Traffic seems to be the one thing that people obsess over the most when it comes to blogging. In fact, it's probably one of the biggest reasons people give for why they don't start blogging. They're afraid no one will...
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How to Leverage Your Assets to Build Your Blog Audience
There is a special name for folks who start a blog and expect it to flourish in a matter of days. They are called disappointed people. What's wrong? I posted my blog to Facebook and Twitter. I used a clever hashtag and...
The Guest Blogging Snafu: Critical Info for Blog Owners
The Basics: Accepting guest blog posts might soon result in Google penalties. Google’s anti-spam chief Matt Cutts started an explosion across the SEO and Blogging worlds when he announced in mid-January that ‘Guest...
The Definitive Guide to Forum Marketing for Bloggers
Forum marketing is one of those tools that, when used effectively, can produce tremendous results. On the other hand, if abused, it's the quickest way to destroy your online reputation -- permanently. The benefits from...
10 Blog Commenting Tips To Get Traffic From Other Blogs
Probably one of the easiest (yet widely underrated) traffic strategies out there is blog commenting. The bloggers who haven't yet latched on to this simple traffic generation method are missing out, because there are...
15 Quick Fixes To Increase Your Blog Opt-in Rates Today
In blogging and Internet marketing in general, conversions are everything. Really. Just think about it - getting 1,000 visitors a day is great. But if none of those visitors subscribe to your blog, i.e. converts,...
7 Tweet Types To Get Your Business Noticed Among The Twitter Noise
There is a big difference between using Twitter for business and using Twitter for business effectively. In other words, you cannot expect to create a profile, send out a few tweets here and there, and gain a huge...
How To Use Google Hangouts On Air To Promote Your Brand
With the steady and significant uptick in algorithm updates since 2004, Google has notified the internet of the importance of quality. The king of search has always set the standard when it comes to search engine...
Grow Your Blog’s Traffic With These “Off The Beaten Path” Ideas
If you've been blogging for a while, you've probably tried some of the traditional marketing methods out there, such as advertising on various sites. However, by keeping an open mind to "off the beaten path" marketing...
4 Reasons Your Small Business Needs a Blog
Unless your new business venture involves a branch campus of the Illuminati, you probably want your small business to get noticed. So what do you do? Set up your business in a high-traffic area? Great. Get a big sign?...