My slide deck from the Blog Indiana 2010 presentation in Indianapolis, IN.

1. 11
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7 Secrets to
Promoting
Your Blog
Erik Deckers

3. Readers Search

4. Let's start
with
SEARCH

5. 1. Keywords
• Title
• First 4 words
• ONLY keywords in anchor text
• Spiders don't know punctuation

6. 2. Backlinks

7. 2. Backlinks
(get it?)

8. 3.
Microsites
www.IndianapolisCarpetCleaning.com

9. 4. Photos & Videos

10. 4. Photos & Videos

11. 5. Social Sharing

13. 6. Ask for
Retweets

14. Retweets Pay Off

15. 7. Guest Blog

16. 8. Leave
comments

17. 9. Ask for
comments

18. 10. Automate

27. Backlinks

28. 11. Write Good Shit
— Jason Falls

29. Writing for Readers vs. Search

30. Any questions?
Find me
SmallerIndiana.com
Read me
ErikDeckers.com
ProBlogService.com
Tweet me
Twitter.com/edeckers
Reach me
Erik@problogservice.com For a copy of this deck
Thank you!

31. Photo Credits
Top Secret folder - Ninja Monkey - http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_ninjamonkey/
Bull - Yelnoc - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yelnoc/
Sherlock Holmes - Greg Wake - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/
Key - Robert Morgan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_morgan/
Chain - Just.Luc - http://www.flickr.com/photos/9619972@N08/
Supine Photographer - Caro Sparks - http://www.flickr.com/photos/laburbuja/
Top Gun spoof - 12Stars Media - http://www.youtube.com/
Guest parking sign - ScottieT812 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/
Clock - AlexKerhead - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkerhead/
Moleskine & Pilot Pen - Erik Deckers - http://problogservice.com/blog