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125 Free Blog Topics-Corporate and Personal Blogging

I need a blog post for tomorrow! What do I write? Blank screen syndrome is a very real affliction for bloggers and other types of writers. There are times when we’re just on and other times when it’s painful to write just one meager sentence. Sound familiar? Even better, this list goes one step further and gives you some additional information to point you in the right direction.

For corporate bloggers, use this list to get help from other areas of the company. 125 Free Blog topics for corporate and personal blogging Play with other children Let’s play. The games children play Chutes and Ladders of life. Get creative Color inside the lines. Let’s go to the playground Recess: Do you need a break from ___? Keep it in the family. Family stories. Tell me a story – These are important for every company or organization. Nursery rhymes. School work ABCs. After school activities Love those extra curricular activities. Other kid stuff Who’s your super hero? Happy marketing, Heidi Cohen P.S. The Best Web Hosting & Web Design Software List. Popular Today in Business: All Popular Articles Check out this ultimate list of the best Web hosting & Web design software solutions available online.

The Best Web Hosting & Web Design Software List

Start a blog, design a website, create an online store, or simply buy a domain name and host a website (domain names can be purchased directly from most, if not all, Web hosting or Web design services on this list). Whether you’re looking for cloud based, enterprise level, managed Web hosting solution for your growing business, the quickest way to start a blog, or the best hosted shopping cart software solution, this list (shown below) will give you the latest information on the leading Web products and hosting services. [NOTE]: If you need help deciding which Web solution is right for your blog or business, tell me your Website goals. I’ll recommend the most affordable, best quality, personalized Web hosting & Web design solution based on what you need, absolutely free. 39 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading. In August 2011, we did a round-up of the 23 best inbound marketing blogs on the internet.

39 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading

But that was soooo two years ago, and it's high time we gave that list a refresh, don't you think? I spend a lot of time reading these bad boys, and so do my colleagues here at HubSpot. But I'm always looking for new reading material! So read through this list -- keeping in mind these are not ranked in order of awesomeness, but in order of alphabeticalness -- and let me know if there are some other amazing blogs we should consider for next year's list! I hope this gives you some new reading material to enjoy with your morning coffee. 1) Adhere Creative A full service inbound marketing and branding agency, Adhere Creative's blog specializes in explaining branding and design from an inbound perspective. Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2013 Winners! Are you looking for some good blogs to read?

Top 10 Social Media Blogs, The 2013 Winners!

Look no further! Our fifth-annual social media blog contest generated over 750 nominations. Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things). With that in mind, here are 10 blogs that need to be at the top of your reading list. #1: Social Fresh Social Fresh, the brainchild of Jason Keath, provides quality social media content from a community of bloggers. The 34 types of blog post that work wonders for Econsultancy. We’ve been blogging at Econsultancy for the past six years and it has been great for our company.

The 34 types of blog post that work wonders for Econsultancy

I have long held the view that all businesses should have a blog. Our blog now accounts for two thirds of site traffic and has claimed lots of valuable search placements on Google, which we’d otherwise have to buy. 9 Raisons D’utiliser Votre Blog Comme Pilier De Votre Stratégie Social Media. Best Blog Titles: Make Great Posts Stand Out. 65 Metrics To Track Blog Success. To measure your blog’s success, start by setting your blog’s goals and determining which metrics are most effective to track your progress against these objectives.

65 Metrics To Track Blog Success

This holds whether your blog is B2C, B2B, not-for-profit (NFP), or solorpreneur. Blog metrics are all about attracting the right audience and getting them to take appropriate action as a result of reading your posts. Further, before you jump in and start tracking blog results, assess the difficulty and cost of your related analytics. 13 content marketing tips from the experts: how to write a great blog. There are many content marketing tools that B2B marketers can use.

13 content marketing tips from the experts: how to write a great blog

The most popular is the blog. In Rebecca Lieb’s book, Content Marketing, she says: “No topic or industry is too arcane for a blog”. She cites a US-engineering company, Indium, that has no less than 73 different blogs…on soldiering materials. Having that many blogs increased the firm's inbound leads by 600%. The Ultimate Guide to Guest Blogging. Here at Kissmetrics, we’ve discussed how you can build authority in your industry through blogging.

The Ultimate Guide to Guest Blogging

If you’re a fan of Social Media Examiner, you might have read about major brands that have benefited from guest blogging. So today, we are going to look at exactly how you can get guest blogging opportunities and make the most out of them. Determine Your Guest Blogging Goals. 6 Tips for Creating Content That Spreads Naturally. We’ve all been there -- you hit publish on a blog post and expect the social shares, page views, and agreeable comments to start rolling in.

6 Tips for Creating Content That Spreads Naturally

But sometimes you get pure silence -- crickets, even -- in response. Using social media and content to market your business isn't a new concept, so just doing the bare minimum won't cut it. 18 Social Media Mgmt Tools for Smart Social Media Users. Are you interested in methods that can boost your social media marketing?

18 Social Media Mgmt Tools for Smart Social Media Users

Do you want to know about tools that can make your job lot easier? If your answer is yes, you have come to the right place. Please find below details of top social media management tools that are tailor made for smart social media users. Unlock to Share Plugin For majority of social media users, this is one of the most popular social media management tools. The Simple Guide to Business Blogging - Simply Business.

12 Things You Must Do After Writing a Blog Post. Blog. 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated 2012) It's easy to build a blog, but hard to build a successful blog with significant traffic. Over the years, we've grown the Moz blog to nearly a million visits each month and helped lots of other blogs, too. I launched a personal blog late last year and was amazed to see how quickly it gained thousands of visits to each post. There's an art to increasing a blog's traffic, and given that we seem to have stumbled on some of that knowledge, I felt it compulsory to give back by sharing what we've observed.

NOTE: This post replaces a popular one I wrote on the same topic in 2007. This post is intended to be useful to all forms of bloggers - independent folks, those seeking to monetize, and marketing professionals working an in-house blog from tiny startups to huge companies.