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Blog Tip – Write For Your Readers, Not The Search Engines

SocMed Sean

Before we ever dive into the technology behind their blog, I like to explore their content and their attitude toward the search engines. The problem is, what if the search engine spiders like your content, but your readers don’t? ” Wrong answer. What did you accomplish? We have a problem. Think about it.

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Spring Cleaning For Your Blog – How A Little Work Can Drive Search Engine And Social Media Traffic

SocMed Sean

Remember, the more you clean up those old posts the more they will pay you back with increased search engine traffic or organic traffic from social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Re-read your posts and make sure they are still relevant – Let’s face it, some articles are just timely and are out-of-date quickly.

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Using SEO To Grow Traffic And Increase Enrollment In Your Massive Open Online Course Or MOOC

SocMed Sean

It can be if you understand that good content that is optimized for the search engines can help prospective students find your course and it can also convince them to enroll. Don’t try to stuff keywords into your content in order to make it more attractive to the search engines. In reality, it’s a bit of both.

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Blogging Tip: Increase Your Traffic By Solving Problems

SocMed Sean

Those that visit your blog and read your articles consistently likely care about many of the same things you care about. My article helped others who immediately found the answer via Twitter, but also held long-term benefit as the search engines picked it up and organic SEO drove traffic from those searching Google and Bing.

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[Answered] Are Guest Blog Posts Even Worthwhile Or Am I Just Giving Away My Content?

SocMed Sean

Hey Sean – Thanks for all the guidance you provide through your articles. Historically, it has been a pretty fundamental activity with regards to search engine optimization (SEO). Instead, I would rather spend that time writing helpful articles for my own blog and letting organic search do the work. Make sense?

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Pros And Cons Of Translating Your Blog Posts Into Other Languages

SocMed Sean

The Quick Overview: Translating your blog posts into other languages can have positive impacts on your search engine traffic. To help those folks out, I felt it might be a good opportunity to translate the article into Spanish and give them access to the solutions that the article provided. More on that later.

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Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

NOTE: I originally wrote and published this article back in November of 2011 and it has generated a lot of interest over the years. SEO Analysts need access to analytics and evaluation tools to determine how your content is performing in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). The Reality Of Social Media Budget Planning.

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