Comments on: 3 steps to marketing your travel business http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/ Authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Internet Business Blog Carnival - Edition 13 (SPOOKY) | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-146843 Internet Business Blog Carnival - Edition 13 (SPOOKY) | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org Tue, 13 May 2008 05:38:33 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-146843 [...] Bryan presents 3 steps to marketing your travel business posted at Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “Some basic steps for marketing your business which [...] [...] Bryan presents 3 steps to marketing your travel business posted at Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “Some basic steps for marketing your business which [...]

]]> By: Dennis Czigler http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-143149 Dennis Czigler Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:55 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-143149 Hey Darren, how can you find out if the blog applications has a “no-follow” tag embedded before you post your comment? I have difficulties with building links from my comments on blogger.com. I do not get "clickable" links. What is your opinion? Our webiste has nice content on our website but our ranking is going down. Dennis Czigler www.spaintours.biz Hey Darren, how can you find out if the blog applications has a “no-follow” tag embedded before you post your comment?

I have difficulties with building links from my comments on blogger.com. I do not get “clickable” links. What is your opinion?

Our webiste has nice content on our website but our ranking is going down.

Dennis Czigler
http://www.spaintours.biz

]]> By: Internet Business - Blog Carnival - Edition 12 | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-142111 Internet Business - Blog Carnival - Edition 12 | Internet Business Opportunities | oibo dot org Mon, 05 May 2008 04:21:59 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-142111 [...] Bryan presents 3 steps to marketing your travel business posted at Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “Some basic steps for marketing your business which [...] [...] Bryan presents 3 steps to marketing your travel business posted at Europe A La Carte Blog, saying, “Some basic steps for marketing your business which [...]

]]> By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-141903 karen Sun, 04 May 2008 20:43:06 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-141903 There is lots of information about marketing your blog available on the web. It sometimes a s matter of not having time and/or knowledge to implement the knowledge. Yes Darren I've noticed that Saturday is the day with the lowest traffic but Sunday's not far behind. There is lots of information about marketing your blog available on the web. It sometimes a s matter of not having time and/or knowledge to implement the knowledge.

Yes Darren I’ve noticed that Saturday is the day with the lowest traffic but Sunday’s not far behind.

]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-141578 Darren Cronian Sun, 04 May 2008 10:09:13 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-141578 I was typing the secrets bit tongue in cheek, because alot of the techniques I use to promote and write my blog posts are easily found online on sites like Darren Prowse and Problogger.net I have looked at trends on my blog, i.e. if I write more than 1 post a day, the comments drastically reduce, if I stick to one post a day, the enquiries trickle in nicely. Saturday is the worst day of the week for traffic, so I am looking at how I can improve that. A post last week was Stumbled and brought over 400 visitors yesterday, so that was nice. The aim is to see which works best for your blog. I'm rambling on here :) I was typing the secrets bit tongue in cheek, because alot of the techniques I use to promote and write my blog posts are easily found online on sites like Darren Prowse and Problogger.net

I have looked at trends on my blog, i.e. if I write more than 1 post a day, the comments drastically reduce, if I stick to one post a day, the enquiries trickle in nicely.

Saturday is the worst day of the week for traffic, so I am looking at how I can improve that. A post last week was Stumbled and brought over 400 visitors yesterday, so that was nice.

The aim is to see which works best for your blog.

I’m rambling on here :)

]]> By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-140906 karen Sat, 03 May 2008 10:10:36 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-140906 No Darren we can't expect you to give away all your secrets but as top UK travel blogger you must be doing something right! No Darren we can’t expect you to give away all your secrets but as top UK travel blogger you must be doing something right!

]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-140664 Darren Cronian Fri, 02 May 2008 21:51:28 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-140664 Exactly Karen. I don't want to give my secrets away - not in public anyway ;) but write interesting useful content and people will link to it. They are other skills to get the blog posts ranking well, but people spend too much time on watching their Google Page Rank and building links. That's my opinion anyway! :) Exactly Karen.

I don’t want to give my secrets away - not in public anyway ;) but write interesting useful content and people will link to it. They are other skills to get the blog posts ranking well, but people spend too much time on watching their Google Page Rank and building links.

That’s my opinion anyway! :)

]]> By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-140655 karen Fri, 02 May 2008 21:15:14 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-140655 Thanks for the information Darren. So you are intent on writing content that people want to read and ignoring link building and you get good traffic? Thanks for the information Darren. So you are intent on writing content that people want to read and ignoring link building and you get good traffic?

]]> By: Darren Cronian http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-140629 Darren Cronian Fri, 02 May 2008 20:11:03 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-140629 Dennis is sort of right but a little off the track :) Links are important to get your blog or website listed on the 1st page but don't waste your time submitting press releases and articles as these links will be low quality in my opinion. I spend zero time on link building and just write content that people want to read - this content gets linked to from other blogs and websites and in return traffic flows in nicely from Google and other search engines. Leaving links in comments is a no-no in my opinion. Most blog applications have the "no-follow" tag embedded which means your link will not be followed by the search engines anyway, so despite the myth that blog comments are a great way to improve your rankings, your' simply wasting your time. Dennis is sort of right but a little off the track :)

Links are important to get your blog or website listed on the 1st page but don’t waste your time submitting press releases and articles as these links will be low quality in my opinion.

I spend zero time on link building and just write content that people want to read - this content gets linked to from other blogs and websites and in return traffic flows in nicely from Google and other search engines.

Leaving links in comments is a no-no in my opinion. Most blog applications have the “no-follow” tag embedded which means your link will not be followed by the search engines anyway, so despite the myth that blog comments are a great way to improve your rankings, your’ simply wasting your time.

]]> By: karen http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/04/25/3-steps-to-marketing-your-travel-business/#comment-140557 karen Fri, 02 May 2008 16:54:22 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/?p=1305#comment-140557 Thanks for your comment Dennis. Now I'm not great on SEO etc but I'm not sure that links left in a blog post help with SEO but readers may click on the link and visit your site. Whereas if you write articles with your links published on other sites this does help increase your ranking. I've found that submitting articles to a service such as Ezine Articles useful. Thanks for your comment Dennis. Now I’m not great on SEO etc but I’m not sure that links left in a blog post help with SEO but readers may click on the link and visit your site. Whereas if you write articles with your links published on other sites this does help increase your ranking.

I’ve found that submitting articles to a service such as Ezine Articles useful.

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