Since very early on with the Alex Jeffreys Coaching Course I have had the “Eye” avatar that is no doubt very familiar to many of my regular readers, particularly those fellow Alex Jeffreys students with me from the start of this blog. My avatar is visible in many places: Wherever I comment on the many Internet Marketing blogs around the web, on my Twitter messages and on my YouTube channel to name a few.
Now the time has come to change it but I am in two minds the direction I want to go with a new avatar. Please stick with me and I will explain. Oh, and by the way, if you don’t know how to get an avatar then I was thinking of putting up a short tutorial video tomorrow on how to do it. Please drop me a comment if you would like to see a tutorial video and I will decide if there is enough interest to warrant it.
I have been focusing a bit on trying to get a higher rank in the listings for the search term ‘Alex Jeffreys‘ on Google as per the $1,000 competition Alex announced. Now for all those readers that are NOT Alex Jeffreys students, understanding how to improve your Google search position is highly important as it allows you to apply that knowledge to any search term and thus dominate the crucial top positions for any markets you choose. So it is essential to understand how Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) works to really be on top of your competitors in any niche.
So, I’ve been going through all my Alex Jeffreys Coaching Course notes and trying to put things into practice to increase my ranking. Now before Christmas I was in the Top 5 returned results for ‘Alex Jeffreys‘ but it seems the more popular my blog and subsequent increase in traffic, I have actually slipped down the rankings to number 21 !! Obviously I’m not that pleased about this so am going to make a concerted effort to get up in the Top 5. This is going to be an ongoing task until I meet my objective.
Brief post. This weekend I reckon the number of people following me on Twitter is going to break through the 1,000 barrier !! And check this out I am ranked number 34 in the entire UK - yes #34 in the ENTIRE UK (based on the the number of followers). Now I am truly pleased with that statistic, so thank you very much. As thanks to all my followers, as soon as I break the 1000 mark I am going to create a special tutorial video for everyone about “How-to use Twitter for maximum effect”. All the tricks, techniques and ’secrets’ to build up your own following. If you want to see that video sooner rather than later and don’t follow me yet then go to
They are welcome at my blog to benefit from the great free information and other tutorials videos I feature as well. Hope to see you on Twitter soon, and hope I’m doing that video pretty soon as well !!
Just got off the phone with Alex Jeffreys. Guess what? I taught him a thing or two as you will see in this video of the conversation. Seriously though, really enjoyed doing this but it was hard work. I think all the effort will be worth it in the long run though. Anyway I won’t waffle on anymore as the video says it all and it is the first ever that I star in !!! I can see the offers of Hollywood stardom coming in already, LOL.
Oh, and for those that haven’t worked it out …. it’s my contribution to the Alex Jeffreys Video competition to be judged by both him and Maria Andros. Let me know what you think ????
Finally got around to doing my super-duper changes to the way my complete Stundent Blogroll is displayed on the screen. So, for those that haven’t quite noticed or worked out what changes I have done they can be split into 4 bits:
1. Main BlogRoll This consists of two bits and both can be expandable/collapsable by clicking the arrows (or the small square box on some browsers!). The first bit is titled ‘Top Links’ that conists of 4 links at the moment that are automatically expanded to be visible and include links that I directly add.
The second is titled ‘Most Active Blogs’ and is intended to be exactly what it says. You see I thought about what is the real use and benefit of a Blogroll, and it is clearly to go quickly and easily to those blogs with things happening on them. At the moment the count stands at 59 entries and these are initially ‘hidden’ but can, by clicking the arrow to the immediate left of the entry, be expanded to reveal the entries. Now I want to get this count down to no more than 50 so I will be adding/removing entries from the list as time goes by. Initially, in preparing this initial list of 59 I made a crude subjective attempt of deciding who should be on this list based on my own visits to the blogs, the frequency of posting/commenting on the blog and general level of contribution to the overall Alex Jeffreys Community. I know for a fact I will have missed some obvious candidates (whoops, I can think or some already!) but it was my first stab at it and I will be adding/removing to it as time goes by. Remember my target is to have no more than 50 so anybody added will mean someone is removed!! (Plus also I have to loose 9 to start off with!!). Also, remember there is no precise scientific formulae I am using for who is on or off. If you feel you are worthy of inclusion compared to other entries on it and feel I’ve inadvertently missed you off then please let me know. (You don’t have to say who you think you should replace, just let me know you think your blog is sufficient to be added and I’ll decide who is replaced.)
Since very early on with the Alex Jeffreys Coaching Course I have had the “Eye” avatar that is no doubt very familiar to many of my regular readers, particularly those fellow Alex Jeffreys students with me from the start of this blog. My avatar is visible in many places: Wherever I comment on the many Internet Marketing blogs around the web, on my Twitter messages and on my YouTube channel to name a few.
