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20 Bloggers to Watch in 2012

ProBlogger

” I love Maria’s work because talented curators are needed in this cluttered blogosphere. ” I think Maria will be an influence on curators for years to come. ” I think Maria will be an influence on curators for years to come. In 2012, she’ll be just as busy. Kristi Hines. Colin Wright.

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5 Essential Qualities of Growing Your Blog Quickly in a Crowded Niche

Kikolani

This is a guest post by Marcus Sheridan , recently named one of the Top 10 Social Media Bloggers of 2012 by Social Media Examiner. In fact, Amy recently launched arguably the most thorough online training course for Facebook marketing ever produced—Facebook Influence. We all want our blogs to grow. I do, you do, we all do.

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Busting Facebook’s Most Widespread Myth

Convince & Convert

Actually, Facebook itself started this rumor in February of 2012 at the Facebook Marketing Conference in New York. I personally don’t find this metric so interesting because it represents very little and is too heavily influenced by post frequency. What factors can influence your average reach? Weekly Reach.

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Blogging in Brief: Goal-Setting … and Reaching!

ProBlogger

And the blogosphere is a great place to get inspiration for setting and meeting those goals… Image courtesy Moyan_Brenn, licensed under Creative Commons. I’ve found these ones, in particular, have provided great food for thought: The Art of Nonconformity: 2012 Annual Review: Looking Forward , an inspiring personal review.

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What New Bloggers Can Learn From Some of History’s Greatest Minds

ProBlogger

Turning to them to learn the ropes of the blogosphere is a no-brainer. Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends & Influence People. In March of 2012, Nielsen published findings which tracked over 181 million blogs around the world. These bloggers are the thought-leaders, renegades and early-adopters of the industry. Walt Disney.

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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

Check out the top 20 posts on ProBlogger in 2012 and notice that over 50% of the most read posts that year had personal words in their titles. Since 2005 there have been many such projects run around the blogosphere. In 2012 Nester saw over 1200 bloggers run 31 Days Challenges over the month of October (just a few pictured below)!

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7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

Check out the top 20 posts on ProBlogger in 2012 and notice that over 50% of the most read posts that year had personal words in their titles. Since 2005 there have been many such projects run around the blogosphere. In 2012 Nester saw over 1200 bloggers run 31 Days Challenges over the month of October (just a few pictured below)!