Kikolani

MARCH 13, 2013

If you follow my writing, you probably know how much I love Google Reader. On July 1st, Google Reader says goodbye. The Learn More takes you to a page that tells you what you can export using their Google Takeout tool, but nothing in the way of alternatives. A Little About How I Use(d) Google Reader. That’s right.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Examples range from Google News and Yahoo! New tools, however, are bringing sophisticated content aggregation and curation within reach of midsized enterprises. Browse My Stuff is fee-based for sponsors, free for bloggers and offers more professional publishing power.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While businesses focus on the ROI in dollars, bloggers focus on the ROI in traffic. This morning, when I popped onto HootSuite, I saw this tweet from Brankica of How to Blog Like a Star. The Problem with Google Analytics. These usually get lumped into the Direct Traffic section of your Google Analytics traffic sources.

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Oktopost

JUNE 14, 2021

It’s geared towards increasing brand familiarity and brand storytelling , curating brand introductions to new potential customers, as well as highlighting why your service or product is essential and unique. . The best techniques include looking at Google-related searches. What Is Demand Generation? How Do I Find Keyword Opportunities?

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ProBlogger

JUNE 7, 2023

The post Principles of Choosing a Profitable Blog Topic appeared first on ProBlogger. Image created in Canva I recently had a conversation with a reader about selecting the right topic for a profitable blog. Let’s explore these essential principles for choosing a profitable blog topic.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Anybody writing blogs for business purposes will be keen to build a sizeable readership and achieve higher rankings in the major search engines. By sprinkling these keywords moderately throughout your blogs, it is possible to achieve a rapid search engine and web traffic boost. This is a guest post by Mark Johnson.

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Twist Image

JULY 9, 2013

What is the true value of a comment on a blog? If you go back in time (a little over a decade ago), the mainstreaming of blogging as a publishing platform brought with it a couple of unique features. The truth is that you no longer need Seth Godin, Chris Brogan or my blog as a destination to comment.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 23, 2012

Dump your local sports section in the paper and hop on your iPad to read sports opinions from your favorite bloggers. Traditional media will be there but social media and blogging will be the major reason for the media explosion. The big dogs like ESPN and USA Today have embraced the blog network concept by rolling out their own.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 22, 2012

Over the next couple of days on ProBlogger, we’ll be taking a look at key marketing tactics bloggers are using on Twitter and Facebook. Since we covered Pinterest recently , I thought I’d explore Google+ today, and check out the approaches some of the A-list bloggers are using on this network.

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Writtent Blog

MAY 26, 2014

SEO and blogging form the backbone of content marketing, something that every serious business and marketer should be doing today to grow their online presence. Blog writing and search engine optimization can, however. A listing near the top of Google can deliver more traffic than banner ads, email, and print media combined!

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 25, 2013

Being the third or fourth business blog in your niche to cover an industry-related trend will probably win you a small surge of traffic, but it’s far superior to be the first. Google Alerts. Almost everyone is familiar with the magic of Google alerts, but are you truly using them to your full advantage? Twitter Lists.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

billion pages each month – and that’s just on WordPress-hosted blogs! Business blog marketing is a critical part of a modern content marketing strategy, and we’ve detailed 7 of the best ways to see better results here. Promote other bloggers, be an active participant in digital communities, and network tirelessly.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2012

When it comes to staying on top of social media, one of the big challenges we have is to find the social media tools that will help us achieve a happy medium between curating, listening, engaging and producing content. You can syndicate your blog posts to Facebook via your RSS feed. My primary platform for content curation is Twitter.

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Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. I would like to make Kikolani your favorite place to go for blogging advice! Blogging / Content. Check out these tips and tools to help you curate wisely.

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Not convinced you need to optimize your blog for SEO? Your website needs to rank well in Google, Bing, and Yahoo to capture the attention of your future customers. In fact, Google has used load time as a ranking factor since 2010 , rewarding sites that offer speed as a function of a superior user experience.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

Publicizing news, blog posts, videos… basically, any kind of content. I tend to use HS for day-to-day activity, Buffer for curation (I’ve written extensively about Buffer before, as well as other tools I use and recommend), and TweetGrid for Twitter chats. A lot of companies still only share their own content on Twitter.

