SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here we go again…Google treading in areas that it just doesn’t seem to “get” Don’t get me wrong. I am a HUGE Google fan, owning Android phones, using GMail as my email client, and Chrome as my primary browser. And, of course, I use Google as my search engine of choice. Not yet Google!

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The key, though, is to consider the pros and cons and determine whether the effort of translating content will deliver the results you’re looking for. If you are a blogger looking to expand your audience, translation of your existing content might have crossed your mind. …and who doesn’t love more traffic?

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

I spent some time Googling terms like: viewing Twitter on a tablet in desktop view. Guess what…others are experiencing the same issue and their searches from Google have made that post one of the most popular posts on my blog. You help others by blogging good content that solves a problem, they increase traffic to your article!

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 26, 2022

Google Chrome is blocking it. If it’s still there, check to see if Chrome is blocking the Messenger cookies by doing the following: Open Google Chrome. Content Not Available Error Message When Viewing A Facebook Profile. When you go to view it, you get a message that says, “Content is not available right now.”

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 27, 2022

The internet grows by the addition of information and data, also known as content. As more content is created and published online, opportunities to earn money as a content creator are growing rapidly. One of these content-creating jobs is blogging. Partnerships and sponsored content. And blogging is big.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 25, 2019

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean 5 Tips For Using YouTube to Grow Your Business If you’re looking for opportunities to organically grow you traffic to your business website and content, you’d be hard-pressed to find one more effective than YouTube. billion people worldwide on a monthly basis. Think about it for a moment.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 8, 2019

Not so fast… Organic Content Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving In modern digital campaigns, the best way to get that traffic is with a high-ranking position in search engines result pages (SERPs). That’s amazing, and every marketer should be working to not only get their content listed, but ranked well in the SERPs.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 20, 2018

A few days after publishing it, I received a question from a fellow blogger asking: Okay, so if bounce rate doesn’t matter, then what metric do you use to determine whether people like your content? Seven minutes is a loooong time to digest a blog article and that MUST meant that the content was valuable.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 23, 2019

You feel as though it has great content. In each of these situations, the issue points to one primary problem…content. Not necessarily with the content you have created for the course itself, but with the content that is designed to generate interest in the course. You know…the marketing content.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 20, 2018

We were sharing coffee and going through Google Analytics when she literally yelled (and I mean YELLED): Holy Cr@p! I get paid to do it, which is nice…but that could literally all go away if Google decided my site sucked, so let’s just say it’s a constant work in progress. Look At Your Bounce Rates!

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I (nor anyone else) can predict what content will “Go Viral” 5) There is no single recipe for success in social media. Then, listen to their social media activity and determine what content would meet their needs… not yours. A content plan. Will you have content to keep them from unliking your page?

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 30, 2018

I considered breaking this up into ten separate posts because there truly is enough content to justify each topic having its own post. –Sean As more and more new sites hit the Web on a daily basis, the adoption of WordPress as a content management system seems to keep on growing.

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 23, 2017

Robert is a content and marketing specialist at one of the leading essay writing companies. He graduated with honors from Columbia University with a degree in Marketing and Advertising Previously, he worked as a content marketing manager for a tech software firm. This week we welcome guest blogger Robert Everett.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

They surround themselves with every gadget, book, and resource they can leverage to improve their content, enhance their writing skills, and even make more money. They worry about terms like: monetizing content for a blog. getting ranked quickly in Google and other search engines. They are always working on new posts.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Before we ever dive into the technology behind their blog, I like to explore their content and their attitude toward the search engines. The problem is, what if the search engine spiders like your content, but your readers don’t? ” Wrong answer. What did you accomplish? I’ll take the latter any day of the week.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 1, 2018

I hope the updates help this growing group of solo-preneurs who recognize the value of creating and monetizing content. Whether you work for a Fortune 100 company or a blogger who relies on revenue from your content to supplement your income, it’s important to think about what goes into your social media headcount.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. Have you written content that they would find interesting? Is your content really interesting? Are you building your social network?

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SocMed Sean

JULY 25, 2019

When a visitor comes to your site, their browser makes a request to the server for the contents of the page. The server replies with all of the HTML code, the images, videos, audio assets, etc…that make up the contents of the page. Will Lazy Loading Help My Google Page Speed Insights Scores?

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 25, 2019

Here are some tips to help you keep your content flowing, while disconnecting from social media. Share content that is informative and helpful to your audience, but also reminds them that you are away on vacation. Be sure to have all of your content posted in your scheduling tool of choice at least a week before you leave.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As lifestyle blogs continue to grow as a popular medium for distributing content, there’s never been a better time to start one of your own. Influencer marketing agency Mediakix defines it as, “a digital content representation of its author’s everyday life and interests.” What does it mean to create a lifestyle blog?

