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Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips

ProBlogger

As always, the weekly blogosphere trends have been provided by Regator.com. Teen Choice Awards – Odds are you won’t be joining PopSugar on the red carpet of the Teen Choice Awards (“ David Beckham and Twilight Take Over Teen Choice, Zac Tips Vanessa’s Sexy Dance, and Ashley’s Bikini Party ”) and unless your blog is focused on celebrity gossip or pop culture, you probably wouldn’t want to. Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Interview Tips.

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Blogosphere Trends + Storytelling

ProBlogger

Because today, we’re going to use the weekly blogosphere trends from Regator to talk about the importance of storytelling in blogging. Please share a link and any tips you may have in the comments. This Post is from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + Storytelling. Tags: Miscellaneous Blog Tips This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts) – Darren.

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10 Blogosphere Trends + 34 Handy Grammar Tips

ProBlogger

Tip: Put modifiers next to the noun they are modifying to avoid confusion. Tip: Use “could not care less” to indicate a total lack of concern. Tip: Use active voice whenever possible. Tip: Use apostrophes to create possessive forms, but never to create plurals. Tip: Use “should have” rather than “should of.” Tip: When two or more words work together to modify another word, you have what’s called a compound modifier. Tip: “Two” is the number after three.

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Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge

ProBlogger

Thanks for joining me for another edition of the weekly blogosphere trends, provided by Regator.com. This Post is from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + A Challenge. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world's best blog posts) - Darren. Hi-dee-hoo, fellow bloggers! Click any trend to see posts about it.)

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Blogosphere Trends + Humour

ProBlogger

Fortunately, despite the challenges, there are a few tried and true tips to upping the funny factor on your blog. Tip: They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but sometimes they are wrong. Tip: Sarcasm—humour at someone else’s expense—can be funny, but adding a touch of self-deprecating humour can make it doubly so. Tip: Some words are intrinsically funny. Tip: The inappropriate can be hilarious. Tip: The unexpected is funny.

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7 Ways To Build Your Brand In The Blogosphere

ProBlogger

It’s a great way to connect with potential customers – the blogosphere gives you a ready-made audience who are already interested in your type of product or service. If you’re wondering how to turbocharge your brand in the blogosphere, here are seven ways to get you started. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 7 Ways To Build Your Brand In The Blogosphere. This is a guest contribution from Jeff Foster.

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Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated

ProBlogger

Man alive, I hate bringing you a list of blogosphere trends that includes both Lindsay Lohan and Jersey Shore—not to mention Sarah Palin. Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Being Opinionated. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren.

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Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns

ProBlogger

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Unicorns. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren.

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Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper

ProBlogger

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Digging Deeper. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. Each week, we look at the ten most blogged-about stories of the last seven days, as provided by Regator (which is turning two years old on Saturday!).

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Blogosphere Trends + Effective Calls to Action

ProBlogger

So let’s get into some tips that will help you create successful calls to action on your blog, no matter what your goal. To give you some examples of these tips in action, I’ll use blog posts about the last month’s most-blogged-about stories, according to Regator (they are, in order: Japan , Libya , SXSW , Charlie Sheen , March Madness , AT&T , Elizabeth Taylor , St. Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + Effective Calls to Action.

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Blogosphere Trends + The Art of Live Blogging

ProBlogger

Here are ten tips to make live-blogging work for you. What tips can you add? Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + The Art of Live Blogging. Live-blogging—writing about an event as it happens rather than after the fact—can be a valuable resource for your readers, providing them with up-to-the-minute information about important events and making your blog the go-to destination for information on a developing story.

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Blogosphere Trends + Handling High Word Counts

ProBlogger

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Handling High Word Counts. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. I’m often asked about the “ideal length” for a blog post. I’ve heard answers ranging from 200 to 800 words, but my answer is always the same: Enough to tell the story and not one word more.

