The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Not only does that mean they’re going to get through anti-spam measures, but it also devalues the conversation that may be occurring, and damages a community which may have taken months and years to slowly build. The usual example is Fred Wilson’s community at avc.com.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The latter example, surprisingly (or not) is what I’m going to look at today. Blogging Tips for Beginners ( Link ) This is a resource post which combines all of the top blog posts on Problogger which offer advice for beginner bloggers. By having people “talk about&# your content, I simply mean people sharing your content.

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

You can’t be sure, however, that your engagement with other bloggers will result in them linking back to your website. Getting links from other bloggers, in my vast experience, is the easiest and most effective way to increase the number of people subscribing to your blog.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 1, 2010

Although I don’t have any goals for the size of the community here, I still think it is an interesting metric to monitor. I have never been part of a more awesome community online of people who really want to succeed and help others do the same. Reply Glen says: April 1, 2010 at 11:28 am Thanks Adam!

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 26, 2011

What does it really take to build a hustling and bustling blog with a thriving and active community around it? However, what I see many bloggers do, newbie bloggers in particular, is not really knowing how to use the resources Kristi and so many other bloggers provide to maximize their link building efforts.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you use Google Reader in a list format for example – like I do – then your headline determines whether myself or anyone else using the service will click on your listing to read the post. There’s a great example of this kind of post at Copyblogger, where the author asks: Is Commenting on Blogs a Smart Traffic Strategy?

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 4, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » ViperChill » VIP Access: The VIPerchill Business Plan VIP Access: The VIPerchill Business Plan Written by Glen, this post has 108 Comments It’s never a good sign when a blogger disappears for weeks, “neglecting&# their readers and doesn’t take the time to give a reason why.

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Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

For example, I sometimes recommend guest blogging as a great way to build your authority in your niche and will then link to my guide on guest blogging. For example, if you head on over to test.com, you will see it is both accessible at [link] and [link] Try this on your own site and see if it is the same.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

If you write for a lot of different websites like I do, whether it is as a guest blogger or freelance writer , then you have probably struggled with finding a way to share your latest posts from all of those sites with your audience. When you get to your author page, look for an RSS feed link. Add “feed” to your author page URL.

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The top results for most keyphrases are either a Wikipedia page, a site that is very focused around community, or a clear leader in an industry. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 59 Comments Leo Fogarty says: October 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm Brilliant post Glen. These days however, things are very different. My guess, is quite a lot.

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Razor Social

APRIL 4, 2018

So a link from a high authority site like The New York Times will be more powerful than a link from a low authority site, for example, a new site with no inbound links of its own. Please take a look at the example below. Nofollow links also matter. The nofollow attribute gives search engines instructions not to follow the link.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. Bloggers have to weed out the crap and PR pros need to find the right people for the job. The job of someone who does blogger outreach can be difficult. We both have difficult jobs. That’s just fine.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

If they have too many friends and not many followers, for example, you might not want to follow them. You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community. Tweet Spinner also has a “nofollow&# user list that will algorithmically never follow users who meet certain criteria. Tweet frequency.

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Viper Chill

JULY 19, 2010

Health, gambling, forex and gaming industries for example, are very competitive online. The phrases in the example above are considered to be long-tail phrases as they contain more words and have a much smaller search volume, but they’re also easier to rank for. Let’s look at ViperChill as another example here.

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Viper Chill

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I’ve been interviewed about marketing using guest posts over 10 times, I’m mentioned on the homepage of a guest posting community and I’ve written far more of them than I care to remember. writes content for another website and this act makes you a ‘guest blogger.’ In essence, someone (you, perhaps?)

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 9, 2012

Nearly 3/4 of active Twitter users are bloggers. 40 Examples Of Creatively Designed Twitter Backgrounds by Tripwire Magazine. Community manager Jen Lopez explains how SEOmoz increased its total Twitter followers by 250% to over 27,000 people. Hint: it helps to have a community manager. More than 80% of U.S.

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Viper Chill

MAY 26, 2010

There is the odd exception of a blogger who springs onto the scene from nowhere and gains a large following, but for most people, that simply doesn’t happen. If you aren’t going to get some random growth spurt from a big blogger or an article hitting the Digg homepage, carve out the results for yourself.

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Viper Chill

MAY 17, 2010

I’ve seen so few examples of this that I wonder actually how many people know about it. To really cement this idea in your head, allow me share an example from the personal development niche. Blogging Duo Example in the Personal Finance Niche Two of the biggest blogs in the world can be found in the personal finance space.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Feedburner If you’re a blogger and you’re not using Feedburner, I first of all want to know where you’ve been, and secondly need to say that you have been missing out. For example, I use Gmail for my email, but I login with an @viperchill.com address and have even replaced the Gmail logo with my own.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. Top 10 Attributes of a Successful Blogger : If you like writing, have good grammar skills, are creative, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, you might make a great blogger for yourself or your company!

