Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The most recent Hummingbird update to Google’s search algorithm was a final nail in the coffin of an industry that had been in decline since the major Panda update in 2011 that affected as many as 30% of all search results. To learn more about Google Hummingbird, check out our recent blog on the topic! In-Depth Results.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2012

That same trend toward premature monetization is rampant in content marketing too, especially on blogs. Content Marketing Step by Step. Blog posts are feathers. In the immortal lyrics of Eddie Rabbit , blog posts are “…That first step. It’s the second step that’s missing on too many blogs.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2012

That same trend toward premature monetization is rampant in content marketing too, especially on blogs. Content Marketing Step by Step. Blog posts are feathers. In the immortal lyrics of Eddie Rabbit , blog posts are “…That first step. It’s the second step that’s missing on too many blogs.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 11, 2011

They spend all of the effort to get the page perfect and have it be in compliance with their corporate guidelines but they have no real plans for how they are going to grow their base of Fans with rich engaging content. It occurs to me my definition of content often differs from their definition of content.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 list of bloggers to watch. Based on many conversations over coffee, fries, and ice-cream, I was able to ascertain that the following people will have a lot to contribute to the wider blogging community. Blog | Twitter. Blog | Twitter. He: got a book deal when his blog had just six readers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Or “Turn your articles into downloadable reports/ebooks.&# Teach your readers to take ownership of content. Copyblogger used this book as a guide to making boring content sexy. Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 25, 2012

In Content Rules (newly in paperback!), The key is this: Good content is not about storytelling; it’s about telling a truly connective story well. Ann Handley is a veteran of creating and managing digital content to build relationships for organizations and individuals. Share your story (or ones you like) with me below!

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to Grow Your Blog by Interviewing Influencers. But in this blog post I want to talk about why you should do it. The right influencer linking to your blog (or podcast, video or social media account) at the right time can send you a decent amount of traffic. 7 Powerful Non-SEO Reasons to Try Guest Posting. 2: Raised Profile.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 9, 2011

Reading these will dramatically help you improve your blog. He talks about how to give away digestible how-to content that creates a loyal, well-fed business community. Within two weeks of its launch, Social Media Examiner joined the ranks of Technorati’s Top 100 Small Business Blogs and remains in the Top 10. Learn more.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Well, it often makes for perfect content for your brand. If you’ve got fun, interesting or unique TBT content, you’ll build brand awareness and gain new followers in no time. We get it — it’s hard to come up with fresh angles or new ways to present your content. Make sure your posts include old content.

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Kikolani

MARCH 28, 2011

How can I make money through blogging? Without any further ado, here are some of my top earners since I started blogging in 2008 through today. My top earners include my Dofollow Blog Directory , a simple site about Malshis , and some various HubPages articles I have written over the past year. 7 Ways I Am Making Money Online.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 19, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Writing. 10 ways to bring new life to old blog posts – don’t forget about your old blog content. The Resources Mashup.

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Writtent Blog

APRIL 30, 2013

If your brand is paying for low-quality content marketing, you might as well be throwing your money away. Since the introduction of the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates in 2011 and 2012, there’s a slim chance anyone will even see content if it isn’t outstanding. What is Shallow Content? Originality. Few Social Signals.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blog Topics – Running out of ideas? Chris Brogan created a weekly series of emails with 10 new blog topic ideas and ways to use them.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials. Engagement is relevant in the usual sense we think about it – are you engaging followers to interact with your content? You Do Not Own Your Audience is a post from: Convince and Convert: Social Media Strategy and Content Marketing Strategy.

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Kikolani

MAY 26, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Writing. 10 sure-fire blog traffic magnets that make little money, but you still want them – what they are and how to do them. Blogging / Writing.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Content. Blogging / Content. Here are some great tips and examples of video content that actually works. The Resources Mashup.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

You write a blog post. Promoting “offline” using a major influencer like a national magazine can bring a blizzard of traffic to your blog. Why should I use national magazines to promote my blog? How do national magazines feature blogs? How do I contact national magazines and ask them to feature my blog?

