Sherrilynne Starkie

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Podcast Playlist: A blast from the past

Sherrilynne Starkie

I’m taking part in Dry January as usual this year, and I listen in to pick up tips to keep me on the straight and narrow. If you have one you’d like to recommend please leave a comment below. This week I learned about Kombucha, a tea beverage they say nicely replaces ‘adult beverages’. I’ve not tried it yet, but I’m going to!

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Does your brand take bloggers seriously?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Instead they should be looking at pageviews, comments, replies and retweets if they wish to gain insight into engagement and influence. Related posts: Top tips for bloggers and brands. Brands tend to use reach metrics which often are no measure of influence. Number of likes, fans, friends and followers are some examples.

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The all new Foursquare

Sherrilynne Starkie

The new mobile app showcases swipeable photos, tips, lists and friends’ places. Also there are new ‘like’ and comment features á la Facebook. The main change is the shift in focus away from ‘checking in’ to sharing recommendations and insights (but you can still check in if you want to).

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Writing tricks for content marketers

Sherrilynne Starkie

Studies show that longer articles tend to achieve more retweets and shares in social media and attract more comments. 7 WordPress SEO Tips for Non-Techie Bloggers. Longer form content, more than a thousand words long, tends to get indexed higher on search engines. Engagement is improved too. Stephen Fry on language and writing.

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Reader Competition: Seven Elements of Business Development

Sherrilynne Starkie

Share your own business development tips in the comments before May 3rd, 2018. All commenters’ names will go into the draw and the winner will be announced on my blog on May 4th, 2018. Stay in touch. Win your copy of How Clients Buy.

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The wine blogger kerfuffle

Sherrilynne Starkie

Related stories : Top tips for bloggers and brands. She defended herself by saying that she had taken the content from Vintages , the retail magazine of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and that this publication had been adequately credited. This post originally ran on thornleyfallis.ca. Bloggers important in PR.

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How Clients Buy: reader competition winner!

Sherrilynne Starkie

Last month Roxanne entered a competition that asked readers to share their own business development tips in the comments. Congratulations to Roxanne Deevey , the lucky winner of the newly released business book: How Clients Buy: A Practical Guide to Business Development For Consulting And Professional Services. . Roxanne Deevey.

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