SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. To add insult to injury, your Google analytics show that you get about 25 visitors to your blog every day, and you’re pretty sure that you, your family, and the GoogleBot account for about half of those.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 13, 2012

Tootzypop , the lifestyle blog I founded for savvy women over 40 , is no exception. In women’s online media, the formula is one part fashion and beauty, one part yoga and fitness, one part recipe swap, a ginormous dose of mommy blogging; mix and cover with a thick frosting of e-shopping. Image: Bruce Guenter via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This paragraph comprises the first words published on this blog since I asked for your opinions on blogging frequency seven days ago. Never before in the history of this blog (or, at least over the past 18 months) has a week transpired without new content. She owned her world. Those are powerful words.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

That’s a blog post for another day. Image: esocialmediashop via Flickr, CC 2.0. Take every question your company gets asked and consider writing a blog post to answer it. Competitor websites, blogs and industry forums. If a blog post falls in the forest and there’s no one around to read it, does it even exist?

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

JUNE 27, 2022

Why some blogs take off and others don’t generate much traffic can seem completely random. In fact, the blogs that generate the most traffic often have several things in common, from content creation to social media sharing tactics. Here are 6 easy tips to drive more traffic to your blog. Top Image via Flickr by Rosaura Ochoa.

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The Way of the Web

OCTOBER 11, 2015

It’s not often that there’s a new feature worth talking about at Flickr. And it seems to have been so long that Flickr’s marketing team dropping it into a particularly bare email, giving it just two lines. Flickr allowing video sharing changes that. But it’s actually quite interesting.

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 21, 2012

I’ve been blogging for about 5 years now and as I look back over those years, I’m amazed at how much I have learned. When I first started blogging, I was so worried about driving readership, getting listed in the search engines, becoming popular, being liked. My blog became about me. My blog became about me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. If you’ve been doing this blogging thing for a while, you already know this stuff. Image: Virginia Postrel via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: annzstream via Flickr, CC 2.0. Completely random – but useful, I hope, particularly if you’re a new blogger.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. Image: terren in Virginia via Flickr, CC 2.0 It just did it on the Flickr link above.) Why bother, if you already have a search box on your blog, you ask? LinkWithin.

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Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 21, 2013

It is becoming increasingly more important to include images with your blog posts. If you have a desire to add images to your blog posts, here are 5 sources where you can get free images. Flickr – Flickr is a photo sharing site where users upload their own images and share them with the world.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Content marketing is about more than just blogging. According to Jeremy Williams, you all should be going crazy over this blog post now. Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 23, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. Image: Craig Walkowicz via Flickr, CC 2.0. Here are some more cool plugins for you to try out on your WordPress blog. I haven’t yet included this in a round-up of plugins, but this is an ab-fab plugin that literally makes your blog mobile-friendly in just a few steps.

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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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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 8, 2011

Every year, pundits proclaim the death of blogging. In 2008, it was Wired , wondering if the rise of Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and the like would be more en vogue for individuals, who were getting pushed aside as the conglomerate professional blogs were beginning to take prominence. Where will this lead us?

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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. A blog post is around 300 – 400 words. So why, how, what?

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

Are you wondering where and how to find free images for your blog? These images are for using and sharing on non-commercial websites, like personal blogs. The official Creative Commons website lets users search websites for free-to-use images from a variety of sources, including Google Images, Flickr and the Wikimedia Commons.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

"Spring" via promanex on Flickr under creative commons license. Just a heads-up…your blog may need some Spring cleaning, too. WP-CleanFix is a great plugin that can help you do some Spring cleaning on your blog. Are those widgets slowing down your blog? Ahhhh Spring! Do you have too many widgets?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

Image: tamra hays via Flickr, CC 2.0 What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. Initially I was trying to find something that worked with Flickr, but then I stumbled upon Cincopa. Which means it’s very long. It’s really cool.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 12, 2012

I get a lot of my ideas from other blogs. He shared how to get blogging ideas from emails. When I find my writing segues away from the title, I copy that chunk of text and create a new blog post from it. There are many places online for free photos for your blog. People leave your blog if you have too many links.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. Platforms with mobile interfaces like Posterous can be quick easy ways to mobile blog. I just get kicks out of mobile blogging w/ multimedia.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 22, 2015

Does your business blog have the livelihood of a funeral? When you look around at your blog and analytics, what do you see? You have absolutely no evidence whatsoever that anyone even cares remotely about your blog. What’s going wrong with your business blog?! Blogging for business purposes is (still) relatively new.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 1, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Over 100 Great Photos on Flickr I use Flickr as my online photo bucket. I was using ImageShack or something before but when I found Flickr, I was amazed. Some nights I spend an hour or more just surfing the Flickr highway finding new pictures. Leave a comment!

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ProBlogger

APRIL 22, 2021

The post How to Hire Writers for Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This blog is based on episode 169 of the ProBlogger podcast. Most blogs start out as a solo effort, with one person doing all the writing, marketing and social media updates. That’s certainly how I started all my blogs. build up my archives.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers. Umair Haque , blogging for the Harvard Business Review , places the Gap logo debacle into this context of creativity.

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Social Media Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Image credit: Express Monorail (Flickr) "Round up the usual suspects." Corporate blogging has been with us for quite some time, with some major companies having forayed into the space in the early to mid 2000s. Or is it that there's a purpose that isn't served by blogs? "I But of course, you know that's just crazy talk.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Increasing traffic to your blog is probably one of the most important things you should work on this year. Here are 10 uncanny ways to drive more traffic to your blog. Take posts from your blog and expand on them for an e-book. Use your blog and guest blog posts to promote your book. Sell it on Amazon.com.

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Writtent Blog

MAY 1, 2013

If you’re in charge of your company’s blog, SEO is just as important for you as creating quality content that inspires engagement and generates leads. After you slave and sweat over writing those high-quality articles your readers love, use this checklist of 14 blog writing tips to properly optimize your blog posts.

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Kikolani

JULY 6, 2011

I just don’t have the commitment to build a better blog in 31 days. In fact, I don’t think anyone needs 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. You have the talent, you have the passion, and, evidently, you have the desire to improve your blog. Let’s build a blog people want to read. Why do you blog, Tony?

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

Image credit: Flickr. What if you could get an entire blog totally ready for publication in this amount of time? Nor do I think that every blog you write should take 30 minutes or less; it’s much better to provide a variety of article lengths and depths to your readers. Getting started: Image credit: Flickr. Here we go!

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 24, 2012

While consolidating the features into The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn Answers , I discovered the fact that apart from being able to generate traffic, leads and sales for bloggers, the platform is also an awesome place for bloggers to come up with blog post ideas. Photo Credit: Flickr. Browse for Blog Post Ideas. Conduct a Survey.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Firebelly Vice President Chantelle Flannery will also be at the conference signing copies of her book Corporate Blogging for Dummies. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 12, 2023

For instance, MIT uses Flickr as an image library because it’s free and easy for everyone to use. We upload it to Flickr, and all our partners can download it freely.”. The post How to Take a Collaborative Approach to Managing Social Accounts Across Higher Ed Departments appeared first on Social Media Strategies Summit Blog.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The Bamboo Project Blog. Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) Flickr photo via BTal. You can: Take a picture (or several) and upload them to Flickr or to your blog. Write about your hometown in your blog. Flickr photo via ragesoss.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 15, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshopper series. This post isn’t about adding visuals or video into your WordPress blog , or using Cincopa , or judging a blog post by its cover. to see what I could find about even dummies being able to change the font size on one’s WordPress blog. Why make the video, then?

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