I'm sure, by now, most of you have heard of Blog Carnivals. Some of you may have even discovered The Marketer Review through a Carnival. Well, I'm happy to announce I'm starting a carnival of my own: The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival!

What's a Blog Carnival?

I'm very well aware that some of you are just starting out your blogging experience, and may not know what a Blog Carnival is. I think it's important you get to know it, as it's a great internet marketing tool.

A Blog Carnival is simply a blog post, that issues a list of links to different articles, from different blogs, all surrounding the same theme. The post could be as elaborate as this, or as simple as this. A typical carnival looks like this, divided into sub categories and quotes the article submitter, stating the blogger's name, the blog's title and the specific article's title.

Why is a Blog Carnival Such a "Great Internet Marketing Tool"?

For a blogger, there are a couple of advantages to submitting an article to a Blog Carnival: You get a free link to your blog. If you submit every week, to a few Carnivals, the links start accumulating substantially. Not only do you get a nice addition to your traffic, but you also have something to show for, when the Google Page Rank and Technorati Authority spiders come crawling. And because Blog Carnivals are themed, you're getting highly targeted traffic, who are specifically interested in your niche.

For a carnival host, such as myself, the main advantage is creating more original content and being able to provide useful material to my readers.

The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival

I'm very excited to announce my first attempt at organizing a carnival, The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival. I have ambitions to make this a weekly carnival, presenting a myriad of reviews, tips, tricks and advise, from my fellow bloggers, each Sunday.

If you want to submit an article to The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival these are the guidelines:

• The articles must be in the niche of internet marketing and professional blogging. You've read this blog, you know what it's all about
• Articles should fit the following categories:
  • Product Review
  • Blog Review
  • Book Review
  • Advise

• No duplicate content - if I've published your article before, please don't resubmit the same article!
• No Spam - May god protect you from my wrath, if you ever dare submit a hypey sales page, instead of a well thought out article. The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival is here to promote your blog, not your affiliate links.

That should cover it. If you're interested in submitting your articles to The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, just click here and fill out the short application form.

Hope to see you there, at the first edition of The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, on the 4th of May!








   

Tags: Blog Carnivals, The Marketer Review Sunday Carnival, Targeted traffic, Internet Marketing tools, Google Page Rank, Technorati, Getting links

Like most second editions the changes made to the Authority Black Book 2008 aren’t huge, but they’re very necessary.

Authority Black Book 2007

I read the Authority Black Book 2007 as a beginner blogger, about a year ago. It was very overwhelming and very essential. I used it as a checklist of things that must be done, in order to forward my online ventures. A friend sent me the 2008 edition of Authority Black Book, a couple weeks ago, and I had realized I have yet to mention this interesting tool.

What’s new in Authority Black Book 2008?

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Tags: Jack Humphrey, Authority Black Book 2008, Positive mindsets, Authority, web 2.0, creating value

The ClueTrain has been on track since 1999, and what used to be its prophesy is now full on reality.

I’ve heard of the Cluetrain before, I’ve even reached the site on numerous, separate occasions, but I never really stopped to read it. A week ago a friend recommended it, so I read it, and boy does that prove the Cluetrain point!

What’s a Cluetrain?

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Tags: The Cluetrain Manifesto, Internet Marketing bible, online communication, social marketing conduct

I’m not in the habit of giving any one particular marketer the spotlight, on a bi-weekly basis, but Stompernet just keeps on giving. This week is all about the S.M.A.R.T.S Strategy Guide.

Not a Glorified Sales Letter

Why do marketers publish reports? (All together now: ) To sell us on their product! (Very good! ) Joking aside, if you’ve been reading The Marketer Review for a while, you should be wise to this, by now. Most of the reports, e-books, white papers, top secret leaked chapters are glorified long-copy sales letters.

Now, I know I must have shattered all your dreams of a free information internet, but all is not lost. Note I have said the word “most”. Some reports are a wonderful collection of data that is very useful and maybe, can’t be found anywhere else. (That state of events doesn’t last long as a popular idea comes along, the copycats and other vulture-like animals will be sucking its bones dry within a matter of days.) The S.M.A.R.T.S report is such a report.

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Tags: s.m.a.r.t.s report, smarts coaching program, stompernet, sales letter, social networking, social marketing, don Crowther, Andy Jenkins, Going Natural 2.0

This is a blog comment:

I will take a looksee* Nice to see Steve has added a Charitable Funding element* My hope is that a whole New World Wide Internet Economy can be created involving Bloggers + Blogs + Widgets! Cuz Bloggers seem to be very Giving People who actually Care about whass going on in the World + that a % can be given to those who really need Food + Shelter + Clothing + Medicine + Fresh Water* I saw that Trippy + Jaime Won or are in the Final 2 + whoever Sells the Most Wins* I had to Laff to when U said Baby Steps which reminded me of the Hilarious Movie What about Bob? with Bill Murray!! ) Peace*

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Tags: blog spammers, blog comments, How to comment marketing, comment spam

It was revolutionary for me to find out that economics is not about the numbers, but about history and social trends. Now these are things you can picture and relate to! But do you have the patience?

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Tags: Business idea of the day, social trends, internet marketing, non-profit organizations

The Free Hugs Campaign is a great lesson in viral marketing.

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Tags: free hugs, Viral marketing, Google Trends, web 2.0