Brandon Laughridge’s Blog

I guess I shouldn’t like Jason Calacanis much, because I really believe in SEO, but he’s pretty spot on with a keynote he gave at Affiliate Summit. I love when he pokes fun at affiliates for touting their 6 figure checks and says something along the lines of “Add two or three zeros and then you can hang in Silicon Valley.”

Like anybody, I’d love to have some 6-figure checks but it really shouldn’t be the focus. Don’t build BS scraper sites, MFA blogs, or any other crap like that. Focus on building a real business that utilizes your search marketing skills and maybe someday you can hang with Calacanis and his buddies in the Valley.

P.S. — He said in the speech that his ego alert (read Google Alert) would pop up if someone blogged about him and he’d happily leave a comment. Let’s see if that happens, I’d be impressed.

Due to some personal circumstances last year I stopped blogging before I really started. Well, I’m back. I hope to post a few times a week. I’ll probably focus on cool linkbait I see, linkbuilding methods, building authority, and all that jazz. I have an idea for a “Linkbuilder’s Zen” page that I plan on compiling to help SEOs invigorate a linkbuilding campaign that’s getting dry. Watch for it.