Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

12 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider – You still have until July 15th to download your Google Reader subscriptions and move them to an alternative RSS reader. Blogging / Content. How to Find More Content Ideas than You’ll Ever be Able to Write – Stuck for content ideas?

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

As engagement and sharing on Twitter, Facebook and other social tools continues to increase, many bloggers are noticing a sharp decrease in comments on their blogs. So, when a blogger begins noticing a decrease of comments on their blog, it can be depressing. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

When it comes to link building publishers have a significant advantage because editorial content, be it hard news or evergreen content, lends itself naturally to linking and sharing. In addition producing quality content on a daily basis creates a steady stream of new opportunities. Partner links. Shine or MSN Living.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 3, 2012

High bounce rate will get you frustrated as a blogger. Before images can be effective on your blog, it needs to be relevant and blend with the niche and content of your blog post. This led to more readers spending up to 30 minutes and more at a visit. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter , Facebook , and Google+.

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Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But how do you convince other websites to link to your great content? Link building outreach is the process of creating backlinks from other sites by contacting bloggers and asking them to link to your website. Link building outreach process The bloggers outreach strategy consists of four main steps: 1. Provide Value.

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Kikolani

MARCH 18, 2013

Benefits for Bloggers. While the tool was developed with brands and businesses in mind, there are lots of benefits for bloggers as well. This should lead to more retweets of your content. Here are some ways to use these prompts to engage with brands, businesses, and bloggers. Engage more with your followers.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Of the stories in Baltimore that week that contained new information, 95% came from traditional media and the majority of that from newspapers: So newspapers can pat themselves on the back for another day. Bill Hunt wrote about this a while back in looking at the use of tech press releases by bloggers.

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Stay N' Alive

APRIL 17, 2011

The bottom dips in the line represent what the actual number of subscribers for this blog are (the lower ones towards the end are when this blog was down as I switched from Wordpress to Blogger - another post on that later). In an informal poll where I brought up this same issue on Facebook, it seems many of you are seeing the same thing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader. In this era of data smog , the knowledge worker who can act like an agile ninja by consuming vast quantities of information, synthesizing it and getting it in the hands of the right people at the right time is invaluable. However, none matches the power of Google Reader.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While businesses focus on the ROI in dollars, bloggers focus on the ROI in traffic. Naturally, being the statistics geek that I am, I wondered if I could match up the stats that Triberr gives you for visits from everyone’s unique Triberr URL of your post to the number of visits you see in Google Analytics. The Conclusion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It seems no matter what they post, their readers and followers respond and engage with them as a result. And in many cases, it could literally be anything ranging from a new product to asking how everyone is doing to some TMI information about how their cat ate the wrong kind of food and threw up everywhere. Are you showing you?

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Saying It Social

MAY 1, 2010

When you are posting online it is essential to make it as easy as possible for your readers to share your information with their networks. Now that your blog is done, you still need to find content to share with your networks throughout the rest of the week. Finding content to post can turn into a big “time suck”.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 15, 2021

If you really want to be a full-time blogger, you need to escalate this.”. Today I’m living the dream of being a full-time blogger. The more you know about who’s reading your blog, the better you’ll be at engaging with them and creating content that meets their needs. Identify who you want reading your blog.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If you are a blogger trying to make money online and the recommended powerful ways to make money with advertising, affiliate marketing, and creating products is not working out for you, then you need to focus on doing something you’re already probably good at – creating content. Find Blogging and Freelance Writing Jobs.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 21, 2013

Some of the biggest news in the blogging world over the last week was without a doubt Google’s announcement that on June 1st, they’re closing Google Reader. Paraphrasing their own words, the usage of Reader is smaller than ever, and Google want to focus on fewer products.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

There may also be times where you want to only share writing by you, and if you have a lot of guest bloggers on your site as well as guest posts on other sites, having a full RSS feed for your blog won’t do. The solution to this would be having an RSS feed with only your content in it from each of the sources you write for.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Most organizations still see blogs as a way to push their content to learners, which to my mind makes blogs simply a multimedia e-newsletter. OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 10, 2011

I don’t know about you, but as a real estate blogger, I tend to read a lot of blogs during my workday. Almost all blogs have some form of RSS feed that syndicates their content out on the web. Choose ‘Google homepage’ and the feed will be added to your iGoogle homepage. Say that three times fast! Do you use iGoogle?

