSS feeds to syndicate your video anywhere. OneLoad distribution is accompanied by our powerful analytics showing you who, what and where videos are being viewed. In addition, TubeMogul’s InPlay® analytics (for supported sites), provide the most advanced suite of video analytics on the market. See real-time viewership, audience engagement, geographic tracking, stream quality and much more for your videos.

VideoBot – $24.95 This is an automatic video submission software from Incansoft, a company that makes several great tools for marketers. I have not used this particular tool, but I do use SocialBot from Incansoft and I like it alot.

Video Submission Assistant Pro – Free! Haven’t tried this myself, but it’s free and submits video to several sites.

Video Post Robot – This is one of the most popular video submission software tools, but they are not taking new sign ups now, you can still go over and get on the alert list.

Info for Video Publishing on Your Own Sites

Google Crawling and Indexing Video – Best Practices

Video Sitemaps 101 – Making Your Videos Searchable from Google – If you are putting videos on your own sites or blogs then you should read this.

What kind of experiences have you had with video marketing? Any video submission sites or tools I missed please leave in comments.

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Free Automated Social Bookmarking Service

Posted by JR in Internet Marketing, Link Building, Social/Web 2.0 Marketing, Website Promotion

I want to let you guys know about a great new free service from Caroline Middlebrook, one of my favorite bloggers, for free automated social bookmarking links. IMAutomator is a really an easy to use free automated social bookmarking service that allows you get social site links and spread them our over time, which is really an added bonus.

Caroline has been working on this product for some time, and it really is a great service to have in your Internet marketing arsenal. While most social bookmarking site links are generally low in quality, they are a necessary aspect of your overall backlink portfolio and can really help to build backlinks to the often overlooked inner pages of your sites. Those inner pages should be the main focus of your social bookmark link building.

For the most part submitting to social bookmarking sites is a real pain, logging in to each site on by one, entering all the details like title, keywords and descriptions can really take a lot of time, so a free automated social bookmarking service like IMAutomater is really a life saver.

6 Main Benefits of IMAutomater for Automated Social Bookmarking

1. Easy Submission – With IMAutomater, you simply input the url you want to submit, and you can either enter your own title, description and keywords, or you can press a button and the system will fetch your Meta Tag info automatically. Then you can choose the submission frequency, which is one of the best parts of this service.

2. Submission Frequency Options – The frequency selection is a great aspect because it allows you to spread your links over time, and basically helps you to get a steady stream of links to your site on an on going basis.

1 Day – all links in one day
32 days – one link per day
96 days – one link every few days

3. No Registration with Individual Social Sites Required – You don’t have to register or login with the individual social sites, IMAutomater submits with their own information, so much less work and hassle for you!

4. Fully Automated Social Bookmarking – This is a set it and forget it system, once you submit the system takes care of the rest!

5. Easily check the submission status of your submissions.

6. It’s a totally free and automated way to submit to social bookmark sites.

More To Come

There are 32 social bookmarking sites in the system now and Caroline is adding more on a regular basis. The program is still in Beta, though I’ve been using it for several weeks, without any problems, and if you do find some bugs, Caroline is asking that you please let her know. And there is much more to come…

Ability to spin titles, tags etc to be able to rotate submission details – This is great!
Select which sites to submit to, or all of them
More submission tools, not just social bookmarking

Learn more about IMAutomater and the theories behind it at IMAutomater Articles and sign up for free today!

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22 Social Web 2.0 Sites To Promote Internet Marketing, Blogging, Make Money Online Content

Posted by JR in Blog Promotion, Essential Marketing Lists, Internet Marketing, Social/Web 2.0 Marketing, Website Promotion

For those of you running flagship sites for topics relating to Internet marketing, blogging, make money online and SEO here are the best social Web 2.0 sites that specifically focus on those topics only and are great places to to promote that content and get some backlinks as well.

MMO Social Network
This is a great new social Web 2.0 site to promote all your online business, blogging and MMO content.

