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Are These Activities Social Media or Social Networking?

SocMed Sean

Ever wondered whether activities like texting and emailing are considered to be social networking? Here is how we evaluate what is or isn’t a social network and whether these activities, and others, qualify. The post Are These Activities Social Media or Social Networking?

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Blogging Tip: Increase Your Traffic By Solving Problems

SocMed Sean

When it comes to blogging, the phrase “birds of a feather, flock together” rings very true. Those that visit your blog and read your articles consistently likely care about many of the same things you care about. To this date, “twitter desktop” continues to be in the top five inbound organic searches to my blog.

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Pros And Cons Of Translating Your Blog Posts Into Other Languages

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The Quick Overview: Translating your blog posts into other languages can have positive impacts on your search engine traffic. Translating your blog posts can have some search results benefits, but before you go down the path, think through whether there's a multi-lingual audience.

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Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit!

SocMed Sean

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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The One Tip That Took My Blog To New Levels. Stop Caring.

SocMed Sean

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. Not just from researching and writing articles, but form the comments/feedback that I have received and the conversations that have been sparked with others via social networks like Twitter.

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[Answered] Are Guest Blog Posts Even Worthwhile Or Am I Just Giving Away My Content?

SocMed Sean

Great question came to me yesterday regarding the activity of link-building through guest blogging. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. I have a small blog and want to grow it and I have read a lot about back-link building. Am I being selfish about my content?

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Blog Tip – Write For Your Readers, Not The Search Engines

SocMed Sean

Every once in a while, a friend, colleague, or client will ask how to improve their blog so they can get more traffic. Before we ever dive into the technology behind their blog, I like to explore their content and their attitude toward the search engines. It’s not your blog anymore, it’s some hybrid or you and Googlebot.