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Kikolani

JUNE 4, 2013

Here, you will see a wealth of information at a glance. Supporters help you ’spread the word’ by retweeting your statuses and sharing links to your content. In this example, you can see important information about Kurt Frankenberg of Shoestring 101 including his full bio, location, website link, and follower / following counts.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

5 Types of Video Posts for Bloggers This post includes five types of videos and video posts that bloggers can incorporate into their blog to enhance their blogging content. Here are the reasons why bloggers are using them, why visitors dislike them, and some alternatives. Blogging Tips. Commenting. Social Media.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Kikolani

MAY 17, 2013

How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips – Learn how businesses with top marketing blogs generate leads with social media and content marketing. Blogging / Content. 13 Reasons Why Your Content Marketing Might Fail – Effectiveness is a common concern for most content marketers, according to CMI research.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 10, 2011

I don’t know about you, but as a real estate blogger, I tend to read a lot of blogs during my workday. Almost all blogs have some form of RSS feed that syndicates their content out on the web. Choose ‘Google homepage’ and the feed will be added to your iGoogle homepage. Say that three times fast! Do you use iGoogle?

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 12, 2010

I’ve already shared how I personally became a much better writer (though I don’t rate myself that highly) and now I want to get into the specifics of how to create compelling content. Similarly, if I see content posted on Facebook or retweeted on Twitter, that same headline will determine whether I click through to your website.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Today, there are young bloggers who have their own websites and blogs. I contacted a handful of young bloggers, all under the age of 17, to get an idea of whether they see their age as a hurdle and what advice they would give to new bloggers. A resident of Western New York, he’s not just a blogger but a podcaster.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2012

Anybody can be a content marketer … but not everyone can be a good or even great content marketer who creates articles that convert and rank high in the search engines on a consistent basis. IFTTT: Automate your content curation tasks. How can this tool help you create compelling, high-converting content?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

PLNs provide individuals with learning and access to leaders and experts around the world bringing together communities, resources and information impossible to access solely from within school walls. 3-Set up an iGoogle account using your professional email and subscribe to the blogs you selected in Google Reader.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Whatever your motivation, your blog needs traffic to achieve those goals, and to do that, you need great content. Get Your Blog Read and Followed When it comes to the internet, there’s one golden rule that stands head and shoulders above the others: content is king. It is vital to master writing great content on your blog.

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Justin Levy

JANUARY 13, 2010

Even now Google reader mobile is clunky. Everything else is left to the RSS reader. Its nice to check out at the end of the day and breeze over google reader. If you follow interesting peeps or use columns/lists, then your community organically curates great information/blogs for you. I fully agree!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 27, 2014

As bloggers, we tend to be a little obsessed with numbers – we check our stats compulsively to see how many more hits we got today than yesterday and freak out if we lose a couple of followers on Twitter or Facebook. However, most bloggers are focusing on the wrong numbers. Why Recurring Readers Are More Valuable.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

If you are supporting one product today, try to avoid turning against that product tomorrow, barring any unforeseen or unknown information. People want to know that when you say something, they’ll be able to depend on that information right away, and for a long time. The best you can do is explain it as clearly as possible.

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 3, 2012

It’s particularly worrying in some areas, where companies of the size and scale of Google have effectively closed out the market, particularly in terms of RSS syndication with Feedburner and RSS reading with Google Reader. But today two things have happened.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified). I revel in information. I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. Google Notebook also doesnt work on a mobile device and its search functions are rather lacking. Read More].

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

from Mizz Information. 3 ways to get great content from your boring business , by Shannon Paul. I still have not checked out Quora, heading over to Shannons post on making boring content better. Whats more, I just added new fruitful blog names in my Google Reader. Plus it’s a great read. Read All About It!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

It’s a social sharing platform that allows you to either find great content, share it and measure your ability to drive clicks and traffic … or measure the social sharing and links to leave to lead folks back to your own content, even tying that traffic to conversions and sales. I see a bright future for the Google.

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The Way of the Web

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The loss of Friend Connect doesn’t bug me as it did when Google killed the useful and effective social features of Google Reader – Friend Connect hasn’t really ever done very much since it launched in 2008.

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