Blog Engage
Another great place to submit blogging, and Internet marketing related blog posts and engage and network with other bloggers.

BlogEngage is now an invitation only site, so to get an invite you can follow the simple steps as outlined in BlogEngage Invitation To Register Information, it is definitely worth the simple steps.

WP Scoop – All stories related to WordPress

Blogger Den – It’s Digg but for Bloggers, great place!

Sphinn
Search Engine Journal’s Web 2.0 site for submitting search engine related content, be careful they review everything and only publish really good related content.

Earners Club
All Internet marketing, make money online, blogging and online business content.

Small Business Brief
All topics of online marketing and social media marketing

SEO Tagg
Submit all your search engine optimization, search engines, SERPS and other related SEO content.

Design Float
All topics related to design, like HTML, CSS, Photoshop and they have a category for Branding and Identity.

Design Moo
All design related links.

Design Bump
All website and blog design related content.

Design Blend
WordPress, photoshop and design related content.

IM Answers
This is like the Yahoo Answers for Internet marketing, blogging and other online ventures. You can answer questions, create posts and articles and establish yourself as an authority and get some links as well.

PlugIM
All Internet marketing related content.

Social Media Today
A moderated community bloggers, PR people, marketers and media pros.

Facebook
You can really brand yourself at Facebook for your flagship blogs and sites, like Internet marketing, blogging, Make Money Online and any online business topics, and easily submit your posts and content with the Facebook bookmarklet, these will be become “posted to your wall” there providing for good exposure.

MyBlogLog
Great place to promote your blogs and even static sites, offers the opportunity to build your community and get readers and followers.

Xing.com
A New site that has bought SocialMedian, it’s all about business networking, not sure of its effects yet, but am checking it out now.

Professionals on the Web
If you are a web developer, designer or some other web techie you can network here, showcase your work and much more.

Killer Startups
This is a community driven site where online business pros, bloggers and other IM people can submit their startup to see what others think about it. Not sure how much activity is over these days, but they are a PR6.

BizNik
Biznik is a highly reputable and award winning community of entrepreneurs and small business owners dedicated to helping each other succeed, lots of Internet marketing and online business stuff over there.

YouTube
If you make video guides on your sites or blogs submit them to YouTube

Hub Pages
You can easily promote yourself and your blog by writing something spectacular, lots of traffic there and other bloggers and marketers to network with. Make sure to write Hubs that are not just promotional, but offer some expertise and authority content and then mention your link for more information.

Squidoo
Again, you can easily promote yourself with a Squidoo Lens, and it is similar to Hub Pages, but without the strict rules regarding over promotion of yourself and your sites. Learn more at: How-To Squidoo – Step-by-Step Guide on Building the Best Squidoo Lens.

If you want to start your own Web 2.0, social site, check out Pligg, they have everything you need.

What do you think? If you know of any good social sites for IM content that I missed please let me know in comments or by contacting me.

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Community to Give and Get Guest Posts on Blogs for all Niches

Posted by JR in Blog Promotion, Blogging, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

Okay, a quick post here to refer you to a new site that is all about networking with bloggers for guest posts. Guest posting on other blogs and allowing them to post on yours is a fantastic way to build authority, and get precious backlinks and to alleviate some of your own workload by getting fresh, unique content that is NOT written by you, whew!

The site is My Blog Guest and it really is the perfect solution to finding blogs to post on and getting fresh content for your sites. There are lots of members all ready and they just launched recently and new members joining all the time.

Highly recommended by the authority SEO site, Search Engine Journal, My Blog Guest is a sure winner.

Features of My Guest Blog for Guest Posts

1. All niches included.

2. The site uses a rating system (blog power) to rate members sites, based on PR, subscriber numbers, Twitter followers, Facebook fans and age of the site.

3. Also has a rating system to rate members social media power, based on various social media site activity for the individual.

4. Shows how many guests posts members have done.

5. Search for blogs to post on by keywords and categories.

6. Add all or one of your sites to accept guest posts on

My Blog Guest is really a great place to network and build up your sites.

