This morning I still had not been indexed – bummer, right – So I the first thing I did was hit up the social media sites – Submitted to digg, mixx, reddit, del.icio.us ect, ect, ect, etc – Stumbled it and sent it to all my friends. Sure enough about an hour later – I’ve been crawled for the first time – HUZZAH!

The next thing I did was reach out to my network of friends and contacts to see if anyone ran related sites and would be interested in linking to me – After all, the site provides some great information. I got a few links that way – then I went to some related dofollow blogs and made comments – the regular stuff.

After that I did what I don’t often to anymore – submitted to a bunch of free directories that I like and have helped me in the past. Sure this doesn’t do as much good – I even submitted to dmoz! (I KNOW RIGHT?!) It will be 6 years before they let me in - but it’s easy – and it can’t hurt.

I think tomorrow – and the coming weeks – will be more of the same and I may hold off on writing about it any further until I rank for my keywords and start seeing some REAL traffic.

Traffic since I put the site up and analytics running (by days)- 1 (that’s me!), 12 (that’s a couple of my friends and the Affiliate Managers), 34(Forum members), 89(mostly reddit/stumble people) – heh, lets hope this number keeps skyrocketing! I’m really excited to see when the first people are finding me through organic search/keywords.

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What? Where? What is this chat room where no one is spamming A/S/L IM ME LOL!!!!

Twitter. Twitter is chat room 2.0 – The new features you get out of this chatroom include:

• Only allowing people you like/know as part of your chat room
• Not needing to sit in front of a scrolling text that erases if you leave
• Can chat from your phone
• Everyone is always a part of the chat even if they aren’t around they will see what you said later

Twitter is great for these reasons. Sure it doesn’t have the features and extras like Pownce does – but if there is one thing we have learned from Google – simple sells. There is nothing about Twitter to confuse you. It really is just “What are you doing.”

I don’t think Twitter ever intended to be the new chat room… I’m pretty sure they saw that “what are you doing” feature on Facebook, thought it was cool and just jacked that idea. No matter how it came about or what it started as – it is now chat room 2.0

If you’re not a part of this great chat room go sign up and follow me!

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That said I started a Twitter account for my new company @10kthings (I’m @Wingnut by the way).

Before I started the company Twitter account it I asked my follwers to see if everyone thought it was a good/bad/lame idea or not – the resounding answer was DO IT.  So far it’s been a great idea.  I really can’t be more happy with it (well, I wish my partners would use it more… but they started to today) With me and 4 other people tweeting (using it the real way and not just shameless self promotion) it’s been fun.  We have a few followers and it’s just nice to know that we have the support out there.  For all the time it takes chatting with people – it’s all well worth it.  It keeps us motivated knowing that there are people watching what we are up to and willing to help support us.

All and all starting a Twitter account for your company is a GOOD THING.  It opens your company up to a whole new range of being social and lets you know that there are people out there that actually do care and wish you the best…. It also it’s awesome free advertising and public relations!

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So I did what any Freelancer turned Agency Worker doing side freelance work would do – Took it up a notch with my freelance work. I have always worked with designers and PPC consultants to help with my freelance clients – but now it’s official a company. The launch of the new internet marketing company site, 10kThings.com, should happen later this evening.

It’s pretty cool. We have been working together for a while now and interestingly enough we can do the exact same things any large agency can but for a much lower cost – As we have ZERO overhead.

We will see how things go – we have a few proposals out and a couple clients already signed. Who knows this thing could get huge… here’s to hoping.

To those wondering I will be keeping my full time job – and they were cool that I was working side work when they hired me as they encourage the entrepreneurial spirit. I am really happy where I am with this company and 10k Things will not be a direct competitor with where I am now. The current company I am with is much more large scale than anything 10k Things will be for quite some time.

Right now it’s just a fun project to bring in a little extra money with taking on a few clients and try something new.

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So – If you could have your dream SEO/SEM/PPC/Social Media tool – What would it be?  What would it do?  How would it work?  Would it be web-based?  Should you have to download something? Tell me about it… If you have an amazing idea that isn’t already out there I want to know what you would like to see.  I won’t be working with this company forever but I may continue to use the tools long after I’m gone – Free SEO tools help everyone

So don’t be shy – Either leave your dream tool idea in a comment or Email me Dave@DaveWinget.com

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Where the hell was this when I was 14.  Finding free porn on the internet was a difficult thing… now all you have to do is type in any word on the Google and blam… Plenty of high quality free porn.  There is no “are you 18″ buttons to click, no credit card info to give away…  This has got to be illegal… Right?  Or since there is the preferences section… it isn’t?

