Tumblr has been gaining massively in popularity in the last couple of years as a platform where people can share their content in lots of creative ways. It sites somewhere between the short bursts of Twitter and the more complicated blogging platforms and here are 5 of the best examples of people using it creatively…
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In recent times some of the biggest social media and technology blogs have turned in to content farms producing content simply to achieve better SEO results and to tap in to large public news events. It’s forcing myself and others to stop reading these sort of blogs which is a shame given the amazing content that they used to produce…
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A good subscriber base (Email, RSS, Twitter etc) is crucial to building a serious blog and will help you massively with your overall traffic numbers. The following tips will give you insight in how to get to 1000 subscribers within the first 3 months of your blog going live and leave you with the perfect audience and platform to grow your blog going forward…
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If there is one site that is quietly wedging itself firmly in to the social media landscape and grabbing mindshare then it is Tumblr. It’s managed to wedge itself firmly in to a gap between Twitter and blogging and offer rich media content sharing for the man in the street in a very effective way. We have a look at some of the stunning growth and the reasons for it…
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The last 6 months have seen some of the world’s biggest blogs move from a niche audience in to fully fledged businesses with large teams of writers and in many cases small media empires. Social media has helped this transition and with most blogging software being free its a trend that is set to continue and if anything accelerate…
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Getting people’s attention via email to secure online coverage is becoming increasingly competitive and with people getting hundreds of emails every day I wanted to share a short series of tips that would help make sure your email would get noticed. This formula is simple and it ensures that there is a far bigger chance that your email will get read…
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There are 1000s of articles about improving your blogging out there on the web but I wanted to look at things from a slightly higher level and share some ideas on how you can create a truly remarkable business blog.
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Blogging takes a lot of time? Hours of the day when people don’t have a spare minute? That is something that we hear over and over again but the truth is that thanks to modern technology blogging has never been easier and we wanted to share a list of 7 simple tools that mean you would be able to blog in 5 minutes or less and get as good a result as if you spent hours blogging…
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There has been a huge rise in the amount of business blogs in the last year but how many people are getting real effective results from their blog? We have been on a big learning curve with our blog and I wanted to put together this simple 21 step guide to business blogging that will hopefully help others have their own success through business blogging…
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With the rise of social media there are more and more blogs covering the subject and I wanted to pick 50 of the top ones from around the world. They cover news, insight, tips and general social media trends and although hard to follow them all on a daily basis you should find plenty of social media blogs here that are worth bookmarking…
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As more and more people get in to business blogging I thought it was about time we looked at some of the goals and targets that you can set yourself to make sure you are getting the most out of your efforts. Using our own blog as an example I wanted to share the 10 areas we focus on in terms of driving business leads through the blog…
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Some Popular Business Blogging Misconceptions
I spend a huge amount of time answering questions about business blogging and especially why companies or brands should bother engaging with their own blog. The same old questions come up time and time again so I thought I’d answer some of them here as a reference point. Dispelling some of the myths about business blogging…
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