Also, if you are looking specifically for SEO niche sites that accept guests posts then check out: 10 SEO Blogs accepting guest posts.

You also get the chance to guest post on Blogussion, a high traffic, quality blog.

If you really want to learn about guest posting and get a super opportunity to guest post, Ramit Sethi, best selling author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich not only accepts guest posts, but has the most comprehensive, helpful guide I have ever seen on how to write effective posts, and how to get published by big name bloggers, check it out: Write Guest Post on I will Teach You To Be Rich, really a must read!

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Economy and Making Money Online

Posted by JR in Affiliate Marketing, Blogging, Internet Marketing, Motivation & Success, Uncategorized, Website Promotion

There is no denying that the United States and many parts of the world are having major financial difficulties. The recession is affecting retail sales across the country, and Internet marketing and the online marketplace will surely feel the effects as well. Some affiliate marketers are seeing significant decreases in sales, and while so far most of my sites are staying steady, some have seen a decline in sales.

This does not mean that this business is over, in fact, I truly believe that the Internet marketplace will become even more significant in these hard financial times because:

1. Its unique ability to provide below retail prices and major savings on products, just look at sites like eBay, Amazon and Overstock.

2. People seeking information on how to get through tough times and make extra or full time income while unemployed.

As always, the key to online success is to look for trends and the opportunities to exploit them and in hard times like these, the opportunities will focus around consumables and information.

Consumables:
Clothes
Pet supplies
Household items
Coupons
Baby items
Toys
Cheap home entertainment
Deal sites
Cheap anything sites
Health
Weight Loss
Free anything
…thousands more.

Valuable Information:
Making money
Work at home opportunities
Jobs and work
Schools and training for new careers
Career guides
Recession news
Saving money
Budgeting
How-to get cheap anything
Decreasing utility bills
Saving on car insurance
Health Care issues
Free anything
…and lots more.

Some of those make money, work at home niches and money blog sites are pretty competitive, but there are still long tail keywords that are viable and you can build a great website and make money. As always, make sure to research keywords for any subject matter you want to get into.

One of the most solid money making venues is still Google Adsense, and in hard financial times, Adsense is on top of the list, because you don’t need to make a sale, you get paid for the click, so information sites sprinkled with Adsense is a sure winner anytime and especially now!

Another solid money making opportunity is flipping websites, still one of the best ways to make money online with a wide open marketplace, here is the best how-to guide for doing this from Jason Pereira, a very successful blogger and website flipper at Flip Noobs.

Problogger wrote a good post about 13 Tips to Recession Proof Your Blog definitely worth a read.

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Link Building – 7 More Do-Follow Social Sites

Posted by JR in Essential Marketing Lists, Link Building, Search Engine Optimization, Social/Web 2.0 Marketing, Website Promotion

Hello everyone, hope all is well, sorry for no posts in a few days, have not been feeling well, I think it’s the sudden cold up here in the California mountains where I live. Will have our first snow on Monday, should be snowed in for about three days …gotta love it.

Here are 7 more Do-Follow social sites for you link building efforts, and a couple of no-follows worth checking out. I have added these to the master list of 65+ Social Bookmark Sites.

Qassia – Do-Follow. PR5. This one is really great, 100% do-follow. At Qassia you have to add articles or snippets of content, they call “Intel” on any topic and at the end of each of those you get a do-follow backlink to the site of your choice. You can add your pre-published articles or original stuff and earn Qassia dollars. The content can even be a couple of paragraphs, nothing fancy is required.

Also, you can “Screen Intel” on member’s articles with a simple rating system and earn Qassia dollars that are used to make your content rank higher and get more link juice.

In the end you can distribute your Qassia dollars between all your sites depending on those websites or blogs you may want more link juice.

Megite – Do-Follow and easy submission.

Spotback – Do-Follow. PR5 – Spotback has cool widgets to add to your blogs and websites for rating your content, simple little star boxes (see mine at the end of the post). Readers do not have to leave your blog, once they rate it, it automatically goes to Spotback, COOL!! Also mouse over it and checkout how you can add tags without leaving the blog. Spotback has several options for widgets, as well as a WordPress plug-in.

