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Signing Up for Google Authorship to Protect Your Copy from Content Theft

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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Having quality content online can do wonders for your business. Aside from making you seen as an expert in your chosen field, it engages and attracts your brand’s ideal demographic. And as your work is shared from one social media site to the next, you end up reaching a broader audience.

However, despite putting a lot of time, money, and effort into creating an outstanding website with marketable content, it’s all too easy to get it plagiarized. Content thieves can easily do a quick copy-paste job on your site and market your words as their own. In effect, you may experience a decrease in online visitors and potential sales as clients are funneled to the competition.

 

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Spicing Up Your Business Blog

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

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If you already own and manage a business blog along with other social media accounts, then you’re probably already established your brand’s online identity. But simply managing an identity isn’t enough to drive conversion. This is especially the case if your blog has been around for a long time. Your readership may have changed dramatically without you knowing it, so you may need to consider a new strategy to drive interest back into your feed.

 

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The Effect of Google Reader’s Shutdown on Blogs

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Blogs are known as one of the earliest forms of social media. Since 1994, people were writing and following these online weblogs that often chronicled people’s lives. Over time, many companies followed suit. Through their own blogs, they got to communicate with customers about their own products and services.

 

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Weekly Link Round Up – 05-25-12

Friday, May 25th, 2012

How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media (SocialMediaExaminer.com)

You can help your blog gain more exposure by using social media. However, each platform has something different to bring to the table; successfully using each is a matter of knowing how to use them. The author offers detailed steps on using each platform to promote your blog.

How To Keep Your Brand Consistency As A Blogger (DailyBlogTips.com)

You need to let your readers gain a clear idea of who you are as a blogger in order for you to reach your goals. One way to do this is by establishing your style and sticking to it for good. You can take various steps to maintain this consistency in your blog as a whole.

14 Proven Ways to Simplify Your Blogging and Get More Done (ProBlogger.net)

Maintaining a blog doesn’t come without certain pressures – such as coming up with an interesting post every time. This pressure is intensified when you need to maintain your blog alongside other responsibilities for the business. However, there are several steps you can take to write a great post without a great deal of effort.

Companies: Stop blogging like you’re Kim Kardashian (BazaarVoice.com)

Nothing turns off readers more than a company blog that only talks about the company. You can better engage your readers by talking about things that matter to them. Find out what these are by asking specific questions.

Four Incredibly Useful Metrics For Small Business Blogging (PushingSocial.com)

While daunting for many businesses, metrics are important in evaluating the effectiveness of your blog. The author shares some advice on using your blog’s numbers to identify any roadblocks to achieving your goals and to improve your performance.

How to avoid being spammy on the social Web

Friday, May 11th, 2012

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Spam has long been a problem for anyone treading the Web. Unfortunately, the problem ballooned during the rise of the social Web, with spammers exploiting the many interaction points within the social sphere. Because of this, people have learned how to identify spam, and are getting educated in ways to prevent being victimized by it online. Companies, on the other hand, spend big bucks every year on malware and anti-spam subscribing to make sure these spammy entities won’t run amok on their Web sites and their e-mail inboxes.

 

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Weekly Link Round Up – 03-09-12

Friday, March 9th, 2012

The Importance of Brand in an Era of Digital Darwinism (BrianSolis.com)

In today’s digital age, a brand is much more than a symbol or a cheery jingle. As brands become social, it’s important for companies to establish identity, persona, essence and promise to outlive the competition.

How Content Can Spur Change for Businesses (SocialMediaExaminer.com)

New approaches in marketing due to social media call may for a strategy that’s a far cry from tradition. Whether in blog posts, social networks, or videos, findable and shareable content can truly create a difference in sales and visibility.

Content Marketing: 5 Non-Profit Success Stories to Learn From (Mashable.com)

Content marketing is the technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire, and engage a target audience. While non-profits have been doing this for a long time now, what defines the success of a few is how they were able to do it right.

Content Dilution (And How to Avoid It) (SocialMediaExplorer.com)

Quality is bound to suffer as the focus shifts to producing content in large quantities in order to stay active in a busy blogosphere. While upping quantity may seem to pay off at first, it doesn’t work well for the business in the long run. So before publishing a post, consider asking a few questions to prevent diluted content.

The 5 Keys to Blog Usability (ProBlogger.net)

While the content you create might be powerful enough to woo customers, it isn’t enough to meet the needs of an audience in cyberspace. Part of appealing to their needs is redesigning your blog to deliver an ideal total user experience. By attending to five elements in the user experience, you can surely create a blog that not only offers awesome content, but also a great space for readers.

Snapshot: The brain of a blogger

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Thanks to the Internet and its plethora of interactive capabilities, almost everyone who has access to it can easily be content creators. And with all the content management platforms, imaging and multimedia editing applications out there, all you’ll ever need to be take part of the online action is to have ideas, opinions and maybe a Web cam.

 

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