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

I find posts with no Alt tags on the images, meta tags that just weren’t well thought-out, and content and data that, while correct at the time, is now a bit outdated. The data provided to you by Google can be a goldmine in finding and fixing 404 errors. So why not go back and create links between similar articles.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 21, 2022

Have you ever been on LinkedIn and noticed an ad based on a search you’d done on Amazon, Google, or another site? By far the most straightforward way to take a break from LinkedIn is to stop posting new content and checking the app altogether. Who can reach you – Who you’d like to get communications from.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 17, 2018

He is also a content writer for various blogs about higher education, entertainment, social media & blogging. You will stand better chances of landing a job right after college if you grasp these concepts and can generate high-quality content that will engage, captivate and inspire people on a client’s social media pages.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 24, 2013

Everything from listening to content creation to the infamous “Sh!t Blogs Facebook Featured Google+ Humor Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Social Media Twitter YouTube best practices comic strip humor infographic social media social networking strategy tips' t happens” category. –Sean.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Like other emotions, humor can be power when used properly in a content strategy. Social media marketing isn't necessarily about content that goes viral. So, what about brands that focus their content on creating articles that educate their customers? Just recently she started to create her first social media course.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Worker Smarter - Rather than spending your time surfing sites or reading tweets, have the content your really care about delivered to you using RSS feeds or through targeted Twitter lists. If not kept in check, writing articles, playing online games and surfing blogs, tweets, posts and photos can easily suck away hours from your day.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 26, 2018

After blogging for about 5 years, she recently started monetizing her content through an ad program. Cost Per Click (CPC) – This is the amount of money you will pay Facebook, Google, Twitter, Pinterest, or any other ad provider when they drive a user to click your advertisement and come to your site. Definitely.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 14, 2018

The idea is to determine whether this approach to pinning can help all content, so long as it is still relevant. Each day I’m going to share some of my content and pin other people’s content. You can bet that I’m going to be Googling tactics that have worked for others. 4) Be consistent. 5) Be social.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 29, 2014

I also hope this post gets zero traffic because people aren’t sill enough to Google “how can I view my Facebook messages on my phone without installing the Messenger app” We’ll see… Cheers! Facebook Featured Humor Mobile Social Media facebook humor mobile tablet tech tips Web Content Management'

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Many of us head for Google for answers and start typing things like: Why is my Instagram engagement dropping off? Step 1 – Post relevant and quality content. Quality of content is critical to any social media platform and more so with Instagram. Captions are an important cog in the Instagram content machinery.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 17, 2012

Google’s Panda algorithm updates are targeting exactly these types of blogs and has a lready penalized thousands of sites. It means that my followers are enjoying my content and found it useful enough to share with their followers. It means they took the time to group me with others that tweet similar content to me.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 12, 2012

If you are a blogger or content creator, you REALLY should read the Pinterest terms of use I know I’m going to be in the minority, here, but I’m not thrilled about Pinterest right now. BUT… If you’re creating new content and uploading it to you Pinterest, you need to understand a few things from their TOU.

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SocMed Sean

AUGUST 12, 2018

Tools like Google Analytics and the Google Search Console allow you to have an insight into different audiences and how different demographics respond to certain content.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 24, 2012

I even took a stance that Pinterest may be the next raging social network and edge Google+ further to the back-burner. However, I did delete all my pinboards because I was uncomfortable with the way Pinterest was handling their approach to licensing of my original content and placing all the liability of any copyright infringement suits.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 3, 2011

And your inbox is more successful at managing text and multimedia better than the Facebook timeline, Twitter feed, RSS subscriptions and Google+ feed combined. Business deals, holiday parties, family gatherings, sporting events, humorous content, and yes…even sex. Is email used to discuss common interests? Absolutely!

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 20, 2013

However, the more images you include in an article, the slower your page load times will be and the longer your visitors will have to wait to enjoy the content. Additionally, Google penalizes slow-loading websites and blogs by not ranking them as high as those that load quickly. Content Delivery Network (CDN) So what is a CDN?

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SocMed Sean

OCTOBER 6, 2012

BTW…I also use nearly this same methodology to back up my tweets to a Google Drive spreadsheet and post my tweets to Google+ (which is a little more complicated). I’m just using the tools that Twitter, IFTTT and LinkedIn are providing to accomplish a sharing of data across platforms.

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