Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

This sounds simple, but it’s shocking how many bloggers aren’t clear on the core business rationale behind their blog initiative. Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. What’s the Point?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think. Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board).

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JULY 27, 2010

First of all, tremendous thanks to the incredible team of guest bloggers who did an amazing job keeping the content fresh, and the conversation lively. What I really appreciated about the C&C guest bloggers is that almost across-the-board they wrote about topics that I never would have thought to have tackled. Visits are up.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This guest post is by Stephan Spencer of The Art of SEO. Answers for popular FAQs within your subject area. Through consistent posting she was able to foster a community of active discussions and engaged bloggers who were interested in what she had to say. What do you love to do? Once you have your topic, search Yahoo!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I’m a big believer in humanization of your blog (in fact, it’s one of my 11 must-dos for serious bloggers ). We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it).

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ProBlogger

APRIL 24, 2011

Reassure the community that you’re actively working on the issue and that safety is paramount. It informs employees, controls their messages and helps them respond to family, community, customer and other concerns with accurate information. This prevents a vacuum being filled by the messages of your critics, competitors, or opponents.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 29, 2022

It hosts millions of questions, thousands of active communities (similar to mini forums), and has a highly engaged audience. It’s a manual process that takes time to work, but when it does and once you have a strong identity and community on Quora, you’ll find your tribe promotes you organically without you having to ask them to do it.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

It's all about their blog, or get SEO ranking, etc. It's a realm to be gamed (SEO, comment spam, email spam, Groupon/group shopping spam… you invent-it-we-spam-it-with-marketing-spam-spam). And so far social media is not a quantum leap. It's baby steps forward. And if the digitari (ie.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

slides from my preso with @bgindra) [link] [link] Mike Malone RT @jaybaer: Digital and Dollars – Successfully Adding Online Marketing to Your Agency Services [link] [link] Scott Appel RT @jaybaer: Adding SEO, Web analytics, email marketing, social media services to your ad/PR agency. link] [link] Abbie S. link] [link] Abbie S.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. Allowing for and creating communities. Guests type their story – upload a photo if they want – add their name and address. That’s it. It turns advocates into volunteer marketers.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. It also continues to be a reliable conduit for new visitors here at Convince & Convert. Maybe you found this blog from Twitter?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 8, 2016

All week hundreds of bloggers have been creating some great posts and today I’m going to present you with a last post in the challenge that has the potential to share the love around our community a little. Approaches You Might Take with Today’s Challenge: Write something inspired by another blogger. Create a “reading roundup”.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The old days when SEO meant writing key-stuffed copy and then begging for or buying as many links as possible, from any willing website, are long gone. That’s clearly good for searchers, as search engine results have become more relevant and useful. ” • Content isn’t just the job of marketing and PR. .

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Incidentally, these internal links are also a SEO positive) 4. I think first-time bloggers get enamored with the concept of “design.&# Also, don’t be afraid to link to other posts or resources from within your posts. You MUST ask and answer this question, and develop appropriate calls to action accordingly.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Marketers have a responsibility to ensure that bloggers are providing disclosure and that statements are not misleading or unsubstantiated. Having a social media policy is considered an enforcement action by the FTC, which can be important if you are sued for misleading or unsubstantiated claims on a blog or by a blogger.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 18, 2011

Your fellow blogger does not want you to see this because these simple tactics are guaranteed to help you make more money from blogging, and (possibly) reduce the potential income they can make themselves. And then bloggers look at how they can make money with products as well. Strategy One : The Community Pre-Sell.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

You must consistently create relevant compelling content,&# Martine Hunter presents seven tactics for re-engaging with a neglected blog, including refreshing old blog posts, turning news releases into blog articles, and enlisting guest bloggers to lighten the workload. 11 Must Do SEO Tips for WordPress by Better Blog Building.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

This is the strategy of creating a Social FAQ. Thanks for the link back to the social FAQ – I'd lost the link during my busy summer. 5 Ways to Turn Helpfulness Into Marketing Greatness [link] [link] Sean SEO Marketer It is really important to develop a deep understanding of your customer. Ask your customers directly.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

.&# But, I’m excited by the possibilities, eager to get our kids set up in what I think will be a terrific situation, fired up about our new home, and eager to get integrated into the Indiana social media community. I'm connected with quite a few Indiana bloggers and they are all terrific. Will there be bumps along the way?

