Oct
31

Blog Engage Challenge, Plus Week 3 Results

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Blog Engage continues to be one of my favorite voting sites in the blogosphere.  It’s a really great place to network with bloggers that you wouldn’t otherwise have had the opportunity to meet. Not only does this site give bloggers a way to increase engagement on their own blogs by including a voting button, it…
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Oct
30

Blog Marketing: The Edge of Success

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Guest post by Michael Belk The Learning Curve: Hi my name is Michael, I am like any other blogger who wants a successful content rich blog “weblog”. I want to be successful so bad that I spend every waking hour writing or marketing my blog. Some more veteran; more established blog authors will tell you…
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Oct
29

3 Critical On Page SEO Elements

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Guest post by John Morinaga Too many webmasters focus their efforts on off page SEO and ignore the important aspects of on page SEO. Targeting your desired customers with keyword enriched content on-page is critical to competitive ranking on major search engines like Google. Websites that do not include instances of their targeted keyword phrases…
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Oct
28

How to Efficiently Monetize a Blog with a Shop or Store

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Guest post by James Hyde While many people blog just for fun, today a lot more people are trying to monetize their blogs. While advertising and affiliate schemes are popular, there is a growing number of people using a plugin (such as Shopp) or a separate online shop as a way of generating revenue. One…
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Oct
27

Should You Let an Intern Manage Your Social Media Marketing?

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Guest post by Nick Stamoulis Have you ever heard of a “Twitern?” It’s an intern who is responsible for managing a company’s Twitter profile, although it could extend to any of the social networks. Is an intern the best person to handle your social media marketing? Let’s look at the pros and cons of social…
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Oct
26

So you’ve Created your EBook, Now What Do you Do?

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I’ll admit, there are so many confusing tidbits that go along with blogging – it’s no wonder people get overwhelmed and quit.  When I try to explain what’s needed to sell an eBook or any product via a blog to a new blogger, I have to pass them a napkin to wipe the brain matter…
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Oct
26

5 Questions To Transform Your Tedious Blog From ‘Same-Old’ To Successful

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You know you have a problem when you even bore yourself with your blog. Is this you? You drag yourself to the computer, struggling to keep your eyes open. You stare at the screen, uninspired. You make another coffee. You feed the cat, even though it’s only a few minutes since you last filled its…
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Oct
25

10 Smart Ways to Get Massive Traffic to Your Blog

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Guest post by Tracy Collins Have you just started a blog and want someone—anyone—to read what you have to say? Do you have an existing blog but just aren’t getting the type of responses you’d hope to get? Fear not! You don’t have to throw in the towel just yet. There are a few simple…
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Oct
24

Social Proof Challenge, Plus Week 2 Results

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Go to any successful blog – look around and I’ll tell you what you will find: Active Twitter Counters, usually in the triple digits Lots of Twitter followers Lots of Facebook Likes/Fans Lots of RSS subscribers Lots of comments (unless they’ve disabled them) Lots of people interacting with each other What a successful blog is…
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Oct
22

6 Simple Keyword Tips for Successful Writing

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Guest post by Michael Scottsdale Going Back to Basics Marketing your articles over the web can be a daunting task for even the seasoned writer. Each writer longs for the chance to have their articles appear on every search engine available.  And it all starts with finding the perfect keywords to complement your article. Just…
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Oct
21

Go Beyond the Meta for Better SEO

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Recently, I asked people following Creativeblogger on twitter how they optimize the content on their blog. What I discovered was that most bloggers approach optimization the same way … you may even find that you’re right there with the majority. The way the majority of bloggers optimize their content is simple: They don’t. For many, the optimization process is…
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Oct
20

Changing Aspirations

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Guest post by Jack Lundee Any businessperson or entrepreneur with dreams has high hopes of achieving certain goals. However, most of these people aren’t successful in reaching their goals because of their inability to thoroughly follow through with a written regimen or plan. It’s true that only 5% of the overall population has written goals.…
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