From:grantsmith8. 20 Essential useful Blogging tips for Professional Bloggers. Blogging is a very vast topic, it starts from writing, SEO, managing blog and many more. Here at ShoutMeLoud, I keep sharing various useful Blogging tips, which you require to create and run a successful blog. Though, I have not created any eBook yet for all the tips, but here is a roundup of all such tips, which will help you to grow and take your blog to next level. We have covered lots of topics on Blogging, Though many of them are still not read by you because you might have missed it or other updates pushed them back. Here is list of essential Blogging tips you should read and you should know : Image Credit Before we move ahead, I suggest you to have a look into our WordPress guide and Adsense guide, which will help you to get complete knowledge of how to start a blog and how to make money from Adsense.
Tools: Blogging tools: Here I have shared list of those software’s and tools which I use for every day Blogging. Tools/Services you should know Everything to do with Images: Other tips: iSites Creates Simple Mobile Apps for Individuals, Brands. At the end of 2009, Mobile Roadie made a big splash at Le Web for the company's do it yourself iPhone application builder. The app, for about $500, could create a customized application for individuals, and has seen strong traction in the entertainment space for artists including Taylor Swift and Madonna. It's also the platform used for iPhone apps featuring Chris Brogan and Brian Solis. I even paid for one, but haven't taken the time to build it out.
But today, I tried a cheaper alternative (up front, if not in the long run) that already has a mobile URL for me, with many of the same features. The new platform is called iSites. iSites bills itself as being able to design once and publish on multiple mobile platforms - meaning you can get published on both the iTunes Store and the Android Market. The iSites App Splash Page and Recent Updates iSites Categories And Recent Blog Posts Picking Feeds to Add to iSites. Windows Live adds LinkedIn and Facebook chat | Desktop Apps. COMMS corner: The newspaper-less experiment: 99 days to go... Content management strategy - 9 places to find social content within your organization | Communications Conversations. One of the most important pieces of any strategy an organization employs online revolves around content.
Without compelling content, you’re dead in the water. With it, you can attract new customers, retain existing ones and raise awareness across the marketplace. Yes, content is the engine that makes most social initiatives go online. And while some of it you certainly need to generate from scratch, there are also places you can look within your organization for existing content. Stories, tidbits and nuggets that you can re-purpose or that will spark new ideas and fresh content of its own. Where do you look? * External newsletters. . * Community events. . * Internal meetings. . * Annual reports. . * Customer service teams. . * Internal newsletters. . * Advertisements.
. * Public affairs/legislative reports. . * Customer feedback/comment cards. Note: Photo courtesy of JakeBouma via FlickR Creative Commons. Thanks for installing the Bottom of every post plugin by Corey Salzano. Get Top Google Ranking in 4 Steps. Turn your posts from zero to hero... Blogging is never a “publish and forget it” sort of deal. You publish a post, you answer comments, you build links to it in hopes of ranking it high in search engines so that you can start getting organic traffic on autopilot. Then comes the day of publishing a new post – for many of us, it’s the following day. And what happens to the previous post?
Last Monday we talked about deleting, yes that’s right, DELETING your stale, outdated content that could potentially drag your rankings down. Google Says: Your Blog Has Low-Quality Content And Here Is How to Fix It Now I promised you to write a post on how to improve Google rankings for your existing content – the content that is already producing some search engine traffic, but could definitely do better with a little help. Yesterday during my regular Google Analytics inspection, I did find a post in a good position to be moved up the Google ladder. Right now it ranks #4. Step 1. The first step is discovery. New online platform to allow freelancers to auction exclusive stories. Freelancers using Qluso will set a reserve price and time limit before uploading stories, which editors can then browse and bid for A new online app has been launched for freelancers looking to sell exclusive stories and ideas to news editors. Qluso, which was developed by Northern Irish technology start-up NewsRupt and goes live in beta on 4 October, will allow news editors to browse through stories submitted by freelancers and place bids to become the first to publish the material.
Freelancers using the service will set a reserve price and time limit before uploading their stories. The service says it will pay freelancers on the same day that stories are sold. The app will be free to use during the private beta period. From January, when it comes out of beta, editors will be able to sign up for free or premium accounts and Qluso will take a 15 per cent commission from every sale fee, Lyra McKee, co-founder of NewsRupt, told Journalism.co.uk. Breast Cancer Campaign - Debenhams Step On It Fundraising Page. Can Amplify.com Help You Find Great Content? Most of us use the Internet every day. Whether for work, school or play, the Internet is woven into the very fabric of our lives. Although we spend so much of our time online, we rarely give much thought to . Let’s be clear, the Internet is really divided into : (1) terribly addictive, uncomfortably funny or tremendously valuable content , (2) average, run-of-the-mill, “I already knew that” -type content and finally (3) utter crap .
