Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Writing is my number one source of income that has been a result of my blogging activities. Guest blogging isn’t just about getting exposure – there are plenty of sites that will pay you to contribute an article to their site. The following are my tips for getting a paid contributor spot on a great blog.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Like many bloggers, I’ve gone in and out of writing, and that doesn’t help with maintaining a consistent flow of traffic to your blog. At the end of the day, driving eyeballs to my blog isn’t really the ultimate goal, writing useful and appreciated content is. 9 of my top 10 blog articles are social media related.

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Kikolani

JUNE 20, 2011

So here are a few simple steps that anyone can follow in order to ensure that their guest post has a higher chance of getting published on their target blog. Research your target blog. You will want to know what topics the blog owner posts, and what topics are popular. Get to know the blog owner. Have great timing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Because when you live in a world as fast-paced as ours, you just have a few seconds while your potential reader is skimming through her email, or RSS reader, or website, and decides whether or not to click through and read the fully story… or move on. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

PostRank has a comparison tool that uses its Domain Activity API to measure total engagement based on user participation across multiple social platforms. PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool.

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Harp Interactive

MARCH 31, 2010

Blog Comments. RSS & email subscriptions. PostRank : A content analyzer and provides great feedback on Tweets, Digg, Stumble and Freindfeed. Here are Some Key Performing Indicators of Social Media Engagement that you may consider measuring: Bookmarks (onsite, offsite). Facebook Page Fan Numbers. Twitter Followers.

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Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

There are a lot of places to list your blog for getting the maximum exposure, as well as places where you can receive blog reviews that may be the first impression a visitor may come across for your site. Here are some to add your blog or submit your site to in order to increase your blog traffic and reputation.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

I would have to say that it was the fastest and hardest I’ve typed within one hour, but it was a great experience where I got to really learn a lot about what blogging questions people have today. Social Media Examiner’s Live Blogging Q&A. Question: How important is video blogging as compared to typical blogging?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog! Don’t forget I started out this post with my initial list of five ways for you to spice up your blogging.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I knew running a contest would give my blog a traffic and engagement boost, but I was definitely curious to see how much exactly. 10 PostRank (50% higher then average) -187 page views (about the norm) So my takeaway is that obviously my reader engagement increased quite a bit. Related posts: Social Media Book Package Giveaway!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Let me unpack this a bit.

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Akamai Marketing

JULY 28, 2011

Now, as I said in an earlier blog post, you should use several different metrics to dig deeper into your audience and see what’s really happening with the content your sharing. Comments and Shares on Website/Blog : Track the topic and the number of shares and discussion around the topic. Increased share of voice?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 11, 2011

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who reads, shares, comments on, tweets and otherwise supports our SocialFishing blog. Thank you to you for making this blog as amazing a resource as it is! Here’s to more great conversations to come in 2011! in chronological order. in chronological order.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

whatever, I never can tell) and revel in blog posts that make you feel the writer is talking to you, no doubt you are already familiar with Olivier Blanchard ‘s The BrandBuilder Blog. Olivier has one of those remarkable blogs I know I can go back to time and time again, because I will find something to re-read, and re-read again.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers. Umair Haque , blogging for the Harvard Business Review , places the Gap logo debacle into this context of creativity. When it comes to blogging, anyone can compile data and churn out a post.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. 3 Responses to “Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool?&# link] #smb #smallbiz Log in to Reply WendyBlomseth says: March 18, 2011 at 3:02 am RT @CarolineMelberg: Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Cause-related marketing: seeing RED and pink , from Katya ‘s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Cause and effect , by Michael Martin from MediaPost’s Marketing: green blog. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. No way around it. effect marketing. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Just some of the colors of my life. All it took was to look.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Mark as read Approve comment Okay wow, you brought with the poetry and the blogging. Totally impressed and Ill have to steal this idea, use it when Im stuck for a blog post. Image: Robert Couse-Baker via Flickr, CC 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. So much to do So much to see I am the future. The future is me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Your news release will not be competitive with well-known Beth Kanter’s Beth’s Blog. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. calendars – Google Blog Search [.] may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or Subscribe by Email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. And not their fame of reference. Are you “the best&# ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. See you there! Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Image: Paul Roth via Flickr, CC 2.0 Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Image: Janet McKnight via Flickr, CC 2.0 Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Regardless, thanks for visiting! pts Settings. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Regardless, thanks for visiting! pts Settings. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. I hope you’ll stop by and let me know what you think.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 27, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Image: Kemp Edmonds via Flickr, CC 2.0 pts Settings. Shall We Tweet?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Are you really worse off than when you started? link] (esp.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 20, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Capitol-Cast » Blog Archive » 10 Reasons to Attend IABC/DC Metro’s Silver Inkwell Awards Gala says: October 21, 2010 at 12:36 pm [.] the entire posting at Shonali’s blog, Waxing Unlyrical. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Why: if we don’t enjoy what we do, what’s the point?

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