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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Dave Fleet

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Richard Edelman, in a thoughtful town hall meeting with our global team today – and now captured on his blog – laid out a communications-focused lens on what happened, as well as some well-reasoned ideas on what businesses should look to do in the wake of the results. One day after the U.S. Twitter Triumphs over The New York Times”.

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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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Stay N' Alive

APRIL 13, 2016

I’ll try to cover more of my overall thoughts later on the conference, including a review of the Galaxy VR and Samsung Galaxy S6 that they gave out at the conference that I’ll review over on my Social Geek gadgets blog (you can see the unboxing here: https://www.facebook.com/JesseStay/videos/10156815617030113/ ).

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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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DECEMBER 6, 2012

Between books and blogs and articles and iTunes U and more, the ability for anybody to learn the basics and have a solid foundation as to how these marketing engines work and perform is unlimited. For a few hundred dollars over at Amazon to going through the blogroll at the left of this blog post (for free!), google reader.

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Justin Levy

JULY 23, 2010

Google Bookmarks: Google Bookmarks ensures that I have access to my most frequently used bookmarks from any computer, anywhere I’m at. I also use Delicious but I use that more for storage and curating together lists such as corporate social media policies or food recipes.

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SocialFish

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Deirdre Reid has another great 101 post about Google Reader. As it happens, I LOVE Google Reader and I have TONS of Reader tips for ya! Great for associations and businesses who want to curate information from multiple sources. Google Reader comes up with other posts you might find interesting.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 13, 2010

In a recent survey of their customers HubSpot found that their customers preferred to subscribe to blogs via email subscription nearly 12 times more than their preference for RSS. Comparing email and RSS subscribers of this blog reveals the exact opposite trend. Do you prefer to subscribe via RSS or email to blogs?

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

This morning, when I popped onto HootSuite, I saw this tweet from Brankica of How to Blog Like a Star. Naturally, being the statistics geek that I am, I wondered if I could match up the stats that Triberr gives you for visits from everyone’s unique Triberr URL of your post to the number of visits you see in Google Analytics.

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The Way of the Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

After all, no-one can optimise for searches they don’t know are happening – although I’m not sure if the privacy still applies when I click-through on Google Adsense or Adwords advertising next to the search results, regardless of my connection. WTF Google? That’s entirely lost now.

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SocialFish

APRIL 14, 2011

I’d love you to tak a look at this post by Rohit Bhargava: Five Models of Content Curation. Content curation, or the organizing, filtering and “making sense of&# information, is a role every association should be focusing on very consciously by now. I think he is spot on with his five models, which I’ll list below.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2012

IFTTT: Automate your content curation tasks. Standford Smith recently shared his favorite IFTTT recipes that make content curation painless : Save a starred item in Google Reader to Evernote. Add posts in Google Reader to a specific Evernote notebook. He also blogs at Quick Sprout.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

The value and legitimacy of content aggregation is a topic for another post; I think most would agree that curation serves a more useful purpose than aggregation. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

You can view this in the spirit of Robert Scoble’s To create or curate? , Related posts: Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings? Paywalls, Media Coverage and User Access: What’s a PR Pro to Do?

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MARCH 14, 2013

I love my blog. I love your blog. I love blogs. Loving blogs has nothing to do with me not loving the newer stuff. I love Twitter , Facebook , Google+ and other places to publish, share and connect too, but I have a soft spot for blogs. It really IS the end of blogging and old school newsreaders.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

If you’re blogging in a personal capacity, ask permission before going forth with it. Or why we continue to spend so much time blogging even if it’s not bringing in money. It’s hard to explain passion for Twitter or a love of a blog. I will attempt to apply some of what I learnt in this blog post.

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Kikolani

MARCH 25, 2013

Have you ever wondered what mentions and retweets are worth to your business or blog besides a boost in the Klout score? When collecting tweets as testimonials, watch for tweets from readers, customers, well-known people in your industry, mentors, and role models. How to Curate Your Best Mentions. What You Are Looking For.

