Hello-
I was actually in the process of registering for this community when I saw your posts about SYNND. In full disclosure, I am a member of the leadership team for Social Media Science, the owner of SYNND.
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We are all aware that the online world is changing rapidly. Social metrics, including Social Buzz, have become increasingly important as a ranking factor. Over the last two years, we have done immense testing on this, and it confirms why SYNND was built in the first place. This is the future...actually the present
You mentioned a number of other products/services, but they are just distribution/bookmarking related tools. They cannot give you the promotional boost that is obtained with the Social Buzz that SYNND offers. SYNND is also a distribution system, but the thing that separates it the most is that it is the only true Social Buzz engine in the market, certainly the only one that spans anything with a URL.
This was just recognized by TopSEOs, who awarded SYNND with their inaugural, top Content Distribution system award, including #1 in Social Buzz. This new category will be up on March 1.
Regardless, the only thing that matters is whether you gain value, right? Let me offer a few thoughts on how to make your success even better. Given space, I will hit on some key points as I cannot go into everything.
I fully agree with some of the comments that have already been made. It does take some time, and that is largely driven by the competitive nature of your niche. There are tools out there, free or inexpensive, that can assist with keyword tracking. Another question is how good is the keyword research that you have done? In targeting a niche, this is where to start. If you have not spent time enough time doing this, than it would be helpful to back the train up a bit. There are tools that can help, as well as access to Google adwords (would multiply their results by 25% to get a better estimate). Once you have done this and can garner improved rankings, it comes down to the nature of the content itself. There are also a lot of other factors such as how interesting the content is, does it address the 3Es? Is it Educational, Enlightening, and Entertaining? There are also some tools to assist with making your blog posts more SEO friendly, such as SEO Pressor (WP plug in).
The last suggestion is that when you are not ranking well, add a piece of content. Still not ranking, add a piece of content. And so on.
We have some of the world's top online marketers, SEO firms, etc. using SYNND with great results, so it sounds like we just need to help you with some additional training and strategies. Every week starting this Thursday at 9 EST (you should have gotten an e-mail about this), we will offer free, live assistance to SYNND members via webinar. We will cover matters related to improving your effectiveness with SYNND to strategies that cover online marketing in general (content, Google, social networks, etc.). I think that this would be very helpful to all members. Q&A will also be available, and questions that we do not get to on the webinar will have an answer posted on the site within days of the webinar's conclusion. Our company charges a lot for strategy development with external clients, but this is free for SYNND members. We want you to be successful.
Also, we have a number of new modules that will start to be released over the next month or so, including some related to Facebook, which should be HUGE. We will cover that on our webinar on the 24th.
Feel free to reply with any further questions or thoughts and I will respond as soon as I can. Thanks.
