Posts Tagged ‘Alexa’

HubSpot’s 10 Best Conversations of the Year

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

On this last day of the year, I thought I’d take a look at BlogGrader to find the posts that have generated the most discussion on the HubSpot Blog this year.

The list, posted below, surprised me.

I thought it would be all posts about social media and Twitter. It’s not. It’s actually a good balance of conversations about SEO, blogging and social media.

Still, there is one thread that runs through all of these articles: They’re all about getting found by customers, not finding and interrupting customers.

That’s a big deal. People aren’t talking about finding customers with cold calling and direct mail. They’re talking about creating content, optimizing it and sharing it so that customers find them.

They’re talking about inbound marketing.

Keep that in mind for 2009.

 

Article  Number of Comments 
Social Media Marketing Webinar Highlights 92
Did You Graduate From Link Building High School Yet? 73
You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing 65 
Why Leaving Blog Comments Is Not A Link Building Strategy 61
So You Call Yourself an SEO Guru? Figure This One Out. 54
Top 10 Ways NOT to Spend $12 Million on Marketing 52
State of the Twittersphere - Q4 2008 Report 49
Alexa Rankings Change Dramatically: Initial Analysis From 10,000+ Websites 48
Inbound Marketing & the Next Phase of Marketing on the Web 41
Plan Your Internet Marketing Strategy Before Launching Your Website 41 

 

What’s your blog’s best conversation of 2008? Share it in the comments below, and we’ll update this with our favorites later in the day.

UPDATE:

Eric Guerin shared this: How Twitter Can Save the World 

And Jeri Cartwright shared this: Layoffs Can Lead To “Scorched Ego.” Ten Steps To Heal And Thrive While Unemployed 

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Download the free webinar to learn how to create a thriving inbound marketing blog.

 

 

Competitive Site Analysis

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

There is a new site called ReviewMyWeb that provides a free service that analyzes your sites against a couple competitors on Google, Yahoo, blogs, and other key areas.

ReviewMyWeb is similar to the comparison tools at Alexa or compete, but ReviewMyWeb takes it further by also including data on SEO, social media, etc.

I ran a sample report of two New Jersey wine stores: Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library and a store from some other guy named Gary that is also advertising his site on billboards in the Garden State.

Check it out at http://www.reviewmyweb.com/.