Blogging is so much more than just typing up your thoughts on an issue and clicking the “Publish” button. One way to make the most of your blogging efforts is to consistently apply your SEO skills along with consistently tagging and categorizing each new blog post. Below is a list of 9 points to be…
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A great blog is one that effectively grows your customer base, drives website traffic and sales, and positions you as an expert in your field. Oftentimes, the details can make all the difference between something being “OK” and “great”. Here are 5 habits of highly effective bloggers. 5 Rules for Better Blogging DO Publish new…
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The use of images is critical in social media engagement and business blogging. If including attribution and a link back is possible, a great photo source option is Creative Commons. When searching for an image for a Facebook status update, an attribution- and royalty-free website like MorgueFile.com is a “must visit”. But if you can’t…
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Whether your blog is new or has long been established, one of the best ways to grow your readership and authority is guest blogging. Guest blogging is defined as writing a post that appears on another blog, website or online magazine. What truly is the value of guest blogging and how do you decide if…
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One quick way to get your content shared virally is to start a meme. If you spend any time online, you’ve seen a variety of memes. Often you may not even realize they are popular memes unless you start to see a lot of them. What is a meme? A meme is a way to transmit…
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In today’s business world, it is important to be able to communicate well even if you are not a writer by trade. In order to establish yourself as an expert you need to be able to communicate clearly in writing whether it is through email, blog posts or research papers. You don’t need to have a…
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Dlvr.It is a tool that helps you to “deliver” new posts from your blog’s feed to social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Fitting daily social media duties into the already overwhelmingly-long small business owner’s To Do list is tough. Increasing that difficultly level even more is the challenge faced by businesses that either don’t…
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I have a Blogger blog and have for a little over two years. I became interested in using a 3rd party commenting system because I couldn’t reply to comments directly on the blog post. I had to reply to the email that I got that included the comment, and wasn’t able to “continue the conversation” on…
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At some point during your personal or business blog’s life, you may find that your blog’s native commenting platform is lacking in functionality. If you are not satisfied with that native system, there are several options available. Disqus is one such option. Disqus is a third party commenting program for blogs and websites that is…
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Blogging for your business is quickly becoming a marketing “Must” for all small business owners. Blogging showcases your expertise, gives your customers a reason to revisit your site and gives you new content to promote on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google Plus. Blogging also helps with SEO since Google prefers new content, and each new blog post…
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