Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2012

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 10 Free Tools Every Business Blogger Should Bookmark – Explore the free tools out there that will help you be better at business blogging and content creation. Are You Just Another Dumb Blogger?

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 15, 2015

Before we get to the tactic, I want to make sure you understand the value of an RSS feed. RSS, also known as real simple syndication is a web format that allows users receive your content in a variety of formats. Without an RSS feed, and very easy access to it, you’re missing out on an opportunity.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 21, 2013

What people haven’t been writing about though is how this affects us as bloggers and what we can do about it (if anything). Though niches that have more web savvy audiences like marketing or technology are more likely to be affected, this is going to impact anyone who has built up their RSS readership.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 24, 2015

So what are the qualities or distinct characteristics that mark these super bloggers, setting them on a plane higher than us lesser mortals? Write Often In a Curata study of over 400 business bloggers, they found that the best bloggers—one’s with over 10,000 page views or more per month—shared some similar traits.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 16, 2010

of bloggers and other webmasters around the world use a free tool called Google Analytics to track website visitors and click-through metrics. I use it, and many bloggers I know also do. Think about that for a moment… -- Thank you for reading How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics at AriWriter.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 9, 2011

Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years. But I have yet to see a really good tool that allows you to embed Facebook content. It’s free and all you have to do is copy the URL, click on the “ditto&# button, and copy/paste the content you want to embed.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2011

Every blogger wants more traffic. But it makes sense: the more often your blog is “seen&# on other sites, the more people will bookmark it, subscribe to your RSS feed, and type in the URL directly. And of course writing compelling content for your audience. How to get it?

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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.

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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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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 25, 2011

Your URL should also contain a keyword or two, which is great for SEO and will help you with your rankings. I’m sure you’ve heard the overused expression, “Content is king.&#. Content helps increase your traffic and improve your rankings. If you create great content, people will come and share you with the world!

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 20, 2013

Make sure to keep in mind that simply installing this plugin isn’t helpful in and of itself – but many bloggers stop at this first step. If you can’t convert them to subscribers via email or RSS and/or they aren’t seeing your new posts show up on social media, odds are good that they won’t think to return to your site.

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Kikolani

JULY 13, 2011

The million-dollar question every newbie blogger ask is “How can I drive traffic to my blog?&#. Sure you can find tons of resources over the internet from successful bloggers who tackle topics on how they were able to achieve traffic when they started a decade ago, more or less. Compose and Post Contents with Substance.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 22, 2018

And if you follow the blogger on social media, you may well see them posting links to their latest posts. But posts aren’t the only type of content you need to create as a blogger. Whatever blogging system you use, you’ll have two different ways to publish new content: as blog posts or as blog pages.

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Stay N' Alive

MAY 9, 2011

Since writing for LouisGray.com a few years ago I've been curious about Blogger. I talked to Rick Klau , Blogger's Product Manager at the time, at a BlogWorld expo a few years back and he insisted I try it. I admit I didn't like the interface of Blogger at first. So my main choices were Blogger and Wordpress.com.

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Jason Yormark

JANUARY 12, 2010

If you are a serious blogger or a digital marketer, it’s a must have. Sidebar – URL shortening is all the rave, and bit.ly It makes sharing extremely easy, and will automatically track all your URL shortening so you can see how much activity results from what you share. Sidebar bookmarklet.

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Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Diigo is a free social bookmarking tool that makes it easy to share content and facilitate conversations around that content. The Research feature allows you to annotate, archive and organize your content, crating the resource page. Highlight a section of text in the supporting article or news release and right click it.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 20, 2010

Once installed, it will show links to other posts related to a current post at end that could be useful for your visitors by introducing them to other relevant content on your website. As the name suggests, this plugin will automatically add links to your favorite Social Bookmarking sites at the end of your posts, pages and RSS feed.

