Free Podcast on Search Engine Optimization Tips

Paying attention to search engine optimization is the difference between getting high organic rankings in search engines and not being found by your audience members.

Search engine optimization is the process of improving visibility of a website and its web pages by incorporating your specific keywords in the page's copy. Content marketers and online publishers engage heavily in search engine optimization in order to rank higher in search engines because the higher up in search results a listing appears, the better chance that publisher has of generating new email subscribers and overall revenue for the website.

As an Internet marketing strategy, search engine optimization takes on a few forms. The first aspect of proper search engine optimization involves understanding the audience and the keyword phrases that they search for.

Next, it's important to understand how to engage in SEO copywriting itself. Specific attention must be given to SEO copywriting because simply adding keyword phrases without taking into account the overall readability of a website will not help in search engine optimization. The content needs to be interesting and readable while including the keyword phrases.

Furthermore, after engaging in SEO copywriting, it's important to embark on SEO campaigns so that additional promotion for the webpage or associated products can take place.

For an introduction to search engine optimization, SEO copywriting and SEO campaign management, start with Mequoda Group's free podcast Search Engine Optimization Tips.

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Nov 10 2010 - Line by Line: Fashion Writing Basics - Boston, MA, 02116

Make fashion writing a reality this season at the Boston Center for Adult Education's (BCAE) new class, "Line by Line: Fashion Writing Basics," taught by Boston's own style expert, Erica Corsano, editorial director of STUFF Magazine.

Students will get an insider's look into what's really behind the lines of fashion writing, researching and reporting, as they learn not only what makes a standout piece a show-stopper, but how to develop their own fashion-writing style. Better yet, Erica will offer one lucky student a chance to fast forward their fashion writing career by publishing their work in an upcoming issue of STUFF Magazine.

A nationally recognized style expert, Erica has worked with some of the world's most sought-after luxury brands, including Bottega Veneta, Bulgari, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo and Carolina Herrera. Erica has also worked as a contributing editor and stylist for Boston's major publications and broadcast outlets including: Boston Editor for Lucky Magazine, Editor-at-Large for Boston Common and a contributing writer for The Boston Globe, Daily Candy and Fashion Boston—and, of course, we all know and love her for her role as the editorial director of Boston's own, STUFF Magazine.

Drawing on her vast experience in the fashion industry, Erica will discuss the differences between local and national publishing, as well as offer general writing tips and tricks for avoiding fashion-writing faux pas! Students will learn how to research and report, write for their target audience, spot and predict the latest fashion trends, and more.

Don't miss it! This BCAE class is haute!

WHERE: Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116

WHEN: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 6:00PM - 9:00PM

COST: $40 for Members/Non-members, $30 Materials Cost.

RSVP: Visit http://www.bcae.org/ or call the Boston Center for Adult Education to sign up.

Oct. 27 2010 -Blogging for Writers and Creatives - Morrisville, NC

Creative professionals will learn how to effectively blog at the Wed., Oct. 27, meeting of the Independent Communicators Alliance (ICA). Local writer Alice Osborn will explain how blogging can help professionals grow their businesses and their careers. The meeting will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Skyline Exhibits & Events, 600 Airport Boulevard #1300, in Morrisville. The cost is $10 for ICA members, and $15 for nonmembers. Further information may be obtained at http://www.meetup.com/ica-triangle/calendar/14987586/.

FSU Center for Creative Writing Sponsors Poetry Reading by Nancy Krygowski at Main Street Books

The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing will present a reading by poet Nancy Krygowski on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Main Street Books at 2 E. Main St. in Frostburg. The reading is free and open to the public.

Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for her first book of poems "Velocity," Krygowski is co-founder and assistant artistic director of the Gist Street Reading Series. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, River Styx, Southern Poetry Review, 5 A.M. and other magazines. She is the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, a Pittsburgh Foundation Grant, awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, plus residencies from Jentel, The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Krygowski's subject matter deals with major life events.

For more information, contact Gerry LaFemina at 301-687-4024 or glafemina@frostburg.edu.


FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301.687.4102 or use a Voice Relay Operator at 1.800.735.2258.