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3 Tips For Effective Blogger Outreach

Mindjumpers

In the following, we will give you some basic tips to consider, if you are ready to do blogger outreach: 1. Tips on How PR Pros Can Create Social Media Success. Social Media Social Media PR blog reach blogger outreach bloggers Blogging blogosphere Influencer online mention PR publicity social media pr strategy word-of-mouthTweet Bloggers are one of the key influencers in the online sphere.

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Blogosphere Trends + Your Blog’s Tone

ProBlogger

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Your Blog’s Tone. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts). Darren. After a brutal summer flu took me down and prevented me from writing last week’s weekly trends post, I’m especially happy to be back to bring you a fresh list of the most blogged-about stories of the last seven days.

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Why Great Writers Win Out in the Blogosphere—And How to Join Them

ProBlogger

Seven tips to put into action this week. Whether you’re already a good writer and you want to go that bit further, or you’re a brand new blogger with very little writing experience, these tips will help. Tip #1: Plan your next post. Tip #2: Read your post out loud. Tip #3: Change “I” to “you”. Tip #4: Craft a great title. Tip #5: Write a call to action. Tip #6: Analyze another blogger’s post. Tip #7: Choose three areas to work on.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Taking this theme a little further, I decided to branch out into the blogosphere, but using the number seven this time around was a tad too limiting. Granted, these are typically publications that have a staff of writers at their disposal, but they are like the newspapers of the blogosphere and readers have come to expect frequent updates. Want another tip on how to write well? There are so many blogs out there that regurgitate news, causing clutter in the blogosphere.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Creating Content Miscellaneous Blog Tips

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Tips for Using Keywords When Writing Blog Post

Kikolani

Search engine optimization is not simple at all, so you should spend some time in learning how it works before you can start implementing some tips. It doesn’t matter whether you are a newbie in the blogosphere or you’re an experienced blogger who’s trying to get his posts ranked better – you are probably aware of the importance of images! Search engine optimization is easy.

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iPhone 4 First Impressions

Justin Levy

My overall reaction: it’s an amazing device and I’m not experiencing (knock on wood) the issues that are being reported across the blogosphere. Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking iPhone 4 First Impressions Written on June 25, 2010 by Justin Levy in iphone , video 6 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger.

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Tips to Add Originality to your Blog

ProBlogger

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger.

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Blogosphere Trends + Readability Scoring

ProBlogger

Kimberly Turner is a cofounder of Regator , a site that curates the best of the blogosphere, as well as an award-winning print journalist. Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + Readability Scoring. Do you know your blog’s readability score? If not, there are several ways to find out. But before you go calculating, let’s talk about why you should even care.

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Blogosphere Trends + Improving Readability

ProBlogger

This month’s tips will help you connect with readers … even if you have no interest in your numerical score. Will you be making any changes to improve readability based on these tips? Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blogosphere Trends + Improving Readability. Hello again, fellow bloggers! Last month, we talked about how to find and interpret your blog’s readability score.

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Blogosphere Trends + Using Infographics

ProBlogger

Now let’s take a look at some striking examples of how infographics were used to illustrate and enhance posts about last month’s most-blogged-about stories (according to Regator.com, these were: Hurricane Irene , Steve Jobs , London Riots , Libya, Labor Day , the GOP candidates , earthquake , September 11 , Federal Reserve , and Motorola Mobility ) and get ten quick tips on choosing or creating infographics for your blog… Do your research.

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Blogosphere Trends + Encouraging Comments

ProBlogger

That’s why, as we look at this week’s ten most-blogged-about stories (trends provided, as always, by Regator ), we’ll also pick up some tips on how to encourage readers to interact with content: 1. If none of these tips work, this bunny has a foolproof tactic. This Post is from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Blogosphere Trends + Encouraging Comments. This column is written by Kimberly Turner from Regator (a great tool that gathers and organizes the world’s best blog posts).

