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Three Most Important Content Marketing Lessons of 2012

Firebelly

Now that Google has rolled out AuthorRank, and is starting to place a “trust score” (my term, not an official one) on bloggers and writers, you’re going to start having your content boosted or dinged based on your AuthorRank. Photo credit: JanneM (Flickr, Creative Commons). I don’t know why.

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Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit!

SocMed Sean

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. Photo courtesy of functoruser on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Maybe it’s time to rethink whether the you’ll be able to quit your job in 2012 to become the next Pete Cashmore of the Web.

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The ProBlogger Top 20 of 2012

ProBlogger

Image courtesy Lore & Guille, licensed under Creative Commons So to help you out, I’ve compiled this list of our 20 most popular articles from 2012. We do try to cover a range of topics on the blog, and meet the needs of bloggers at all stages of the blogging journey. How to Find an SEO Goldmine for Your Blog.

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Blogging in Brief: Goal-Setting … and Reaching!

ProBlogger

And the blogosphere is a great place to get inspiration for setting and meeting those goals… Image courtesy Moyan_Brenn, licensed under Creative Commons. I’ve found these ones, in particular, have provided great food for thought: The Art of Nonconformity: 2012 Annual Review: Looking Forward , an inspiring personal review.

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Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics

ProBlogger

is like a search engine for infographics, so if you’re looking to use a graphic created by someone else (with permission or by Creative Commons and with attribution, of course), you may well find what you need here among the thousands of beautiful options that have already been created. Here are a few: Visual.ly

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20+ Commonly Asked Questions About Blogging & Online Marketing

Kikolani

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. If you’re just doing it for fun or personal reasons, then maybe consider WordPress.com , Tumblr , or Blogger in that order. Anytime someone asks to be a guest blogger, I send them those guidelines. As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve.

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6 Brands That Nailed Their Product Launches (And What You Can Learn From Them)

ProBlogger

As a blogger, you regularly produce valuable content that your audience loves. In 2012, Barclays launched the mobile app Pingit , a mobile payment service that lets users transfer money easily through their mobile phones. In 2012, they launched a series of educational apps based on a popular BBC TV series hosted by Brian Cox.