Launch Feed – Do-Follow. PR4, no anchor text, just URL. This one only allows you to submit your site once, so you can pick home page or a subpage.

Go Zoof - Do-Follow - PR4 – This is one is good and is 100% do-follow.

Really Awesome People – Do Follow. PR2 @ $5 per link with your own custom personal page. This is Jim Kukral’s creation, not sure if it’s worth $5 but check it out and decide for yourselves.

No Follow Social Sites Worth Considering

Blogengage – No-Follow - PR3 – Blogengage is new but has some good traffic. Brian, the webmaster has also just added Adsense revenue sharing program, I think it’s 50/50. This one is easy submit with the browser bookmark button.

Wobblog – No Follow, but lots of traffic there, can give good exposure for your websites and blogs.

Kaboodle – No Follow. PR6. Shopping site links, lots of members, especially female, good traffic!

Earners Club – No Follow – IM/AM content only, still PR0 it’s fairly new but has some good traffic, brought me a few visitors to this blog.

2 Considerations for No-Follow Social Sites

1. Traffic – Some of them can bring lots of traffic like Stumble and Reddit and others are just a waste of time. This is something you have to determine on your own by testing, because some niches do really well on social sites and some just don’t!

2. Yahoo and MSN ignore the no-follow tag and so they are still worthwhile for backlinks with those search engines.

As a rule, I always submit to do-follow social sites for the links, but the no-follow sites I usually submit to on a case-by-case basis after some testing.

Happy Link Building!

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Increase Web Site Traffic – 8 Tips to Using Forums Effectively

Posted by JR in Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! I hope everyone had a great day and I am sure we all have somethings/someones to be thankful for!!

Here is a sign that I need a vacation, and probably a lobotomy, I was tired and I cooked today (maybe an excuse) but tonight at my dinner, there were times as I was talking that I found myself thinking about wether I was using keywords enough in my sentences, LOSER !! Anyway, on to better things…

As a follow up to my post 144 Do-Follow Forums, I wanted to offer some guidelines and tips to using forums effectively, to increase web site traffic, blog traffic and of course get the backlinks!

1. Read the TOS/Forum Rules and/or Posting Guidelines – Make sure to get to know the rules before you post because you don’t want to get banned! Many forums have different and specific rules. Usually you can find these rules in the forum index itself, as one of the first threads.

2. DO NOT SPAM - This is very important, do not write posts about your products and blatant advertising, not only will this get you banned, it’s also the fastest way to turn off the other members and NOT to increase web site traffic. People go to forums to look for information and answers to their questions, not to read ads.

3. Use Good Anchor Text for Signature Links –

Forums are great for website promotion and do-follow backlinks from your signature links. Make sure they are SEO friendly anchors that contain your keywords

BUT

Also make them provocative to get the click! For example, the anchor “Dog Food” may have your keywords, but the anchor “Top 10 Dog Foods” is much more click friendly.

4. Be an authority – Besides the benefit of do-follow backlinks, forums can be one of the greatest and quickest ways to increase web site traffic and this is traffic that is very targeted, as long as you’re in a forum relevant to your niche. You want the forum members to click on your signature links and the best way to make that happen is to respond to posts like an authority in your niche.

Be detailed, don’t just give one word answers, try to offer more valuable and comprehensive replies.
If there is a “newbie” section post there, newbies can be your greatest source of traffic.
Know what you’re talking about.
Check your typos and missing words. I for one hate a post filled with errors and broken English and I won’t bother to read it.

5. Many forums offer “Article threads” or “Guide Threads” or some such thing. This is where you can post your own informative guides, how-to’s, content etc. Make sure to use an intriguing title for these posts to get people’s attention. These posts are a great way to show off your knowledge and authority and deliver a click to your sig links, which of course means an increase in web site traffic for you!