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Time to Rethink Your Blog Strategy? Writing Epic, Incredible Blog Posts

Pam Moore

I recently saw a video and blog post from a leader in the social marketing space offering tips to generate new ideas for content blog writing. Your blog should not be a copycat version of the rest of the blogosphere. Take a listen to episode 225 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast for 10 tips to create epic blog posts that will keep your readers coming back for more. 15 Tips to Build an Integrated Digital Platform that Works When You’re Not Working!

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7 Tips for Writing 1,000 Words Each Day

Kikolani

Try these tips to keep yourself writing 1,000, 2,000, or even 3,000 words everyday. It might be something that you wrote years or months ago, or it might be something that caught your attention on the Internet or in the blogosphere. Share your tips for bloggers and writers everywhere! Improve Your Work Habits – Healthy Living Tips For Bloggers. Elements, Benefits & Tips for a Successful Weekly Blog Series.

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Social Media Tips From Around The Web

Diva Marketing Blog

Sharon Luttrell's post offers four tips that will help make your experience more productive and enjoyable. Blogs - How could I write a blog post about social media tips without offering insights about blogging? I met Darren in the early days of the blogosphere. What tips do you have on how to manage social media? Day 1: List Post - Blogging Tips Inspired From Broadway and Film Musicals . Day 5: How To Post: How To Create New Recipes - Tips From Chefs.

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Social Media Tips From Around The Web

Diva Marketing Blog

Sharon Luttrell's post offers four tips that will help make your experience more productive and enjoyable. Blogs - How could I write a blog post about social media tips without offering insights about blogging? I met Darren in the early days of the blogosphere. What tips do you have on how to manage social media? Day 1: List Post - Blogging Tips Inspired From Broadway and Film Musicals . Day 5: How To Post: How To Create New Recipes - Tips From Chefs.

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Tips for Creating Your First eCourse

ProBlogger

There’s a reason you’re seeing an influx of ecourses in the blogosphere of late – it’s a fantastic way to share to a higher (and sometimes more concentrated) degree your talents and knowledge. What tips do you have for us? Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Tips for Creating Your First eCourse.

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Super list of 50 social media links - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

I have collected a Super Link List from around the blogosphere for you to be all that you can be online! Six Ways to Give Your Audience Exactly What It Wants How to Extend Your Blog and Promote Your Members with the MyBlogLog API Viral Marketing Tips and Tricks 35 Twitter Tips from 35 Twitter Users Keep the Tip(ping Point) Making a del.icio.us Excellent social tips I will be using. I will be putting these tips to good use.

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10 Fresh Tips for Finding Time to Blog

ProBlogger

And if these ten tips aren’t enough, ProBlogger’s timely Blog Wise ebook will certainly do the trick!). Mobile content is becoming a lot more acceptable in today’s blogosphere, whether it’s an inspirational image or an event photo that’s related to your site, snap it, and post it in less than a minute. Knowing shortcuts and quick tips like this can cut down your “time to publish” considerably. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

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Instagram and Pinterest for Storytelling: Grey Goose’s Social-Mobile Campaign

Mindjumpers

Ambassador programs are most commonly seen in the blogosphere, so this Instagram ambassador campaign positions Grey Goose as a pioneer. Best Practise Cases Instagram Mobile Pinterest Tips ambassador program ambassadors Brand Ambassadors grey goose hashtags photo sharing storytellingThe French vodka brand Grey Goose just launched an innovative social campaign to tell their brand story based on Instagram and Pinterest in order to drive awareness for the new Grey Goose Cherry Noir.

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Blog Wise Tip 1: Diagnose Productivity Problems

ProBlogger

Over the coming days, we’ll be presenting a series of pro blogging productivity tips that we’ve compiled using the advice of nine A-list bloggers we interviewed for Blog Wise , our new ebook on blogging productively. In the blogosphere, it’s pretty easy to compare your blog to others, and feel like you’re not doing enough. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Blog Wise Tip 1: Diagnose Productivity Problems.

