Beware of Blog Blasting tools
I receive a bunch of junk e-mail every day. In fact something like 100 or so pieces of it. I often skim through it looking for information and new scams, wondering how the daily professional qualifies junk mail and if they will fall prey to it not realizing what painful problems they are asking for.
One SPAM piece that focuses on our area of expertise is blog submitting software. Beware for things that promise too much and sound too good to be true. ~ You know they are too good.
Here are some direct quotes from a piece of SPAM that I received today:
“Brandnew software revolutionizes the power of online advertising -never seen before!- BRAND NEW FOR MARCH 2007!”
and it further claims that it only has benefits… and not huge cons:
“I have developed a software that automatically places your ad on millions of blogs. You will receive thousands of targeted hits to your website as Blog Blaster places your ad on blogs that match your ad’s category. This method has never been released to the public before. Very few, if anyone has implemented this.”
So for $50 you can SPAM your site to thousands of industry related blogs? Ouch.
Go ahead and see how quickly your site gets black-listed by the search engines and the blog directories. Find out how personal bloggers take being abused. If the automatic script protecting their sites doesn’t block you, they will be more than happy to click the “spam” button live and in-person.
I hate it when unethical marketers and technical geeks take advantage of the uneducated majority.
- There isn’t any benefit in having thousands of links from spam blogs across the world.
- There is no benefit from spamming thousands of industry peers.
- There is no return on your money. Once you click “order now”, your money is GONE.
The disadvantages are numerous:
- Get black-listed by all the search engines. You’ll love what that does for your search marketing efforts.
- Annoy every industry peer who has a blog… with one fell swoop.
- Get your site listed as a SPAM commentor… so that even your valid comments are blocked.
- Waste some of your money that could be spent elsewhere.
There isn’t any “new technology” that creates quality links. There isn’t any “magic bullet” for maximizing your marketing dollars.
Realize that effective online marketing takes effort and focused goals.
Ineedhits and Looksmart spam: do not be fooled Google local is free, and the changes are old!
Do not be fooled by the spam you get in your email box! Google local is free: all that is required is to have a Google free account and to verify your identity by snail-mail. Do not be fooled by Looksmart, Indeedhits.com, or anyone else who offers this to you for $24.95 or any other price!
Automated submission the old way does not work; a human being must be involved to do link building.
Stay tuned here for the truth, always!
Top Social Media Marketing Resources – the sites you should not overlook:
At Social Media Systems we’ve been discussing how to build out a healthy blogroll, both to aid our visitors, provide valuable content, and to enhance our social media marketing campaigns. We decided to put a post up for each of our blog authors allowing them to share the resources they use the most with the rest of the world and then put these lists in the traditional blog roll area. Each list will be complete with descriptions of why the author finds each resource worthy of attention. Here is my list of top social media marketing resources:
Top Social Media Marketing Resources: (I will update and grow this page constantly)
Activerain – social networking profiles and blog for Realtors and vendors 
Most people do not notice that you do not need to be a Realtor to join, you can be a vendor like me, and the profiles and blogs are not bad for Search Engine Placement link-building campaigns.
Alexa – Traffic and Website Statistics and Archived Information and Reviews
An Amazon.com company, we use it to get quick information about any website according to everyone who has the Alexa toolbar – which collects a wealth of information and statistics. They also archive old websites, and provide links to reviews on amazon.com.
Associated Content – Associated Content is a buyer and seller, syndicator of user-generated, user-filtered content
One of the most successful and well traveled sites on the web, this site is a must for branding and link building: your clout and pagerank build as an author – you can even get paid for content, although that is not what I use it for. (more…)
Google Adwords Qualified Company- Fraud or not?
I have put a lot of thought into the way Google markets itself as a company. One of the biggest “thought crisis” I have had for a while revolves around the Google “Good Boy club”, er… I mean the Google Adwords Qualified Company Program.
Peninsulahomeresource.com testimonial: leads already!
Hi Israel,
Just wanted you to know what GREAT results I am already seeing with the new web help. I know that we are not totally operational yet but I have already received 2 great leads. I am soooo excited to be working with Social Media Systems that I can hardly express my feelings.
I have had a website that was doing exactly nothing for me and now, even unfinished I am seeing great results!!
Thanks again.
Roni
Peninsula Real Estate Ph: 360-275-5804 931 E. Trails End Drive Belfair , WA 98528
