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I just wrote this request up at DonationCoder in the Donation Coder Forum. They offer free software and allow anyone to request what they call coding snacks – custom code written by volunteers on a donation basis.
My thanks to April Russo (Twitter) of Cranial Soup, for telling me about donation coder. She has some other great sites you may want to check out:
- SnailWare blog where she writes about newer software that will run well on older PCs and phones
- Mom’s Cookbook for great recipes
- Beautiful graphics including wallpapers, tubes, skins, tiles and games
I decided it makes sense to put the word out here too. We (serious bloggers and Social Networking users) REALLY need some tools built. I belong to a private blog club of really sharp power users who will gladly alpha and beta test them and with my persuasion I have no doubt that we would also be interested in promoting the tools developed to the public.
Although I posted this at donationcoder, these tools would be highly marketable and we could set up an affiliate program and get power affiliates to sell them for the developer(s). The founder of our group has an affiliate marketing blog and company that is often ranked number one and some of the others are power affiliates.
We need two things:
- A way to identify specific blogs we want to interact with consistently and track our comments and links in those blogs. Ideally this tool would include Blog Name, hot-linked URL, PR, DF, CL, KL (PageRank, Dofollow, CommentLuv, KeywordLuv). We could add that data manually or a really slick tool would identify and update PR and toggle DF, CL, KL Y/N or on/off.
- Blogging Group tool with these features:
a) Ability for each member to add and update their site URLs and the most important Keyword Phrases and specific page/post to link to each phrase.
b) Ability for each member to add and update their Social Networks (ideally where they only have to add their user name and NOT the entire link – the tool should know how to format it)
c) Section for members to share requests to spread only their most important, most recent content. If that section could allow other members to check off that they chose to share that specific item and where (columns for Tw, SU, Fa, Fr, Di, De, Re where those abbreviations stand for Twitter, StumbleUpon, Facebook, FriendFeed, Digg, Delicious and Reddit) that would make it even more valuable.
What we need is a fast, effective way to be consistently productive. Members need to focus on what is most important and this tool would hone in on that. Every business, corporation, Search Marketer, blogger could really use a tool like this.
If you know of anything that does this today or can develop it do let us know.
If you are a freelance coder or want to hire a freelancer, you can connect at RentACoder. Thanks to Web Designer Jake Rocheleau (Twitter), who published this great interview with Rentacoder Founder Ian Ippolito in his dofollow Web Design blog.
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Twitter: @creative_ace
I don’t know what browser you are using, but if you use FireFox there is a good add-on that does some of what you are talking about. Since I design sites I’m always looking for good tools to help me design a site better. SeoQuake a FireFox pluin works well on the fly and show keywords, density and PR, etc for any site that I’m on.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Cindy,
There are many tools that allow us to pull that data. I use the SEOBook Toolbar which is probably very similar to SeoQuake. A good comparison of the two would be highly useful.
What I am seeking is a way to collect, prioritize and collate blogs found. That will be one part of a process for quickly honing in on the sites that are most related and beneficial to interact with so that we can consistently work with those that are the best fit.
Creating effective processes is essential for bloggers and small business owners to be able to use the Internet effectively without spending all their time figuring it out and implementing it.
Without these tools and processes most will be working very hard to accomplish very little. It is better to consistently interact in specific niche communities – bloggers love their regular commentators while many will see one-off comments as simply there for the link.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..How Guest Blogging Can Change Your Life =-.
“What we need is a fast, effective way to be consistently productive.”
And in order for the power bloggers to be productive, they have to help each other. So this post is really great. Share, share, share.;)
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello again Luigi,
Yes, and that is what blog club is all about and what most bloggers and businesses simply are not getting yet. I am focusing on creating processes because I know that until I can make it truly easy to implement it won’t get done except by the few.
For those who are one of the few who understand do get in touch with me and Murray. We are working together to make this all easier to understand. I’ll email you so you can contact us directly.