Nov 6 2010 - Long Island Poets Ready to Rock the Brownstone Poets in Brooklyn Heights

Two highly respected Long Island poets, Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and Doreen Spungin, are ready to rock the Brownstone Poets in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, November 6 at 2:30 P.M. at the Park Plaza Restaurant. Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan is the appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2009 – 2011. Doreen Spungin taught children with special needs and now serves her own special needs writing poetry.

Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. & Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall

$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon

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Oct 15 2010 - Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival

The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, in partnership with the Allegany County Library System, will host the fourth annual Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at several locations on Main Street in Frostburg.

This annual event brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local literary community. Participating journals and presses are provided with tables inside Frostburg's Lyric Theater to display books, submission guidelines and other promotional materials. This year the festival has expanded to several partnering locations on Main Street, including Mountain City Traditional Arts, the Frostburg Public Library and the Lyric Theater. Those locations will be the site of panel discussions and roundtable sessions, which include topics on writing and getting published, teachers and students, blogging and new media publishing, using social media for promotion and multi-genre craft discussions. The festival is an excellent opportunity for members of the local literary community to meet directly with editors and publishers and learn all about writing and publishing.

Some participants this year include Mammoth Books, CityLit Press, Lines + Stars, Kestrel, Gargoyle Magazine, No Tell Books and The Broadkill Review.

The festival will begin with a poetry reading by Nancy Krygowski from the Gist Street Reading Series on Friday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at Main Street Books; a reception for press and journal attendees at the Center for Creative Writing from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and a panel discussion on forging a literary community at 7:30 p.m., also at CCW.

Leading up to the festival, interviews and information about participating presses and journals will be featured on the Center's website and Wordpress blog. Visit the website at www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter for more information and a complete list of participants.

Jan 24-29 2011 - 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Elko, Nevada

The 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, will take place January 24-29, 2011, in Elko, Nevada. As part of its ongoing effort to build understanding among herding cultures worldwide, the Gathering will welcome horsemen, musicians and craftsmen from the Hungarian puszta, the largest contiguous grasslands in Europe, home to the legendary Hungarian horsemen, csikos, who have tended and defended their herds of grey longhorn Hungarian cattle since the Magyars first crossed into the area from the Carpathians a thousand years ago. Renowned for their horsemanship and animal husbandry, they have much in common with the American cowboy.

"We will explore common ground and new ground between these two herding cultures," explains Charlie Seemann, Executive Director of the Western Folklife Center, which produces the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. "Through panel discussions, performances of pastoral music and poetry, workshops and an exhibition about Hungarian csikos, we hope to build a bridge between cultures that may seem very different on the surface, but that share profound similarities."

The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the nation's largest annual celebration of cowboy culture. For six days the community of Elko will welcome thousands of cowboys and cowgirls, poets and musicians, artisans and scholars, rural and city people—all of whom share a love of the American West and the artistic traditions of ranching and cowboy culture. The Hungarians will join more than 60 poets and musicians from the U.S., Canada and Australia, who will perform on eight stages at five different venues throughout Elko. Highlights include a dinner theater production featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who will perform songs from his 2010 Grammy-award-winning recording of traditional blues music, and the youthful Marshall Ford Swing Band, featuring Emily Gimble (granddaughter of Texas fiddle legend Johnny Gimble). They will join many Gathering favorites, including Ian Tyson, Waddie Mitchell, Baxter Black, the Quebe Sisters, Wylie and the Wild West, Paul Zarzyski and Wallace McRae.

Tickets to the 27th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering can be purchased online at www.westernfolklife.org or by calling 775-738-7508 or toll-free at 888-880-5885. For more information about the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, visit http://www.westernfolklife.org/.

Nov 3-23 2010 - The Web's Largest Online Optimization and Conversion Conference November 2010 - ONLINE

The Landing Page Success Summit is a live web conference designed to help Marketers increase their online marketing profits. Leading industry Conversion Rate Experts will teach Marketers how to save tme and increase sales with cutting-edge website and landing page optimization techniques. The summit covers these hot topics: Online Customer Conversion Rates; Search Engine Optimization; Web Page Analysis; Copywriting; Web 2.0 Strategies; Social Media - Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin; B2B and B2C Case Studies, Search and Social Media Marketing Resources, Tools, Trends and more. The online conference runs from November 3-23, 2010--three weeks of solid, expert-led training completely online.

