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- Tips to Write Blog Posts That Drive Traffic - 2012-05-07 12:53:26-04
Within the online marketing arena, Google is the undisputed Lord of the universe and content is the altar on which Google makes or breaks a blog. So what to do if you have just launched a blog and want to attract eyeballs and visitors or even if you have been in the online blogging arena but want to increase your traffic and visitor count. You need to be creative and keep churning out regular content that makes the wheels of traffic rolling. Here are some tips that will help you in the overcrowded online blogging sphere. 1. Keep it Simple and Natural Use simple and plain language that the potential visitor understands and is not overwhelmed by difficult words and long sentences. The content should flow naturally and should normally be short and concise. The online visitor is fickle and has a short attention span and long posts may force ...
- Integrating Affiliate Marketing with Your Blog - 2012-05-08 12:31:15-04
When it comes to making money from your blog, it is prudent to avoid putting all your eggs in the same basket. Just as you would diversify your investment portfolio, the same thing can be said about your strategies for making money blogging. In previous articles, we’ve already discussed AdSense and Amazon. In this article, we explore the wonderful world of affiliate marketing. How Does Affiliate Marketing Work? When you insert a Google AdSense ad on your blog, you typically get paid every time that someone clicks on one of the advertisements. When it comes to affiliate marketing, you need that site visitor to take another step before you can get paid. For some affiliate offers, this might involve submitting an e-mail address to a signup page. For other affiliate offers, this might require the site visitor to fill out a registration form for some kind of online service. For ...
- 4 Ways to Use Keywords and Put Your Blog Traffic on Rocket Fuel - 2012-05-08 14:23:44-04
"What new fact can you reveal about keywords?" Aren't you mumbling along these lines on reading the title? Well, I do agree that we are all quite the experts when it comes to SEO and optimizing our blogs to the best possible keywords related to our niche. But think again. Is SEO the only way in which keywords can boost your blog traffic? Allow me to do the heavy lifting for you (if you don't mind). Here are 4 more ways to make keywords work overtime in giving a major boost to your blog traffic. 1) Use Keywords to Monitor Twitter Bloggers can use keywords to find out what tweets are being re-tweeted the most. Topsy is a search engine that displays tweets related to chosen keywords. You can input your chosen keywords (that relate to your niche of course) and see what is getting the most attention on Twitter. ...
- Penguin Update: Transitioning from Cute Mammals to Blogger's Nightmare - 2012-05-08 15:00:04-04
On 24 April 2012, Google unleashed another nightmare: the Penguin update. The Google Blog says: We're launching an important algorithm change targeted at webspam. The change will decrease rankings for sites that we believe are violating Google's quality guidelines. This algorithm represents another step in our efforts to reduce webspam and promote high quality content. Hence, the purpose of this Penguin update is: Reduce webspam Promote high quality content If I am not wrong, the Penguin update has transformed into a nightmare for many bloggers because of various anti-Google things they were doing, some knowingly and others unknowingly. Here I am suggesting some ways to deal with Penguin update and other whatsoever updates Google doles out once and for all. 1) Over-Dependence on Keyword Research Tools: Bloggers, the Google Keyword Tool and others in the market is for your reference purposes, and not for blindly researching some keywords and whipping ...
- Creating a Unique Product Around Your Blog - 2012-05-09 12:31:17-04
When some people embark on their first blogging journey, they think that the blog is their sole focus. Certainly, if you are reading this set of articles, you are interested in launching and running a successful blog. While there are certainly several types of advertising that you can try, like how we described in our articles on AdSense and affiliate marketing, there is another method that largely goes untapped by many bloggers. Have you thought about creating your own product? After investing all that time and effort into developing your blog and building your blog’s brand, it certainly makes sense to capitalize on that increased brand presence by selling a product of your own. This doesn’t mean that you have to maintain any sort of real inventory, though! Digital products are a great way to go for bloggers looking for a way to spread their wings. A Source of Passive ...
