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WordPress Themed For Busted Knuckle Films

By Dan · Comments (2)
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

bkfsiteBusted Knuckle Films is an up and coming video company based in Auburn, Alabama.  Busted Knuckle Films (BKF) needed a new website to better market their videos and apparel merchandise so they contacted the crew here at 509 Media.  We suggested using WordPress as the platform to build their website from.  We choose this direction for a couple reasons.  One of the main reasons is the ability to easily add new content to the website.  BKF does not need to contact us to add new content to their website.  Through a log in to the admin panel they have access to add new images, posts, and pages.  Basically if you can type an email you can add new content to a WordPress website.

WordPress is also a great way to improve SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on your website.  With a couple additions to a WordPress 509 Media can have the major search engines crawling your website each time you post new content to your website.  The more content you add to your site the more can be indexed by search engines like Google.  Content in the form of text is what the search engines look for.  So be sure to add keyword rich content to your website.

The BKF WordPress Theme is a work in process.  As the BKF staff provides us with more images we will add more banner ads to their website and help with areas they are uncomfortable with.  If you are in the market for a new website be sure to Contact 509 Media.  We will be happy to discuss ways we can help market your company.

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Technorati and Increasing Website Traffic

By Dan · Comments (0)
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Untitled-2 Submitting your blog to Technorati can help with page rank.  Technorati has a Google pr8 so getting a back link from here can potentially have a positive effect on your  (blog) website’s page rank.  It is free to submit your blog to Technorati.  Once approved and listed the link on Technorati will be a back link to your website.  Back links are a very important part of SEO (search engine optimization) and making sure people can find your website or blog in search engine results.

Once you submit your link you will recieve an email with a claim token for Technorati like the one below.  You need to post this on your blog to prove you are in fact an author for your domain.

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Google Page Rank and Why Your Business Should Care

By Dan · Comments (4)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Google just updated Page Rank (PR) for www.509media.com to PR3.  I am stoked about the page rank update.  I started posting info on this site right at 2 months ago and things are going well.  Site traffic is steady and quality back links are building.

The Alexa ranking for 509 Media site dropped again tonight to roughly 2.5 million.  It has been dropping weekly since launching the website.  I am happy with the way things are going.  I hope to have the Alexa rank a lot lower soon.  I will update you all with any major changes.

FYI…. for those who do not know what PR is.  Page Rank is a measuring system google uses to rank your website and how relevant it is to the content on the site.  While Google does not tell the general public how they determine Page Rank one of the key factors is Back Links to your website from related websites.  The higher the Page Rank of the site with your link the better your chances of improving Page Rank.  In other words back links are about quality more than quantity.  If you can create a back link go for.  It does not hurt to have a back link from a PR 0 site.  If you want to create a back link leave a comment on one of the posts here on 509 Media.  In the URL line make sure to put your full web address.  www.YOURSITE.com  Once you post the comment Google is instantly notified with the way I have my site set up as well as many other sites tracking the content on my site.  By tomorrow you may see the back link show up for your site.

Alexa is kind of a measure of how popular your website is compared to others around the world.  If you are serious about making your website turn dollars I would recommend learning about PR, back links, Alexa rank and other SEO goodies.

What does page rank do for you?  Page Rank increases your chances to be found when people search for your products or services.  Other ways for to make sure your website is seen my search engines to have content on the site.  Content does not mean a bunch of pretty pictures.  Content is typed words.  The words you use throughout your website need to be planned out.  These words are called keywords.  Keyword density is enough for a separate discussion.

Some websites and their current Page Ranks:

www.Facebook.com = PR 9 (Alexa rank 2)

www.MySpace.com = PR 9 (Alexa rank 12)

www.davidairey.com = PR 5 (Alexa 25,000)

www.RCcrawler.com/forum = PR 3 (Alexa 175,000)

Anyway, I thought some of you may find this helpful.  If you ever have questions feel free to fire over message.  If you need a hired gun to work on your website marketing let me know.  509 Media has proven experience brand building and gaining international exposure.

