Blogging

It was impossible to sleep. All I could think about were the possibilities that awaited in the morning. Maybe I would get what I wanted. Maybe it would be a complete surprise. Maybe I would hate it. The truth was…Christmas Eve always had me on tenterhooks. (and it still does…a bit). I used to love…

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Content is one of the driving factors in the online world. Many things revolve around content and without it, a lot of things wouldn’t be as effective. Without content, brands and individuals alike wouldn’t be able to make an impact online and engage their audiences. That’s why the concept of having a quality content checklist…

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Clickbait titles will get your article clicked on but will it be read? A well-written article that educates your audience with an interesting title will get your article clicked on and read. READ MORE >>

The online world and various social media platforms made it easier for us to earn a living from our passion projects and hobbies. Looking at impressive social media profiles full of glamorous pictures and fun blog posts has convinced a lot of people that influencers have amazing lives without putting in any real effort. It…

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Take a peek in your garden shed (if you dare). You see that rusty old bike that’s buried underneath piles of tools and boxes? You know, the sorry spectacle that’s decaying, irrelevant and completely forgotten in the corner? You used to have a whale of a time together. Best Buds. Attracting a ton of stares…

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You’ve decided to try yourself out as a blogger? Do you have millions of ideas rushing through your head? That’s great! But keep that inspiration for creating the content. First, you have to build a healthy foundation for your blogging career. And to do so, you will have to roll up your sleeves and adopt…

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The benefits of running a blog are as versatile and numerous as the stars in the sky (or the blogs on the web). Still, niche recognition, SEO rankings, better traffic and more leads cannot be expected without great content. It requires time and hard work, and essentially boils down to these 9 principles of blog…

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Having a blog is necessary for most businesses. If you look at companies like Google, Starbucks, and Virgin, no matter how big they already are, they still care enough to have business blogs, and they still want to increase blog traffic. Blogging lets you build trust in your brand when you deliver quality content to…

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Keyword research is everything for the average business. This article describes how to go about and find relevant keywords for your business. The right keywords can bring the right people to your business—and by investing your time in keywords research, you can identify popular search terms your customers are using and learn more about what…

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They say to always keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s an important lesson I learned while building my app, NinjaOutreach. If I wanted to beat the competition, I had to know them well. There’s a lot you can learn from your competitors. You learn their wins, you learn their losses. In this…

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What do Neil Patel, Tim Ferriss, and Brian Clark have in common? They are three of the most influential personalities in the digital marketing sphere today. And they built their influence through blogging. Why don’t you start blogging to build influence as well? You can say that they blogged their way to fame and fortune….

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From years of running digital and content marketing for my software as a service (SaaS) business, I’ve learned the power of what good, relevant keyword management and targeting can do to establish your authority and improve awareness for your brand. For example, this company grew their daily visitors by 40% and saw an increase in…

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From my experience running a software as a service (SaaS) business that largely thrives through online transactions, I believe that knowing how to track key blog metrics with Google Analytics should be a required skill for entrepreneurs—especially those who run business blogs. Why is this so? Because you need to know: What your biggest audience…

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You might have heard it already… Instagram has recently surpassed 1 billion users and has taken the social media industry by storm. For the blogging community, it works as a gateway to find new followers and like-minded people in their niche. It has become one of the top social media marketing platforms not only for many…

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As any business owner should know, the trick from being a small business to a successful empire is simply exposure. Online advertisements. Live events. Word of mouth. Social media. These are all ways that get people to start recognizing your name and knowing what your business is all about. But right now, you’re at a…

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People are republishing their content more than ever. Linkedin. Facebook. Quora. Flipboard. Even sites like Business2Community and HuffingtonPost. My question, is why aren’t you? Especially when there’s a new social platform going full throttle with 800k+ visitors coming on a daily basis. Let me introduce to you, Medium. Compared with other platforms, Medium is the…

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eCommerce sites can be particularly difficult to drive traffic to. For one thing, there are some major competitors like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy, all of which operate across many different verticals and often occupy the first few results in a search engine. And in other niches, there are usually no less than several niche competitors….

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Consider the following statements – are they true for you? You want to put out valuable content on your blog, consistently. You want to connect with influencers in your niche. You’re busy How many did we get? I’m guessing 3/3. Which is why today we’re going to share a blogging technique that solves all of…

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Are you looking to set actionable goals, both personally and professionally, to help you grow? If so, let’s make some of those apply to your blog. What should your blogging goals be? Firstly, before we dive into the specific goals themselves, let’s talk about how they should be structured. I recommend you create S.M.A.R.T. goals….

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We’ve all heard about how necessary it is to engage with influencers to take our blog to the next level. But what does it mean to “engage”? Usually, we think to do the obvious – comment on their blog posts or link to them in a post (and then tell them about it, asking for…

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I like to share my own experiences using WordPress plugins to run Maximize Social Business to help you make your own website more social media optimized, SEO friendly, and even help convert more of your visitors into new leads. I say “website” because WordPress is not just for blogs: As a CMS, WordPress powers one of…

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There’s no doubt about it, one of the most valuable aspects of WordPress is the ability to use a plugin for virtually anything that you need. Just as an iPhone is nothing without the apps but a phone, WordPress is nothing without its plugins. Unfortunately, as great as they are they can really do some…

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Over the last few years blogging has become a recognized marketing tool as a component of a social media strategy.  While businesses used to scratch their head as to why they should be fiddling with something that was originally created for individuals, B2B marketing professionals should now realize that a blog can and should play…

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