- Ukritic Pays You to Review Products and Services - 2012-05-09 13:00:18-04
A big part of what I do as a freelance writer is review products, but not everyone wants to or can do this professionally. You could post your comments on sites like Amazon, but then you’re just giving away your opinion for free. There must be a way to make some money, while simultaneously helping your fellow consumer make the best informed buying decision. And that’s how Ukritic came to be. It’s a place where average folk can share their opinions on everyday products and services, while simultaneously generating a passive income stream for themselves by doing so. Let’s dig into Ukritic and see how it works. A Collection of User-Submitted Reviews Most people don’t have the time or expertise to develop a product review site of their own, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t want their opinions to be heard, nor does it mean that they don’t want ...
- 5 Ways Bloggers and Marketers Can Take Advantage of the New Facebook Timeline - 2012-05-09 15:48:14-04
It is now official, all Facebook pages will be default use the new Facebook Timeline. There are tons of cool ways marketers can make use of Timeline's new features, whether you're a large business or small. Use Timeline to tell a story about your company or brand. Facebook recently extended the dates for Timeline all the way to 1800. This means that companies with rich histories can share easily their past with their Facebook fans. A great example is how Coldplay manages their Facebook page. Using the Timeline, fans can see anecdotal facts about the band and its history. Here is where they show their very first release, May 25, 1998. Another example is the Captain Morgan Facebook page. The liquor company uses Timeline to give its fans a sneak peak into the fictional captain’s life at sea. Understand Cover Photos Requirements. Before Facebook Timeline was introduced I was using ...
- Outsourcing Your Blog Content Writing - 2012-05-10 12:31:18-04
When you start out with your first blog, it’s only natural that you think you have to do everything yourself. After all, you may not have the largest of budgets and the blog could be your own little pet project. You can see yourself growing the blog into a much larger media empire, but you understand the need to take baby steps. That makes sense. At some point in the life of your blog — and this point will be different for everyone — you may think that you don’t have enough time to keep up with what the blog needs to grow. That’s why it’s a perfectly viable option to outsource your blog writing. Yes, outsourcing is a very real possibility. You Are Only One Person It is positively true that your blog is filled with limitless potential, but you as a person are limited by one undeniable factor: ...
- Local SEO: Four Insights to Quickly Dominate Search Engines - 2012-05-10 13:19:25-04
It takes creativity and agility to rank highly on major search engines. Most people are knocking their heads trying to outrank others and I wonder why. It seems we've neglected the basics of search engine optimization. Quite an impressive number of companies nowadays offer SEO services, which is helpful – but having a deep understanding of how to optimize web pages for the 'local' can make a huge impact and increase the return on investment (ROI). Search engine optimization isn't supposed to be tedious or a strenuous activity. When I considered the plights webmasters go through to rank high, I thought it's wise to write this post. In this post, you'll learn: a) How to target local consumers b) How to create user-friendly contents for local consumers c) How to build relevant backlinks like SEO pro's d) How to create engagement with target audience When we are targeting local consumers, ...
- Google Penguin Update: 3 Ways To Rank Your Blog Posts Quickly - 2012-05-10 18:34:30-04
Did you enjoy the latest Google Penguin updates or are you still crying? Wipe your tears. You can get back on track. Write better and creatively improve your ranking. Blogging can be fun and profitable if your contents are read by target audience. Whatever message you're passing across can only make a difference when the right eyeballs receive your campaigns. Unfortunately, thousands of bloggers don't know how to format their articles to rank on Google first page. And I'm not going to bore you with what you already know – keywords, quality content or link building. Or, allow me to paraphrase that – I'll be showing you some quick ways to boost your ranking and dominate your niche. Yes, it's doable and I'll show you how in three simple ways. I discovered a few months ago, that we've been optimizing our posts wrongly – the #1 reason why we struggle ...
- Hiring a Virtual Assistant for Your Blog - 2012-05-11 12:31:20-04
As your blog continues to grow and evolve, so will your needs as a business owner. That’s right. You’re not “just” a blogger. When your blog is a steady source of income, it’s important that you think about your blog not as hobby, but as a real business. It needs to be treated as such and that’s why you may consider investing in a small (or even a large) staff. Part of this will involve hiring a virtual assistant. The great thing about having a business on the Internet, like a popular blog, is that it can be run from just about anywhere with Internet access. It also means that you don’t need a physical office where all your employees need to commute each day. It also means that your virtual assistant can be located nearly anywhere in the world. You can hire locally, outsource overseas, or use some combination ...
