Last week I wrote a post about networking and how it can impact your efforts with social media. Today I’d like to build on that topic by explaining how you can take your networking efforts to the next level.
Most of us who are active with blogging and social media are in contact with a significant […]
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Forming Your Inner Circle
Drawing the Line Between Trolls and Constructive Criticism
For bloggers and social media users negative comments are an issue that arises every now and then. When talking on the subject of negativity there is a difference between a commenter expressing an opinion that differs from or challenges the opinion of the author, and a commenter that attacks the author. Most blog commenters show […]
A Warning to Multi-Author Blogs
Multi-author blogs are everywhere today, and new ones are being launched every day. This is in part a result of an increasing number of blogs being run as a business, rather than as personal journals. Having a team of writers is necessary for many blogs to produce enough content, plus readers benefit in terms of […]
Turning a Competitor Into an Ally
Those of us who write or read about blog marketing are very familiar with the concept of competitive and saturated niches. You’ve probably read about the dangers of blogging on topics that have thousands of other bloggers covering the same general subjects. However, other bloggers that are in the same niche as you don’t have […]
My Choices for the Group Writing Project at PureBlogging
Last week David from PureBlogging ran a “how-to” group writing project (you can see a list of the entries at PureBlogging). I submitted my post How to Target Social Media with Specific Posts. Participants were asked to publish a post with their votes for the winners, so here are my choices:
How to Run an Awesome […]
Using Pages Instead of Posts for Social Media Traffic
Sometimes a blog can improve its results with social media by promoting pages that are more timeless as compared to a typical blog post. As bloggers we often get into the habit of publishing posts and we overlook the opportunities to create pages that could be excellent for drawing traffic and links.
One of the most […]
Gaining Subscribers Through Social Media: Is It Possible?
Some bloggers use social media to boost traffic and draw links, but they write off the opportunity to gain subscribers through social media as being unrealistic. While it’s true that social media users are typically less likely to subscribe than the average blog visitor, it’s certainly not impossible and in fact can make a big […]
How Much Attention Should Bloggers Give to Social Media?
Social media is a leading source of traffic to many blogs. Like any other traffic source (for example, search engines) the amount of traffic and the results can be influenced by the approach of the blogger. It’s pretty well accepted that website owners and bloggers should maximize their chances of getting search engine traffic by […]
The Role of Social Media in a New Blog Launch
Launching a new blog should be an exciting time, but it can also be discouraging because of the challenges that are involved. Most new blogs struggle to get traffic, comments, links and subscribers as they have to work to build exposure. One proven method for quickly getting past this stage of very slow growth is […]
What I’ve Learned from Starting a Second Blog
About two months ago I launched Traffikd as my second blog, in addition to my primary blog at Vandelay Website Design. I started Traffikd so I could cover some different topics outside of web design. My experience with the primary blog has taught me volumes about what it takes to run a profitable blog as […]
