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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Seeing as how tomorrow’s Veterans Day, I thought for today, we’d focus our roundup on content from blogging veterans; what it’s like, what their tips are, and how they keep going. and I remember how, when I was just getting started blogging, I wondered how people could keep at it for years and years and years.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.) Search algorithms.

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MAY 13, 2013

There’s a ton of stuff going on, so here at WUL we’re taking a short break from “live” blogging this week. So, in the spirit of education and the public good, here are are five articles that will provide you with blogging tips from optimizing your excerpts to increasing your readership.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News?

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News Google SEO Postrank 274

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Maybe you’re even planning to get started with blogging? On January 10th, this blog turns seven. Getting started on blogging can be daunting, but IMHO is worth it. I’ve heard from quite a few of you who want to make blogging a priority this year. 7 Strategies To Help Build The Perfect Blog For Your Business.

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JULY 19, 2011

But the ability to put people in them is not a big enough draw for me to entirely abandon Facebook if only a small number of my contacts set up Google+ profiles. Google+ is pretty much everything I like about Facebook but less creepy and better organized. Circles are better than grilled cheese. Image: Meer via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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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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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. So I turned to the almighty Google (did I already say that?) You know by now that I don’t consider myself a “techie.&#.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s the Google generation’s way of thinking. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. This is hugely helpful, because each theme is different and, as a result, the way a post looks when published on one blog, might look completely different on another.

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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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MARCH 16, 2011

But really, how many blogs does a gal need? If you and I talk regularly on Twitter, or Facebook… heck, even in the early days of WUL (and I have to stifle a giggle as I say that, because this blog is barely two years old!) So it’s probably high time that I started a food blog. Image: kennymatic via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

A year and a half ago, I started a blog about my pet guinea pigs called Cavy Savvy. Originally, I wanted a way to test the SEO techniques I was learning about at work, and having a hobby blog just seemed like a fun way to do so. Here is how I made Cavy Savvy a success, and how you can apply some of these techniques to your blog.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

How to Set Up Google Analytics Goals and Score More Conversions! Why: Goals in Google Analytics transform tons of data into easy to focus on metrics. Lee Odden showcases 10 of Top Rank Blog ‘s most useful content marketing posts. Why: Do you let people to subscribe to your blog through a reader?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Still, there’s a lot more that goes into content marketing than simply writing a blog about a new product. While short content has its place, longform content has a lot going for it: The average content on the first-page of Google is over 2,000 words. On top of that, you need to consider SEO.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Why: In this guest post for WUL, Jessica Torres shares how she made her blog Cavy Savvy a success using smart SEO. Google Penguin 2.0 Why: Nothing is more irritating than performing a Google search and being directed to pages full of useless content and spam. How To Move Your Blog Post Up In Search Results.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Google has gotten much more sophisticated over the years. After the interview is complete start looking for industry blogs that frequently write about experts or interview them – also you can look for outlets which put together weekly roundup posts. Most took pictures in their shirts and blogged about their company.

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MAY 12, 2014

How to Test and Refine Your Google+ Strategy. Why: Is your business recognizing the full potential of Google+? Combine Your Blog Posts And Email Marketing Strategy For Better Results. Why: Do you treat your blogging and email marketing efforts separately or do you integrate them? Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Type “inurl” or “allintext” queries in Google. Interact with them on Twitter, comment on one of their blog posts, or even just retweet one of their tweets to let them know you are paying attention. Find directories ( alltop.com , technorati ). Utilize Social Media. Twitter and LinkedIn are great ways to get introduced to gatekeepers.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

WUL is still not a pay-to-play blog. It is still a blog community with many regular contributors (one-time contributors welcomed too) from all over the world. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn When the Thing That Goes Bump in the Night is WUL. Events Personal Shonali Burke blogging' WUL is now officially part of SBC!

