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Socialympics: How Social Media and Blogging Has Boosted Sports Media

Convince & Convert

Dump your local sports section in the paper and hop on your iPad to read sports opinions from your favorite bloggers. The London 2012 Olympics from July 27th to August 12th are going to be the most covered sporting event in our world’s history. I wrote the majority of this piece from my hotel room in New Orleans while at NABJ 2012.

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10 Popular Affiliate Programs for Small and Medium-sized Blogs

ProBlogger

Reportedly the largest affiliate network, with over 10 million affiliate partnerships, LinkShare took the number-one spot in the 2012 Blue Book of Top 20 Affiliate Networks for platform strength, support quality, and international capabilities. Which are the most popular programs available today? Commission Junction. ShareASale.

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The Definitive Guide to Setting Up and Marketing a Podcast to Help Grow Your Blog

ProBlogger

I’ve had three separate shows, but nowadays tend to focus on just my New Business Podcast , which goes along with my brand as a blogger and entrepreneur. On December 22, 2012, I launched my latest, aforementioned podcast. One of the ways that you can brand your podcast is by having a distinct intro and outro.

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The Viral Marketing Virus

Akamai Marketing

Create content that strikes an emotional cord (funny, sad, inspirational) and is distinctly unique and you’re one step closer to viral. . Create content that tells a story, not a tagline and you’re one step closer to viral. . If your branding it, make the product part of the story, not THE story. . And move on.

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How to Steal the Next Billion Dollar Website Idea: A Case Study

Viper Chill

On the 15th of January 2008 the domain name Groupon.com went live for the first time. 2008 was also the year that IndieGogo became one of the first ‘crowdfunding’ websites. At the start of 2012 Uber – previously known as Ubercab – started to expand internationally. Send me the link.” Escapia.com.

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Blogger to Watch: Torre de Roche talks about her journey to big publishing deal

ProBlogger

I first mentioned her on Problogger as one of the bloggers to watch in 2012. You’ve previously said that you put a lot of effort into developing your personal brand. It is my honour to share the story of Torre De Roche, and her journey from blogger to author with an impressive publishing deal. Torre is a natural writer.

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The Future of Blogging: I Had to Tell You This

Viper Chill

I have a very open schedule for the rest of 2012 and, simply, I want to spend a large part of that continuing to grow the readership of this blog. Brand new blogs like The Verge are being flooded with more traffic than those that have been around for the best part of a decade. Social networks are growing at record-breaking speeds.

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