Author: Neville Hobson
How much attention do you pay to the headline of a blog post or other content you write?
I always think that the headline of a blog post, newspaper article, news release or other piece of written material is the most essential thing to pay attention to when you write that content.
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Author: Kabir Bedi
Blogging, be it corporate or persona has become a popular concept to communicate with your audiences and build strong networks on the web. However, in order to build a strong network, it is important that you interact with your audiences and vice versa. Even though yo may write very interesting articles, you may not be able to leverage its full potential if it doesn’t spark an interest among readers, enough to make them comment on the post.
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Author: Sharon Housley
There are a wide variety of things you can do in regard to blog promotion. Here are just a few…
1. Optimize
Optimize the blog using standard search engine optimization techniques, so that it performs well in the organic rankings of the various search engines.
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Author: Frank Reed
It appears as if the years and years of shameless self-promotion, and an overly important view of itself, is catching up with the Internet marketing industry. I say this because, as we sit here in 2010 and race toward the world of mobile, we haven’t even scratched the surface of helping the vast majority of people execute some of the online basics. The only thing that is really being scratched are the heads of regular workaday folks who just want to get a reasonable Internet marketing foundation in place. They search for simple answers and explanations, but they get industry double-speak and a weird glance by “consultants” because they “don’t get it yet.”
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Author: Michael Gray
This is the second time I’ve encountered this technique in the past few months so I thought I’d spend some time explaing what it is, what to watch out for, and how it could be problematic for you.
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Author: Martin Sejas
If you already have a blog, chances are that you are using WordPress as your platform. If you’re not, you should be. There are many reasons as to why WordPress is the most popular blogging platform on the Web today.
In terms of Internet marketing and getting rankings, WordPress offers the most search engine friendly blogging platform in addition to being very user-friendly. The other great thing about it is the number of plugins which you can add to your blog.
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Author: Beth Hrusch
Are you thinking about launching your business blog? You’re not alone. A recent study by GuideWireGroup revealed that approximately 89 percent of businesses polled use blogs as a way to communicate with their customers. In another survey, Burson-Marsteller found that 15% of Fortune 500 companies have blogs. A successful business blog can generate tens of thousands of dollars in revenue each year, with figures for large corporations typically much higher.
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Author: Bradley Hess
As you sit down to write a blog you need to ask yourself – who is going to be reading this and how can I help them? As I have mentioned in several of my blog posts the trick is not to create something with the intent to “make” it go viral. The trick is to create a blog that contains valuable information and is well written and then it will go viral. This same principle applies when looking to add to your readers’ interaction. Interaction increases continued readership.
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Author: Mark Schaefer
This week I received the 10,000th comment on my blog. That’s a big deal! And while this lucky commenter (who will be named at the end of the post), will receive a $500 prize package (for real!) I’d like to humbly explain why I have completely changed my mind about the importance of blog comments.
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Author: Sharon Housley
Blogging has quickly become very common place, and while blogs may be plentiful, many bloggers still make a number of mistakes when it comes to managing their blogs. Presented here are the most common blog mistakes, in hopes that you can avoid making them yourself.
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