The focus of the Landing Page Success Summit is to provide Marketers with expert insights, resources, tools and strategies to develop and deploy customer-converting landing pages. The Summit's Founder Mary O'Brien, search marketing (pay per click) industry leader, has trained thousands of Marketers how to drive their bottom line profits using search marketing: Google AdWords/Yahoo Search Marketing/Microsoft AdCenter and other online advertising platforms.

The Landing Page Success Summit registration is open and attendees can get 50% off for a limited time only. To learn more about the Landing Page Success Summit online sessions and speakers, please visit Landing Page Success Summit.

Legendary Author Maurice Sendak to Read Where the Wild Things Are

Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced legendary author Maurice Sendak will read the classic children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are for the Barnes & Noble.com Online Storytime program (www.bn.com/storytime). Beginning today, visitors can listen to this exclusive narration by Mr. Sendak of his children's classic and celebrate the wild rumpus through his colorful artwork and illustrations.

Barnes & Noble.com will feature a Where the Wild Things Are page with a selection of monster-themed books and toys. BN.com customers will receive a 45% discount on select items, for a limited time. To celebrate the Online Storytime, Barnes & Noble stores will feature Where the Wild Things Are in-store displays for the month of October.

"Barnes & Noble is thrilled to have author Maurice Sendak reading Where the Wild Things Are as only he can. Mr. Sendak's book is imaginative, creative and whimsical -- a perfect fit for our Online Storytime," said Rachel Jarrett, Director of Kids and Lifestyle Products for Barnes & Noble.com. "After more than 40 years and over 20 million copies sold worldwide, children are still wildly enthusiastic about Mr. Sendak's book and we share that enthusiasm as we listen to him tell the tale of Max sailing to the land 'where the wild things are.'"

A monthly feature, Barnes & Noble.com's Online Storytime is perfect for children ages two through six and showcases favorite children's books read by well-known authors and celebrities. To enhance the Storytime experience, illustrations and artwork are brought to life through pan-and-scan technology. Previous selections have included Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly read by author Jane O'Connor; Judith Viorst's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; and, most recently, Ian Falconer's Olivia read by SNL alum Ana Gasteyer. In November, author Jan Brett will read his timeless favorite The Mitten and in December Chris Van Allsburg will read his holiday classic The Polar Express.

Oct 25 2010 - Bowers Writers House hosts Richard Jackson - Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College Bowers Writers House presents University of Tennessee at Chattanooga National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor Richard Jackson. Dr. Jackson, who teaches creative writing and poetry in UTC's interdisciplinary honors program and writing seminars at Vermont College, will read from his collected works at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, in Bowers Writers House.

Jackson is the author of numerous books of poems including Resonance and Ultimate Voyage: The Poems of Giovanni Pascoli (translation), which came out this year.

Other recent books include Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems (2004) and Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems (2003). His work has been translated into 15 languages and has appeared in The Best American Poems, among other collections.

Jackson is editor of two anthologies of Slovene poetry, as well as the journal Poetry Miscellany. In addition to dozens of essays and reviews that have appeared in such journals as The Georgia Review, Contemporary Literature, Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner, he is the author of Dismantling Time in Contemporary American Poetry (Agee Prize) and Acts of Mind: Interviews With Contemporary American Poets (Choice Award).

Jackson was awarded the Order of Freedom Medal by the President of Slovenia for literary and humanitarian work in the Balkans and was named a Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, NEA Fellow, NEH Fellow, and has lectured and given readings at dozens of universities and conferences. He leads a group of writing students to Europe each May.

Founded this spring, Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College, 840 College Hill Lane in Elizabethtown, is an interdisciplinary venue for expression, study, presentation and performance. Created to promote and support a culture of creative curiosity, Bowers Writers House brings to Elizabethtown a new sense of excitement and enthusiasm for intellectual diversity. From dramatic readings to musical performances to interactive panels, the programs offer a dynamic variety of enjoyable and formative experiences.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Website: http://www.etown.edu/

Oct 19 2010 - Free Global Teleclass on "How to Market Your Ebook & Infoproducts"

Small business owners and entrepreneurs from around the globe are invited to "How to Market Your Ebook & Infoproducts: A Teleseminar with an Expert Writer & a Marketing Specialist" a free teleclass on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 6:00pm PT/9:00pm

More and more small business owners, like healthcare providers, realtors, coaches, consultants, and other service professionals have discovered ebooks and infoproducts as a way to share their expertise and create passive income. Yet, most are unfamiliar with how to write a book or ebook and their time is limited.