6. Watch your reputation. Many forums use a “reputation” system that lets other members tag you with points when you deliver great posts, this is a good way to build authority.

7. Participate in the “Introduce Yourself” section. Many forums have a thread to introduce new members. Be active there, introduce yourself in detail and welcome others.

8. Check for new posts and participate often. The more you participate the more exposure you get to increase web site traffic AND the more backlinks you generate, since each page you post to counts as a backlink!

What works for you in forums? What tips can you offer for the best forum practices? Anyone have any no-no’s to share?

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144 Do-Follow Forums – Categorized by Niche and PR

Posted by JR in Blog Promotion, Essential Marketing Lists, Link Building, Search Engine Optimization, Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

Participating in forums relevant to your niche is one of the best ways to get relevant and targeted traffic to your sites and blogs.

Internet forums are so widely used and have thousands of members that ask questions and engage in discussions and that large audience can turn into targeted traffic that can lead to lots of sales and subscribers. If you have not utilized the power of forums in your Internet Marketing endeavors that you are really missing out.

Plus the fact that any good Internet marketing strategy involves a diverse backlink portfolio, so getting links from different IP’s and domains that are related to your site is the best way to higher SERP ranks, and forum sig links are decent places to get some links.

Posting in do-follow forums can give you a nice backlink for link building and search engine optimization. The do-follow forum link comes from a link you set in the signature option of your profile, referred to as a sig link. This sig link appears at the bottom of your forum posts. So, every time you post that’s a backlink! Remember to use a good anchor text for SEO but also make sure it is eye catching for the forum audience to get the click!

Make sure to read the TOS and Posting Rules to make sure that you will not get banned. Also check out all the topics available in the forum many of them have a section for website promotion, guides, articles and how-to’s where you can refer to your sites within the post itself.

Make sure to sound like an expert (no typos ) this can bring lots of traffic!

Getting targeted traffic from forum sites is one way to make money online right away, while waiting for SEO to take affect and SERP ranks for the organic traffic. Since most of the forum traffic is highly targeted they are much more likely to buy.

Do-Follow Forums with PR by Niche

Webmaster/SEO/Internet Marketing Do-Follow Forums

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/ – PR7
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/ – PR7 – Post requirement prior to sig link
http://forums.seochat.com/ – PR6
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/ - PR6
http://www.zymic.com/forum/ – PR6
http://www.googlecommunity.com/forum/ – PR5
http://www.smallbusinessforums.org/ – PR5
http://forums.site-reference.com/ – PR4
http://www.websitebabble.com/ – PR4
http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/ – PR4
http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.dreamteammoney.com/ – PR4
http://www.wickedfire.com/ – PR4
http://www.v7n.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.webdigity.com/ – PR4
http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.ewealth.com/ – PR4
http://forums.seo.com/ – PR4
http://www.webmasterforums.com/ – PR3
http://siteownersforums.com/ – PR3
http://www.internetmarketingforums.net/ – PR3
http://www.webmasterdesk.org/ – PR3
http://www.internetmarketingforums.net/ – PR3
http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ – PR3
http://www.im4newbies.com/forum/ – PR3
http://www.webmasterize.com/ – PR3
http://www.webworkshop.net/seoforum/index.php – PR3
http://w3seo.org/ – PR3
http://forums.seochat.com/ – PR3 – Member for 30 days before sig link
http://www.affiliateseeking.com/forums/ – PR3
http://www.webmaster-forum.net/ – PR3
http://www.webmasterforumsonline.com/ – PR3
http://allcoolforum.com/ – PR2
http://www.seorefugee.com/forums/ – PR2
http://9mb.com/ – PR2
http://www.searchbliss.com/forum/ – PR2
http://www.decentdiscussions.com/ – PR1
http://www.inboundlinksforum.com/ – PR1
http://www.directoryjunction.com/forums/ – PR0
http://www.webmastershelp.com/ – PR0
http://www.frogengine.com/forum/ – PR0
http://www.capitaltheory.com/ – PR0
http://www.gptboycott.com/forum/ – PR0
http://www.thegreennation.com/forums/ – PR0
DNForum.com – All about domains – PR4