Your KeywordLuv link is not correctly formatted. When I log in I’ll see if I can correct that. Remember to put your name first and add you selected anchor text after the @ sign like this:
Luigi @ Uprinting.com
You might also want to decide what your most important keyword phrases are and use those as anchor text instead of uprinting. You want to reach out to people searching for what you do that do NOT already know your name. For example, you might use:
Luigi @ order business cards
Luigi @ custom greeting cards
Luigi @ eco friendly printing
Watch for a post – possibly today – on how to research your best keywords and use them to get your best pages for each phrase listed in the search engines.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Blog Outreach: 8 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Be Doing It Now =-.
BLOGGING IS THE BEST WAY TO ADVERTISE YOUR PRODUCT AND VERY HELPFUL IN MONEY MAKING.AS I GONE THROUGH YOUR POST I GOT TREMENDOUS TOOL FROM YOUR SEEMS VERY USEFUL FOR EVERYONE.I LIKE YOUR STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION.GOT GOOD POINTS HERE.THANKS.
.-= venus@smoothfitness coupons´s last blog ..UNL229 =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hello Venus,
I’m glad you’re here. The first thing you need to know is that writing in all capital letters is considered shouting on the Internet so you don’t want to do that. If you don’t want to have to shift write in all lower case – that is more accepted online and no one will object. You will definitely get called out for using all caps or your comments may even get deleted.
This post is asking for a tool that does those steps – not a how-to on how to do them. I do write many step-by-step processes up here though so perhaps you can read them and learn much here.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Copied Comment Spam and eBusiness Ethics =-.
Twitter: @murraynewlands
Gail Thank you for blogging about this.
If you would are reading this post and are a blogger who would like to take part in the group please do also get in contact with me.
.-= Murray´s last blog ..Inbound Marketing Speaker =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Thanks for offering Murray. I suspect most of our blog club members will be personally invited as we visit their blogs and realize they would be a good fit. I have several more in mind to invite.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..MEME: LinkLuv to My Fav Bloggers Favs =-.
Twitter: @DennisEdell
Power social networkers should really check out, Flock.
A browser built on the Mozilla platform so in essence it IS Firefox, WITH massive social networking capabilities built in.
The Firefox browser that concentrates on social networking. I don’t see any “addon” having that much capability.
I’ve just started exploring it all, and will switch exclusively soon I’m sure.
The support is awesome also.
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Blogging Halted Here – Don’t Despair, This Is A Good Thing! =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Dennis,
Thank you for sharing the link and name of that Social Networking browser in this post. I am too busy to check it out right away and now I can always find it in this post when I can make the time.
I’ve also asked @keelek1974 who has been using and recommending it to write a guest post comparing Flock to using Yoono with FireFox.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..FTC Disclosure Rules: What You Need to Do =-.
Twitter: @alinkbuilder
glad to read and i think we need faster and effective way to be consistently productive ,great share ,much useful for me.thanks!
.-= sam@acdsee coupons´s last blog ..Special offer =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Sam,
I have a VERY clear idea of exactly what we need and know many power users who are willing to alpha test and promote tools – now all we need is someone serious about developing them.
While there is likely to be a free version to gain visibility, there will be a huge demand and many willing to pay for Pro versions so there is great potential for the developer to make a living providing this tool to power users.
If anyone knows of a programmer or company capable of developing this tool please send them this post and ask them to contact me.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..Tools Wanted for Power Bloggers, Social Networkers =-.
Twitter: @ChugginMcCoffee
I also use Firefox, and I think that SeoQuake is great to show the PR of a website. This is something that I use a regular basis because I often write guest blogs directly dependent on the PR of the website. I do agree that Firefox needs more social networking capabilities as a whole though.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Mark,
I suspect that SeoQuake is very similar in capability to SEOBook Toolbar; however, I have not personally used it. I research, select what is best at that time, and then learn and use it to maximize productivity.
SEOBook has the most comprehensive training program for learning SEO and much of it is free so that is why I recommend them. I did find a good chart that compares SEOBook Toolbar and SeoQuake that also compares the SEOMoz Toolbar to them.
That comparison is from April 2009 so it is probably pretty accurate although there may be new features in any of them.
Twitter: @DennisEdell
Hey Mark, check out my comment, that’s exactly what Flock is.
I agree that many tools used in social networking sites can bring enormous effects. Many people still don’t appreciate those sites which are in fact huge web marketing platforms.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Mike,
We need specialized tools to increase productivity and track what we’re doing – and by “we” I mean all small businesses and bloggers who use the Internet to raise visibility for what they offer.