As a marketer, you’ve created content in all three buckets before (nobody bats 1.000…), and as a web surfer, you know that the Internet is almost 99.999% composed of bucket #3. No, seriously, the Internet is almost completely filled with useless, boring content that probably only appealed to the one person that made it. Not to be a downer, but I only harp on this fact to say that I had a dream. .
Things that would make me than I am, and content that would and talk to me for days about whatever I had shared. Yes… that is a water cooler. Ampli-Who Dot What? Foursquare Launching New Must-Have Button for Websites. Foursquare has quietly added a new feature to its website this afternoon that you won't want to miss: a new "add to my foursquare" button that can be embedded on any website. If you own a business or publish a web page about any real-world location, this very simple button will allow visitors to your website to add going to your location as a "to-do" item and receive a push-notification to their phones whenever they check-in anywhere nearby.
This small button could deliver a substantial part of the promise of Foursquare - tying together our discoveries online with our experiences offline. The new feature was first seen and reported on by the watchdog blog AboutFoursquare and the Foursquare site has been experiencing unusual difficulties loading this afternoon. If it's struggling right now, imagine the load when these buttons are launching pop-ups for locations from web pages all around the internet.
This Makes Sense An "add to my Foursquare" button, though? Twitter moms: the influential moms network. #CommsChat transcript: "Online communities special w/ Amber Naslund" (6 September 2010) - CommsChat. Tactical tools to help PR pros create Facebook communities. The key to engaging stakeholders through Facebook, said then Weber Shandwick’s, but now Edelman’s, Matthew Gain at Frocomm’s 2010 New Media Summit, is identifying existing communities where fans can be recruited, forming strategic alliances, leveraging off existing communication platforms and utilising Facebook advertising. Matthew’s (@matthewgain) presentation was one of the most informative of the summit, providing attendees with a wealth of hands-on knowledge. For this reason, and the value-add he provided for this report after the summit, the discussion of his presentation has been broken into two articles. This one focuses on tactical aspects of utilising Facebook for public relations results, whilst the companion piece discusses more strategic dimensions of the platform.
Prior to encouraging us to get our virtual hands dirty, however, he provided these daunting (or inspiring, for professional communicators) stats: These are daunting figures because of a few factors: Measurement. Fashion Week Takes Over Twitter [INFOGRAPHS] This fall, brands, marketers and media turned to social media to generate real-time coverage and buzz among followers of New York Fashion Week — and nowhere was the impact of those efforts more apparent than on Twitter. According to social media measurement platform Trendrr, which produced the infographs below, more than 165,000 tweets pertaining to Fashion Week were posted between Thursday, September 9 and Thursday, September 16. Friday, September 10 was the biggest day at 34,000 tweets; hashtag #nyfw also became a trending topic on Twitter that day. Of the tweets delivered during that period, 70% came from female users, 50% were positive and 17% were negative in sentiment.
The conversation generated a number of benefits for brands who were active during the week, most of which received a healthy increase in followers. Diane von Furstenberg led the way with an increase of 3,000 followers, whose show garnered positive reviews both in print and online. COMMS corner: Foursquare needs deputy mayors...seriously. {grow} » Easy Steps to Amplify Your Blogging. Dr. Tony Karrer, CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, was one of the first people to highlight my writing outside of {grow} when he invited me to participate in the wonderful aggregation site B2B Marketing Zone.
Tony is an inspiring web entrepreneur and offers in this Community Week guest post today some new ideas to attract more attention to your blogging efforts … I’ve been blogging since early 2006, so I know first-hand that it’s hard work — with often slow results — for both new and established writers to reach a sizable audience. The good news is that I’ve found a really great way to effectively amplify your blogging, reach a new set of potential customers, build relationships with fellow bloggers, and create a useful and powerful library of relevant content for your industry.
Introducing Topic Hubs The heart of this strategy is what I call “topic hubs.” In the world of eLearning, a similar topic hub has been created with amazing results. Blogger Relations Doesn’t this take a lot of work? Dr. How to Use Facebook and Twitter to Drive Traffic to Your Retail Shop. I’m always surprised at how few retail spaces take advantage of Twitter and Facebook (yes, there are exceptions).