International Webmaster/SEO Do-Follow Forums

Australia – http://www.australianwebmaster.com/ – PR3
IRISH – http://www.irishwebmasterforum.com/ - PR3
UK – http://www.davidcastle.org/BB/ - PR2
Phillipines – http://forums.seo.ph/ – PR0

Blogging Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.feedburner.com/ – PR7 – All Feeds Topics
http://forum.newsgator.com/ – PR6
http://www.feedforall.com/forum/ – PR5 – “Favorite RSS Feeds” thread to promote your blogs
http://www.bloggerforum.com/ – PR5
http://www.bloggertalk.com/ – PR5
http://www.bloggeries.com/forum/ - PR4 – Has a Show of Your Blog Thread!
http://www.blogtrafficschool.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.wtricks.com/ – PR0
http://www.blogodirectory.com/forum/index.php
http://www.rss-forum.de/ - PR7 – German Based Forum

Web Design/Development/Code/Photoshop Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.mysql.com/ – PR7
http://www.zymic.com/forum/ – PR6
http://developers.evrsoft.com/forum/ – PR6
http://www.htmlforums.com/ – PR5
http://www.geekpoint.net/ – PR5
http://www.talkfreelance.com/ – PR4
http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.talk-mania.com/ – PR3
http://www.webmastershelp.com/ – PR0
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/?ogn=EN_US-gntray_comm_forums – PR9 – Adobe and Flash topics

Electronics/Gadgets/Computers/Digital Hardware/Software/iPhone/Tech/IT Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.cnet.com/ – PR7
http://forums.amd.com/ – PR7
http://forums.microsoft.com/ – PR6 – choose Country and Forum Topic
http://forums.afterdawn.com/ – PR5 – Digital Media/DVD, Digital Cameras etc…No-Follow but allow sig link and very high traffic
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/ – PR5
http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-us/Forums/ – PR5
http://forums.windowsforum.org/ – PR4
http://forums.xandros.com/ – PR4
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/categoryHome.jspa?categoryID=84 – Various PR
http://www.cultofiphone.org/forums/ – PR0
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/ – Various PR

Humor

http://www.funnyforum.org/ – PR0

Laptop/Notebooks Do-Follow Forums

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ – PR5
http://www.techsupportforum.com/ – PR5 – I think it’s no-follow but has mass traffic
http://www.notebookforums.com/ – PR4 – Not sure if do-follow but allows sig link and has mass traffic and bonuses for posting

Wedding/Bridal Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.onewed.com/ - PR4 – Sig link allowed after probation period and it’s no-follow, but big traffic.
http://www.bunchobrides.com/ – PR2 – Not sure if do-follow, but lots of traffic

Tatoo/Body Art/Piercing

http://forum.tattootattoo.info/ – PR2

Work at Home Moms/WHAM Do-Follow Forums

http://www.wahm.com/forum/ – PR4

Science Do-Follow Forums

http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html – PR7

Forum Software Do-Follow Forums

http://bbpress.org/forums/ - PR7

Owners and Admin of Online Communities Do-Follow Forums

http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/ – PR5

Math Do-Follow Forum

http://mathforum.org/ – PR8

Comics Do-Follow Forum

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/ – PR5

Photo Related Do-Follow Forums

http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/ – PR8
http://forums.photobucket.com/ – PR7
http://opensourcephoto.net/forum/ – PR3
http://forum.hot4s.com.au/ – PR3 (Australia)

Home and Garden Do-Follow Forums

http://www.gardenstew.com/ – PR5 – Blog link below each post and parses latest posts
http://www.blossomswap.com/garden-forums/ – PR4 – Parses latest posts near your username in forum posts
http://www.gardenweb.com/ – PR4 – Lots of Traffic!
http://www.homegardenguides.com/garden-forum/ - PR2