"I meet business owners all the time who tell me they've been wanting to write a book or ebook but just can't seem to get started," says Andrea Susan Glass, founder of WritersWay, a ghostwriting and copyediting service. "They seem to have obstacles, distractions, and excuses that keep them from writing that book, ebook, or other infoproduct they say they want to write. Or they've written something but have no clue how to market and sell it," says Glass, an award-winning ghostwriter of over 100 books and ebooks. Her most recent ebook, "Your Info-Product Success System" was just released and is available at http://www.infoproductsuccesssystem.com/.

She decided to team up with a marketing expert to host a one-hour teleclass to reveal the secrets and strategies for ebook and infoproduct success. Along with Glass will be Debra Ward, marketing pro to a global franchise and owner of her own marketing firm.

"Andrea will talk about her areas of expertise such as the motivation behind writing a book, how to identify the best market, and how to write with a market in mind," says Ward. "I'll share top marketing strategies such as developing a marketing plan, using SEO, writing press releases, and social media. I'll also reveal top tips for a successful live event."

Ward and Glass will answer any questions to make the call as interactive as possible. They will offer solid, practical content to help people write their infoproducts and market them successfully. Glass is dedicated to teaching service professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone with the desire to transform their expertise, experience, and education into powerful, valuable products that serve a larger audience and provide passive income. She's also an instructor for UCSD Extension and A Word With You Press.

Registration is free and available at http://www.writersway.com/teleclass. The free event is being conducted by Andrea Susan Glass, an expert copyeditor and award-winning ghostwriter along with Debra Ward, a marketing consultant. For additional information contact andrea@writersway.com. To order a free report and get more information about writing info-products visit http://www.writersway.com/

Oct 9 2010 - Get Paid to Speak and Write - Henderson, NV

Imagine getting paid to speak! If you've ever wanted to write or speak professionally, this is your chance to discover what it takes and how to get paid for doing what you love. Spend a day with some of the most successful speakers and authors in Las Vegas. Robin Jay, award-winning author, speaker, columnist, publisher, and president of the Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau is hosting a one-day event on Saturday, October 9th in Las Vegas.

Jay and several outstanding guest speakers will be sharing their experience and coaching audience members through a comprehensive look at what it takes to become a professional PAID speaker and successful author or writer.

Guests will discover that there are three different types of professional speakers and be able to determine which category is right for them. Jay and her experts will share the nuts and bolts of what it takes to monetize their speaking career. If you have ever wondered what it takes to become a professional, PAID speaker, here is your chance to get an insider's view during this information-packed and entertaining seminar.

As president of a speakers bureau in the convention capital of the world, Jay is in a unique position to offer insights from some of the most successful speakers of our time. She regularly works with some of the most popular, successful motivational speakers, including Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Keith Ferrazzi, and more. She is also the publisher of a series of speaker anthologies, "The Power of the Platform," that feature these industry leaders.

Attendees will receive a FREE copy of "The Power of the Platform: Speakers on Success," which features chapters from some of these speaking icons including Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup for the Soul," Brian Tracy, "America's Success Guru," Les Brown, "The World's Leading Motivational Speaker," Dr. Tony Alessandra, creator of "The Platinum Rule," and Marcia Wieder, "America's Dream Coach," along with many other outstanding professional speakers.

The seminar will cover an insider's look at the speaking and publishing industries, as well as presentation skills, marketing materials, and the other tools that speakers and writers need to succeed.

Those interested in getting paid to speak or write can sign up for early bird registration before September 30th, 2010. Early bird registration is just $149 per person. After 9/30, registration will be $199 per person. The program will begin at 9AM and run until 5PM, with breaks for lunch and throughout the day. The event will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at the Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas South, at 3245 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson, NV 89052.

For more information or to sign up, please call Robin Jay at 702-460-1420 or e-mail her at Robin@RobinJay.com. Website: http://robinjay.com/