8 Ways to Build Relationships With Bloggers Online. Editor’s note: guest post by Srinivas Rao It’s been said over and over again.
Relationships are going to be the foundation for everything that you do in this business. By focusing more on relationships in the early days of your blog, you’re going to go much faster when you hit your stride. I attribute everything to relationships. 8 Ways to Build Relationships With Bloggers Online 1. 3. 7. 8. Case Study: How A New Blog Achieved 100% growth in 2 Months. This is a guest post by Srinivas Rao, the editor in Chief of Flightser . He writes about personal development at The Skool of Life and is the host of BlogcastFM, a podcast to help you take your blog to the next level. Two months ago the CEO of our company asked me to take the lead on launching and growing a brand new travel blog. Flightster, is currently functioning only as a blog and will eventually become a fully functional flight booking engine within the next several months. Starting solely as a blog has shown us the tremendous power that a blog can have in building brand awareness. Objectives: Build Brand awareness Leverage social media to Connect with the Online Travel Community Building the Blog #1 Budget.
The 3 Phases Of Social Media Strategy. This is a guest post by Srini Rao from The Skool of Life A few days ago I was at work crafting a high level social strategy that will go beyond the Flightster blog and really enable us to take advantage of social media in a way that really allows us to understand our customers.
I’ve come up with literally hundreds of ideas over the course of the last year, some of which have been implemented and others which have been put on hold. Over the last week I’ve been able to condense my work into 3 core ideas for an effective social media strategy, both on a personal level and a corporate level. Phase 1: Build Let’s consider the social media presence of an individual or company as a blank canvas which we intend to turn into a masterpiece. Blogs Blogs can often serve as a starting point for social media. Email Lists After conducting over 130 interviews on BlogcastFM the #1 mistake that every single blogger/internet marketer says they made was not starting an email list soon enough. Facebook Twitter. 7 Ways Interviews Can Skyrocket Blog Growth.
14 Bloggers Share 14 Awesome Tips For Using Google+ This is a guestpost by Srinivas Rao from The Skool of Life.
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on Google Plus and I’m finding that the quality of conversation with content creators is significantly higher there. So I decided to put that theory to the test and ask some bloggers to share their best tips to on using Google Plus. Here is a list of 14 bloggers (including myself) that are rocking the world of Google+ to connect and engage with new people, expand their reach and create more content.
And they share their tips with you: 1. I’ve just recently included my Google+ profile link in the FIRST email my newsletter subscribers receive from me after opting-in… I’ve seen a dramatic jump in the number of people adding me to their circles. 2. How to Make Your First $100 Online. This is a guest post by Srinivas Rao of The Skool of Life and co-founder of BlogCastFM, one of my favorite podcasts that I fully support for your online education.
I am in Boston right now working with a client and with the beauty of technology and the wonders of WordPress I was able to schedule this post ahead of time – but that doesn’t mean this guest post is any less important. In fact, it could be one of the most important posts you read because when you think about – before you make a million dollars, before you make tens of thousands, or even just one-thousand dollars, you still have to make a hundred bucks first. Once you can do that, the sky is the limit. In this post, my good friend Srini illustrates some very actionable items to help those of you who have yet to earn your first 100 dollars online, earn it.
Please enjoy, and for the more experienced people out there, please share or add any tips you may have to help people earn their first $100 online. Here is Srini… 1. 2. 3. It’s easy to buy attention but can you earn it? By Srinivas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist As the social web gets flooded with content creators, the supply of attention is decreasing while the demand is increasing.
If you’ve ever taken an economics class, then you know that this causes the price of attention to rise. Attention isn’t available at bargain basement prices. Even if you manage to get it cheap, it won’t last long. How to turn blog readers into brand advocates. By Srinivas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist If you have been blogging for more than a few months than you have super fans whether you know it or not.
You just have to keep an eye out for them. Fortunately there some key indicators. They comment regularlyThey send you personalized emailsThey share EVERYTHING you write But simply knowing who they are is not enough. Approachability One of the things that will immediately set you apart from other bloggers is how approachable you are. Leo’s startup Buffer has been wildly successful in the last several months.
Vulnerability In the book Click Ori Braffman analyzes the factors that lead to instant connections between people. A few weeks ago I thought about emailing Mark and giving up my contributor position here at {grow} because I couldn’t meet his quality standards — I was having trouble coming up with anything original to say. It’s easy to create this picture of success online. Go far down the social media rabbit hole. Why 150 Followers Is All You Really Need.