- Building a Team Around Your Blog - 2012-05-12 12:31:22-04
You cannot do it alone. That’s why the previous articles have discussed outsourcing your writing and possibly hiring a virtual assistant to help with some tasks related to your blog. However, both of those are considerations that are internal to your blog. You also want to build a blog around your blog, not just in it. What exactly does this mean? Your Blog Does Not Exist in Isolation The Internet, by its very definition, is a highly interconnected place. If you focus solely on what is happening on your blog, you are going to lose perspective on the bigger picture. As obvious as it may sound, many bloggers lose sight of a very simple fact: your blog does not exist in isolation. When we suggest building a team around your blog, it means that you need to look outside your blog and see what kind of relationships you can forge. ...
- Clip Full Pages from the Web and Organize Them with Meaki - 2012-05-13 10:00:18-04
Have you ever wanted to save a full Web page as opposed to just a small section of the page? If you’ve been looking for an easy way to clip and save entire Web pages, meet Meaki. “Meaki makes it easy for anyone to clip Web pages they visit into a visually engaging collection called a Clipset. You can share your Clipsets with the world or keep them private.” You can get signed up and started clipping content with Meaki in a matter of minutes. Getting Started To get started on Meaki, you only need to enter your email and desired username/password. After that, you’ll be prompted to add the “Clip-it” bookmarklet to your browser Bookmarks Bar, which is currently the only way to clip Web pages. Also, be sure to verify your email address once you’ve signed up. Clipping Content As you know, clipping content from the Web and adding ...
- Scheduling Blog Posts and Automating Everything Else - 2012-05-13 12:31:24-04
The only truly non-renewable resource is your time and that’s why it pays to find ways to give yourself more time. Outsourcing, as mentioned in earlier articles, can prove very fruitful in this regard. Another way that you can save some precious time is to automate the tasks that would otherwise occupy an increasingly large part of your blogging day. Automate Your Post Schedule Say that you’ve decided to publish a new blog post each and every day at around 2pm. You’ve found that this time window seems to work best for your audience and it seems to generate the highest readership and the highest level of social media sharing. Does this mean that you have to be right at your computer at exactly 2pm every day? Not at all! There is a great feature that is built into WordPress, allowing you to schedule your blog posts into the future. ...
- Must Have WordPress Plugins that You Will Love! - 2012-05-13 14:07:26-04
As you probably know, WordPress is the way to go and the tool to use for a fast and painless online business project. The only problem with that is the way how WordPress works. It has some core features that allow you to create posts and pages… and maybe one or two more things. And that's pretty much it. The good thing is that there are like thousands of widgets and plugins out there that allow you to DRASTICALLY change the way WordPress operates. Rest assured I'm not about to talk about all of them now. I don't even know most of them. To be honest there's no need to do that, because once you have a need for some feature or, simply put, functionality, you can just go to the Plugin Directory section of WordPress.org and search to your heart's content. Now. let's get down to business. I'll give ...
- Leveraging social media means choices - 2012-05-13 16:29:35-04
One of the first things that people who work on the Internet will tell you is the choices for the marketing that you can do can be overwhelming unless you've got a clear plan. That plan needs to include social media and here are few options that will help you to get a little more from some of the more popular choices. Facebook does a lot of different things for different users and while there are tons of people who use a personal account to get the word out on their goods or services, not everyone knows a business page is available as well. It's a simple process to get started and all you need to do scroll to the bottom of s personal Facebook page, click Pages, and then Create A Page. The things that's different here from other kind of social media marketing is the fact that you'll ...
- Google Penguin Update: Can Your Blog Still Make Good Money? - 2012-05-13 19:58:11-04
Ouch, your blog income just dropped! The Penguin left the sea and didn't see the ugly blogs out there, but yours. And you've obeyed SEO rules and optimization tricks from so-called experts who says: write quality contents and build backlinks as much as you can. Oh, how can I get back my first page ranking in order to make Good money blogging? Google must have good explanations for these quirky animal names they're using to render my blogging efforts homeless. They started first with Panda, and now Penguin. Who knows if they'll release the LION on the next update? Enough of the pity-party, let's get serious now! Have I spoken your mind? Does the above statement sound like what you've in mind? If for any reason, the Penguin struck your blog due to over-optimization, the right question to ask is how to regain top search engine ranking so that your business will continue to ...
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