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Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Surely, success of your blog is defined by your knowledge of the topic. But if you don’t have the right tools at your disposal, chances of your blog becoming remarkable are pretty slim. After Google Reader ceased to exist, this news aggregator quickly became its suitable replacement. Perfect for content curation.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. ChatCatcher This is a nice little tool that finds Tweets about your blog posts, and automatically adds them as comments. I think Facebook Lite makes Facebook engagement easier – maybe you will too?

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 10, 2013

And while I still try to read my daily newspaper (albeit on my iPhone or iPad) and go through my Feedly (I decided I might as well get used to it since Google Reader is going away), I enjoy theSkimm’s take on current events (for the most part). Content curation & social media management. Voice and video.

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Kikolani

JULY 19, 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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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 20, 2013

If you have additional links, sources or ideas that might be helpful, I'd encourage you to add some via a comment below or tag me in Google+. Of course, Google put the social world abuzz with its announcement that it would be retiring Google Reader in July. Follow the money.and the audience. Content is no longer king.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

11 Techniques for Lowering the Bounce Rate on Your Blog. In today’s lesson I want to talk about a statistic or metric that is in Google analytics that I see bloggers talking about a lot – that of ‘bounce rate’. Further Resources on How to Lower the Bounce Rate on Your Blog. Google Analytics. Full Transcript.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

11 Techniques for Lowering the Bounce Rate on Your Blog. In today’s lesson I want to talk about a statistic or metric that is in Google analytics that I see bloggers talking about a lot – that of ‘bounce rate’. Further Resources on How to Lower the Bounce Rate on Your Blog. Google Analytics. Full Transcript.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

11 Ways You Can Lower Your Blog’s Bounce Rate. So in this episode, I thought I’d tackle the topic and will talk briefly about what bounce rate is, about why I see many bloggers not really interpreting it in a helpful way and for the bulk of the episode I want to give you 11 things you can do to lower bounce rate on your blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2013

Basically, I was obsessed with word-of-mouth and curation, and was learning as much as I could about it. It meant that I had developed very good research skills and intuition, especially around the subject of content curation. Curating content is one of the most important things you can do as a blogger.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

I think twitter is more of a heavily curated rss reader/feeder rather than a portal, and I suspect that presenting twitter to new users as more of a friendly way to use rss that as a way to push conversation with strangers would help quite a bit. I mean content should be king, not one-liners on the likes of Twitter.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 13, 2013

One of the biggest challenges that bloggers face – whether they are blogging for themselves or their business – is creating enough content. Most people can’t just write a blog post in 15 minutes. If you’re struggling to create enough content, then here are some great ways to get additional content for your blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community.

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Kikolani

MAY 10, 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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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2015

The truth is that most blog posts – and most content of any type, really – fails. As I’ve written about in the past, the “ album era ” for blogs went away when competition increased and Google Reader was overtaken by Twitter as a curation mechanism. All-New Test and Results.

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you’re looking for a competitive edge, a way to establish your authority, a way to get more followers, one of the best, proven paths to online success is content curation. The difficult part is that there is a lot that goes into a world class content curation strategy. Content curation tools. Content curation tools.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

She notes that “social media” is far more than Twitter, blogs and Facebook, now encompassing “social listening,” content curation, crowdfunding, social gaming, social CRM and more. 6 Expert Tips for Measuring Social Media ROI by OMI Blog. Social Media Cheat Sheet for Image Dimensions by The Landlord Blog.

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Twist Image

APRIL 4, 2018

I was insane, crazy in love with Google Reader and tried (desperately tried) to fall in love with Feedly. But, like many, my RSS reader withered on the vine. really, really miss my Google Reader. business blog. digital marketing blog. google reader. marketing blog. mirum blog.

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Viper Chill

JANUARY 13, 2016

If you’re struggling to get people to your blog, Saas offering, eCommerce store or other kind of website, it could just be the key ingredient you need to take your traffic and income to the next level. After Google’s acquisition of Feedburner in 2007 they provided very little in the way of updates or support the following years.

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