Power Bloggers who use Social Networking especially need these tools because we may be assisting multiple companies or individuals and need to be able to quickly move between multiple personas online.
.-= Internet Strategist @GrowMap´s last blog ..MEME: LinkLuv to My Fav Bloggers Favs =-.
Thank for this “compares SEOBook Toolbar and SeoQuake” , I was confusing which is better for me
Twitter: @GrowMap
You’re welcome. Anyone who has actually used several similar offerings would do well to write comparisons of them. Those posts will be very popular because every time someone wise has to choose a solution the first thing they’ll do is research the options. The second is to seek out someone who has compared them.
.-= GrowMap´s last blog ..How to Use TipTop for Real Time Market Research =-.
Twitter: @DennisEdell
My friend Coree is someone you may want to read and get to know, I just read the following post from her as well…
http://www.marketlikeachick.com/best-social-media-tools-for-brands-and-solopreneurs/
I also just dropped this post link of yours in her comments..connections are good!
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Pick My New Domain Names With A chance To Win $10! =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Thanks Dennis. There are some very interesting offerings in her Social Media Tools post.
I like to reward those who share quality content by giving them dofollow links with the best anchor text. That is why I added her link again in this reply.
.-= GrowMap´s last blog ..Tools Wanted for Power Bloggers, Social Networkers =-.
Twitter: @alinkbuilder
there are lots of tools available but what i want is convenient and efficient and productive as well.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Sam,
This is so important that I will keep posting and asking and contacting tool developers until I find one interested in developing what we need. I know that if someone builds what I have in mind that I already have all the alpha and beta testers they will need.
The way to bring it to market is to provide it free of charge to the power bloggers and social networkers I collaborate with and let them use it, write about it and promote it.
It will be so valuable for prioritizing and focusing efforts on what generates the most results that businesses will be very interested in either buying it to run in-house or subscribing to it.
Our collaboration will develop specialized versions of the tool for niches important to us and then invite the best businesses, blogs and social media users in each niche to subscribe to a collaboration that is already trained and active using a tool that is already populated with the most important links including blogs that are dofollow with keywordluv and top commentator plugins.
If I can locate a developer who can handle it we can build a complete process for growing any business with all actions prioritized and an easy, obvious way to track what we have done and what to do next.
.-= GrowMap´s last blog ..Donation Coder Annual New Apps for the New Year NANY 2010 Annual Challenge =-.
Twitter: @imstrategies
A tool like that sounds like a dream, I for one would love it!
.-= JR @ Internet Marketing´s last blog ..Search Hot Keywords with Comprehensive Info with Free Toolbar =-.
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi JR,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting so I could find and share your blog. I have you in my dofollow bloggers and keywordluv Twitter lists now and shared your latest post across Social Networks.
.-= GrowMap´s last blog ..MEME: Share What Makes You Feel Thankful =-.
JR,
I’m an intern at a startup developing tools for power bloggers. We are seeking out people exactly like you to help shape the product into what YOU need. Please contact me so we can discuss this. My email is jason [at] valuemediainc [dot] com.
Thanks,
Jason
Twitter: @GrowMap
Hi Jason,
I would love to work with you and know many others who would alpha test and provide input including JR. He is a part of our collaboration.
I sent an email today to the address you provided and look forward to hearing from you.
.-= GrowMap @ Social Media Marketing´s last blog ..Donation Coder Annual New Apps for the New Year NANY 2010 Annual Challenge =-.
Twitter: @sasdfddf
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Internet Strategist from GrowMap
Great site you have here.
Will definitely bookmark it.
Thanks!
Twitter: @LaJollaHomesPro
I think it’s a great strategy for your internet startup to help bloggers with their SEO. I blog regularly for my San Diego real estate audience and I know that it’s really hard work to stay on top of the latest blogging tools. Every little bit helps. Thank you!
.-= Geoff@San Diego Homes´s last blog ..California Home Buyer Tax Credit! =-.
I agree, blogs open a whole world for advertising.
THANK YOU! Finally someone looks after serious bloggers and social network users. There is so little out there for us it just makes everyday life harder. Excelent post.
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