You’ve created a web site or blog. You’ve sweated and worked hard to make it just “perfect”. But your expected goals are not being met. Why?
More than likely, you aren’t able to look at your site objectively. You’re so wrapped up in it that all you see is this:

But everyone else [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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I recently ran a series of posts in which we established that you are an authority (or expert) in something, and that you can share your expert knowledge with others. We then discussed ways in which you could be recognized as an authority by others, including Influencers. One point we didn’t discuss in [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Several months ago, over on my SEO Scoop blog, I wrote about a cool site, Ideablob, that gives away $10,000 every month to someone who has an idea that others like. Ideablob is like a social network for people with ideas. And like any good social network, people vote on those ideas. [...]

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Over the last few days, the topic of the week has been all about being an authority. No, not the kind that enforces laws, but the kind that is an expert. I’ve shown you that you are an authority in something and you should recognize that. I’ve talked about how to make [...]

Posted on May 10th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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You know by now that you are an authority and you know that you need others to recognize your authority. Now we need to give just a little nudge to the influencers (those people who hold a lot of influence over the masses in your field), so that they will not only recognize your [...]

Posted on May 9th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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We’ve already established that you are, indeed, an authority in something. and by being an authority in that field (whatever that something is), you can help others seeking knowledge or products for that field. However, the fact that I know you are an authority, and you know you are an authority, isn’t quite [...]

Posted on May 8th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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There are many definitions for the word “authority”, but the definition we’re going to discuss in this post is this one from dictionary.com.
an expert on a subject: He is an authority on baseball.
Every person is an authority on any number of things. I truly believe that. You may say, “No, I’m not [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
Filed under: Branding | 4 Comments »