I’ve gotta admit feeling a little bit giddy as I signed into my LotusJump account for the first time. Based on the taste I got at Pubcon Vegas, I was prepared for a multifaceted SEO tool. After an hour or so of hands on time, it was obvious that Lotus Jump is more than a tool; it’s a veritable SEO assistant.
What’s it do?
LJ’s main function is to help you boost the search engine clout of your website and to make you aware of favorable web networking and traffic driving sites.
It searches the internet for back linking, directory submission and and even article submission opportunities. What you might not expect, and what LJ does phenomenally well is provide step by step instructions for submitting those links, urls and articles. It’ll even provide you with html code you can include in your text and blog comments (”html code”: a fancy word for a “link”).
How does it work?
Sign up for LotusJump.
Choose a domain.
Choose keywords.
LJ will take the domain and keywords and return a list of simple SEO tasks to complete.
Click a task, read the easy to follow instructions and follow them.
Done.
It sounds so good, there’s gotta be a catch.
Well, the only draw back to Lotus Jump is 1 single bug I found that sometimes lists tasks that cannot be completed. An example would be a task that asks you to comment on a blog but fails to indicate how to do so. After a month of using the application I only ran into this problem 2 times. Each time I simply deleted the task and moved on.
What’s it cost?
LJ has 2 levels of subscription. $24 a month will get you access to tasks based on any 3 keywords of your choosing for 1 domain name. Opt for the Pro package at $49 a month and they’ll more than triple the keywords (10) and add a competitive backlink task that isn’t included in the basic package. If you’re working with multiple websites you can manage them all for an additional $19 each.
Sum it up?!
LJ was created for the internet layman. Yet, it is a smart, savvy, all-in-one, SEO assistant that this Social Net Ninja would dare call indispensable for anyone with a website. Go with the $49/p mo package to get the extra “Competitive Backlinking” task and triple your keywords and you’ll be cooking with gas.
Tips for using LotusJump:
-Filter tasks by keyword and then complete them by task type. Click filter options, choose one keyword (uncheck all other keywords) and then choose one task type. Click apply filters and complete all task types that LJ assigns you. Once you get in a groove with a specific task type and keyword you can really fly through your tasks.
-Article Submission tasks: It may seem like a lot of work, but I recommend writing different articles for each article submission. Many sites require that the content you submit be original and unique. At the very least, if you intend ignore this advice and use articles you’ve already written, never use the same article twice.
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