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ProBlogger

JULY 23, 2013

This is a guest contribution from Adam Connell, blogger at Bloggingwizard.com. If you write or publish a blog, you’ll inevitably experience the gut-wrenching feeling of content theft at some point in the life of your blog. It’s not fair but it’s now just part of the world of online content.

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Kikolani

JUNE 4, 2013

Supporters help you ’spread the word’ by retweeting your statuses and sharing links to your content. You can also use this to monitor mentions of your website by including your URL ([link] as a search item. This will catch retweets of your content where people do not include your Twitter handle. Discover new leads.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

So you might be asking what more can be written about link building for bloggers? Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. In February of 2011, Google released the Panda update that took rankings away from websites with low-quality content and sites with more advertising than content.

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Kikolani

MAY 28, 2013

Content Marketing Institute. You can see it in the above examples for Convince & Convert, Content Marketing Institute, Duct Tape Marketing, and The Sales Lion. Targeting popups at the page, post category, specific post, referral URL, and other levels. Social Media Examiner. Chris Brogan. Convince & Convert by Jay Baer.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. Brilliant Headline Tool.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. Brilliant Headline Tool.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 7, 2014

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. Brilliant Headline Tool.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Not all bloggers respond this way, but a few quick clicks will give you some insight into the person you’re reaching out to. If you’re just going to throw your URLs to an discerning audience, and not spend time getting to know the people on those social sites, you’re wasting your time. Photos by Shutterstock.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified). I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. Note that the Google Toolbar automatically inserts the source URL. This works for any RSS feed, not just bookmarks. I revel in information.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 28, 2011

This guest pst is by Martyn Chamberlin of Two Hour Blogger. Maybe you haven’t hidden your RSS feed. Whenever you publish content, you can copy and paste the article from your WordPress dashboard and blast it away. Unfortunately, this is where most bloggers run into trouble. The link it sends you to is your feed URL.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 9, 2008

Posted by: Amit Agarwal , a professional technology blogger at Digital Inspiration and an exceptionally creative Docs user We were first introduced to Amit Agarwal when he sent us a video , detailing how to use Docs as an RSS feed reader (check out the accompanying and instructive blog post , as well). Live blogging with Docs.

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Proactive Report

MARCH 1, 2012

As technology advances, journalists and bloggers are adopting more social tools to help them gather and report the news. Many journalists have stated that in this new media world they rely on outside sources for content, which is an excellent opportunity for PR pros. Just throwing a few keywords into a release won’t do the job.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

As a blogger, you should be spending at least 80% of your time creating killer content. Now you can spend your time connecting with likeminded bloggers, responding to comments, and making money instead of copying and pasting the same update all over the web. Use this RSS to Tumblr photo recipe to create a photo post.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

But since we all seem to use shortened URL’s these days, does it really make a difference? I am concerned about losing the existing followers that I currently have if the URL changes. This will usually lead to those bloggers coming back to your site and engaging with you in your blog as well.

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Kikolani

MARCH 16, 2015

If you’ve been looking for a Buffer-equivalent for visual content, then Viraltag is the platform you have been searching for. These include Canva, Instagram, Flickr, Dropbox, and any RSS feed you choose. Now, you’re all set to start sharing visual content to your social profiles and pages. How to Setup Viraltag.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Five easy steps to customizing your 404 page, assuming you’re using WordPress (you in Blogger, or something, I ain’t got nothing for you). This should contain all the content, links, and/or images you want. Select all the content, and hit “copy.&# Look for the current content of your 404 page.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 13, 2016

If you spend days and nights creating the most outstanding content ever, this post is for you. As a contributing writer, I know all too well how difficult it is to create content that strikes the right chord with editors and readers. Blog Authorship: Keeping Your Blog Content Safe from Plagiarists and Duplication.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

If you write for a lot of different websites like I do, whether it is as a guest blogger or freelance writer , then you have probably struggled with finding a way to share your latest posts from all of those sites with your audience. The plugin you will need is WP RSS Aggregator. How to Get Your Author RSS Links. The Plugin.

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