I realized after the last two posts that we have not orchestrated a first steps list in order to spare you from having to do and redo all the time. So let’s start with the basics, and establish a flow chart that shows each step in the beginning of optimizing a website.

1. Know Your Subject
2. Establish Your Site’s Purpose
3. Create an Information Architecture
4. Competitive Landscape Analysis
5. Keyword Research
6. Create META Tags and Title Tags
7. Write Page Copy
8. Complete Web Design
9. Implement Copy and META/Title tags
10. Test for Usability
11. Launch Site
12. Implement Internal Links
13. Submit to Directories
14. Post New Blog Posts
15. Request Links from Blogs & Websites
16. Digg, Reddit, Propeller Submissions

We’ll cover these as necessary in the future. For now, this is a basic step by step outline to show you how to approach site creation and optimization.

Blessings!

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