On one hand it’s great – Freedom of search of something – things not being censored… On the other hand THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Maybe there is a way to lock this on your computer… I’m not seeing one.  All a horny teenager has to do is sign up for gmail… sign in… go back to search and he has his own preferences to set.  Good times.  I hear there are some 3rd party things out there that can lock it… but what average parent/gardian is going to know about these, or know even what to search for?

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They do make a good point though – Fame is not your end game. So then, why chase it? For me it is not fame I’m seeking but just powerful networking. The fruits of my social media and SEO network labor are already starting to pay off.

Case in point: I was downsized last Monday from my agency job – Two hours later I had a better paying agency job and started Tuesday thanks to my interviewers knowing who I was because they had seen my blog on Sphinn a few times. Awesome. I’m totally famous, well… not really. BUT I AM KNOWN BY SOME. Cool.

Example 2 of my awesome power of networking: I’m looking to buy some kind of rad 4×4 for escapes to back country mountain camp sites. I get on Twitter and ask “Anyone know what car is good to get for offroading? I’m thinking about a Jeep Wrangler” A couple hours later Dan Perry who works SEO and Online Marketing for Cars.com calls me up and gives me a rundown on what’s good and what’s not – Now that is just straight up cool… I’ll be getting an FJ Cruiser, by the way – Thanks Dan

Becoming “famous” is really just a side bonus of networking. The more people you are nice to and know… the more people will be nice to and know you. That’s what SEO fame is good for. It’s so helpful being known by all the other great SEO’s out there – being friends with – friends help friends out – they will answer questions and help you meet other people… Social networkers are social people… social people are generally good to have on your side.

Well, that’s all I have to say about that. Fame would be nice to have – Do I want it? Sure, who doesn’t. If it helps me reach my goal of not being someones grunt and either running my own agency or just being happy doing freelance because I’m known great… You just have to understand what Lee and Rand both said – Fame is not an end game in and of itself, but it’s one hell of a helpful thing for any career.

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I just wish I knew about the power of Stumble sooner. I have had it for years, been addicted… But I didn’t actively seek friends until about 3 months ago when I made this account… to follow along with the Wingnut brand.

So much sudden traffic for days!!!… Sigh, I just need to go to sleep… But… after just one more stumble!

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You know that social media can give you a ton of traffic overnight but YOU just can’t do it. What do you do then? Make friends of course!

From my own experience the social site power users are generally very friendly, all it takes is a little time to get to know them. Then when you do write that killer article you direct their attention to it and if they like it – since they are power users and like submitting things – they just might submit your article/page/what-have-you.

Depending on the reputation/relationship you build with these power users – you can even go so far as ASKING them for a submit. This tactic can work but I generally don’t like doing it, it always feels like begging. I have done this before, today actually, but it is a rare thing for me to do. I’d rather just show people great content that they feel should be submitted.

How do you go about building a friendship with these power users? There are several ways that I like to use:

• Be their friend on the social site – vote for their submits and comment on submits
• Joining their MyBlogLog community and saying hello
• Following them on twitter, being friendly and making a connection with them
• Reading their blogs, subscribe to the RSS feeds, and make intelligent comments or ask questions
• Get their contact info (generally found in their social profiles) and send them an instant message a friendly hello, how’s it going, love your blog (insert question about them here)

Sure there are a ton more ways but the above are some that have worked very well for me. It just goes to show you that a little bit of time spent being nice/friendly can go a long way.

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Well here is the deal. If you do any Stumbleing or just random surfing or have a lot of blogs in your reader and actually go to the sites… it’s important to be signed up/in with MyBlogLog. Why? Because if you look about halfway down my page, right above that crazy ad, you’ll see “My recent readers.” Want your picture there? Log into MyBlogLog and it shows up… and it shows up on every site you visit that has that nifty app.

I have received many message from people who found my site because they saw my picture on their blog log readers list and/or were happy that I was stopping by their blogs. Not only this, if you use that cool Lijit Wijit Search up there in the top right corner, you can add people to be part of your community – making that search all that more trustworthy. Plus it’s just kind of cool to leave your digital mark on every site you surf through

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