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Scribe Improves Site Traffic

by JimRaffel on March 14, 2010

I have improved my writing and web-site traffic more in the last 30 days than in the previous five year of blogging. ScribeSEO is the tool that has helped me do that.

SEO Copywriting Made Simple

Let’s start with the juicy facts, search engine generated web-site traffic at both this site and ColorMetrix.com is up almost 30% since I began using the combination of powerhouse tools, ScribeSEO and Thesis Theme.

Being a serious blogger and internet marketer requires that you write for both humans and Google. My writing for human consumption has been good for a while, that’s the easy part for me. Digging into the mechanics of how to write for Google and other search engines (SEO – Search Engine Optimization) is where I never spent much time. There’s a reason for that, it takes a great deal of time and research to learn the science of writing for a search engine. It takes even more time to do that while still keeping the content pleasant for human consumption.

If Scribe did not make the posts better for you I would stop using it. The simple fact is the posts are better for my human readers too. My titles are better because I put the words with most meaning at the beginning. My posts are more focused because Scribe reminds me what it thinks the key words are. My posts contain more links to external content because they just should. Very few of my posts are 100% pure original thought and the power of the internet is that you should be able to quickly and efficiently check my sources.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, ScribeSEO is a fee based service. You don’t need Scribe. You could spend hours (probably hundreds of them) researching all the techniques to make Google and other search engines like you. The option is to spend as little as $27/month to have Scribe do that for you and invest the time saved in creating lots and lots of rich Google friendly content for your web-site or blog.

I actually have fun using Scribe. The first thing Scribe does is give you a score on a 0-100% scale. If you aren’t happy with the score you can start digging down into the details of what Scribe recommends to improve the score. For me this is the best part. Many of my older posts came in with scores in the 50-60% range. With just a few minutes work and  a little tweaking I got almost all those posts to 100%. Now, almost every post I write starts in the high 80′s but every now and then one is in the 50′s and that forces me to go back and look at the post. Almost every time it needs some work.

If scribe sounds interesting click on the banner below to find out more. It is an affiliate link so I will make a few bucks if you decide to give Scribe a try and I’d like to thank you in advance for giving Scribe a try knowing that. I will also let you know Scribe is a product of Brian Clark over at CopyBlogger.com. Brian is also part of Thesis Theme and Third Tribe Marketing. Yes, I trust him and his products enough that three of the five affiliate programs I am participate in are his.

SEO Copywriting Made Simple

If you give ScribeSEO a try, please come back and let me know what you think. If you know of another way to do what I am doing with Scribe please jump in the comments. I love learning about better ways to do things as much as the next guy.

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Third Tribe Marketing is my Drug of Choice

by JimRaffel on March 4, 2010

If you’re going to be powerless over something why not make it something positive – right? For me it’s this place:

Over the last year I have been replacing negative high risk behaviors with guaranteed negative outcomes with the exact opposite. The Third Tribe community is now one of my favorite places to run and hide when I need a mental break. Why you ask? Well let me tell you why.

In just 30 days as a member I have learned:

  • How to improve this blog in so many small ways.
  • How to Improve my ColorMetrix business site.
  • How to Improve traffic and usability of the ColorMetrix on-line store.
  • …and I’m just getting started!

More importantly I have met so many like-minded individuals. Other bloggers, other marketers, other people struggling to understand how business and marketing in the on-line world really work. I’ve been able to interact with people like Chris Brogan, Brian Clark and other heavy hitters in the world of blogging and on-line marketing.

When I am feeling overwhelmed by my day or just need a ten minute break Third Tribe Marketing is where I turn now. The forums are my favorite place in Third Tribe to spend time. I feel safe there – I will write and share things there that are a bit too raw and unedited for this blog. I learn, I contribute, I share with an awesome community of like-minded individuals.

There is a fee for Third Tribe and I know that turns some people off. That’s OK, the heavy hitters in there (and the not so heavy hitters like me) still have blogs where everything is free. I will continue to write here everyday. I will continue to participate in the comments here. This is my home base and everything I do on-line starts and ends right here. I’m not going anywhere. My Membership in Third Tribe makes JimRaffel.com a better place to be.

The fee is paid monthly so the initial “risk” is fairly modest if you are serious about your on-line marketing activities. In addition to the forums I love so much, there has been some amazing seminar content just in the first month. Topics like:

  • Building a Business Around a Blog Part 1
    (Darren Rowse with Brian Clark)
  • Building a Business Around a Blog Part 2
    (Chris Brogan with Sonia Simone)
  • Building a Business Around a Blog Part 3
    (Brian Clark with Sonia Simone)

Plus coming this month more great educational content has been announced:

  • Building a Business Around a Blog Part 4
    (Leo Baubata with Darren Rowse)
  • Email Marketing Strategies that Work
    (Brian Clark and Sonia Simone)

You don’t just get the audio of the above programs you also get transcripts and worksheets instantly upon joining:

While it could be argued I am writing this post for the affiliate revenue I may earn should some of you decide to sign up, that would be wrong. The revenue will be appreciated to support my blogging habit, but I am much more interested in adding more like minded individuals with different points of view to the community. The forums are already amazing, just imagine how much better they will be with your voice included.

Click the banner and learn a little more.

So, did you go take a look at the community? If so what did you think of Third Tribe Marketing? Also, does a post of this nature bother you? Please let me know!

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