The costs are low, the risks are manageable and your customers are already using the platforms. By engaging customers “where they live,” you can increase the foot traffic to your shop and grow your business. Here are 5 steps to grow your retail business using Facebook and Twitter. #1: Set Up Shop “80 percent of success is just showing up.” – Woody Allen This may sound obvious, but if you want to engage your customers and prospects on Twitter and Facebook, you have to be there. On Twitter, this means creating an account for your business, but it also may mean creating an account for you or other people in your company.
Twitter is a place for people, but it's also a place for businesses. On Facebook, setting up shop means creating a business page and claiming your Facebook Place (more on that later). Facebook business pages are great places to engage with your audience. News Sites Study Social Media. Understanding How and Why Facebook Users Interact with Brands. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. While much of finding what works for your business on social media sites is a process of trial and error, recent stats from e-mail marketing firm ExactTarget (which recently acquired social CRM platform CoTweet) shed some light on how the Facebook population uses the site, and specifically, how it interacts with brands.
First, the good news: Based on its study of 1,500 Facebook users, ExactTarget concluded that 38% of online U.S. consumers “Like” (formerly “Fan”) a brand on the social networking site. And the average fan Likes nine different brands, giving you plenty of opportunity to find your way into potential customers' news feeds. Fortunately, ExactTarget didn’t stop there, and did some research into what motivates users to Like companies on Facebook. More Business Resources from Mashable:
Measuring Social Media Performance using Google Analytics | Globalthoughtz. By deep on September 17th, 2010 There are lots of challenges for businesses to keep track of their social media activities and performance. Today, there are hardly any business which doesn’t have a Twitter Id or a Facebook fan page. They might not be investing much in using the platform to increase sales or visits but they surely have their presence shown in some little way.
There are many high-end web applications available in the market ranging from $10 to $250+. The market for social media performance measurement is rising with the popularity of platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But if you invest enough time on already available tools than they can be efficiently used for a small and medium businesses. It just requires few knowledge about the internet data type and their eco-system. So, I will show how a free and simple tool like Google Analytics can be used to measure your social media performances and gain insightful meaning out of it. How can Google Analytics Help? 1. 2. 3. McDonald’s Foursquare Day Campaign Brought in 33% More Foot Traffic. Update: McDonald's head of social media Rick Wion tweeted that, "the 33% increase was in the number of checkins. We consider checkins the same as a person entering the restaurant. " With so many brands trying their hands at location-based marketing campaigns, one has to wonder: Is Foursquare really effective as a platform for bringing in new business?
McDonald's seems to think so; the company's head of social media Rick Wion recently spoke of the fast food giant's big wins from a spring pilot program using Foursquare. At the Mobile Social Communications conference yesterday, Wion shared that McDonald's was able to increase foot traffic to stores by 33% in one day with a little Foursquare ingenuity. Econsultanty reports that McDonald's, with Wion driving campaign direction and strategy, opted to try and take advantage of Foursquare Day (4/16) to bring in more business. The campaign worked in both digital and real world capacities. McDonald's is not alone in its Foursquare success.
Foursquare needs deputy mayors...seriously. 25 brands using Twitter well RT @GuyKawasaki @jamesmacintosh. What You Need To Know When Creating A Facebook Advertising Budget. You’re ready to jump into Facebook advertising and test out the waters, however you haven’t figured out how much you want to spend yet. Also, you don’t know the most effective way of optimizing your ads. All you know is that you want to try it out and see if Facebook advertising will work for you. So what’s the best way for creating your Facebook advertising budget?
That’s exactly what you’re about to learn. How To Determine The Value Of A Lead Or New Customer Before budgeting the amount you are willing to spend on Facebook ads, you first need to determine the value of a new lead. KPIs In large organizations, and often with large ad campaigns, key performance indicators (KPIs) are frequently used to use as benchmarks for measuring performance. While there are a number of tools in this space, Facebook has attempted to accomplish this through a partnership with Nielsen for a product called “Brand Lift” (first described here). New Customers New Fans The Most Important Rule. Foursquare. Four top UK fashion bloggers strut their stuff ahead of London Fashion Week (#LFW) Score a Celebrity Twitter Follower by Donating to Charity. CHART OF THE DAY: Twitter's Path To 33 Billion Tweets Per Year. Vodafone HQ :: London, UK.
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