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A Blog is a Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter

Socialized

He converses everywhere.). My blog is on WordPress, which is very popular for its rich feature set, wide variety of (generally free) third-party plug-ins and themes, and ability to use widgets. They are most often using Twitter as a super-news-feed, and as a way to drive people back to their blog, web site, etc. Scoble is an exception.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, ASW11 & Productivity Systems

Kikolani

Essential statistics from the State of the Blogosphere 2010 – this post summarizes some major findings, but if you want the full details, head to the source at Technorati. Landing page optimization tips – four common issues with 50+ sites that decrease sales and conversions. Making Money Online / Online Marketing.

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5,867 Words on Becoming a Conversion Machine: A Guide for Bloggers

Viper Chill

I’m going to use their book cover as an example of how powerful one testimonial from an outside source can be. However, thanks to the ViperChill forums, I recently learned of ‘ Widget Context ‘, a plugin that lets you specify which sidebar widgets show on which types of pages on your blog.

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7 Simple Ways To Attract More People to Your Blog

ProBlogger

Not only should you have social widgets at the bottom of each blog post, you should be posting your work on every site you’re active on. Keep a link to your blog in your email signature and feel free to tell people about it in everyday conversation when appropriate. There’s no shame in promoting your blog! Score a guest post.

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Busting Facebook’s Most Widespread Myth

Convince & Convert

The real difference between the reach of fans (below) and organic reach is that the latter include views of people that are not fans of the page but have directly accessed your page or seen its content in a widget (for example, a “like box” on your site or blog). Above is an example of a page with 500,000 extremely active fans.

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

If you stop by and comment on a blog, you may extend that conversation and/or let that blogger know that you appreciate their work. FB is great for bringing more people to the conversation, I just wish it wasn't hijacked. FB is great for bringing more people to the conversation, I just wish it wasn't hijacked.

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15 Blogging Secrets Even Gurus Would Be Surprised to Know

Writtent Blog

Minimalist designs are great, but totally eschewing call-to-action buttons will result in a nonexistent conversion rate. Consider Brogan’s tech tips: Evaluate Your Widgets: Do your buttons and apps slow down your blog’s loading time, or enhance your readers’ experience? Comment on Other Blogs.