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com – a blog, podcast, event, job board, and a series of ebooks all designed to help you as a blogger to start a great blog, to grow your audience, and to build some profit around that blog. I think there was around 1800 financial bloggers, real estate bloggers there.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

70% of bloggers are organically talking about brands on their blog, and 38% of them post brand or product reviews. Roundup of the Top Internet and Social Media Statistics by Awareness Community. 35% of bloggers are professional journalists. 20+ mind-blowing social media statistics revisited by Econsultancy.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 22, 2010

Steve Pavlina is the biggest personal development blogger in the world. With over 160,000 subscribers he’s one of the biggest bloggers online and no praise he receives is without merit. The web is full of bloggers who see that these people are making money so they try to teach you how to make money as well.

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Viper Chill

JULY 25, 2016

For example, when I want to see how my football team, Newcastle, have fared against Liverpool, I literally don’t have to click anywhere. While I don’t wish to reveal those exact industries, let me give you an example closer to home, with ViperChill. It’s just an example). They Have All The Answers.

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Viper Chill

JANUARY 11, 2010

For example, I wrote this post on how I rank for 66,000 visitors worth of keywords on Google and the lessons behind the most popular blog posts (in terms of links) on some big blogs. A great example here in the film niche. I know I’m one of few bloggers writing that much content per post in this niche.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

You can find ideas in literally any niche, with some examples being their marketing , finance , gadget and humour sections. Though some blogs do show off their most popular posts for you (mentioned below), it’s very useful to see what other bloggers are writing about that is grabbing their readers attention. BTW, nice post.

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Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Instead of dwelling on the sale, I want to praise the growth of such a big community and share the steps involved in duplicating my success. If you’re looking for an A-list blogger to mention you work and put you on the radar, then guess what? This post is for you as well. Let’s begin, shall we?

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Viper Chill

JUNE 21, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » Getting Mass Traffic from StumbleUpon: A Definitive Guide Getting Mass Traffic from StumbleUpon: A Definitive Guide Written by Glen, this post has 83 Comments Many bloggers end up having a love-hate relationship with StumbleUpon. Both are acceptable and about as popular as each other.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 24, 2010

Those exact images (some of which I made myself) were saved by a blogger and added to their own sidebar without even changing the file-name to make it less obvious. The point I am making with this though – and the point that most bloggers miss – is that these things are not what make me successful. It’s not a lie.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 19, 2010

If you’re like a lot of bloggers though, you may feel slightly deterred from monetising your site. The last point is also something important to remember if you launch a product, for example. Feeling bad about making money is silly because people will only buy something if they want to buy it.

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 26, 2009

For example, I’ve managed to build a top 10 personal development blog in 12 months and I was voted the top social media marketer under 21. There’s also the ‘leave your job’ type bloggers writing excellent content such as Cody , Corbett and Christine. They hang out on blogs by people like Marc , Luciano and Tim.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

For example, you might not know that I helped one newspaper go from a limited social media presence to helping them hit the Digg homepage over 40 times. That means setting aside time to answer community questions, point people to resources, and find ways to be useful to your audience – whether that’s educating or simply entertaining them.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 15, 2010

For example, I’m currently writing this on a Sunday and plan to schedule it for Thursday. There are bloggers who have made a lot of money in less time than that and people who have taken a lot longer, but if you’re willing to work hard, I think a year is a great time-frame in which you can build a successful and profitable blog.

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Viper Chill

JANUARY 19, 2010

My Own Example When I had the idea to create Cloud Living, I had just finished giving away a free eBook on blogging. I use some nice covers ( example ) on my eBooks so that they look like real physical products. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 125 Comments Steven Aitchison says: January 19, 2010 at 12:47 pm Wow! Reply Karol K.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 9, 2010

Although I don’t have any goals for the size of the community here, I still think it is an interesting metric to monitor. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 65 Comments Nabeel | Create Your First Website says: August 9, 2010 at 12:08 pm Hi Glen, Awesome stats as always. The rest of this year is going to rock!

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Viper Chill

MAY 10, 2010

Many bloggers will tell you that there’s no “one size fits all&# strategy when it comes to building a huge blog. TMZ, for example, was a robot hobby site up until December 2005 when it started to cover celebrity gossip as it still does to this day. In a sea of over 100 million blogs, these guys are the exception.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 3, 2010

Anything that shows community on your site is also a good thing in my eyes. I did that in “ The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Probably Never Read &# which revealed that a lot of bloggers simply make money by teaching other people how to make money. To say I was disappointed is a total understatement.

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