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2012

Are you having trouble keeping your blog readers interested in what you have to say? If interest is waning, it may be time to add some variety to what you’re giving readers, besides just writing blog posts, week after week. Then, I began editing down short excerpts from those hour-long events and using them as blog posts.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Writing. The Resources Mashup. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Writing. 17 Copy-And-Paste Blog Post Templates – Ever feel stuck when preparing a blog post? The Resources Mashup. Business / Career.

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Kikolani

MAY 11, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Writing. Blogging / Writing. Read the benefits of having your own blog and using social media to market it. The Resources Mashup.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Stanford obsesses about how to get passionate people’s blogs noticed and promoted at Pushing Social. On a blog, a post has a few seconds to capture and pull in a reader. After spending more hours than I can count analyzing popular posts on top blogs, I’ve been unable to unearth a pattern. Blogging is a visual game.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2017

This is the first post in our series on Guest Posting, with a focus on benefits other than just SEO, for a more successful and fulfilling approach to finding readers for your blog. Among the benefits they saw were: Spikes in traffic to their blog. Bloggers I’d never heard of would pitch to post on my blogs. Building their brand.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

This year, I tried to go outside of the social media echo-chamber and focus on people who are expanding beyond their blogs. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? Kristi Hines is a freelance writer, online marketing consultant, and social media enthusiast that blogs at Kikolani. Maria Popova. Corbett Barr.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 2, 2012

Okay, so if your blog has only about 200 subscribers, growing by more than 50% in under six months isn’t a big deal. However, it’s harder to achieve neck-snapping growth on an established blog. My first blog, Goodlife ZEN , had an initial growth rate of … well, near zero. How to put a rocket under your blog.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. I first met Nikki at one of our first ever ProBlogger events. My name is Darren Rowse.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. I first met Nikki at one of our first ever ProBlogger events. My name is Darren Rowse.

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ProBlogger

MAY 3, 2013

This is a guest contribution by Marya Jan, blogging coach from Writing Happiness. What’s the biggest excuse you hear from people who are not getting the results they want from their blogging? “I Not ‘my content might not be good’. You spend insane amounts of time creating content but nobody takes you seriously.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

We’re continuing our series of blogger stories, and handing the podcast over to you so you can tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. This series, which started with episode 221, is all part of the launch of our new (and completely free) ‘Start a Blog’ course, which goes live on 10 January 2018.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

Once again I’m handing the podcast over to you, our listeners, to share your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. 14 Types of Stories You Can Tell On Your Blog. Start a Blog Course. This is all part of our series of podcast all to help you to get inspired to start a blog. Red Sweater MarsEdit 4.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2012

Social media, content aggregation and curation , user-generated content and other developments have dramatically changed the B2B buying cycle over the past few years. Find out here in some of the best blog posts and articles of the past year offering strategic guidance and insights for B2B marketing and sales executives.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

RT @bgindra: @jaybaer shares "Digital & Dollars" preso #CAPRSA.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

You may want to kick off the new year with our Start a Blog Course. Today we’re resuming our series of blogger stories where I hand the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. Kristen Manieri from Orlando, Florida started a blog with no real plan to make money.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

JULY 8, 2022

Popular myth has it that it became “we blog” and the “we” got dropped for the sake of language expediency. The word “blog” then emerged from the mist of vernacular evolution. That’s the opening story on the emergence of the blog word! A blogging tipping point. Blogging business models to consider. The attraction.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

“ Your Content Stinks! Drive Results with Content Marketing &# can be voted for here. Another person tweeted a link to a blog which turned out, much to my chagrin, to be a post asking for votes rather than a vote about the subject. “ The Black Art of Optimizing Facebook Wall Posts &# can be voted for here.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve. What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. I receive a lot of questions on a regular basis about blogging, online marketing, and traffic generation, so I thought I would share my answers in this post. Blog Platform. This one is simple.

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