Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

I was reading an article today titled, Behind the Wheels: An all-too-real Cinderella story it had 12 comments. Which got me to wondering: How come useless throw away blog posts and articles have tons and tons of comments and the good stuff gets next to nothing? As a reader, should we all be obligated to comment on a blog post?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

And what if the headline had been “Boost your Blog Traffic” instead? What if the original title of this post had been “Boost Your Blog Traffic”? And I’ve seen blog posts and magazine articles that are just about that jumbled. If an article is too long, it won’t be read.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Yesterday, The Guardian posted an article titled, The blog turns 20: a conversation with three internet pioneers. This blog, has been around for eleven years. I can''t thank you enough for being here, and I can''t tell you how grateful I am that blogging was invented. you should be blogging. Can you believe it?

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

I started blogging eleven years ago yesterday. I could not believe that I didn''t need a magazine editor, a newspaper editor or anyone else to give me permission to communicate with an audience. As a marketing professional, I used blogging as a gateway to share my ideas. Social media is still all about blogging.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Content marketing is about more than just blogging. Some basic content concepts: Written word: White papers, ebooks, newsletters, electronic magazines, online articles, print books — you name it. According to Jeremy Williams, you all should be going crazy over this blog post now. Basically anything you can read.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Blogging (as we knew it) is dead. Not even all that ago and think about the early days of blogging. It''s obvious why the popularity of blogs took hold. Newspapers could use blogging as a farm team for their printed publications. In 1997, wired teens created online diaries, and in 2004 the blog was king.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

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Rebekah Radice

MAY 30, 2017

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. 19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics. It happens to the best of us.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JANUARY 11, 2013

The issue of blogging ethics came to the fore recently when prominent Canadian wine blogger, Natalie MacLean was accused of copyright infringement by the US wine magazine, Palate Press. When we read a newspaper article or watch a story on the TV news we expect that the reporting to come from a solid base of ethical journalism.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 2, 2022

The post How I Turned One Blog Post Into a 7-Figure Business (And How You Can Capitalize on Going Viral) appeared first on ProBlogger. My blog post, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do , went viral. Within a week, national radio shows were about talking my article. But, almost no one knew why I had written that blog post.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 2, 2022

The post How I Turned One Blog Post Into a 7-Figure Business (And How You Can Capitalize on Going Viral) appeared first on ProBlogger. My blog post, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do , went viral. Within a week, national radio shows were about talking my article. But, almost no one knew why I had written that blog post.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I can predict – with great accuracy – the steps that nearly every offline business owner tries when bringing their business online: set up a website, begin blogging, and sign up for Twitter and Facebook. Let’s take a deeper look at the blog. The above article is infinitely more shareable. Sound accurate? ” Bingo.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. These days, many people have started a blog for hobby or business.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Looking for a little inspiration for your blog? Check out this simple exercise that I do from time to time, particularly if I’ve got a little time to spare and a magazine handy. Note: pick a magazine that relates to your topic—unlike I did in this video! Transcription of “How to Use a Magazine to Improve Your Blog&#.

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

About two-thirds of marketers say their company blog is “critical” or “important” to their business. Part of the reason is that blogs are a great way to engage your visitors. ( U.addresstwo ) Still not sure whether you need to have a blog? Blogs can speak for your brand. Sysomos ). Factbrowser ).

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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. Read on to learn how you can get national magazines to sing your praises from the rooftop. Why should I use national magazines to promote my blog? You post it.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Are blogs dead? and I on to his podcast to discuss this whole, "is blogging dead?" What is a blog? At the time, many new types of blogs started down the same path. Still, these blogs had the core technical features of a personal blog. This was another core component of what made a blog a "blog."

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APRIL 4, 2012

Blogs are one of the most valuable marketing tools ever created. I started blogging in September 2003, and since then I have written almost three thousand posts. I'm proud of this blog mostly because it serves two personal Gods for me: my love of writing and my love of sharing. with his post: Watching Mitch Joel Blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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APRIL 20, 2012

There was another "Blogging is dead" news item that crept out of USA Today today titled, More companies quit blogging, go with Facebook instead. Only 23% of Fortune 500 companies maintained a blog in 2011, flat from a year ago after rising for several years. That's the four word summation of the USA Today article.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 29, 2020

Ghostwriting can apply to an assortment of other things such as blog posts or speeches, but no matter what, it’s a great job to look into. You could also come up with a blog article or put together a virtual newsletter. Write stories of your own, create your own blog, or write a newsletter for a family business.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Tweets on Twitter , Facebook status updates, e-newsletters, articles online, blog posts, magazine articles, newspaper articles (remember those) and more. I''m not done with Twitter or reading blog posts or articles in The New Yorker , but I am done with those resources being the primary destination.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2012

I remember making a handmade magazine when I was eight years old. Magazine cutouts pasted onto pages filled with penciled in copy. Since then, I have worked on over a dozen publications, enjoying the role of editor for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and corporate blogs over the course of 15 years. and Jay Baer).

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Buffer Social

JULY 12, 2023

I launched BAUCE Magazine with an English degree and a dream: To create a lifestyle site that would help women from disadvantaged backgrounds attain wealth, build their empires, and look good while doing it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BAUCE MAGAZINE (@baucemag) Things online are constantly changing.

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Absolute PA

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

A blog (the word is a combo of ‘web’ and ‘log’ Web log = blog) is really the cornerstone of an online marketing strategy. Look what Chris Brogan says: I started my blog in early 2009 and have been posting regularly (with the odd hiatus in the past) ever since. Blog ideas bank. Here are 6.5

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 20, 2015

I just got back from the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Annual Conference, and see the blog posts and summaries beginning to show up here and there. In an effort to bring them together, I am “flipping” them into one of my magazines on Flipboard. Here you go: View my Flipboard Magazine.

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MARCH 28, 2013

That is one train of thought (personally, I'm offering a different perspective over on my We, Robots blog, which looks at augmentation over automation of all things robotics, 3D printing, telepresence and more). It's scary to think that one day, you may read an article in a magazine or newspaper or online that had no human intervention.

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Razor Social

AUGUST 10, 2017

Curata: Curate your own blog and share content. It allows you to filter the content sources, whether it’s blogs, websites or social media sites, and weeds out outdated or duplicated content. There are also great features to help you organize your content as well as options to create your own blog posts from within the tool.

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Absolute PA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Ever have trouble coming up with blog post ideas and headlines that actually tempt people to click and read? It works the same way as headlines in magazines. And, you tell all of your friends, sharing that magazine with them. Imagine if you managed to cultivate the same devotion from your blog readers? Passing it along.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

The post Go Beyond Blogging – Multi-Channel Marketing via Online Media appeared first on ProBlogger. Scrupulous readers should have noticed that blogging is not just about writing and get their opinions, rants and random stuff online. In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. Blog RSS feeds.

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Absolute PA

AUGUST 12, 2010

One of the best ways to increase your website traffic and boost your credibility is through internet article marketing. These days, having a website or blog is probably your most important marketing tool but that doesn’t mean the right people will see it. Submitting articles to an internet article directory is one way to achieve that.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2012

I remember making a handmade magazine when I was eight years old. Magazine cutouts pasted onto pages filled with penciled in copy. Since then, I have worked on over a dozen publications, enjoying the role of editor for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and corporate blogs over the course of 15 years. and Jay Baer).

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Meltwater

MARCH 21, 2017

Magazines create must-read articles just… Read More. For digital media and publishing companies, content is their business.

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Rebekah Radice

MAY 30, 2017

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. 19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics. It happens to the best of us.

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