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Laurel Papworth

JUNE 3, 2010

Steve Jobs says he doesn’t want a “nation of bloggers&# rather something with “editorial oversight&#. I suspect that Koehler might also prefer editorial oversight – given that he just quit because bloggers picked up on a story that mainstream media missed. Is it the savior that some are touting it as? “I

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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. As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. ” I love Maria’s work because talented curators are needed in this cluttered blogosphere.

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Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I’m a firm believer that every business can benefit from the combination of blogging and social media – and that your results will suffer if you do one without the other. We’ve compiled some of the latest research-based reasons why blogging and social media go together are a match made in heaven. Sure, but it’s not easy.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

. . . . . . . . Creation, curation and aggregation. I don’t dispute blog posts like this Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay. I’m using Google search results as the prime example here. For a lot of us Google is part of our everyday lives. Google and search dominate the web. I get that.

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Kikolani

JUNE 25, 2013

PostRank was a social analytics platform that scored blogs based on their engagement (comments and social shares). I wrote about PostRank regularly as a way to discover the most engaging content on blogs for inspiration, guest post pitches, and competitor research. Google Reader. Google Reader Alternatives.

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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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Here’s how.

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Twist Image

OCTOBER 3, 2013

This past week was also the ten year anniversary of my blog, Six Pixels of Separation. Prior to the mass popularization of social media, there was an interesting functionality for blogs called the trackback. This would inform the original blog post that you have added to the discourse in another location. Post it to Facebook?

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 7, 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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content.

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Kikolani

MARCH 22, 2013

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

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ProBlogger

JUNE 29, 2017

When you think of using Facebook for your blog, what comes to mind? Posting your latest blog post only to hear crickets? But hang on, didn’t all the conversation move from our blog comments to Facebook? That’s where the conversation and community is happening and it’s something you can easily create for your blog.

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Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The solution is simple: content curation. Instead of creating amazing content all by yourself all the time – which quickly becomes exhausting – you curate or collect the amazing content others have created. So why should you incorporate content curation into your content marketing plan?

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

Writing is not enough: to be heard you have to share your blog posts with others. Blog content is great for driving relevant traffic to your website. Evergreen content” will continue to drive traffic to your website days and even years after a blog post has been published. Things to optimize in your blog include: Title.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

How do full-time bloggers take maternity leave? By Summer 2011, I had two very happy things going on in my life: I was pregnant with my first child, and my fashion and career advice blog ( Corporette ) was doing so well that I had quit my job as a lawyer to focus on it. This guest post is by Kat Griffin of Corporette.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 5, 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. How to kill your blog in 10 easy steps – if you’re doing these things, then you’re unknowingly destroying your blogging career.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Why bloggers should self-publish. Why should bloggers self-publish? You have content: I have enough material in my blog right now (including my “Drafts” folder, which has 47 unpublished posts in it) to publish five more books over the next year. It’s okay if you are curating what you feel your best posts are.

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Writtent Blog

APRIL 1, 2014

If you’re not on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or other major platforms, you risk getting left behind. Percentage of Curated vs. Original Content. Prepare to Curate. The majority of content marketers share curated content on a daily basis. An estimated 88% of brands today are using social media for marketing. Engagement.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MAY 19, 2022

Should your content marketing efforts focus on creating original content, or can you mix in curated content? If you only have so much original material to share with your audience, finding other content online, weeding out the good from the bad, and curating it for your audience is entirely acceptable. Google Alerts.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 21, 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. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Freelancing.

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Rebekah Radice

APRIL 27, 2015

Just like the “About” page on your blog, this area within your Facebook page is one of the top places fans will visit. Creating, curating and sharing consistent content within Facebook updates can be a challenge. Use an RSS reader such as Feedly to consolidate all of your favorite bloggers. Already shared your latest blog post?

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Kikolani

JULY 8, 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. Blogging / Writing. Misconceptions new bloggers have #1 – blogging takes super human effort vs. blogging is easy.

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The Way of the Web

JUNE 24, 2011

It seems that the rise of social networking has led to two effects on blogging and the interlinking between bloggers. So here’s 10 blogs I read religiously for consistently good quality content, inspiration and advice, which is generally delivered in an entertaining way.

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