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Kikolani

JUNE 30, 2016

With all the different SEO strategies out there, it can be hard to know which links are best for your site. To help you navigate the SEO maze, we’ve collated some effective SEO link building techniques, and matched them with industries, businesses, and websites. Where your SEO strategy starts. Got time to spare?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client? Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. Better question: How can we develop a sustainable, ongoing social media strategy that will turn customers into advocates over the long haul?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

Again with the blogging, make sure your blogger or bloggers want to do it, if they are forced into it, you won’t get your posts on time. You don’t need to know the what, just the who and when. If you have a Twitter account, set up a CoTweet account to help manage interactions, and define who is responsible for interaction.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

The newsletter, which was sent within the first week of the month, would include new research findings from surveys conducted by research groups such as the Pew Research Center, new discoveries from a marketing firm’s eye tracking study, or data that was recently culled across a multitude of SEO agency case study reports.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Any SEO geeks want to weigh in on that? Is it extra SEO fodder? All blog owners should do this to see what their community prefers. Every community is different and will respond to different triggers. It’s also tough information for bloggers to get who haven’t had the traffic volume that C&C gets.

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Kikolani

JUNE 30, 2016

With all the different SEO strategies out there, it can be hard to know which links are best for your site. To help you navigate the SEO maze, we’ve collated some effective SEO link building techniques, and matched them with industries, businesses, and websites. Where your SEO strategy starts. Got time to spare?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

There is no question social media does an organization good, just persevere and know there is a vibrant community there to support your work. Now, Google creates perceptions and it is our job to engage the communities and instill what perceptions we want seen. The change has come from how people create their perceptions.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. I’m not sure it’s broad vs targeted as the main difference, necessarily, as there are a lot of narrow B2C uses of social media (like invite-only brand communities and such). Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube. link] Jay Baer Thanks for the comment.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

Oh, and for those that think that “blogger outreach” counts as social exposure for your staff, don’t kid yourself. Advertising shops, SEO agencies, email consultants…the list goes on. Why not try spending time commenting in your targets’ community blogs? reading about social media and trying different communities.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2015

And 54% of bloggers say they publish at least weekly—but “to generate leads from your blog, the sweet spot for is 2-3 times per week according to HubSpot.” Take a look around and see how you can re-purpose emails, FAQs, presentations, etc.”). The Five Types of Guest Bloggers (Funny Graphic) by SteamFeed.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

But if your saying Twitter isn't a tool as in a hammer, that you can use to build your SEM, SEO, or PR then I am not following your logic. I really like how you break down something that seems so hard (and scary) for so many folks into language that we can all understand. Your grasp of the entire landscape (including email) is refreshing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Nearly all the once mighty, now defunct social network or community sites unfurled and died after being purchased. link] Raj – SEO Australia Great research on every point! link] jaybaer Is your niche Twilight community worth $580 million now, it culturally relevant on a broad scale? It’s a familiar tale.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

This allows Yelp to strengthen loyalty among Elite Squad members, offers an impetus for wanna-be-members to post additional reviews; and, makes the site content stronger – keeping the broader community active and engaged. link] Yael Davidowitz-Neu Thanks for writing in and congratulations on creating an awesome community!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

How to be Human – Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps | [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] The Real-Time Google Search Twitter Social Media Strategy | NYC Social Media and Whitehat Organic SEO | The Blog of Dustin Schmidt [.] Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps [.]

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ProBlogger

JULY 1, 2012

But what else can we as bloggers and businesspeople learn from this recent phenom? And those companies, entrepreneurs, and bloggers that practice it always rise above the crowd! For the blogger, this boils down to writing epic content (thanks again, Corbett Barr!). They gave him two answers: radios and bloggers.

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