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MARCH 20, 2011

What with birthing a new blog , helping a new client get started on their digital initiatives and attending the Google for Nonprofits event this week, I had a ton of useful information coming my way. Recipe for successful blog marketing & SEO at TECHmunch Austin 2011 , by Lee Odden. Spinning wheel, meet head.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Taking Your Blog Post Series on the Road. Why: In this guest post for WUL, Nick Kellet explains how placing guest posts on various blogs can be used to build your brand community. How to Increase Business Blog Traffic, Readership, & Community. Community Consultation – Offline & Online. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Be succinct, use photos, on and on down the list of cliched suggestions that have peppered many a blog post. Universal McCann’s Wave 6 social media study seems to substantiate that claim for written digital content as well, showing that blog creation and consumption may have peaked in 2010. It’s complicated.

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MAY 9, 2011

Something strange has happened to my blog Steff Metal over the last month. It’s been business as usual; in fact, I’ve been blogging even less than usual this past month, since I’ve been busy updating my Grymm & Epic blogging ebook for the World Changing Writing Workshops starting this month.

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JULY 24, 2013

You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S After a year of blogging she had an average of 4.5 Ackerman is the person who changed my mind once I read her blog and her links.

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Health Care Social Media Insurance Education 192

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JUNE 24, 2019

Blog interviews or contributions. Then utilize Google Analytics to understand the effectiveness of your campaign. “We Her past experience in public relations, blogging and sales allow her to bring unique ideas and insights to her clients’ campaigns. Think beyond just a few tweets and create “hero” content. Event panel.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

We’ve I’ve been up and down on the blogging front this year, and there are several #measurePR recaps we owe you. She was kind enough to post this recap of the chat which covered creating an effective measurement plan, linking content, Google Analytics (and its PR dashboard), and much, much more. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 12-1 pm ET.

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Storify Press Release Case Study Hashtag 216

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MAY 20, 2015

Thought leaders have Google juice. They regularly post insightful articles to their own sites, comment on other peoples’ blogs, write opinions on LinkedIn and Medium , post presentations to SlideShare and have active Twitter profiles. Guest post to peer blogs. I recommend building a list of 15–20 blogs you’d like to post on.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Do an Internet search on “measuring PR” or the “value of PR,” and you’ll find any number of blog posts and articles that purport to tell you how to do this. Registrations were the ultimate goal, and they were using campaign tracking in Google Analytics very well. A version of this post originally appeared on Spin Sucks.

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APRIL 21, 2011

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series. As I’ve been paying more attention to blogging—not just the writing thereof, but the look and how the posts come across—one of the fields that I believe is little-used is the “excerpt&# field in one’s WordPress blog. But let’s back up a bit.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S After a year of blogging she had an average of 4.5 Ackerman is the person who changed my mind once I read her blog and her links.

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Health Care Social Media Insurance Education 279

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Is Guest Blogging Dead? Why: If you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links you should stop. In this post for Steamfeed , DJ Thistle remind us to break the cycle of bad blogging practices by focusing on quality and the company we keep in the blogging community. Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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MARCH 21, 2013

We comment on other blogs. We comment and share on Google+. Do a search right here on WUL (there’s a reason I have a search box on the blog) to see if perhaps I’ve already written about the topic you have a question on. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn If You Pick My Brain, I’ll Have a Hole In My Head.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Google Grants for Google AdWords Google offers $10,000 per month free advertising to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the arts, education, health, science, technology, and volunteering. I know its probably obvious because you blog here at WUL, Erica, but I am always amazed at how great your posts are.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Lots of reasons for that, put forward by people much smarterthan I, which you can easily read about via a Google search. Google had figured out how to be a profitable company before opening itself up to being controlled by people that have no idea what the company is about. He also blogs. Facebook stock is not doing very well.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Most web assets from the likes of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Tumblr, Foursquare and a gazillion others appear to be free, opening floodgates of content, ranging from the genius of Wikipedia/ Ushahidi to the apparently innocuous LOLcats. The ratio is only poised to rise with time. And ironically, it has made it tougher to be remarkable.

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