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Rockstar Personal Branding

By Dan · Comments (3)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

“Personal branding isn’t very different than product branding, except that the entity being branded is you. Just like Nike uses its brand to attach a certain personality and uniqueness to the shoes it sells, your personal brand is made up of the qualities and unique traits you relay about yourself. Your personal brand represents the way you want other people to think about you.

Personal branding hinges on perception and the stories you tell about yourself: the things you emphasize and the things you don’t. Does personal branding involve lying? It shouldn’t. More than that, it shouldn’t have to. You don’t need to be a rockstar to build an extraordinary personal brand.” — From Rockstar Personal Branding by Skellie

Some may be wondering why I am posting this on 509 Media.  509 Media is in the business to help people with branding.  Branding a product, person, or service is very important in the market place.  The more known the brand the further your footprint in your given industry will reach.  Personal Branding is much like branding a product.  If people know you and your service the comfort level in doing business with you will be higher.  In the past I worked very hard to build a company brand, but at the same time I was working to build a personal brand.  I wanted people to know if they do business with me I would take care of them.  I wanted them to know I was a knowledgeable resource in my industry.  I wanted them to know if I didn’t have the correct answer I would get it.  Person branding in some ways can be like building trust in the market place.

The Rockstar Personal Branding is a free pdf book.  If you SIGN UP on their site you can download the book for free.

Post a comment below if you found this post helpful.  Thanks for reading.

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509 Media on Car Domain

By Dan · Comments (1)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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509 Media on Car Domain

I know… Car Domain is filled with people posting vehicles that do not belong to them.  I started a page there for different reasons.  The main reason is Search Engine Optimization for 509 Media or otherwise know as SEO.  By posting on Car Domain it creates a back link.  Back links from high ranking websites are better than back links from low ranking sites.  The more back links you create the better your website will rank with the search engines.  There are many other things to consider when looking at SEO on your site.  This is just one small way to better your chances of being found on the net.

At the time I posted this Car Domain has an Alexa web rank of 4286. By creating a back link here it is a permanent back link unlike Craigslist and eBay where your link is short lived.  On Craigslist your ad is deleted after thirty days.

Just another tip for those looking to better SEO on their website and increase traffic.  If you have any questions or would like help with your website be sure to contact me.

My 509 Media page on Car Domain can be found by clicking this link:

http://www.cardomain.com/id/509media

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Squidoo A Free Way To Better SEO

By Dan · Comments (0)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
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Squidoo

Some may ask, “What is SEO and is important to me?”  If you want to increase traffic and make your website more visible SEO should be very important to you.  The purpose of this post is not to detail all of the ways to pay attention to SEO which is “Search Engine Optimization”.  There are many good articles from leading experts on the subject of SEO on the internet.  Lynda.Com and YouTube both have many good videos on the subject.

One key thing which will improve your page rank is to have back links.  Back links are other sites that have your url listed linking back to your site.  You want to have your back links coming from high ranking sites.  If all of your back links are coming from low ranking sites it does not carry much weight when compared to just a few high ranking sites.  It is better to have large high ranking sites back link to your website.  How do you get back links?  Back links are done with a little work on your part.

Higher ranking sites like FaceBook, Squidoo, Myspace, Large forums, and so on can be good places to start getting back links for free.  I am writing this article about Squidoo.  Squidoo is a website with a Alexa rank around 297 at the time of this post.  Squidoo allows you to set up a “Lens” or a page describing a subject you would like to discuss.  The page can be linked back to your website thus creating a back link.

I set up a page on Squidoo for 509 Media in hopes of improving SEO for the website.  Please visit my 509 Media Squidoo Page.  For more details on Squidoo please visit their website.  It is a free service to use.  They will actually pay you money to post on the site based on traffic you generate.  No, I am not posting this article in hopes that you will visit my Squidoo page.  I am writing to inform others on free ways to better SEO.

If you need help with Search Engine Optimization on your website please contact 509 Media for more details.  Adding your site to Squidoo is not the only thing you should do for SEO.  This is only one small idea to make your site more visible on the net. You should take all of the proper steps to improve your site’s Search Engine Optimization.

If you found this article helpful please comment below and post a link to it somewhere on the net.  See I am trying to get you to help me with back links.

Thanks for reading,

Dan DuBose

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