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279: How Jeff Goins Evolved His Blogging Into a Million Dollar Business

ProBlogger

I started a blog on Xanga. From that first Xanga blog in 2006, to 2010 when I at the end of the year started a blog called Goins, Writer, goinswriter.com , which is the blog that I have today. . For every ask: hey, sign up for my email list; hey, buy my book; hey, do this, do that; I want to give these three things away for free.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

adults say they give advice about purchases on social networking sites, only 17% say they seek out such advice when making buying decisions. The two most important criteria when hiring a social media consultant are examples of previous work and recommendations; number of Twitter followers is the 12th-most important factor.

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