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My Reaction To Facebook Reactions

SocMed Sean

via GIPHY The news channels are covering it, social media experts, gurus, and wizards are clogging up the blogosphere with posts about how amazing they are. Facebook Featured People Social Media Tech communication emotion facebook humor social media social networking tipsYes, they’re here… and they’re taking the digital world by storm like Beatlemania! The end-all-be-all-amazing-wonderous-supercalifragiliticexpialousdocius Facebook reactions.

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24 (of the) Best Business Blogging Guides, Tips and Tools of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

But as the blogosphere continues to expand (as noted by Diana Adams below), it becomes more difficult to stand out and be heard above the noise. Smith provides some blogging basics and helpful tips for those relatively new to blogging. 6 Tips for Blogging for SEO in WordPress by Business Insider. Sue Reynolds offers a half-dozen tips for SEO on WordPress blogs, helpful particularly for those just getting started. Business Blogging Tips, Tactics and Best Practices.

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8 Simple Tips to Edit Your Own Blog

ProBlogger

Even if your posts are published with some minimal imperfections, they will still be more useful to the blogosphere than the unpublished content you don’t feel confident about. Do you have any editing tips to add? Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 8 Simple Tips to Edit Your Own Blog. This is a guest contribution from Sandra Miller, freelance writer at professional editing service Help.Plagtracker.com.

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8 Simple Tips to Edit Your Own Blog

ProBlogger

Even if your posts are published with some minimal imperfections, they will still be more useful to the blogosphere than the unpublished content you don’t feel confident about. Do you have any editing tips to add? Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 8 Simple Tips to Edit Your Own Blog. This is a guest contribution from Sandra Miller, freelance writer at professional editing service Help.Plagtracker.com.

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Can Communities Serve As Perfect Add-On For Your Blog?

Mindjumpers

You can also look for advice, feedback, tips and comments on any particular post. Similar Posts: The Blogosphere is Thriving. Top 10 Tips on Planning a Blogger Event. Social Media add on blog blog promotion community community building tools Forums guest blog nabanita roy TipsTweet Written by Nabanita Roy , who is a web enthusiast and blogger currently working as a Community Development Executive at forums.com.

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Monthly Trends + 10 Tips for a Flawless Linking Strategy

ProBlogger

The top ten stories of the last month, according to Regator.com ’s blogosphere trends were: 1. One of the most common reasons to include outbound links in your posts is to provide references for facts, or as a hat-tip to a source that brought a particular fact or story to your attention. Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips. Monthly Trends + 10 Tips for a Flawless Linking Strategy. This guest post is written by Kimberly Turner, cofounder of Regator.

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20 Tips for Better Business Blogging: How to Use Blogging to Generate Leads

ProBlogger

You might want to follow general rules and tips spread across the blogosphere, but it’s always better to come up with your own rules to see what works for you and what doesn’t, well because all businesses are not the same. A reliable conversion strategy is the tipping point between an ordinary visitor becoming interested in what you sell. I know you’ve got awesomely actionable tips but, blog posts with a sense of personal touch tend to do great as well.

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The 8 Most Greatest Tips to Write Unstoppably Killer Headlines Guide Ever

ProBlogger

From the very beginning, we knew we should have been writing good headlines—it was one of the first tips we read. In an ever busier, fuller blogosphere, we battle one another with our headlines. We fight each other to write gripping, sticky headlines, clawing over one another with more outlandish declarations of greatness like, “The 10 Tips To Guarantee Blogging Success” or “How to Make A Billion Dollars Blogging, Today!” What other headline tips can you add to this list?

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9 World-class Bloggers Share Their #1 Email List Building Tip

ProBlogger

Inside tips” like the list of top giveaway sites in the above example. Both types of content can build popular blogs, but in today’s competitive blogosphere you’ll generally go farther and faster with long-form content. Unfortunately, the vast majority of writers quit before they reach the tipping point. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. 9 World-class Bloggers Share Their #1 Email List Building Tip.

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