Social Media Marketing

Free DIY SEO Guide – Download Now!

The Blueclaw blog has been unusually quiet these last few weeks, but this was because we have been working on your very own do it yourself SEO Guide, available for free download right here on the Blueclaw website!

If you’re just starting out with your first website and want to effectively target search engines for a certain keyword or search query for users to find your business, this is for you.

In a handy and digestable document, this easy to follow and practical SEO guide will walk you through the very basics in keyword research, on-site optimisation, basic link building activities and some social media activities that you can work on.  (in less than 30 pages!)

10 Image Bookmarking Sites As Part of Linkbuilding

we heart itA Brief History of Social Bookmarking

Hi! Its me again! I’m back with more social media goodness to share. This time round, I’m touching on the brief history of social bookmarking and the advent of the image bookmarking phenomenon, PLUS a list of 10 image bookmarking sites (and 2 more!) and the seo benefits of image bookmarking. Bargain!

UPDATE 17th May: Rand fishkin at SMX London has just confirmed that image ALT tags weigh more than H1 tags.

Google Think eCommerce conference, 28th April 2010

Yesterday I went to Google’s Think eCommerce event at London’s Royal Opera House. An array of speakers from brands such as Lastminute, Dell and John Lewis as well as Google’s own team of product managers spoke about trends and insights in the field of ecommerce, how best to take advantage of them and what current developments tell us about the future. Here are some of the items that were discussed:

Grab a discounted ticket to SMX London 2010

SMX Advanced London will take place in Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden from 15-17 May 2010. Here is your chance to network with the industry experts and exchange ideas with experienced internet marketers.

The brainchild of Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land, this year’s SMX Advanced will be hosted by Chris Sherman, author of Google Power: Unleash the Full Power of Google.

Register at a super early bird price of £690 before February 28th for full 2 day access, using BLUECLAW010 at checkout for an automatic 15% discount.

5 sites to help you waste more time on Twitter

A recent report by Nielson states that people are spending up to 82% more time on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter compared to last year. So to tip the balance further in the “Is Twitter a big waste of time” debate, for a bit of Friday Fun, here are some sites to help you waste more time enjoy Twitter further.