5 Powerful Steps to Building a 6-Figure Blog
Tweet Long ago, when the marketing agency I was consulting with first began building websites for clients, blogging was still in its infancy (we’re talking zygote stage), and few people were using the Web in the way we do today. Weblogs were definitely in my peripheral vision, and I am proud to have been one [...]
18 Key Observations about the State of Blogging in 2011
Tweet Blogging is a profession and a passion that has been transformational. The feedback has changed and informed me. I have written, travelled, presented and networked. It has allowed me to learn and to communicate with a global audience that has been enlightening, inspiring and empowering. It asks questions of you. Will people appreciate your thoughts [...]
The 14 Keys to Successful and Influential Global Blogging
Tweet The death of blogging has been predicted for many years. Social networks such as Facebook and MySpace provide easy to use multimedia publishing platforms to share your life’s experiences and insights with the world, that at first glance seemed to offer an alternative to blogging that would lead to its demise. As Mark Twain was famously [...]
Beginners Guide on How to Video Blog on a Budget – Part Two
Tweet The rumours and predictions that Facebook would be the death of blogging seems to have been greatly exaggerated. Blogging has instead evolved into a media rich ecosystem that is performed by individuals and companies to great effect. Blogging platform startups such as Tumblr (founded in 2007) that emphasises ease of use, have seen serious [...]
Beginners Guide on How to Video Blog on a Budget – Part One
Tweet Video is a powerful and effective way of presenting content. Not everyone has the innate ability to write blog posts or enjoys putting pen to paper. Finding your “online” voice could mean video blogging, or communicating through images and PowerPoint presentations on social media networks. Video bloggers such as Gary Vaynerchuk have used online video as [...]
9 Steps to Compelling Contagious Content for Your Social Media Marketing
Tweet Why do you turn on the television? Why do you open a magazine? Why do you read the newspaper, whether it is online or folded and crumpled on your coffee table? We want to be entertained, amused and educated and the reason you open the laptop, turn on the tablet or browse on the [...]
What are 10 Addictive Types of Content?
Tweet Are you having problems driving traffic to your blog? Are you finding that no one is retweeting your content or sharing it on Facebook? When starting a blog the challenge for any blogger is providing content that will entice and delight your readers. You want them looking forward to your next article. Developing an [...]
How to Optimize Social Media to Kick Start Your Career
Tweet College freshmen can’t help but feel a bit of trepidation when they follow their Twitter feed these days. News of economic uncertainty and the attendant bleak jobs outlook are re-tweeted with ferocity across every networking site in existence. The irony accompanying this no-doubt troubling news is that the very modes of sharing bad news [...]
How to Create Credibility and Trust on Twitter
Tweet At first glance Twitter is like an adult’s version of teenage texting. The 140 characters offer the promise of much more behind its brevity and headline. At its core there are two differences that distinguish it from the humble “SMS”, that have given it traction in the public “mindspace” It is public It links [...]
Does Twitter or Facebook Drive More Traffic to Your Blog?
Tweet Have you ever visited a discount book store and looked at books sitting on shelves and trestle tables gathering dust, begging to be read. These are books that languished in a proper book store only to be banished to a clearance outlet. These lonely unread tomes are the work of writers that have poured [...]
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