Education/Schools Do-Follow Forums

http://chronicle.com/forums/ – PR8

MIDI/Music Mixing/Musicians/Entertainment Do-Follow Forums

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/ – PR5
http://www.votefortheworst.com/forum/ – PR4 – American Idol Vote
http://www.ableton.com/forum/ – PR3
http://forum.hot4s.com.au/ – PR3 – Australia based

My Space Forum

http://forums.myspace.com/s/4.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewsubforum = PR6

Credit Cards/Banking/Money/Investment/Finance Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.wsj.com/ - PR6
http://paymentprocessing.cc/ – PR6
http://thehyipforum.com/ – PR4
http://www.diggsamachar.com/adrforum/ – PR2

Cellular/Mobile/SMS Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.cnet.com/ – PR7
http://cellphoneforums.net/ – PR5 – No-follow but lots of traffic
http://www.cellphonehacks.com/ – PR3

Dogs/Pets Do-Follow Forums

http://www.i-love-dogs.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.globalpaw.com/forum/ – PR4 – No follow but great traffic
http://www.chazhound.com/forums/ – PR4

Health/Vitamins/Weight Loss Do-Follow Forums

http://www.publichealthforums.com/ – PR3

Travel Do-Follow Forums

http://www.travelforum.org/ – PR4
http://forums.travel.com/ – PR4
http://forums.touristclick.com/ – PR3

Movies/Video Do-Follow Forums

http://forums.metacafe.com/ – PR6
http://www.movie-list.com/forum/ – PR5

Sports Do-Follow Forums

http://addictsports.com/baseball/ – PR4
http://www.baseballtalkpro.com/forum/ – PR2

Pagan/Witchcraft/Herbology Do-Follow Forums

http://www.paganforum.com/ – PR3

Cooking/Chefs/Food Do-Follow Forums

http://www.cheftalk.com/forums/ – PR4
http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/ – PR3
http://www.cookingjunkies.com/- PR3
http://www.cookingforums.net/ – PR2

Hosting/Web Sales/Domains/Design Do-Follow Forums

http://www.freehostforum.com/ - PR3

Real Estate Do-Follow Forums

http://www.realestateforum.com/ – PR3

Satellite TV/Dish Do-Follow Forums

http://dishnews.medianetwork.co.in/yabb2/YaBB.pl – PR2

Joomla Do-Follow Forum

http://forum.joomla.org/ – PR8

Horses Do-Follow Forums

For my friend Glenda
http://forums.delphiforums.com/dreamhorse

Various Topics

http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=index&webtag=delphicomz

If you guys know of any do-follow forums I missed please leave links in comments or contact me and I will add it to the list.

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Search Engine Optimization – Are you Dominating the SERPS?

Posted by JR in Article Marketing, Internet Marketing, Keywords and Niches, Search Engine Optimization, Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

How cool would it be to have your websites ALL OVER THE SERPS? (search engine rank positions also known as search engine result pages).

Thanks to article marketing this is fairly easy to achieve. Article marketing brings direct traffic and provides quality one-way backlinks, for search engine optimization and lots of them, if like me, you are using Article Marketer for article submission.

BUT, did you know that article marketing provides the unique opportunity for a large amount of exposure to your websites by dominating the SERPS?!?!?

Doing comprehensive keyword research is crucial for the success of websites, not only for search engine optimization, but also to hone in on popular niches and what people are searching for. Website keywords play a crucial role in gaging demand and facilitating success in the Internet marketing world.

While, many of us spend a lot of time on keyword research for our websites, we do not always do the same for the articles we write, or we just use the same keywords for articles as for our websites. This is a big mistake!

First, if you are using the same keywords then you are basically competing against yourself. Second and most important, you are limiting your website exposure within search engine page results (SERPS), which should always be the goal of any search engine optimization campaign.

Article marketing provides the unique opportunity to be all over the SERPS by using different keywords for each article, and thereby giving searchers access to your sites from within the articles.

