ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 13, 2011

It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google. By listing your veterinary practice in a profession-specific search engine like MyVeterinarian.com, you increase your chances of getting found by local people in need of your services. I always recommend listing a business in a professional directory or search engine.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

Google Places, Yahoo! Let your customers know you have a listing at these sites (you do, don’t you?) The more reviews you have, the more likely your local listings will appear in the search engines. Other sites like Yelp and CitySearch offer local business listings and a way for customers to review a business.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 10, 2011

Now that Google is indexing Quora in its real-time search product , marketers have a strong incentive to hit Quora with link spam. If they’re not careful, Quora will end up being added to Google’s content farm list. About Us What’s a Maverick? Quora is going to experience the same problem.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 4, 2011

Google Goes Local With Local Search » 3 Timeless Copywriting Techniques Ever wonder how effective copywriters manage to get people to click their links and read their content? Rely on lists – Lists work. Ordered lists. Unordered lists. About Us What’s a Maverick? They are memorable.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. December 2006. November 2006.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 1, 2011

A Web citation is any place off of your own website that mentions your business, web address, or Local business listing information without an accompanying link. If you’ve claimed your business listing in Google Places, Bing Local, and Yahoo! About Us What’s a Maverick? So how can a non-link affect your search rankings?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Books Amazon.com Books Wikipedia Collegiate Dictionary Collegiate Thesaurus Daypop Google Google Images Gurteen Hotbot HyperDictionary Translate to French Translate to German Translate to Italian Translate to Portuguese Translate to Spanish Yahoo. Monday 2 October 2006 17:50 GDT. Posted Date Monday 2 October 2006 17:50 GDT.

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Taylor Marek

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This held a small community of vibrant people that quite literally can shake the world upside down and rightside up again. I want to bring you into this vibrant community and open your eyes. and Why Google Wave? (1) I know waay too many people in my space that bounce around too much, and are losing my trust little by little.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One of the ways that Twitter has been used (other than listed above) has been by conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Gnomedex. Google Docs If you want to share and collaborate in the creation of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, then Google Docs is the best way to go. Love to have seen [link] among the list.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Who’s The Bad Guy, Google Or Bing? For instance, five years ago, if the majority of searchers looking for information on small business marketing were to Google “small business marketing&# , then that would have been an important keyword then to target if you wanted to drive search traffic to your website.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The idea is for your customer to scan a “barcode&# -like image with their cell phone and immediately be taken to your web page to download something, sign up for your newsletter marketing list, or to buy something. About Us What’s a Maverick? Is ‘Like’ The New Share? » What’s A QR Code And Is It Contagious?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 28, 2011

A lot has been said of Google’s most recent algorithm change, which was designed to kill the content farms. Google has always tried to control the spam. 1 position is a bullet point list of how to go about buying a plasma screen TV. Some people say it’s Google’s policies that have created the spam market.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Through social media, you can find out what online communities your existing customers belong to. And don’t forget that your customers can spread the word for you to these communities. It’s an easy list to follow and I’m sure it will get stuck on more than one bulletin board on a cubicle wall.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? About the Mavericks | Services | Social Media | Proffessional Speaking | Resources | Case Studies | Why Small Business Mavericks?

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It is against Google’s guidelines. And all that really means is if Google catches you at it, then you can expect to have your sites de-listed or penalized. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., Is it unethical?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 15, 2008

Well, unfortunately, your reading list has just lengthened. Well, unfortunately, your reading list has just lengthened. Matt McGee over at Small Business SEM has compiled his own list of the “best posts of 2007″ in a site with a brilliantly and cleverly chosen title, the SEMMYS (Search Marketing Emmys).

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Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2017

Community Support during World Tragedies. Numa Numa (Published: 12/11/2006 – 26,800,130 views). Following its appearance on SNL, the video appeared on YouTube and was viewed more than five million times until February 2006 when NBC Universal asked the site to remove it. Community Support during World Tragedies.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 14, 2013

Webinar August 28, 2013, Sally Falkow APR and Lisa Buyer discuss the new Google rules for writing a press release. Back in 2006 a few very smart PR folk recognized the need for PR content to be found online and that search engine optimization would become a necessary PR skill. So is Google disrupting and reinventing PR?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I wish I could show you an actual traffic chart of ProBlogger’s growth but when I started it back in 2004 I didn’t have Google Analytics installed (it didn’t come along until 2006, from memory). This caused quite the stir back in 2006. We started a forum in time, too, to build this community further.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 5, 2011

Here is a list of items that I could include in the definition of content: On-page text Photos Videos Social media text, photos, and videos Widgets Downloadable applications Interactive games Inbound links This is just a smattering. About Us What’s a Maverick? Content has moved beyond the web page.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. They also often require large investments to create an initial community. Could I add one to your list?

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

What may surprise many small business owners is that social media marketing is so far down the list, especially when it comes to two-way communications. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These might include: Your website Twitter LinkedIn Social bookmarking HubPage or Squidoo Lens Facebook advertising Online display advertising Your blog Mobile phone apps The list could go on, I’m sure. About Us What’s a Maverick? But have you considered offline marketing? Offline marketing still works.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. The fascinating thing about this post is that every country and culture in the world has different defects and they’re all listed and dealt with right here. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Thanks, James!

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 17, 2011

You can search by friends – that is, Stumble through the sites Liked by each friend on your friends list. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? Or, you can Stumble by interest.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 2, 2011

They have to sign up for your list, which isn’t necessary for snail mail direct marketing. It’s a warm list. One Response to “Why E-mail Marketing Still Works&# residential listings says: May 7, 2011 at 11:54 am E-mail marketing is still a sure way fire marketing strategy. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

can also be understood by listing its componentsâ??RSS Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook are all incredibly young organisations. None of that undermines your assertion that the medical community need to embrace this new technology - and I think the idea of sharing high quality knowledge into the poorer world has enormous potential.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started Digital Photography School back in 2006, I wrote three posts a week. hook people into subscribing to my blogs and email lists. At this point Digital Photography had been running for a couple of years, and there was a real sense of community and engagement on the blog. The dPS story (stage 1). build up my archives.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Don’t spam them and don’t add them to your e-mail marketing list. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? It could be vital to winning back that customer, and perhaps completing the transaction.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. In March, he came out with a list of social media blogs you should be reading , and no, I didn’t play favorites here; Techipedia is not included. by Tamar Weinberg on June 10, 2010 Share I started blogging at age 20. Glen , too, got an early start. Adora Svitak is amazing.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I I hope you have set up Google Alerts for your brand! If not, go to KnowHow Cafe and get on our mailing list so we can help you.) There’s an example here.

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

While Google Search was an obvious winner, Windows Media Player is a bit of a surprise until you realize just how many Web sites embed the thing. However, the rise of Facebook to number three on this list, when a year ago it was the number 45 most visited Web site by seniors, is a huge sign of just how mainstream social networking has become.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It’s been around since 1999, and was acquired by Google in 2003. If you already have a Google account, you simply log in with that and create your blog. Posts and pages no larger than 1MB, with images uploaded to Google Drive (15GB limit). Weebly was founded in 2006, and launched in 2007. 500MB of storage space.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I made sure to put up an advance slide listing my Twitter handle and the hashtag for the day, #HISMS. Those can be found on Google. This is about real people, not just lists of names somewhere. Well, I relied on the tools of our trade , the principles of our practice , and the voices of my peers. Or Hubspot.

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