I joined HubSpot webinar, “How to Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media for Results”, held on December 17, 2008. I reviewed the webinar for my busy readers. This is part 1 and it covers SEO and blogging only. I will mention social media in part 2.

Inbound Marketing: SEO + Blogs + Social Media

The webinar is hosted by Mike Volpe from HubSpot. Mike started the webinar with the comparison of outbound marketing (old media platforms like TV, newspapers, etc.) and inbound marketing (SEO, blogging, social media, etc.)

I received a very nice email from the WooThemes yesterday. Since we are in the Christmas season, along with their Merry Christmas & prosperous New Year’s wishes, they launched two new goodies on the WooThemes website. With the “4 for 1″ Special campaign, you can now grab 4 premium WordPress themes for the price of one. Their offer is valid from 17-24 December only. Take a look at the 4 for 1 special

WooThemes is one of the best premium themes producer I have ever seen. If you are looking for a premium theme, don’t miss this offer. You will get 4 awesome themes only for $70. You may also pay some money to a WordPress designer to make them look like custom WordPress themes.

WooThemes suggest that you upgrade your version of WordPress to version 2.5 or higher. Their themes are still compatible with older versions, however they can’t guarantee that all aspects will be faultless.

• Do you regularly use Twitter? Why don’t you feed your blog to Twitter with twitterfeed.com?
• SEO is one of the key ingredients of success in blogging. How about using a few SEO plugins for WordPress? Here is a very good list: 9 SEO Plugins Every WordPress Blog Should Have
• Will you consider building a network for your online business? Here comes a good template from Chris Brogan:Template for Building a Small Powerful Network
• 3 steps to create your own web stats: OnlineWebStats.com
• How do you see the future of blogging? Jeff Chandler interviewed some popular bloggers and asked them how they see the future of blogging. If you are curious about the future of blogging, read The Future Of Blogging – As They See It
• Interested in online social networks? Have you checked the market in China? Take a look at Web2Asia – Online Social Networks In China

HubSpot is arranging a free marketing webinar titled How to Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media for Results on Wednesday, December 17. Topics are:

• How SEO, social media and blogging can work together for exponential results
• How to spend your time on each Internet marketing activity
• Case studies of successful implementations

Time: 1 PM EST (or GMT-5) and duration is an hour. You may register for the free webinar now. Even if you can’t make the live event, they will email you a link with the slides and video.

I have already signed up. I am going to join the webinar, and review it for my readers. Stay tuned…

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