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30 Tips To Be a Digital Storyteller

Ari Herzog

I wrote the below list in 2013 and recently updated it, providing a primer for people who determine if blogging is right for them. Choose a name for your blog. Self-host your blog via WordPress.org. Determine the blog’s focus. Let your user decide how to read your blog. Consider Quantcast and Alexa.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Unseen Sea

Kikolani

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. Let’s go over the tools that will allow you to manage these important blog elements. Well, here are some tips on how to do that.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

Finding the most valuable guest blogging opportunities on high-authority sites takes time. You have to nurture a relationship with the blog owner, and that means human interaction, not automated emails. Instead, focus on blogs with small and medium levels of influence (Twitter followers, blog subscribers, likes, +’s and so on).

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The Ultimate Guide to Professional Product Review Pitches

ProBlogger

Product review blogs are one of the best ways for ecommerce sites to spread the word about their products and build backlinks to increase organic search traffic. That being said, there are thousands of small-to-medium-sizes product review blogs on the Internet all vying for the opportunity to secure free products for reviews and giveaways.

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Weekend Project: Research Your Existing Audience

ProBlogger

This is a strategy I noticed Blog Tyrant using with his “Sunday Night Facebook Jams.” For example, a while back Blog Tyrant held a “Jam” about Blogging SEO. It’s all about Blogging SEO! Just for the kind of person who reads your blog or purchases the product or service you sell. Analyze Quantcast.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

Quantcast Visitor Demographics. Below is Quantcast’s estimation as to which sites people visit after Reddit. One tool I like to use when looking for large blogs in a niche is Google Reader, and more specifically its ‘Browse for Feeds’ feature. Google Reader Subscriber Counts. Top Site Posts.

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Weekend Project: Research the Audience You Want … but Don’t Have

ProBlogger

In fact, “guessing” is one of the main reasons why most blogs fail, most products bomb, and most newbie entrepreneurs end up pulling their hair out in undeserved frustration. Many of you probably don’t have a blog up and running yet, and that’s fine. Quantcast: the least-known online weapon. Have you heard of Quantcast ?