Website Keywords vs. Article Keywords

Website Keywords

For example, if my website’s MAIN KEYWORDS are: buy digital camcorders, cheap camcorders, used camcorders and I have correctly optimized my site for these keywords then my website will rank in the SERPS for these searches.

Article Keywords

Then, for all my articles, I will research additional keywords and find: how-to buy a camcorder, camcorder review, top digital camcorders, camcorder buying guide, etc… And I will use these to write articles.

Following this technique will give your website massive exposure and allow you to DOMINATE THE SERPS! The more articles with different keywords you write the more exposure to your website!

The Advantage of Using High Competition Keywords with Articles

I advise in, Step-by-Step Niche and Keyword Research, that you look for lower competition keywords, as this will help your websites to rank higher and faster. But, because many quality article sites, such as Ezine Articles, rank very high in search results, you can safely go to for the more popular/highly competitive keywords, like 1,000,000 plus competition, for your articles, because you will piggyback on the article sites ranking ability.

Keyword Optimizing Your Articles For Better Ranking

The same as with your websites, it is crucial to help the search engines to relate your articles with the keywords you want to rank for, remember, it is not humans who crawl the web, but algorithms.

1. Make your article title interesting, engaging and clickable but be sure to have the keywords in it.

2. 3-5% keyword density throughout the article body.

3. Use the keyword at least once in the first paragraph and the last paragraph.

4. If possible, bold the keyword, maybe once or twice (at most) within the article body.

Following such simple search engine optimization techniques will lead to great Internet marketing success for a long time to come and eternal SERP domination!!

What do you guys think? Are you writing articles? Are your articles all over the SERPS?

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A Great Venue to Increase Website Traffic

Posted by JR in Internet Marketing, Web Site Traffic, Website Promotion

A great Internet Marketing Strategy and a way to increase website traffic is USFree Ads. I started using USFree Ads, online classifieds, about two months ago and have been impressed with the results in the amount of increased traffic to my websites. I have received a total of over 3,000 visitors for all my ads combined.

There are 3 main benefits to using US Free Ads:

1. Increase in targeted and relevant website traffic, from the many USFree members who are there to look for specific products/services and often looking to buy, which is great for conversions.

2. Website Promotion. USFree is a great way to website promotion and exposure to your sites.

3. Google loves USFree and the ads rank high in SERPS (search engine page results) for respective keywords, so you have more exposure and traffic to your sites through search results.

USFree provides a great editor that includes, H1, H2, H3 header options, ability to insert images, fonts, colors, bullets and more:

Steps to Building Great Ads to Increase Website Traffic:

As always, do some keyword research and find the best keywords for your ads, use different keywords than those you are using for your sites because this way you will be all over the SERPS.

I will use the example Cheap Laptop Computers as my keyword

1. Use keywords in the title of the add

2. Use H1 and H2 (SEO tags) title tags for keywords within the add, and make sure to use keywords a few times within the content of the add, with some of them in bold.

3. Describe your products/services in detail and with content that will make people want to visit your site. Get creative, use images, bulleted lists, make what you are offering irresistable. Between each section of content add your website link with H2 header anchor text to your site.

4. Add your keyword at the bottom in bold (helps to rank in SERPS). You can say something like, please click the link and browse cheap laptop computers.

You can see the ad live here: Example of US Free AD

More Reasons to use USFree Ads:

1. For $9.99 a month you get unlimited ads, that is pretty cheap for the amount of exposure, traffic and potential sales you can get. (I believe they also have a free version but with limited ads)

2. You can have as many ads as you want for each specific category with different titles. This means you can use unlimited amounts of keywords for the same sites in different ads and be all over the SERPS.

For example, for my site I may have the keywords, Cheap Laptop Computers, Used Laptops, Apple Laptops, Dell Laptops, Buy Cheap Laptops, Laptop Sales, Laptop Auction…etc. AND I can make an add for each of these keywords and get much more exposure from USFree member traffic looking for specific things AND from be all over the SERPS for the different keywords. This is the way to Increase website traffic!

Learn more and get a USFree Ads account at: USFree Ads

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