Cre8tive Flow

Introduction

The biggest factor to consider on the Internet when planning marketing efforts are the search engines and the way they operate.  The major ones here are Google, Yahoo and Live/MSN.  They bring a lot of visitors to any web page and so it is important to know how to maximize that traffic.

For every other article in this series, it is possible to put down a few key principles that will have a major impact on your Internet marketing effectiveness.  This is not the case for Search Engine Marketing.

Today we say goodbye to a role, but not the man.

Bill Slawski Stepping Down As Administrator

Bill joined the original Cre8pc Web Site Promotion Club in Yahoo! (was Egroups) in 1998. In 2002, he agreed to become a co-administrator for a bigger version, called Cre8asiteforums. After 10 years, he is moving on.

You can still find Bill at Seobythesea and the KeyRelevance blog, SemClubhouse.

Cre8asiteForums encourages web developers to support “green” awareness and nonprofits. This first Earth Day since opening a forum dedicated to Green Marketing, Conscious Web Dev and Nonprofits, we’re trying something new. We’ll be celebrating Earth Day, April 22nd, with a week-long “green” focus. The most unusual facet will be that we’re temporarily loosening some of our usually strict policies about self promotion. We want to make it easier for the community to come in and share about how their projects inspire awareness of our environment and sustainable use of resources.

The momentum continues as Cre8asite Forums welcomes in another pair of talented and dedicated moderators. In the words of Kim Krause Berg, they are the “mysterious, delightful and brilliant, iamlost” and the “creative, ambitious, courageous online businesswoman, RisaBB.”

Getting To Know Iamlost

When I asked iamlost for some background information I could use in a blog post, he graciously provided this introduction:

After 20 years in B&M business, half spent mucking about with computers, I joined the early web development craze specialising in backends with a sideline in glitzy 3-D revolving product images. Following the bursting bubble I expanded into site architecture, optimisation, and full facial design: an holistic developer was born.

Cre8asite Forums welcomes two new moderators, Donna Fontenot (dazzlindonna) and Miriam Ellis (SEOigloo.)

Donna will be helping with two forums – SEO and Social Media. Miriam is starting out in the SEO forum and may later be adding our Nonprofits forum to her responsibilities.

Both are owners of well-respected blogs with an active community of fans and friends. In her blog SEO Igloo, Miriam has just rounded up a series of five interviews with experts on the evolving area of Local Search. Donna owns the delightful SEO Scoop, where she recently announced reinventing herself as an eBusiness Coach via her new site ebuzzcoach.com.

While I was away on business, an interview ran from questions I’d responded to prior to leaving. It all came about as a result of a clever puzzle game on a blog, in which the Cre8tive Flow blog was the subject and players had to guess at what web site the puzzle pieces were from.

I thanked the blog owner for choosing this blog as a subject and that led to an interview that covered my partnership with SiteLogic, an inside look at what makes Cre8asiteforums special, plans for the future and especially how we deeply value the “Creative (Cre8tive) Community”.

Or, to be more precise, adds a “Monetizing Your Website” forum. It’s a surprising thing to note that we didn’t already have one! Thanks for the suggestion, Whitemark!

If you’re selling text links, using Google Adsense, affiliate programs, or whatever other non-commerce based means for earning an income from your website, we’re now providing an area to address your concerns. Not that you couldn’t have asked the questions before, but hey…now there’s a place to put them!

The new forum is moderated by EGOL and Black Knight, so you can’t possibly doubt the quality of advice you can get. Join in the fun! Maybe you’ll earn a buck.

Meet Joe Dolson, our newest moderator. When I asked Joe how he’d prefer to be introduced, I had to smile at his reply, “…as an accessible web designer.” Yes, our accessibility guy is himself accessible, responsive and willing to share.